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
8♠9♦
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

The Proverbial Two Birds

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Working with a short stack of less than 20,000, Will "The Thrill" Failla moved all in from early position. Next to act was David Fox, and he casually raised to 50,000. In the next seat over, Charles Furey came over the top with an all-in reraise, sliding out his full stack of chips. It wasn't much more to Fox as the tournament staff counted Furey down at 54,400 total. Fox quickly called.

Showdown:
Failla: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Fox: {A-Clubs} {K-Spades}
Furey: {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}

With Failla all in and a huge pot up for grabs, a crowd gathered around the table and the dealer ran out the board: {5-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} {2-Clubs} {3-Clubs}.

It was safe for Furey, and he eliminated "The Thrill" Failla. As Fox counted out the rest of the call, a third floorperson came over and announced the amount as 64,400. This came as a shock to Fox, who heard 54,400 announced several times prior to the community cards. The ruling was made that he had called the all-in and had to put in the full amount. That was a problem for David Fox though, as his chips only added up to 64,100.

In the end, Furey eliminated two players, Will Failla and David Fox, and in the process chipped his way up to a very healthy 143,000.

Tags: Charles FuryDavid FoxThe ThrillWill Failla