$5,150 Championship Main Event | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Hammond

11-02-2008 19:54 UTC-4

Gary Leibovitz Doubles a Fourth Time

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Kyle Schertz raises to 80,000 and Gary Leibovitz moves all in for 182,000 total. Kyle calls with {5-Hearts}

and Gary has {9-Clubs}

.

The board is {4-Spades}

and Gary doubles through to 540,000.

11-02-2008 19:41 UTC-4

Schertz on Fire

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In the small blind, Kyle Schertz limps in and Tommy Koral raises to 65,000 in the big blind. Kyle calls.

They check the flop of {8-Diamonds}

. On a turn of {2-Diamonds}

, Kyle leads out for 100,000 and Tommy lays it down.

11-02-2008 19:33 UTC-4

Steve's Wire to Wire Act

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On a flop of {5-Clubs}

, Tommy Koral checks and Steve Billirakis bets 84,000. Tommy calls.

The turn is the {A-Hearts}

and both check.

The river is the {3-Spades}

and Tommy checks. Steve bets 168,000 and Tommy folds. He's down to 730,000 while Steve climbs to 1,500,000.

By the way, Steve ended Day 1 and Day 2 as the chip leader. If he wins this event, it will be a true wire to wire victory.

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

11-02-2008 19:23 UTC-4

Gary Leibovitz Doubles

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Gary Leibovitz open shoves for his last 115,000 from under the gun and Tommy Koral calls from the big blind.

Gary turns over the monster {A-Clubs}

and Tommy has {A-Diamonds}

.

The board is {2-Hearts}

and Gary doubles to 280,000.

11-02-2008 19:16 UTC-4

George Dietz Eliminated in 5th ($49,266)

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George Dietz shoves for 104,000 in early position and Kyle Schertz calls in the big blind.

Kyle: {9-Hearts}

George:

Board:

George is out and Kyle is up to 940,000.

11-02-2008 19:12 UTC-4

Sameer Al-Dbhany Eliminated in 6th ($39,413)

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Kyle Schertz raises to 55,000 under the gun and Sameer Al-Dbhany calls from the big blind.

The flop is {A-Diamonds}

and Sameer checks. Kyle bets 70,000, Sameer check-raises all in, and Kyle calls.

Sameer has {K-Spades}

and Kyle has {A-Hearts}

.

The turn and river are {2-Diamonds}

and Sameer is out. Kyle now has 790,000.

Tags: Sameer Al-Dbhany

11-02-2008 19:00 UTC-4

Kyle Schertz Doubles Up

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Kyle Schertz shoves under the gun for 231,000 and Steve Billirakis calls from the small blind.

Kyle has {5-Clubs}

and Steve has {A-Diamonds}

.

The board is {Q-Clubs}

and Kyle doubles to 490,000. Steve drops to 1,380,000.

11-02-2008 18:57 UTC-4

Ravi Raghavan Eliminated in 7th ($31,530)

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Ravi Raghavan open-shoves for 252,000 from middle position and Tommy Koral is all in from the cutoff, having Ravi covered.

Ravi: {J-Diamonds}

Tommy:

The board comes {A-Spades}

and Ravi is eliminated. Tommy has 810,000.

11-02-2008 18:47 UTC-4

Jason DeWitt Eliminated in 8th ($25,618)

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Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis raises to 58,000 in middle position and Jason DeWitt re-raises to 167,000 from the small blind. Steve moves all in for a total of 827,000 and Jason calls for his last 610,000, which is what his chip stack would have been had he folded here, about second or third in chips.

Jason: {A-Spades}

Steve:

The board comes {4-Hearts}

and Jason is eliminated. Steve now has a staggering 1.63 million in chips.

Tags: Jason DeWitt mrsmokey1 Steve Billirakis