Miller Dao fired 5,150 on the board of and his opponent made the call to see the fall on the river. Dao couldn't fired this time and checked. His opponent checked behind. Dao mucked after his opponent tabled the for queens and nines, dropping back to 33,500.
Dao took ninth place in the WSOP Circuit Regional Championship in Rincon for $24,235. That final table earned him a spot in the National Championship at the end of the season, but Dao wasn't about to sit back. He just took down the $1,090 No-Limit Hold'em ring event here at Caesars yesterday for a cool $55,202.
Life's good for Steve Billirakis. He just took out two players when his aces held from the button. One player limped into the pot from middle position before the cutoff raised all in to 1,275. Billirakis made just bigger than a minimum-raise to 2,200. The big blind then put in the fourth bet to 5,500, folding the original limper.
Action passed back to Billirakis, who carefully considered his action before making a large raise to about 15,000. The big blind quickly shoved the rest of his stack into the middle (roughly that same extra 10,000), then let out an expletive when he saw Billirakis' . The big blind opened ; the cutoff had . It wasn't without a sweat for Billirakis, but a board of allowed him to take the whole pot. He's now up to about 60,000.
Jared Hamby fired 1,500 on the flop of . Chance Kornuth made the call and the turn brought the . Hamby checked and Kornuth fired 4,200. Hamby gave it up and Kornuth won the pot.
We walked up to Miller Doa's table for the tail end of a huge pot. With 30,000 already in the pot and a flop of , an opponent behind Doa was all in for his last 6,925. Doa folded after about a minute, saying, "I wanted to find out where I was at." With that fold, he knows exactly where he's at: at 27,000 in chips.
From early position, Billy Kopp raised to 1,200. His only customer came from a caller out of the small blind. The two players took the flop of and the small blind checked. Kopp fired a continuation bet of 1,625 and his opponent made the call.
The turn added the to the board and paired it with ducks. Both players checked, which prompted another deuce to hit the river, the . After the small blind checked, Kopp bet 4,400. His opponent called.
Both players turned over deuces full of kings. Kopp held the and his opponent the . Chop, chop boys.
From under the gun, Tony Utnage raised to 1,025. Action folded over to the player on the button. He made the call, the small blind called and then the big blind squeezed all in for 11,850. Utnage called and everyone else folded. The small blind showed that he was laying down two black eights.
Utnage tabled the and his opponent in the big blind held the . The board ran out and Utnage's kings went down.
On the board of , David Williams bet 5,000 after his opponent checked. The player tanked for a bit and then made the call. Williams tabled the for two pair and won the pot.
Shortly after scooping this pot, Williams eliminated a player at his table and saw his stack climb even more. He's up to about 80,000 now.
and his opponent made the call to see the 
fall on the river. Dao couldn't fired this time and checked. His opponent checked behind. Dao mucked after his opponent tabled the 
for queens and nines, dropping back to 33,500.
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, Allen Cunningham bet 6,000. His opponent, Michael Traylor, moved all in for 11,000 and Cunningham folded, leaving himself short.
and called by the 
. The board ran out 
and Cunningham was eliminated.![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. It wasn't without a sweat for Billirakis, but a board of 
allowed him to take the whole pot. He's now up to about 60,000.
. Chance Kornuth made the call and the turn brought the 
. Hamby checked and Kornuth fired 4,200. Hamby gave it up and Kornuth won the pot.
. After the small blind checked, Kopp bet 4,400. His opponent called.
. The board ran out 
