2009 WSOP Circuit - Rincon

$5,150 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 WSOP Circuit - Rincon

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k2
Prize
$125,775
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
106
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

Tryba High on the Hog

Chris Tryba is above par again. He raised from under the gun, then called when the small blind shoved for 25,000 total. Tryba's {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} was best against the small blind's {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} and held up when he spiked a queen on the turn. He now has 108,000 chips.

Tags: Chris Tryba

Tripling Tryba

Chris Tryba was down under 30,000 at the break, and he wasted little time finding his spot. Looking down at {J-?} {J-?}, he moved all in and got called in two places. When the board cards were out, Tryba's jacks were the winner, and he has notched a quick triple up here early in the level. He's back in stable condition wtih 80,000, just slightly below average now.

Tags: Chris Tryba

A New Leader Once More

Just before the break, Esther Taylor was involved in a pot for her tournament life. She survived, earning herself a huge double up to 194,000. That's good enough to put her in the chip lead, a position that is changing hands nearly every orbit.

Tags: E-TayEsther Taylor

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Hold Everything

The clock has been paused, and the players are on their final 10-minute break of the evening. Despite having reached our 27-player requisite, the staff tells us that we'll play on until the conclusion of level twelve.

Telling Thiem

The chip lead has changed hands several times over the course of this level. Mike Heintschel was our most recent top dog, but his reign has come to an end as well.

In the last hand, Heintschel tangled with Thao Thiem in a big pot. The two men put in three bets each preflop, and the pot would grow from there. On the flop, Heintschel bet, only to get check-raised by Thiem. With nearly 70,000 in the pot, Heintschel surrendered his cards, shipping a big stack of chips to his opponent. With that, Thiem has taken over the chip lead at 185,000.

Three Tables Left

At the start of the day, the tournament staff announced we would play twelve levels. The structure sheet given to the players and the media suggested we would play until 27 players remained. Naturally, we thought that meant we would play to the earlier of 27 players or 12 levels, but it appears we were wrong. We're down to three tables (27 players) with 3 minutes left in Level 10, but it appears we're going to play straight through to the end of Level 12.

That should make for a very, very short day tomorrow.

Another Victim for Pilgrim

Dwyte Pilgrim is rolling here in Rincon. He managed to get a short stack all in preflop with {A-?} {J-?}. Pilgrim had a dominating hand, {A-?} {K-?}, that held up in a big way on a flop that came with two kings. Trip kings were the best hand by the river, catapulting Pilgrim to 130,000 in chips.

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim

Deeb Slips

Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb
Breaking News: Shaun Deeb just lost a pot. After working his way up to 170,000, Deeb became involved in a big confrontation with a player at his table. The unknown opponent was all in before the flop, and he was looked up by big stack Shaun Deeb. The pro tabled {A-Diamonds} {4-Spades}, and he was dominated by the all-in player's {A-Clubs} {6-Spades}.

The board came out {9-?} {6-?} {3-?} {6-?} {8-?}, and Deeb sends a good chunk of chips over to his opponent. He is down to 132,000, still good enough for the overall chip lead.

Tags: Shaun Deeb