Caesars Indiana Championship Event | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Indiana

04-14-2008 15:09 UTC-3

Break Time

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Players are on a 15-minute break.

04-14-2008 14:51 UTC-3

Dale Poynter Doubles Again

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On a turn of 9-8-5-10, Dale Poynter is all in and Philip Sparta calls. Poynter has 9-9 and Sparta has 5-5. The river is a four and Poynter doubles in the short stack.

Tags: Dale Poynter Philip Sparta

04-14-2008 14:40 UTC-3

Wilbur Futhey Doubles Up

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Wilbur Futhey is all in for 32,300 and Robert Cheung calls. Futhey has {A-Spades}

but Cheung has {A-Hearts}

. The board turns ugly: {Q-Spades}

. The made flush doubles up Futhey in the short stack.

Tags: Robert Cheung Wilber Futhey

04-14-2008 14:26 UTC-3

Dave Costain Eliminated in 14th ($7,790)

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Dave Costain related the story of this one. He had 45,000 left and put 9,000 of it in preflop. Philip Sparta re-raised and Costain called all in with K-Q. Sparta had 8-8 and the board offered no help. Costain went out in 14th.

Tags: Dave Costain Philip Sparta

04-14-2008 14:20 UTC-3

John Ferguson Eliminated in 15th ($7,790)

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Robert Cheung raises from under the gun and John Ferguson re-raises from middle position. Cheung calls and the flop is Q-9-3 with two spades. Both players check. The turn is {Q-Diamonds}

and Ferguson is all in for his last 32,000. Cheung deliberates for a long time and eventually calls with A-K to Ferguson's A-10. The river is {5-Spades}

and Ferguson is out.

Tags: John Ferguson Robert Cheung

04-14-2008 14:14 UTC-3

Dale Poynter Doubles

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Dale raises and Tim Laws re-raises. Philip Sparta three-bets and Dale goes all in. Tim folds, and Sparta calls, showing {10-Spades}

to Dale's

. The board is {5-Hearts}

and Laws doubles up in the short stack with the flush. The real drama: Laws says he folded J-J after Sparta's third bet, thinking he was beat. He's upset at Sparta for forcing him out, when he would have had the best hand.

Tags: Dale Poynter Philip Sparta Tim Laws

04-14-2008 14:04 UTC-3

Rico Doubles

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On a flop of {5-Spades}

, John Ferguson makes it 15,000. Doug "Rico" Carli is all in for only 2,000 more. Ferguson calls with {A-Spades}

, but Rico has {9-Hearts}

. The turn and river are {7-Diamonds}

and Rico doubles up.

Tags: Doug Carli John Ferguson

04-14-2008 13:47 UTC-3

Nice Laydown

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Tim Laws raises to 9,000 and Philip Sparta calls. Jason Mann makes it 30,000 and Laws folds. Sparta calls again. The flop is {4-Clubs}

and they check. The turn is {8-Hearts}

and they check. The river is {J-Diamonds}

and Sparta makes it 40,000. Mann is all in. "Jack on the river, so sick," Sparta mutters to himself as he counts it out. He eventually folds {A-Clubs}

face up and Laws shows his {J-Clubs}

for the rivered set.

Tags: Philip Sparta Tim Laws

04-14-2008 13:38 UTC-3

Beth Shak Eliminated in 16th ($6,677)

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Beth Shak is all is all in for her last 22,000 and Jerry Martin thinks for a long moment. He seems about to fold face up, but says "I call" at the last moment. Martin has {9-Clubs}

and Shak has {10-Clubs}

, but the board is a heartbreaker: {9-Spades}

and Shak, the last woman standing, is out in 16th.

Tags: Beth Shak Jerry Martin