Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi at 108,000; Todd Brunson Eliminated
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and Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi's pocket aces held up against Todd Brunson's pocket kings. Brunson is now out of the tournament and Mabuchi is in second place with 108,000 in chips.
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,670,000
Entries
334
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
and Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi's pocket aces held up against Todd Brunson's pocket kings. Brunson is now out of the tournament and Mabuchi is in second place with 108,000 in chips.
Lars Bonding Heads For The Exit
and his opponent revealed 
as he muttered, "Good luck." The flop showed the 
in the door, but was quickly followed by 
, which left Bonding trailing. He would not improve on the turn as it came , and yet another blank fell on the river. After a few handshakes, Bonding concluded his circuit championship event.
Roberts Busts Two; Approaches 50k
Action folded around to Clint in late position, who limped into the pot. An unknown player on the button then put in a standard raise and the action folded to the big blind who moved all in for 10,000. Roberts made the call and when the action returned to the button player, he too shoved all in for a total of 14,000. Clint called that bet as well, setting up a three-way pre-flop showdown:
Roberts:
Button:
Big blind:
The board filled out
giving Roberts the pot-clinching nut flush and 48,000 in new chips.
Alex Kravchenko; 32k and Rising
and received a single caller. 
was the flop, and his opponent led out for 4,250. Kravchenko thought for almost two minutes before calling with his overpair. The turn and river brought the 
and 
, as both players checked the rest of the way to the showdown. The unknown player showed 
and Kravchenko's jacks were good enough to take down the pot. The Russian now sits with just over 32,000 in chips.
Recent Eliminations
Doug Lee Eliminates Phil Gordon
, FullTilt pro Phil Gordon checked from the small blind. Big blind Doug Lee bet 3,500, which prompted Gordon to spring into action with an all-in raise for 7,000 more; Lee made the call. The showdown pitted Gordon's 
against Lee's . Gordon's draw ultimately came up short as the 
rounded out the board to give the pot to Lee and end Gordon's tournament.
Play Resumes
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
15-Minute Break
Minieri Eliminates Seif
The pair got it all in on a flop showing
- Dario with and Seif with 
. The turn and river brought running diamonds, giving "Super Dario" the nut flush and subsequently sending Seif to the rail. Dario now heads to the break with a comfortable chip stack worth approximately 55,000.