2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Bayou Poker Challenge Main Event
Day: 2
Level: 14
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 14 Begins
Mike Browne Eliminate in 12th Place (14,360)
Browne:
Shahen:
The flop was .
Have you ever noticed that more often than not that when you yell for a card not to come, it comes? Well, Browne asked for, "No six!" and just as if he could predict the future, the hit the turn. The on the river made Mike Browne our 12th-place finisher.
"Nice Hand, Guy"
Jatho:
Vanderford:
The flop comes and Vanderford improves to a pair of kings. The turn is the and the river the .
Vanderford doubles up through Jatho to around 95,000. Jatho compliments him by saying, "Nice hand, guy."
Vanderford replies, "Thanks. I got lucky."
Jason Brice Eliminated in 11th Place ($14,360)
The flop comes , and Brice continues the betting with 40,000 more. Jatho fingers four of his shiny new yellow chips, worth 10,000 each, and flips them into the pot.
The turn card is the , and Brice moves the rest of his stack to the center -- 79,000 in chips. Jatho looks a bit flustered and shifts uneasily in his seat.
"Did you make trips?" he ponders. "Give me just a minute," he says apologetically, as he slouches over the chair next to him, contemplating the situation. After several minutes, he makes the call, putting Brice at risk of extinction.
Jatho turns over the , and sees that he made a good call against Brice's . The on the river fails to save Brice, and he is headed out in 11th place.
Updated Chip Counts
Seat 1: Floyd Vanderford - 80,000
Seat 2: Chuck Kelley - 120,000
Seat 3: Lou Esposito - 85,000
Seat 4: Timothy "TK" Miles - 380,000
Seat 5: Jeff Tims - 380,000
Seat 6: Ed Jatho - 365,000
Seat 7: Marc Fratter - 164,000
Seat 8: Gabe Costner - 195,000
Seat 9: Fatolla Shahen - 390,000
Seat 10: Nick Ceci - 230,000
Fratter Doubles Up Through Miles
Frater:
Miles:
Turn card:
River card:
After this hand, Frater moved up to around 320,000 and Miles moved down to around 268,000.
Tournament Tidbits
-- The current average chip stack is 249,000, meaning the average player has 31 big blinds.
-- There are currently 23 minutes remaining in the 14th level of play.
-- Talk of Timothy Miles getting his hair cut overnight is increasing. Some of his opponents have even offered to chip in to help cover the costs.
A Mile High
The flop comes down , and Shahen continues out for 40,000. Miles again makes the call in position.
The turn card is the , and Shahen keeps the pressure on with another 80,000. Miles raises all in for a total of 195,000, prompting a series of sighs and grunts from his opponent. At the end of this, Shahen does make the call with his , and sees the bad news that he is drawing very slim against the of Timothy Miles. The on the river means that Shahen will ship a significant chunk of chips across the table to Miles.
After the biggest pot of the tournament, Timothy Miles is up to approximately 575,000, and Shahen is now the short stack, with around 75,000 remaining.