$5,150 Circuit Championship Event Day 1 | 2009 WSOP Circuit - Rincon

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

03-30-2009 21:33 UTC-7

Hold the Clock

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The clock has been paused for a 10-minute after-dinner break.

03-30-2009 21:14 UTC-7

Suer Runs into Set; Eliminated Shortly Thereafter

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It's not looking good for Bobby Suer. He wound up getting all in against a slightly shorter stack's on the turn of a board that showed {5-Hearts}

. Suer showed {6-Diamonds}

, a hand that was in bad shape against his opponent's set of eights, {8-?}

. Suer couldn't hit his gutshot on the river and as a result is left with just 3,000 chips.

A few hands later, Suer was all in with {5-Spades}

against his opponent's {J-Spades}

. The flop was a very safe {2-Diamonds}

, but Suer's opponent made a running two pair, {10-Hearts}

.

"What a gift," said Suer. He is out of the tournament.

Tags: Bobby Suer

03-30-2009 20:59 UTC-7

Evan McNiff and Dwyte Pilgrim have been sparring with each other in a good-natured way for much of the day, and that sparring has just culminated in all-out warfare. McNiff got it all in holding {A-?}

, and Pilgrim looked him up with the nuts, {A-?}

.

The board ran out dry for the at-risk McNiff, and he has been eliminated. After dragging down that big pot, Dwyte Pilgrim has just tipped the 100,000 mark, good enough to put him into the chip lead.

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim Evan McNiff

03-30-2009 20:58 UTC-7

Shaun ****in' Deeb!

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We didn't see the action, but we did see the result. On a board of {9-Hearts}

, Shaun Deeb tabled {K-Clubs}

to double up to 83,000. He is now among the chip leaders of the tournament.

Tags: Shaun Deeb

03-30-2009 20:34 UTC-7

Billirakis Continues to Climb

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Steve Billirakis is one of the few notable names who has had a consistently solid day. He was sitting in the big blind for a battle of the blinds. His opponent moved all in preflop for a bit less than 11,000 chips. Billirakis called with {K-Diamonds}

and was in the lead against the small blinds {Q-Clubs}

. Billirakis took down the pot with trips on a board of {5-Hearts}

. He's up to 80,000 and among the chip leaders.

Tags: Steve Billirakis

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

03-30-2009 20:30 UTC-7

Jason Young's Series of Unfortunate Events

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Shortly after doubling up, Jason Young gave some chips back. Evan McNiff raised, and Pogos Simityan moved all in for about 7,000. Jason Young made the call from the big blind, which was enough incentive for McNiff to duck out.

Young tabled {8-Diamonds}

, but he had run into Simityan's {A-Clubs}

. The board ran {J-Diamonds}

, and Jason Young doubled up his man, leaving himself with just 1,150 chips.

The next hand, Young folded from the small blind.

The following hand, Young moved all in for 750 from the button, and both blinds called. With the two live players checking it down, the dealer ran a board of {Q-Spades}

. The two blinds mumbled that they had no piece of that, and Young turned over the winning {Q-Clubs}

, tripling back up to 2,650.

On the next hand, Young looked down at {A-?}

and moved all in. He was called by two players, and they went to a flop of {J-?}

. Evan McNiff moved all in, and the table yielded to him, allowing him to duke it out with the at-risk Young. McNiff turned over {Q-?}

, still on the draw. The turn brought him some outs with a {6-?}

. To Young's chagrin, a {K-?}

peeled off on the river, making McNiff a straight and sending the gregarious Jason Young to the exit.

Tags: Evan McNiff Jason Young

03-30-2009 20:19 UTC-7

Take 'Er Easy, Pilgrim

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Dwyte Pilgrim limped into the pot from under the gun. Next in was "Jamie", and he came in with an all-in raise to 4,600. Pluria Marshall was next, and he made the call. When the action folded back around to Pilgrim, he announced a reraise, making it 11,000 total. Marshall called as well, creating the beginnings of a nice side pot.

The flop came out {A-Clubs}

. Pilgrim then moved all in for his final 26,775, sending his opponent deep into the tank. Marshall looked frustrated with his decision as he sat motionless for several minutes. He tried to pry a little bit of information from Pilgrim, but would get none. Finally, he open-mucked his hand, slamming {J-Clubs}

on the felt.

With Marshall out of the way, Pilgrim and Jamie turned over their hands. The at-risk Jamie tabled {Q-Hearts}

, while Pilgrim had his man crushed with {K-Spades}

. The turn and river would be useless for Jamie, as the {2-Hearts}

and

filled out the board. Pilgrim pulled in the big pot, knocking "Los Angeles Jamie" out of the field in the process.

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim

03-30-2009 20:15 UTC-7

Deeb Surrenders

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Shaun Deeb played his hand hard and fast, but his opponent played harder and faster. Deeb opened the betting preflop with a raise to 1,800. Action folded to the big blind, who reraised to 5,300. Deeb gave it a moment's thought before calling.

The flop came down {3-Hearts}

. The big blind kept firing, coming out with a bet of 3,500. Deeb quickly raised that bet to 9,500, but gave up his hand when the big blind reraised to 19,500. Deeb's opponent triumphantly turned over {K-Spades}

.

"Nice hand," said Deeb.

Tags: Shaun Deeb