2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$181,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$640,200
Entries
132
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Fighting the Good Fight

Max Pescatori and Allen Kessler recently approached WSOP supervisor Tom Sexton regarding Day 1's structure. Currently, the players are scheduled to go on a one-hour dinner break starting at 6:30 p.m. and play just one level upon their return.

Pescatori argued that he thinks players would rather play at least two levels after the dinner break, as it makes no sense to come back and play just one.

"If you surveyed the field, I guarantee like 90% of them would say yes. It will be bigger than Obama," joked the Italian Pirate.

No changes have been made to the schedule just yet. We'll let you know if the staff makes a ruling on the issue.

Tags: Max Pescatori

Fear the Min-Raise

Allen Kessler, under the gun, made a minimum raise of 200, making it 400 to go, before being reraised to 800 by the player in the small blind. When the action got back around to Kessler, he reraised to 2,800 as quick as the eye could see. The move prompted his opponent to fold their hand before the flop. Kessler sits with 22,000 after the sequence of events.

"Sorry, John"

Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan
Two-time WSOP Main Event champ and living poker legend Johnny Chan has just been eliminated from the tournament by amateur James "Drew" Marks.

The hand was relayed to us by friend of PokerNews, Mr. Tom Sexton. According to Sexton, Chan held {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} and was up against Marks' pocket threes.

The {Q-Clubs} {3-?} {2-Clubs} flop sparked the action, and Marks put Chan all in for his last 5,000. Chan made the call, and spiked his club flush on the turn when the {6-Clubs} peeled off, but Marks filled up when the river delivered the {6-Spades}.

Now that Chan's gone, we're left with two WSOP Main Event winners; Jerry Yang and Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson.

Tags: Johnny Chan

Bonsack Doubles to Get Healthy

Bonsack watches a race
Bonsack watches a race
Mark Bonsack just got a little healthier when he called an opponent's all in, creating a preflop race that had Bonsack's pocket eights up against the {A-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} of his opponent. The flop brought little danger as it spread {K-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}. The turn {6-Diamonds} and river {10-Hearts} rounded out the board, as the {8-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} held up and brought Bonsack to a healthy 26,000.

Tags: Marc Bonsack

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Fox Trapped

Last year's runner-up and hometown hero Dustin Fox is back again, looking to best last year's strong result.

He's got plenty of chips, but just forfeited a recent pot to an opponent seated across the table from him in the two-seat.

Fox limped into the pot from under the gun and, when the action had folded around the table, his opponent kicked it up to 775. Fox made the call and the two saw a flop of {K-Spades} {10-Clubs} {2-Clubs}.

Both players checked the flop, prompting the dealer to burn and turn the {6-Diamonds}. Fox then led out with a 1,300 bet, which his opponent kicked up to 4,300. After a short dwell in the tank, Fox threw his hand away saying, "Nice bluff."

"Do you want a reaction from that?" his opponent asked.

"I didn't ask for one," Fox said with a smile. The hand left Fox with a healthy 31,500 in chips.

Tags: Dustin Fox

Chan-dates

Johnny Chan has recently been demoted to short-stack status after losing his second major pot in the past hour. Chan currently sits with 6,200 in chips after climbing as high as 16,400 earlier in the day.

Tags: Johnny Chan

Schlosser Swimming in Chips

Guy Schlosser has just taken down a nice pot after check-calling bets of 1,200, 3,000 and 5,000 from a single opponent as the board filled out {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {2-Spades}.

"Got the straight?" Schlosser asked as he tossed in his 5,000 call on the river, tabling {K-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} for two pair (kings and deuces).

"Nope, good call," his opponent replied, as he tossed his hand into the muck.

With the win, Schlosser moved up to 29,000 in chips.

Tags: Guy Schlosser

Prizepool and Payout Information Released

Tournament Director Janis Sexton has just released the prizepool and payout information to the players and media.

132 players generated a total prizepool of $640,200. The top 18 places are scheduled to be paid, with 18th place taking home just over $7,000. The event's eventual winner will take home $181,379 in prize money and a $11,000 seat ($10,000 for the buy-in + $1,000 for expenses) into the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event.

For a complete list of payouts and other relevant information, visit our Prizepool and Payouts page.