2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
45
Prize
$499,162
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,670,000
Entries
334
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Ace-High is Good

Peter Feldman enters the pot for a raise to 1,100 with {A-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} from the cutoff, and is called by Bill Edler in the small blind who holds {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}. Both players check until the river as the board fills out {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}. Edler then decides to try and steal the 3,100 in the pot with a bet of 800. Feldman thinks for about a minute and makes the call with his ace-high, earning him the pot.

Doug "Rico" Carli's Day Done

Doug "Rico" Carli shoved his last 2,750 in to the middle pre-flop, and got two callers. After a flop of {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and with Carli all-in, the player in the small blind checked the action to his opponent, who bet 3,000. The small blind folded and Carli revealed {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} to his opponent's {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. The turn was the {K-Diamonds} and the river was no help as it revealed the {2-Diamonds}. Carli remarked, "I needed one more card," as he collected his coat and headed for the exit.

Tags: Doug Carli

The Rich Get Richer

New tournament chip leader Travis Pearson just added a ton of chips to his field-leading stack in a hand that pitted Pearson's pocket aces against his opponent's big slick.

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.

Tags: Travis Pearson

One Tough Bluff

Russell Rosenblum
Russell Rosenblum
Peter Feldman is the first player to limp into this pot from middle position. The button also calls, and the small blind completes. Russell Rosenblum checks his option in the big blind. Four-handed, the flop comes {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}. Action is checked around to Feldman who bets 600, and everyone folds to Rosenblum who makes the call. The turn is the {A-Clubs} and both players check. The {2-Diamonds} comes on the end and Rosenblum passes the action to Feldman who says, "That's a hard board to bluff at!" as he knuckles the felt behind. Rosenblum turns over {K-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Feldman quietly mucks to Rosenblum's full house.

Tags: Russell Rosenblum

Layne Flack "One-Balled"

Layne Flack
Layne Flack
A boisterous Layne Flack has just been eliminated from the tournament after suffering a nasty two-outer in a hand that saw heavy three-way pre-flop action.

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 {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

"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.

Tags: Layne Flack

Nick Binger = Busto

Looking at a board of {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, Nick Binger and his opponent got all the money in on the turn. The showdown had Nick holding {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} to his foe's {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. The river brought a useless {2-Hearts} as Nick was eliminated from the championship event.

Tags: Nick Binger

Mike "Little Man" Sica Eliminated

With five players seeing a flop of {J-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, the action was checked around to Justin Bonomo in middle position who bet out 7,000. After an unknown player called behind him, action then fell to Mike "Little Man" Sica on the button who promptly moved all in. Melissa Hayden passed from the small blind, which left the action to John Alm in the big blind, who moved all in for approximately 25,000. The clock was then called on Bonomo, who folded after a long dwell, along with the unknown player behind him.

At the showdown, Sica turned over {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and saw that Alm had flopped a bigger set with {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}. The {9-Diamonds} 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.

Tags: Justin BonomoMike Sica

Scoreboard Update

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - 10,000
Todd Brunson - 28,000
Kathy Liebert - 25,000
Erik Seidel - 20,000
Eli Elezra - 40,000
Layne Flack - 12,000
Matt Brady - 19,000

Phil Gordon Doubles Up!

Phil Gordon opens with a raise to 1,200 from middle position and gets called by a single player who is seated two seats to Phil's left. The flop is {J-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Spades} and Phil leads out with a 2,500 bet. His opponent, who has Phil covered, casually picks up his large stack of 1,000 denomination chips and drops them into the pot putting Phil all in. Gordon immediately calls showing the beautiful {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}, which holds up against his opponent's pocket pair of tens to win a pot of 17,150.

Tags: Phil Gordon