National Championship
Day 2 Started
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - $1,000,000 National Championship
National Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - $1,000,000 National Championship
Entries
100
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Day 2 Seating Assignment with Chip Counts
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Table 22
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesus Cabrera | 61,100 |
| 2 | Tuan Bui Le | 20,800 |
| 3 | -empty- | NA |
| 4 | La Sengphet | 165,000 |
| 5 | Drazen Ilich | 66,600 |
| 6 | Shiva Dudani | 96,000 |
| 7 | Kunal Patel | 27,600 |
| 8 | Huy Nguyen | 122,700 |
| 9 | Jonathon Poche | 121,400 |
Table 23
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Sykes | 30,400 |
| 2 | Adam Hui | 75,100 |
| 3 | Charles “Woody” Moore | 95,100 |
| 4 | Matthew Lawrence | 57,600 |
| 5 | Scott Clark | 38,600 |
| 6 | Roland Isra | 64,000 |
| 7 | Robert Scott | 14,800 |
| 8 | Tim West | 53,500 |
| 9 | Brian Ali | 13,900 |
Table 24
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Mavro | 49,500 |
| 2 | Curt Kohlberg | 94,600 |
| 3 | Allen Kessler | 23,100 |
| 4 | Jim Anderson | 25,500 |
| 5 | Harry Cullen | 40,700 |
| 6 | Kyle Cartwright | 51,300 |
| 7 | Traci Brown | 33,500 |
| 8 | Josh Evans | 32,300 |
| 9 | Stanley Quinn | 92,600 |
Table 26
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Klodnicki | 51,000 |
| 2 | Kenny Ngueyn | 22,000 |
| 3 | Andrew Barber | 56,100 |
| 4 | Bernard Lee | 70,900 |
| 5 | Sam Barnhart | 23,800 |
| 6 | DJ Blanchard | 24,100 |
| 7 | Peter Ippolito | 36,100 |
| 8 | Dwyte Pilgrim | 36,300 |
| 9 | Doug Carli | 72,800 |
Day Two of National Championship Soon to Begin
Welcome back to Caesars Palace for Day Two of the WSOP-Circuit National Championship!
Only 100 players were gifted an opportunity to participate in this $1,000,000 freeroll after proving their worth throughout this season of the WSOP Circuit. With some no shows, players would battle tirelessly on the green felt before only 35 would manage to survive for a day two berth today.
Headlining today's field is La Sengphet with an amassed 165,000 mainly courtesy of a huge call with second pair on a four-club board on one of the final hands of the day. Only two other players sit in the six-figure club with Huy Nguyen (122,700) and Jonathon Poche (121,400) snapping at Sengphet's heels.
Charles 'Woody Moore (95,100), Curt Kohlberg (94,600), Doug 'Rico' Carli (72,800), Bernard Lee (70,900), Dwyte Pilgrim (36,300) and Allen Kessler (23,100) are just a handful of notables still in contention for capturing the $300,000 first prize and coveted gold bracelet.
PokerNews will be on the tournament floor throughout the day providing extensive live coverage as we play down to the final table of the WSOP Circuit National Championship!
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The players have made their way to the Caesars Poker Room and have taken their seats. The tournament official just gave the "Shuffle up and deal," announcement, so the cards are in the air!
Ali Alive
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Robert Scott entered the pot from the hi-jack for 2,700 only to have Brian Ali move all in for slightly under 14,000.
From the small blind, Mark Sykes iso-shoved for roughly 30,000 as Scott folded.
Ali: 
Sykes: 
The board ran out 
to see Ali snag two-pair to remain alive as Sykes slipped to roughly 16,000 in chips.
Sykes Exits
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Mark Sykes pushed all in from late position for 15,900 and Matthew Lawrence made the call from the small blind.
Sykes: 
Lawrence:
The board ran out 
to see Sykes eliminated as Lawrence moves to roughly 75,000 in chips.
All Eyes on Pilgrim and Cartwright
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Today, a lot of attention is being focused on Dwyte Pilgrim and Kyle Cartwright. Both have found tremendous success on the Circuit and epitomize the "rags-to-riches" story. If you're not familiar with these two, here is a post we ran on Day 1 that is still applicable considering both have made it to Day 2 (plus we've added a video):
Not since Dwyte Pilgrim has a player found such success on the WSOP Circuit as 23-year-old Kyle
Cartwright. It all began in February when Cartwright, who had only $2,000 to his name, decided to play his first major live tournament at the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Tunica. Amazingly, he played four events at that stop and took home gold rings in two of them: Event #20 $345 No Limit Hold’em ($25,678) and Event #44 $345 No Limit Hold’em ($31,111). His performance earned him enough points to make him the Harrah’s Tunica “Casino Champion”, for which he was awarded a spot in the National Championship.
Two months later in St. Louis, Cartwright added another pair of cashes to his résumé. One was a minor 42nd-place finish in Event #5 $345 No Limit Hold’em for $751, but the other was a $142,290 score for a victory in Event #30 $1,600 Main Event. The latter win also came with a spot in the National Championship; however, since Cartwright had secured his seat in Tunica, the second spot will be awarded to another points-competitor from the National Leaderboard.
Cartwright, a graduate from the University of Memphis, only has four WSOP Circuit cashes, all within nine weeks of each other and three of them victories in ring events. Quite the impressive feat considering the record for most rings is only four — a tie between Mark “Pegasus” Smith and Men “The Master” Nguyen, both of whom have been traveling the circuit for years. An even better comparison would be to Pilgrim, who also made his name on the WSOP Circuit.
Pilgrim’s rise to fame came during the 2007-2008 season when he scored his first WSOP-Circuit cash at the Caesars Atlantic City stop. It was a modest $2,877 win for a 17th-place finish in Event #4 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em. Almost a year later, 364 days to be exact, Pilgrim won his first ring in the WSOP-C Caesars Atlantic City Event #4 $560 No Limit Hold’em, good for $83,955. Three weeks later, Pilgrim won the $5,150 Circuit Championship Main Event at Harrah’s Rincon for his second ring and $125,775. His third and final ring came a year later in Event #8 $340 No Limit Hold’em at Harrah’s Rincon during the 2009-2010 season. Although Cartwright hasn’t been on the circuit nearly as long as Pilgrim, their victories in two smaller buy-in events, as well as a Main Event Championship, are eerily similar.
Pilgrim vs. Cartwright
| Player | Rings | WSOP-C Cashes | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyte Pilgrim | 3 | 23 | $506,238 |
| Kyle Cartwright | 3 | 4 | $199,830 |
Perhaps the most interesting similarity between these two is that they are currently seat at the same table, side-by-side; however, while Cartwright is often considered the next Pilgrim, the latter has position on the former.
Tuan Bui Le Busted
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Action folded to Jesus Cabrera in the cutoff and he put in a raise to 3,600. Tuan Bui Le then moved all in for 18,400 from the button only to be called by chip leader La Sengphet. Cabrera opted to get out of the way as the cards were turned up:
Sengphet:
Le: 
It was a classic flip as the flop came down 
. Sengphet grabbed the lead and held onto it as the 
hit the turn followed by the 
on the river. Le was eliminated from the tournament in 34th place while Sengphet increased her stack to 190,000.
Barnhart Doubles
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Chris Klodnicki opened with a raise which was flatted by Bernard Lee before Sam Barnhart moved all in. Klodnicki passed, but Lee made the call.
Lee: 
Barnhart: 
The board ran out 
to see Barnhart double through to 44,500 in chips as Lee drops to 60,000 and change.