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

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

11-02-2008 19:26 UTC-3

New Level Added

[user22113]

The tournament director has decided to add an extra level of play. The blinds will now be 12,000/24,000 with a 3,000 ante instead of jumping to blinds of 15,000/30,000.

11-02-2008 19:21 UTC-3

Chip Counts Updated

[user22113]

11-02-2008 19:20 UTC-3

Break Time

[user38368]

The remaining eight players are on their first break of the day.

11-02-2008 19:12 UTC-3

Sameer Al-Dbhany Doubles

[user38368]

Sameer Al-Dbhany is all in for 115,000 and Kyle Schertz calls. Sameer has {K-Hearts}

and Kyle has {8-Diamonds}

.

The door card is the {K-Diamonds}

, but the flop runs out {K-Diamonds}

. Sameer let out a big "YES!" when the turn {A-Diamonds}

gave him more outs, and the {10-Spades}

river card gives Sameer a straight and he can hardly contain his excitement, doubling to 280,000. Kyle is down to his last 130,000.

11-02-2008 19:10 UTC-3

The Wit of DeWitt

[user38368]

On a flop of {4-Hearts}

, Kyle Schertz, Tommy Koral, and Jason DeWitt all check.

The turn is the {K-Hearts}

and Kyle bets 25,000. Tommy folds and Jason calls.

The river is the {J-Diamonds}

and Kyle checks. Jason bets 60,000 and Kyle calls. Jason shows {K-Diamonds}

and takes the pot. He now has 820,000 and Kyle falls to 240,000.

11-02-2008 18:43 UTC-3

Ravi Raghavan Doubles Up

[user38368]

From middle position, George Dietz makes it 50,000 and Ravi Raghavan re-raises to 141,000 and is all in. Goerge calls and flips over {A-Hearts}

while Ravi has {Q-Diamonds}

.

The board is {10-Clubs}

and Ravi doubles through in the short stack. He's now got 310,000 and George falls to the short stack with 195,000.

11-02-2008 18:32 UTC-3

A Turn for the Worse

[user38368]

Jason DeWitt raises to 46,000 from early position, Tommy Koral re-raises from middle position to 118,000, and Jason calls.

The flop is {5-Hearts}

and both players check. The turn is {J-Diamonds}

, Jason bets 125,000, and Tommy folds.

Jason is up to 840,000 and Tommy has 455,000.

11-02-2008 18:22 UTC-3

Gary Leibovitz Doubles Again

[user38368]

Gary Leibovitz is all in for 142,000 from under the gun and Steve Billirakis calls with {A-Clubs}

. Gary shows {K-Spades}

and is behind.

The board runs out {3-Clubs}

and Gary hits a two outer on the end (as another player folded a king) to double up to 305,000. Steve now has 770,000.

11-02-2008 18:18 UTC-3

Another Pair

[user38368]

Steve Billirakis doesn't get any action on his pocket twos. After the kings, he had pocket sevens and also got no action. A lot of blinds and antes, but what a waste of good pocket pairs...