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2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$640,200
Total Entries
132
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 132
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Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
against Jason Sanders' 
. The former NBA player remained ahead through a flop of 
, but the turn brought disaster in the form of the 
. Norman couldn't sink his one remaining out as the river closed his day with a 
. Norman, who cashed earlier on the circuit, played most of the day with a below-average chip stack, but proved to be tough out.
Paul moved all in holding
on a two-spade, queen-high flop and his opponent called for less holding 
. The turn delivered another queen giving Paul's opponent trips and the river blanked out, leaving Paul with just 6,300.
, the unknown player 
, and Heine . Neitzel didn't have to wait long as the
appeared in the door and was accompanied by 
on the flop. The turn produced the 
and the river the 
, which was not enough to take the lead away from Neitzel, who tripled up. After counting out the main pot, Heine received the consolation prize of the side pot leaving him with around 12,000 after the hand. Neitzel was happy to survive the battle and sits with 37,000 in front of him.
Sabyl reraised her last 6,025 and was all in before the flop. Roberds made the call, saying, "I'm pretty sure I have the best hand," before tabling
; Landrum revealed a pocket pair of sevens and the two were off to the races.The
board fell in favor of Roberds, who finished the hand with two pair (aces and nines) to take down the pot.
The two traded preflop raises until the action culminated with an all-in raise from Suer which cost Broomfield 15,500 more to call. The call was made and a preflop showdown ensued:
Broomfield:
Suer:
The board filled out
and Broomfield's ace-king high held up to earn him the pot."I had a feeling that was a tilt raise," said Broomfield as he raked in his new chips. "I figure at worst I'm up against a pair there."
After the hand, Broomfield stacked up 44,800 in chips.
and Jacobo led out with 2,400, only to be called. The turn came and was checked over to Kanter. Kanter wasted little time putting his remaining 3,500 at risk. After deliberating through all the hands that could beat his revealed queens, Jacabo called and saw the of Kanter had in fact gone ahead of his queens. The river improved Kanter's already winning hand.Kanter has about 15,500 after the strange debacle, while Jacobo was left with only 10,300. Adding insult to injury Jacobo was assessed a one-round penalty for his mistake!
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Blumenfield, Ferguson and David Paul all limped in before the flop, the small blind folded, and the big blind checked his option. The flop came
and the action was checked to Blumenfield, who led out with a bet of 1,000. Ferguson and Paul both called, and the big blind folded.The
fell on the turn and Blumenfield fired again, this time making it 2,500 to go. Ferguson then opted to raise the minimum, kicking it up to 5,000. Paul made the call and when the action got back around to Blumenfield, he moved all in over the top for 750 more. Both Ferguson and Paul made the call.The last card off the deck was the
and Ferguson fired a 6,000 bullet that forced Paul out of the pot. At the showdown, Blumenfield tabled 
for a busted draw that had turned into a pair of jacks by the river. Ferguson revealed for top two pair which earned him the pot. After the hand, Paul was left with approximately 23,800 in chips.
