2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 1
Doug "Rico" Carli's Day Done
The Rich Get Richer
All of the money went in before the flop after Pierson called his opponent's pre-flop all-in bet. The hand was virtually settled after the case ace appeared on the flop and officially locked up when the turn and river blanked out. Pearson now sits with just under 140,000 and is running quite well at the moment.
One Tough Bluff
Layne Flack "One-Balled"
After a series of raises and reraises, all of the money wound up in the middle before a single community card was dealt and Flack was quick to reveal a pocket pair of aces. One opponent sitting directly across the table from Flack revealed pocket kings. "Kings? Is it kings?" Flack asked the third player in the hand, hoping that all of the kings were gone. Reluctant to reveal his hand, the "slow roller" shrugged his shoulders and let out an unhappy grunt as he tabled his cards - the .
"I knew I was one-balled!" Flack exclaimed, as the dealer spread the flop, which delivered a king in the window, tilting the scales in favor of Flack's most formidable opponent.
The turn and river blanked out and the set of kings took down the pot, sending Flack to the rail near the end of level five.
Nick Binger = Busto
Mike "Little Man" Sica Eliminated
At the showdown, Sica turned over and saw that Alm had flopped a bigger set with . The fell on the turn, leaving Sica drawing completely dead. After the hand, Alm stacked up right around 65,000 in chips and appears to be the new tournament chip leader.
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier Eliminated
Scoreboard Update
Todd Brunson - 28,000
Kathy Liebert - 25,000
Erik Seidel - 20,000
Eli Elezra - 40,000
Layne Flack - 12,000
Matt Brady - 19,000