A Late Candidate for Table of Death
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2009 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Atlantic City
$5,150 Circuit Championship
Day: 2
Steven Cho Crippled, then Eliminated in 20th Place ($6,055)
. Continuing the trend of passiveness, all three men checked.The turn card was the
. Young checked, Cho bet out 10,000, and Bolotin put in a raise to 40,000. That was enough to get Young out, but Cho hung around, calling the additional 30,000.The last card off was the
. Cho checked, allowing Bolotin to bet 92,500. After a minute of consideration, Cho made the call for nearly his entire stack. Bolotin showed down 
, having turned his set. Cho slid his cards into the muck, while his stack did some sliding too, all the way back to just 10,000.A short time later, the rest of Cho's chips went in holding
. This time, Frank Vizza looked him up, tabling 
. The community cards ran 
, and Vizza's pair of jacks was the top hand. He delivered the final blow to Steven Cho, headed out in 20th place.
Arbitrary Chip Update
Chris Klodnicki - 571,000
Matt Brady - 548,500
Alex Bolotin - 420,000
And here are some others:
Michael Katz - 156,000
John Nixon - 230,000
Tony Bueti - 101,500
Full updated counts are in the "Chip Counts" tab on the right side of this page.
Cards Back in the Air
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Hold Everything
Craig Boyd Eliminated in 21st Place ($6,055)
Showdown:
Bolotin:
Boyd:
The flop came down
, keeping Bolotin's ace high in the lead. The turn brought the and still no help for Boyd. The final card off was the 
and with neither player holding a heart or making any kind of hand, Bolotin's ace high was good for the win to send Boyd home in 21st place.Bolotin now has 355,000 chips.
Boyd All In Again
Showdown:
Boyd:
Young:
The flop was a big dry desert for the at-risk Boyd, coming
. The turn was a blank as well, pairing the board with the 
. With one card to come, Boyd found salvation. The 
completed the board, improving Boyd to the winning aces up. He is back up just over 50,000 now, while Young has been knocked back to about 40,000.
Bob Willis Eliminated in 22nd Place ($6,055)
and was in a dominating spot top bust Willis holding the 
.After the five community cards were dealt out, Fox had flopped an ace and turned two pair for the elimination of Willis.
Blinds Battle
. From the big blind, Michael Katz made the call, putting himself at risk for his tournament life. He turned over , and the race was on.The dealer ran out the community cards:
. Catching his ace on the flop, Michael Katz earns himself a much-needed double up, sitting now with 170,000. Boyd, on the other hand, has been crippled all the way down to 20,000.