2010 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace

Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info
2010 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$190,137
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,150
Entries
150
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 150
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Bonomo Doubles

Down to 5,650 chips, Justin Bonomo put them all on the line with the board showing {K-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}. A Jeremiah Smith look-alike, seated to Bonomo's right, started chanting, "Nananana", prompting Scott Seiver to acknowledge "Ty Webb", Chevy Chase's eccentric character from the movie Caddyshack.

Meanwhile, Bonomo's opponent tanked for about a minute. He finally called with {K-Spades} {J-Spades}. It was no good against Bonomo's {K-Clubs} {6-Clubs}. Bonomo dodged his opponent's sole out (the last king in the deck) when the river fell {5-Hearts}. He's back up to about 13,000 chips.

Tags: Justin Bonomo

Tran Eliminated by Lichtenberger

LuckyChewy
LuckyChewy
Jimmy Tran was just eliminated by Andrew Lichtenberger after the money went in on a flop of {J-Hearts}{10-Spades}{7-Spades}. Lichtenberger held a flopped straight with the {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} against Tran's {A-Spades}{J-Spades} for top pair and a flush draw.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and the river the {7-Clubs}, bringing no help for Tran and sending him to the rail. Lichtenberger is up to 45,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerJimmy Tran

Side by Side

Random table draws sometimes produce interesting results. The following players are all seated directly next to each other:

Jerry Yang and Brandon Cantu;
David Williams and Lisa Hamilton;
JC Alvarado and David Daneshgar;
Tony Dunst and Doug Lee;
James Mackey and Chau Giang;
Ted Lawson and Andrew Lichtenberger.

Layne Flack and Jonathan Little were seated next to each other earlier, before Flack was broken to a different table. Flack is now seated next to Brock Parker. Former members of "The Crew", Scott Fischman and Dutch Boyd, are seated at adjoining tables.

Fleischer Flushed on River

Terry Fleischer fired 4,000 on the turn with the board reading {8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. His opponent made the call and then the river was the {K-Clubs}. Fleischer checked and his opponent fired 2,000. Fleischer tanked for a while and then tossed in the chips to make the call.

Fleischer's opponent tabled the {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for the nut flush and Fleischer mucked his hand, slipping back to 27,000 chips.

Tags: Terry Fleischer

Cooler-Town

At this stage of the game, it takes two really big hands going head-to-head to wind up with an elimination. There have been a few already, including a hand in the center of the room where one player showed down the turned nut inside straight, {7-Hearts} {9-Spades} on a {5-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {8-Spades} {6-Spades} board, against a flopped set of fives, {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}. The river {Q-Hearts} did not pair the board, sending one player home much earlier than he had hoped.

Table of Death?

With late arrivals filling into empty seats at the tables, we have an early contender for Table of Death. Seated in the center of the room are Jeff Madsen, Eric Froehlich, Ted Lawson and Andrew Lichtenberger.

Madsen, Lawson and Lichtenberger were part of a four-way flop that Madsen had raised to 425 pre-flop. All four players checked the {8-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {9-Spades} flop. When the turn fell {5-Spades} and action checked to Lawson, he made a probing bet of 600. Only Lichtenberger called.

Both players checked the {Q-Hearts} river. Lawson tabled a pair of aces, {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs}, to take down the pot.

Bonomo Loses a Chunk

There was between 14,000 and 15,000 chips in the middle on a board of {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{A-Hearts} and Justin Bonomo had a bet of 11,500 laid out in front of him. His opponent tanked for several minutes and then eventually called with the {8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} for a straight. Bonomo held pocket threes for aces and threes. The defending champ lost the pot and dropped to 13,500 chips.

Tags: Justin Bonomo

Welcome to the Party, Pal!

Dunst. Tony Dunst.
Dunst. Tony Dunst.
We welcome the following late arrivals to the field:

* 2009 NAPT Venetian runner-up Sam Stein;
* The second woman in the field, Christina Lindley;
* Tony "Bond18" Dunst;
* Jeff Madsen; and
* Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger.

There are still 90 minutes of late registration. That's plenty of time for the field to grow.

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

You Don't Become Champion By Folding

Justin Bonomo is the defending champion in this event and he's already started chipping up. After rivering an opponent in one hand for a small pot, Bonomo opened the next hand for 200 pre-flop from early position. He was called by two late-position players and both blinds.

The five-handed flop came down {2-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {6-Hearts}. The big blind led into Bonomo for 550, a bet Bonomo raised to 2,000. Everyone folded to the small blind (the same player Bonomo previously rivered), who cautiously called the 2,000. The big blind folded.

The turn was the {K-Hearts}. Bonomo's opponent checked, then folded to a bet of 4,500. "Nice hand," he said.

Tags: Justin Bonomo