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$5,150 Circuit Championship Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker Circuit - Council Bluffs
$5,150 Circuit Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker Circuit - Council Bluffs
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$313,950
Total Entries
67
Level
16
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 67
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Coming into action, Jeff Banghart was our chip leader, and he held that post for much of the day. It was only in the last couple of levels that he was caught by John McDonald and Dennis Meierotto. One big misstep late in the day against Meierotto means that Banghart will start the final table in the middle of the pack. His 77,000 chips are only about two-thirds of what he started with today, but that's still plenty of ammunition to do some damage.
The story of the day was John McDonald. As he began to amass chips, he became more and more active in pots. As he became more and more active in pots, he continued to amass more and more chips. The result: McDonald will take a big chip lead into play tomorrow. He bagged up 525,000 chips, which gives him over a third of the chips in play. In fact, there are only two other players who will start the final table with more than 100,000. Here's the way things will shake out starting play tomorrow.
Final Table
Seat 1: John McDonald (525,000)
Seat 2: Dennis Meierotto (387,500)
Seat 3: Evan "MacDaddy34" Panesis (203,000)
Seat 4: Ari "BodogAri" Engel (92,000)
Seat 5: Joaquin Sosa (60,000)
Seat 6: Jeff Bryan (27,500)
Seat 7: Jeff Banghart (52,000)
Seat 8: Jesse Hale (77,000)
Seat 9: Jeff Daubs (34,500)
Our final table will commence at 2:00 Central Time tomorrow afternoon, rather than noon as previously scheduled. We hope you'll join us then as we crown our champion here at the WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs. Until then, goodnight once more from Iowa!
"It's not a big hand, but I like it," said McDonald as he stuck in the chips for the call. After the cards were revealed, Hiers held a dominating position to double up.
Showdown:
Hiers:
McDonald:
The flop came down paired,
. The turn put a second pair on board with the 
and kept Hiers in the lead. He only needed to dodge one more card on the river.The dealer burned the final card and BAM smacked the
on the felt. Hiers shot his hands up into the air and couldn't believe it. He was eliminated on the bubble in 10th place in an extremely unlucky fashion.The remaining players all congratulated Hiers on his efforts and he wished them all luck.
David Hiers has been nursing the short stack -- okay, the very short stack -- all day, holding onto his last few chips like a priceless artifact. With the betting folded around to him in the small blind, Hiers mustered the courage to move all in for his last 8,000. Chip leader Dennis Meierotto was in the big blind, and he quickly called the extra 4,000, putting Hiers on the brink of elimination.
Showdown:
Hiers:
Meierotto:
Ahead, but at risk for his tournament life, Hiers watched the flop come a dramatic and disastrous
. Meierotto had come from behind to make the leading two pair, and he had his foot squarely on the throat of Hiers' chip stack.But a favorable bolt of lightning would strike on the turn. The
peeled off, making Hiers a higher two pair and putting him just one card from a much-needed double-up. Sure enough, the 
ragged off on the end, and David Hiers is now just a bit healthier with his 26,000 chips.
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The flop came down
and Meierotto checked. Banghart fired 20,000 and Meierotto called.The turn was the
and the action was checked to the river. The 
was the last card and Meierotto checked. Banghart bet out 15,000. Meierotto looked as if he was going to make the call, but then announced a raise and made it 55,000 to go. Banghart stood from his chair. "Why didn't I just check?" he said.After a moment of standing and staring at the board, Banghart made the call. Meierotto turned up
for the nut flush. "Nice hand," said Banghart. "I can't beat that."
in early action at our "final" table. Dennis Meierotto checked, as did Evan Panesis. Jeff Bryan elected to take the lead, betting out 17,000. Jesse Hale was next, and he made the call. Back on Meierotto now, the table watched him make a strong reraise to 57,000. That was enough to scare off Panesis and Bryan, but Hale elected to come along with a call after some deliberation.Fourth street was the
. Meierotto wasted no time moving all in for his last 52,000. With such a big pot up for grabs, Hale called, knowing he was behind.Showdown:
Meierotto:
Hale:
Hale was club hunting, but he would find none. The river was a blank
, and Meierotto more than doubled up. He is now hot on the heels of the chip leader, having vaulted up to 240,000.
Seat 1: John McDonald
Seat 2: David Hiers
Seat 3: Dennis Meierotto
Seat 4: Evan "MacDaddy34" Panesis
Seat 5: Ari "BodogAri" Engel
Seat 6: Joaquin Sosa
Seat 7: Jeff Bryan
Seat 8: Jeff Banghart
Seat 9: Jesse Hale
Seat 10: Jeff Daubs
It has been announced that once we lose a player, there will be no redraw. Players will remain in the seats they are positioned in right now. It also appears that the players will forgo their dinner break and play on for one more knockout.
