2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Bayou Poker Challenge Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$382,928
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,196,650
Entries
249
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000

The Plot Thickens

The tension in the room is becoming tangible, as we have reached a crucial stage in the tournament.

With five minutes remaining in the level, we are now down to 28 players. The next player eliminated will go home with nothing but a bruised ego, while the remaining players will earn a spot in the money. We are now playing hand-for-hand as we find out who will claim the maligned bubble boy position.

David Babin Eliminated in a Massive Four-Way Hand

Under the gun, Ed Jatho raises to 6,000. Blake Purvis and Suja Abraham both call. David Babin then reraises all in for 15,800 total. Jatho, Purvis and Abraham all call.

Purvis looks over at Jatho and asks, "How much do you have left? We're going to have everyone in the money after this hand."

The flop comes {Q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and is checked around. On the turn of {Q-Diamonds}, Purvis makesa bet of 25,000. Jatho tanks for a few minutes and then stands up. He says, "Give me a second guys." Purvis states, "Take all the time you need." After about five minutes Jatho makes the call.

The river card falls the {9-Clubs} and Jatho says, "I'm all in, sir." Purvis asks for an approximate count and Jatho states, "About 57,000. That's chump change for you."

Purvis: "Can you beat jacks?"
Jatho: "We can find out can't we?"

Purvis finally folds and Jatho shows {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for nines full.

After the hand, Jatho is over the 100,000 mark and David Babin is eliminated in 29th place.

Tags: Blake PurvisDavid BabinEd JathoSuja Abraham

Kelley Cracks 200,000

Chuck Kelley becomes the second player to crest the 200,000 chip mark after dragging in his most recent pot. On a flop showing {6-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{5-Spades}, Kelley bets 10,000. His lone opponent, Jack Schanbacher puts in a raise to 25,000, and Kelley makes the call.

The turn and river come {4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, and the hand is checked down on both streets. Kelley shows the winning hand, {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}, and now has approximately 210,000.

Tags: Chuck Kelley

Tensing Up

The air in the room is tight as play approaches the money bubble. After the 30th player was eliminated, Ed Jatho yelled out something along the lines of, "Will two of you just drop out so the rest of us don't have to sweat!"

The rest of the room gave a slight chuckle in response, but there is no genuine laughter here as it's all business at this point. Every time a player busts or is moved, the remaining players ask for a total count on the remaining contestants and glance around to find the short stacks.

'All in and call' situations are also big events, as players from other tables come running to see if someone gets eliminated, while spectators squeeze in as close as they can from the rail to try and get a view of the action.

Tags: Ed Jatho

Fox is a Goner

With his stack on the decline, David Fox pushes his remaining 28,000 chips into the pot, and is called by Gabe Costner.

Fox: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Costner: {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

The board comes {6-Spades}{A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{J-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, and Fox is eliminated just short of the money. Costner, meanwhile, has grown his chip count to over 120,000.

Tags: David FoxGabe Costner

Beverly Cheney Eliminated

Beverly Cheney moved all in preflop and was called by Suja Abraham. Cheney had him covered.

Cheney: K-K
Abraham: A-J

In this situation, players usually don't want to see an ace hit the board. This time the call should have been "no jack". The board came {6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{J-Spades} to give Abraham quad jacks and cripple Cheney. After the hand Cheney was down to about 15,000 and Abraham moved to about 85,000.

The next hand Cheney was all in with K-5 against her opponents Q-10. A queen on both the flop and river ended Cheney's day.

Beverly Cheney was the last woman standing in our tournament field today. She outlasted over 200 players for a very strong finish in this circuit event.

Tags: Beverly CheneySuja Abraham

Derek Feldman Eliminated

Derek Feldman was eliminated from the tournament by chip leader Blake Purvis, after losing a race holding {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} against Purvis' pocket sixes. The board ran out {9-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{A-Spades} and Purvis' sixes held up to take down the pot, bringing his field-leading stack close to 280,000.

Tags: Blake Purvis

Beware the Short Stacked Value Bet

Gabe Costner, Charles Wright, and Jeff Tims were involved in a hand to the river. On a board of {5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, Wright counted out his chips, looking like he was contemplating an all-in move. Wright counted out 22,000 in chips. He then proceeded to make a bet of 11,000. Tims tanked for a couple of minutes, apparently confused as to why Wright didn't push. Finally he called and Costner folded. Wright showed 7-7 for sevens full and then proceeded to tell everyone how he "value bet" the river.

Tags: Charles WrightGabe CostnerJeff Tims

What A Call By Tims

Jeff Tims and James Henson build a pot of over 40,000 chips going to the turn on a flop of {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{7-Clubs}. The turn falls the {8-Clubs} and Henson moves all in for 25,000.

Tims isn't sold that Henson has a good hand and comments, "Why do I think you're making a move on me?" After a few more minutes off deliberation, Tims makes the call.

Henson sheepishly turned over the {A-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Tims spikes down the {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for the best hand and an amazing call. The crowd around the table erupts with emotion from the call.

The river falls the {6-Diamonds} and Tims bounces from his chair and claps his fists together as his ace-high with a ten kicker holds up.

Henson is eliminated and Tims has increased his chip stack to a whopping 142,000.