$5,150 Circuit Championship Main Event Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker Circuit - Tunica

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

02-02-2009 15:16 UTC-5

Back!

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The cards are back in the air, and we are underway with Level 3.

02-02-2009 15:17 UTC-5

Jimmy Sommerfeld just recognized Nikki Ivey for overseeing 500 satellites here at this circuit series. Nikki is a regular on the floor staff both at WSOP Circuit Events and at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

She is affectionately known by some as the “Friendly Neighborhood Tournament Director.”

Tags: Nikki Ivey

02-02-2009 15:33 UTC-5

Jordan Morgan Gets Company

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Bill Edler's table was just broken and he has been moved over to table five. Table five also houses Jordan Morgan. Edler is slightly down with 14,000 remaining from his original 20k. Morgan has moved up steadily to 30,000 in chips.

Tags: Bill Edler Jordan Morgan

02-02-2009 15:34 UTC-5

Truesdell Spikes Moneymaker

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Chris Moneymaker opened the betting with a preflop raise to 575. Action passed around to Justin Truesdell, and he opted to reraise the world champion, putting out 1,700 chips. Moneymaker moved all in and Truesdell snap-called, having the pro covered.

Showdown:
Moneymaker: {K-?}

Truesdell: {J-?}

The flop was a big, dry desert for the amateur, but lightning struck on fourth street. A third jack peeled off, vaulting Truesdell into the lead. The river card failed to help Moneymaker improve, and he has been eliminated.

Chris Moneymaker showed up just a bit late for the start of action today, and it doesn't appear that he ever made it over his starting stack of 20,000. Within just a couple orbits, he was down under 10,000, and now he has been bad beaten out of his remaining stack. With a friendly, "Good luck," Moneymaker made his way away from his table and out towards the exit.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Jason Truesdell

02-02-2009 15:39 UTC-5

Dealers of the Century

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Jimmy Somerfeld asked that we give recognition to the hard working dealers here at Harrah's Tunica. Most have worked seventeen hour days, with very few breaks to bring the fantastic events of this circuit series. A big thank you goes out to those who keep the cards in the air.

02-02-2009 15:52 UTC-5

Morgan Outwits a Hacker

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Jordan Morgan has been the most active player at his table today, and his chip stack is benefiting as a result. Moments ago, we found him tangled up in another sizable pot. Here's how it went down:

Morgan came in raising before the flop, and he was looked up by Aaron Hacker. The dealer burned and ran the first three community cards: {4-Diamonds}

. Hacker led out into the pot with a bet of 1,000. Morgan raised to 2,300, and Hacker called.

Fourth street brought the {J-Hearts}

. Hacker slowed down now, allowing Morgan to put in a bet of 2,000, which was quickly called.

The last card off was the {4-Spades}

. Hacker grabbed the lead once again, firing out 3,500 chips. Morgan wasted little time calling, having plenty of chips to see the bet.

"I missed," came the disenchanted voice from the other end of the table as Hacker opened up his {5-Spades}

. Morgan turned over his {10-Diamonds}

, good enough to earn him the pot. With that, Morgan has chipped his way up just over the 35,000 mark.

Tags: Aaron Hacker Jordan Morgan

02-02-2009 16:04 UTC-5

A Leader Emerges

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Ladies and gentlemen, meet Leonard Eidson. Eidson doubled up early, and just moments ago, he was at it again, mixing things up in the biggest pot of the day so far.

The flop for the hand in question was {K-?}

, and Eidson was involved with Charles Ford. The two men had nearly equal stacks, and they both ended up all in with two cards to come.

Showdown:
Eidson: {7-?}

Ford:

Eidson had flopped quads, leaving Ford drawing to both of the remaining kings in the deck. The turn and river bricked off though, and Ford has been eliminated.

After raking in that massive pot, Leonard Eidson has put his name squarely atop the leaderboard, pacing the field with his 79,000 chips.

Tags: Charles Ford Leonard Eidson

02-02-2009 16:06 UTC-5

You Can't Win Them All

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Over at table four, Kathy Liebert and Sabyl Landrum were talking about how Bill Edler cashed for the first time in over a year at the Main Event in the Borgata Winter Poker series. Edler was the most dominating player in poker in 2007, and even won Player of the Year honors for his performance.

2008 was a polar opposite year for Edler.

"He did so well in 2007 and then nothing in 2008. But, you know how tournament poker is," Landrum said.

"Well, you can't win every tournament. Even Daniel Negreanu doesn't win every tournament he plays. Even Phil Hellmuth doesn't win every one," replied Liebert

The Phil comment drew a laugh by everyone at the table. Table four seems very relaxed, with most of the players engaged in conversation and playing like this is just another event.

Tags: Kathy Liebert Sabyl Landrum

02-02-2009 16:13 UTC-5

A Bad Beat for the "Chainsaw"

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Allen Kessler was just overheard bemoaning his bad beat in Event #11 to Shaun Deeb. Kessler had all his money in preflop with {A-?}

and was called by Sean McMahon with {K-?}

. A queen on the flop had ended Kessler's day in that event in 9th place.

Kessler's day isn't going very well so far. He is at 8,900 and dropping. Hopefully, he will be able to get some chips back. If not, chances are we will hear about it.

Tags: Allen Kessler