2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City

$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
89
Prize
$280,940
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,900
Prize Pool
$877,100
Entries
179
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 179
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Bowker Running the Featured Table

Billy Gazes opened the pot with a cutoff-position raise to 2,100. The player next to him called from the button, and action came to Kyle "kwob20" Bowker. He opted to put in a reraise from the small blind, making it 8,400 straight. That was enough to fold Gazes, but the third man in the pot moved all in for just less than 20,000. Bowker quickly called.

Showdown:
Bowker: {10-Spades} {10-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

The board smiled on Bowker, rolling out {A-Hearts} {7-Spades} {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {6-Clubs} to keep his pocket pair safe. The internet standout has knocked off another player, climbing over the century mark in the process; he sits now with just shy of 110,000.

Tags: Billy Gazeskwob20Kyle Bowker

Feature This

We join another pot at the featured table as chips seem to be flying around the felt over there. Action is between Billy Gazes and Dwyte Pilgrim, and on the turn, the board shows {5-Clubs} {6-Spades} {7-Hearts} {4-Clubs} with just about 10,000 already in the pot.

Action is on Gazes, and he checks. Pilgrim bets out 7,000, and Gazes elects to put in a check-raise, making it a total of 17,000 to play. This sends Pilgrim deep into the tank as he double-checks his cards and eyeballs his own chip stack.

"I'm sure I got you right now, bro," he says after a minute. After another minute more he adds, "But not enough to make a move," sliding his cards into the muck.

Gazes taps the felt with his cards and nods at his opponent. "That was a very good card for me," he says quietly. As the dealer pushes him the pot, Gazes opens up his hand, revealing {K-Clubs} {8-Clubs}, having the board crushed.

After taking down that pot, Gazes has worked his way up to about 65,000, nearly double what he had when he arrived at the featured table.

Tags: Billy GazesDwyte Pilgrim

Three Sheets to the Wind

Eric "sheets" Haber - Eliminated
Eric "sheets" Haber - Eliminated
Eric "sheets" Haber has just been eliminated. Sheets had trouble getting anything going today, and on his last hand, he was down to under ten big blinds. He open-shoved with {K-?} {J-?} and was looked up by a single opponent who held {A-?} {J-?}.

The board failed to bail out the pro, and he is headed to the exit just as Level 7 comes to a close.

The featured table sure isn't getting any easier though. Haber's former seat is now occupied by last year's runner up in this event, Eric Buchman.

Tags: Eric Habersheets

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Toughest Table in Town

As tables continue to break, the soft tables in the field are becoming fewer and farther between. Table 2 can certainly not be mistaken for a soft table. Just look at how things are laid out over there:

Seat 1: Abraham Korotki
Seat 2: Dan Shak
Seat 3: Sirous Jamshidi
Seat 4: Will "The Thrill" Failla
Seat 5: David Fox
Seat 7: Brock Parker
Seat 9: Adam Lippert

Deeb Chipping Up

Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb
On a board of {A-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}, Shaun Deeb bet 4,600 and Jerry Wong called. The turn brought the {9-Spades} and this time Deeb checked to Wong, who fired 8,500 into the middle. Deeb called and again checked when the river came the {9-Clubs}. Wong bet 12,500 and Deeb again called. Wong reluctantly showed {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts} while Deeb tabled {7-Clubs} {7-Hearts} to win the pot.

Shaun Deeb chips up to over 80,000 while Jerry Wong slips to under 90,000.

Tags: Jerry WongShaun Deeb