2009 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Atlantic City

$5,150 Circuit Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Atlantic City

Final Results
Winner
Samuel Chartier
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$322,944
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
208
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Seat 4: Alex "Diesel" Bolotin (823,000)

Alex Bolotin
Alex Bolotin
Alex Bolotin should feel right at home playing under the World Series of Poker logos. In 2006, Bolotin cashed twice in the WSOP. One year later, he picked up another five cashes in the series, including a 2nd place finish in the six-handed event for more than a half million dollars. This past year at the WSOP, Bolotin again performed well, notching three more cashes, making the final table in each of those events. All told, Bolotin has six WSOP final tables over the last three years and more than $1.5 million in career earnings.

Bolotin is 28 years old, and he calls Brooklyn, New York his home. In his younger days, "Diesel" was the pound-for-pound bench press champion at his high school. Ten years later, he's been flexing his muscles against this Circuit field. Bolotin went on a tear during Day 2 to take the chip lead, and he will begin play with the big stack today. He bagged up 823,000 chips, about 20% of the total amount in play.