$5,000 Circuit Championship Event Day 2 | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

04-30-2008 16:06 UTC-7

Tony Cousineau Makes Some Headway

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From the button Tony Cousineau shoved his last 21,000 all-in and was called by Danny Wong. The pre-flop showdown was a battle of aces as Cousineau showed {A-Spades}

to Wong's

. The flop brought plenty of danger as it fell {J-Clubs}

. The turn came {10-Diamonds}

, and Cousineau made it safely out of the woods as the {8-Clubs}

filled out the board. Still well below the chip average of 120,000, Cousineau is hanging on as he proves to be a tough out.

Tags: Tony Cousineau

04-30-2008 16:06 UTC-7

J.C. Alvarado Eliminated in 28th Place ($6,441)

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Losing two big hands back-to-back, J.C. Alvarado has been eliminated in 28th place for $6,441.

Seven-handed at his table, Alvarado raised to 7,500 under the gun with {Q-Hearts}

. Adam Geyer smooth-called in middle position with pocket aces. Heads-up to the flop, both players checked {Q-Diamonds}

. The turn brought the {10-Diamonds}

and Alvarado bet 12,500. Continuing his slow-play, Geyer didn't move for almost two minutes until he said, "All in." Alvarado quickly called and found himself in a bad situation with only five outs and one card to come. The river was a blank and Geyer moved up to 145,000 in chips.

The next hand, players folded around to Allen Cunningham in the small blind who raised all in with K-Q. A seemingly frustrated Geyer called his remaining stack with pocket deuces. A queen on the turn won the hand for Allen, and Geyer is now out of the tournament.

Tags: Adam Geyer Allen Cunningham J.C. Alvarado

04-30-2008 16:02 UTC-7

Kelly Kim Eliminated in 29th Place ($6,441)

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Justin Bonomo just added a whole bunch of chips to his stack with the recent elimination of Kelly Kim. Bonomo opened the pot with an 8,000 pre-flop raise from early position and was called by big stack Clint Roberts. Action then folded around to Kim on the button who moved all in for a total of 45,000. Both blinds folded and when the action returned to Bonomo, he too shoved all in - his total bet worth 100,000. Bonomo's isolation play worked as Roberts got out of the way, leaving Justin and Kim heads-up - their fates now dependent upon a coinflip:

Bonomo: {A-Spades}

Kim:

The board ultimately ran out {8-Hearts}

giving Bonomo top two pair and the 185,000 pot, sending Kim to the rail in 29th place - a finish worth $6,441in prize money.

Tags: Justin Bonomo

04-30-2008 15:59 UTC-7

Michael Esposito Eliminated in 30th Place ($6,441)

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Michael Esposito has just been eliminated from the tournament by Blair Hinkle. Blair opened the pot with an 8,000 raise and was called by both Esposito and Thomas Hover.

The flop came {9-Hearts}

and Michael led out with a 15,000 bet. Hover folded and when the action fell to Blair he put in a raise, making it 30,000 to go. Esposito then moved all in over the top of Blair's min-raise and Blair made the call, tabling {A-Diamonds}

; Michael showed the {A-Spades}

. Needing a nine or an ace to chop the pot and stay alive, Esposito watched the board run out {10-Spades}

,

ending his hopes of reaching the final table.

Michael walked away with $6,441 in prize money for his 30th place finish.

Tags: Michael Esposito

04-30-2008 15:41 UTC-7

Feature Table

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Now that we're down to the final four tables, the Bluff Media team has begun filming a feature table on the final table stage set to be broadcast on a one-hour tape delay at www.worldseriesofpoker.com; here's the line-up:

Seat 1: Tommy Vedes
Seat 2: Lee Rubin
Seat 3: Doug McKinnon
Seat 4: Danny Wong
Seat 5: Tony Cousineau
Seat 6: Steve Wong
Seat 7: Jimmy Tran

04-30-2008 15:34 UTC-7

Than Nguyen Doubles Up

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With eight players at the table, Than Nguyen opened the pot with a raise to 8,000 from late position. Adam Geyer, who had Nguyen covered, called from his left in the cutoff. The remaining players folded and the flop came {Q-Clubs}

. Nguyen acted first by betting 11,500. Geyer thought for almost a minute then quietly said, "All in." Nguyen immediately called and turned over his pocket fours showing bottom set. Geyer turned over {K-Diamonds}

and was drawing to runner-runner.

The turn and river were the {A-Hearts}

and

, missing Geyer, and the dealer counted out Nguyen's remaining chips to match Geyer's stack. The new chip count shows Than Nguyen at 157,000 and Adam Geyer at 89,000.

Tags: Adam Geyer Than Nguyen

04-30-2008 15:23 UTC-7

Play Has Resumed

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Players have returned from the break and the cards are back in the air. The next three players eliminated will earn a payout of $6,441.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

04-30-2008 15:12 UTC-7

15-Minute Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining 30 players go on a 15-minute break.

04-30-2008 15:10 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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Bobby Law and Scott Zakheim were both eliminated from the tournament just before the break in 31st and 32nd place, respectively. Each player will take home $6,441 in prize money.