$5,150 Championship Main Event Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City

12-15-2008 20:10 UTC-5

A Crippling Overpair

Michael Walls opened the pot with a raise to 50,000 from early position. Next to act was Phillip Reed. He stood from his chair and said, "Well boys, you might get your wish here." With that, he slid his entire chipstack into the middle -- all 128,000 of it in one neat stack. The betting passed around to the original raiser, and Walls made the call, having his opponent covered.

Showdown:
Walls: {9-Clubs}

Reed:

The board was friendly for the overpair, coming out {6-Clubs}

. With his bigger full house, Phillip Reed doubles up to exactly 300,000. In the process, he has crippled Michael Walls all the way back to his last 60,000.

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12-15-2008 20:17 UTC-5

Michael Walls Eliminated in 10th Place ($13,874)

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Brent Roberts raised to 36,000 from middle position and Michael Walls committed his remaining 48,000 from the small blind. Phillip Reed called from the big blind and Roberts called as well. The {8-Diamonds}

flop was checked and when the {10-Spades}

hit the turn, Brent Roberts isolated the action with a small bet. He said "flopped it" as he tabled {A-Diamonds}

for the nut flush and Michael Walls was drawing dead with {A-Hearts}

. The river card was irrelevant as Walls finished in 10th place.

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12-15-2008 20:18 UTC-5

Day 2 Concludes; Final Table Set!

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With the elimination of Michael Walls, Day 2 has come to a close. We began play this afternoon with 35 hopefuls knocking on the door of a Circuit championship. Some six hours later, that number has been whittled all the way down to the final nine who will return tomorrow for the conclusion of our event.

Bill Gazes began the day with the chip lead, but he would fail to make the money following a string of small losses and one big crippling blow; he exited in 24th place. Our lone female, Joanne Monteavaro, picked her way through the field to a respectable 11th place finish, by far the best performance by a female in this event. Other notable casualties of Day 2 were Dan Shak, Chris Reslock, and both Spadavecchia's -- John and Vincent.

After the final tally, it's Brent Roberts who will take the chip lead into tomorrow's action. Here's the way the remaining nine players stack up:

Final Table
Seat 1 - Allen Bari - 816,000
Seat 2 - Rafael Camejo - 227,000
Seat 3 - Tim "ttwist" Kelly - 379,000
Seat 4 - Phillip Reed - 340,000
Seat 5 - Robert McLaughlin - 123,000
Seat 6 - Kyle "kwob20" Bowker - 375,000
Seat 7 - Dwyte Pilgrim - 265,000
Seat 8 - Brent "Astrolux85" Roberts - 1,011,000
Seat 9 - Scott Zakheim - 85,000

The final table will commence at 2:00pm tomorrow, so join us then as we crown our champion here at the WSOP-C Harrah's Atlantic City!

$5,150 Championship Main Event

Day 2 Completed