2009 WSOP Circuit Event - New Orleans

$5,150 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 WSOP Circuit Event - New Orleans

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$161,175
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
167
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

A Little Chip Swing

Under the gun, Jean Gaspard limped into the pot, and Ken Christopher folded his button. In the small blind, Billy Kopp put in a raise to 86,000. Steven Mckoy ducked out, while Gaspard came along for the ride.

The flop brought {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}. Kopp checked, Gaspard fired 90,000, and Kopp made the call.

The turn and river were {Q-Clubs} and {Q-Hearts} respectively, double pairing the board. Both players checked the last two streets. After the final table tap, Kopp exposed his {A-Hearts} {A-Spades}, and Prince could not beat it, sending close to 200,000 chips across the table.

Tags: Billy KoppJean Gaspard

Stalemate

Virtually nothing has changed in the last 20 minutes. The blinds are now up, but that's not really pushing the action just yet. Chips are being passed back and forth in small amounts to the players in position on any given hand, and the four remaining runners are at a stalemate for the time being. Chip counts are practically dead on what they were as of the last update. Even emcee Steve Frezer has abandoned the announcing duties for the time being.

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

Big Shove for Kopp

Billy Kopp
Billy Kopp
From under the gun, Billy "Patrolman35" Kopp raised to 35,000. Jean Gaspard reraised from the small blind to 60,000. Kopp then moved all in for 460,000. Gaspard thought about things for only a few moments and then made the fold, saying, "Looks like you got aces. I'm gonna fold."

Tags: "Patrolman35"Billy KoppJean Gaspard

Big Preflop Raise, Three Streets of Checking

Two players folded and then action was on Steven McKoy in the small blind. With the blinds at 8,000-16,000, McKoy put in a raise to 128,000. From the big blind, Jean Gaspard made the call.

The flop came down {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Hearts} and both players checked. The turn brought the {8-Diamonds} and two more checks. The river was the {J-Clubs} and McKoy and Gaspard checked again.

Gaspard showed pocket fours to win the pot and McKoy mucked his hand.

Tags: Jean GaspardSteven McKoy

Check-Check-Check

Steven McKoy opened the betting this time, raising to 45,000 from the button. Both Jean Gaspard and Ken Christopher came along from the blinds, and it was three handed the rest of the way.

The board ran down {Q-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {J-Clubs}, with all three players checking the action on each street. Christopher was the first to show, tabling {9-Diamonds} {9-Spades}. Both opponents mucked their cards, and the pot goes to Bama.

Tags: Jean GaspardKen ChristopherSteven McKoy

McKoy Takes a Few

Steven McKoy
Steven McKoy
From the button, Ken Christopher started off with a minimum raise to 32,000. In the big blind, Steven McKoy took his time to consider before making the call.

Heads up, the flop came down {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}, and both players checked. Fourth street was the {10-Spades}. McKoy led out this time, pushing 35,000 chips forward. Christopher opted to re-raise, making the minimum increase once again to 75,000. Not to be outdone, McKoy three-bet over the top, making it 115,000 straight. That was all Christopher could take as he slipped his cards into the muck.

Tags: Ken ChristopherSteven McKoy

Baby Flushing

Under the gun, Billy Kopp put in a raise to 40,000. All the way around the table, Ken Christopher made the call from the big blind.

The board ran down {A-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {9-Clubs}, with the two men checking it down the whole way. Christopher tabled {2-Clubs} {2-Spades}, and his baby flush was good enough to take down the pot.

Tags: Billy KoppKen Christopher

Small Action

Ken "Bama" Christopher completed from the small blind and Billy "Patrolman35" Kopp checked in the big blind. The two players checked all the way down to the river as the board was laid out {8-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {7-Hearts}.

Chirstopher bet the minimum on the river and was called by Kopp. Kopp showed {Q-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} for the winning hand and Christopher mucked.

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In other small action, Kopp raised to 40,000 from under the gun. Jean Gaspard called from the small blind and Christopher called from the big blind.

The flop came {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {7-Clubs} and everyone checked. The turn brought the {7-Spades} and Gaspard led for 60,000. The other two players folded and Gaspard took the pot.

Tags: "Bama""Patrolman35"Billy KoppJean GaspardKen Christopher