$5,000 Circuit Championship Event Day 1 | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

04-29-2008 19:53 UTC-7

Untimely Fold for Madsen

WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen opened the pot with a 1,500 pre-flop raise from middle position. Action then folded around to a player in late position (LP) who reraised, making it 3,000 to go. Next up was an unknown player on the button who kicked it up once more, upping the ante to 9,000. Madsen got out of the way and the LP player moved all in. The button called and tabled a pocket pair of kings and was in solid shape against his opponent's pocket queens; Madsen told the table that he folded pocket fours.

After the crazy pre-flop action was complete, the dealer spread a {4-Spades}

flop, which would've given Madsen quad fours! The turn and the river filled out inconsequentially, {J-Hearts}

,

, and the button player's kings held up to win the 20,000+ pot.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

04-29-2008 19:38 UTC-7

Play Resumes

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The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

04-29-2008 18:08 UTC-7

Dinner Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining players go on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will recommence at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.

04-29-2008 17:59 UTC-7

Little, Out.

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Jonathan Little has just been eliminated from the tournament after his pocket nines failed to hold up against an opponent's {A-Diamonds}

in a pre-flop all-in confrontation.

The board ran out {4-Clubs}

and an ace on the river sent Little to the rail late in the fourth level of play.

Tags: Jonathan Little

04-29-2008 17:49 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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The following players have been eliminated from the tournament: Jimmy Fricke, Anna Wroblewski, Shannon Shorr, Scotty Nguyen and Sarah Bilney.

Tags: Jimmy Fricke

04-29-2008 17:45 UTC-7

210 Players Remaining

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04-29-2008 17:28 UTC-7

And the Chip Leader is . . .

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. . . Steve Wong! Wong called an opponent's all-in bet on a {J-Hearts}

board holding a mere {Q-Clubs}

and the call proved to be a good one as his opponent revealed {A-Clubs}

. The pot hoisted Wong to the top of the leaderboard, as he now has over 50,000 in chips.

It's also worth mentioning that Wong is sitting at a very tough table with fellow pros Chau Giang, David Levi, David Benyamine, Dutch Boyd, Sorel Mizzi and Steve Billirakis.

Tags: Steve Wong

04-29-2008 17:27 UTC-7

Davidson Matthew's Day Comes To An End

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Nursing a small stack, and looking at a board of {7-Spades}

, Davidson Matthew committed the rest of his chips to the pot on the river. Unfortunately for him, he stood up with a disgusted look when he saw his opponent reveal {A-Spades}

for the nut flush and rendered his set of eights no good.

Tags: Davidson Matthew

04-29-2008 17:12 UTC-7

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