2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City

Regional Championship
Day: 4
Event Info

2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
$358,295
Event Info
Buy-in
$9,700
Prize Pool
$1,279,624
Entries
136
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

One For Klodnicki

Level 26 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Chris Klodnicki raised to 51,000 on the button and Chris Bell defended his big blind, leading to an {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}{J-Hearts} flop.

Bell checked and Klodnicki made a continuation bet of 70,000, receiving a quick call from Bell. He checked the {5-Clubs} turn card over to his opponent, and Klodnicki fired 200,000. Bell laid it down, surrendering the pot.

Tags: Chris BellChris Klodnicki

Bell Closes The Gap a Bit

Level 26 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Chris Klodnicki raised to 50,000 on the button and Chris Bell called from the big blind.

The flop came out {5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, and Bell tapped the table. Klodnicki took a stab with a bet of 60,000, but Bell called. The turn brought the {3-Clubs} and Bell checked once again. Klodnicki checked behind, leading to the {6-Clubs} river card. Bell and Klodnicki check-checked again for a showdown.

It was a wise check from Klodnicki; Bell tabled {8-Spades}{7-Hearts} for the nut straight to win the pot.

Tags: Chris BellChris Klodnicki

Harrah's Atlantic City Sends 11 Players to the National Championship

Level 26 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Chris Reslock has already collected one gold ring at this Circuit stop, and he has been hunting for a second at the final table of the very last side event which has been running over in the adjacent room. Reslock couldn't close it out, though, and his early exit is excellent news for one Jesus Cabrera. After scoring a runner-up finish in the $1,650 Main Event last week and final tabling the $570 side event a couple days later, Cabrera has earned himself the title of Casino Champion for this stop and one of those enviable freeroll seats. Jesus must feel like it's his birthday here this week, and that million dollars in equity figures to be a nice Christmas gift for him and something to look forward to come May.

With his seat locked up, and nine more for our finalists today, we've now qualified 30 players for the $1 million freeroll National Championship. Here's who's in:

PlayerQualification
Blair HinkleCouncil Bluffs Main Event Champion
Robert GeoratoCouncil Bluffs Casino Champion
Charles MooreSouthern Indiana Main Event Champion
Kevin ManleySouthern Indiana Casino Champion
Kurt JewellHammond Main Event Champion
Ian WileyHammond Casino Champion
James AndersonMidwest Regional Champion
Gabe PatgorskiMidwest Regional Final Table
Bernard LeeMidwest Regional Final Table
Curt KohlbergMidwest Regional Final Table
Dave SandsMidwest Regional Final Table
Shannon ShorrMidwest Regional Final Table
Brandon AdamsMidwest Regional Final Table
Anthony HartmannMidwest Regional Final Table
Mark OwensMidwest Regional Final Table
Travis LutesBiloxi Main Event Champion
Bobbie TalbotBiloxi Casino Champion
Stan QuinnLake Tahoe Main Event Champion
Andrew BarberLake Tahoe Casino Champion
Matthew WaxmanHarrah's Atlantic City Main Event Champion
Jesus CabreraHarrah's Atlantic City Casino Champion
Chris BellEastern Regional Final Table
Micah RaskinEastern Regional Final Table
Ketan PandyaEastern Regional Final Table
Nick MitchellEastern Regional Final Table
Todd TerryEastern Regional Final Table
Andy FrankenbergerEastern Regional Final Table
Jason BurtEastern Regional Final Table
Chris KlodnickiEastern Regional Final Table
Seth FischerEastern Regional Final Table

Ketan Pandya Eliminated in 3rd Place ($159,851)

Level 26 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Ketan Pandya - 3rd place
Ketan Pandya - 3rd place

Ketan Pandya raised to 55,000 on the button and Chris Klodnicki re-raised to 175,000 from the small blind. Chris Bell four-bet all in from the big blind and sent Pandya deep into the tank. Five minutes passed and Pandya stood up. He slowly pushed his stack into the middle and Klodnicki got out of the way.

Bell: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Pandya: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Pandya found no help from the board that ran out {8-Spades}{9-Spades}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, out in third place for nearly $160,000.

Tags: Chris BellKetan Pandya

Bell Shoves On Klodnicki

Level 26 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Chris Klodnicki raised to 50,000 on the button and Chris Bell called from the small blind. Ketan Pandya folded his big blind, leading to an {8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Spades} flop.

Both checked to see the {4-Hearts} hit the turn. Bell bet 80,000, only to see Klodnicki bump it to 190,000. Bell responded with an all-in shove, getting Klodnicki to snap fold his hand.

Bell: Up to about 1,060,000
Klodnicki: Down to roughly 2,340,000

Tags: Chris BellChris Klodnicki

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mike Leah

Level 26 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Leah and the 'stache
Mike Leah and the 'stache

Friend of PokerNews and all-around goof Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah just showed up tableside to cheer for his buddies. We've seen him shooting the breeze with both Chris Klodnicki and Chris Bell over the course of the day, and Leah is currently loitering near the Kodnicki camp.

A moment ago, Leah made his presence known to all. Bell three-bet shoved on Klodnicki, and when he dragged the chips into his stack, Leah was ready with his iPhone.

It looks like he had YouTube open and it was tuned to the TV commercial about the little piggy who cried, "Wee, wee, wee" all the way home. When T.D. John Arthur announced the final action of the hand, it was followed by a loud, "Weeeeeeeee! Weee, weeee, weeeeeeeeee!"
that repeated for twenty or thirty seconds.

The arena chuckled, and we're guessing Bell had a smirk on his face too, though his back is to us. Since we're on the subject of Mike Leah, though, it needs to be mentioned that he is conspicuously missing his legendary (and lucky) November/December mustache that had earned him cashes in all three of the Main Events he'd played since giving up shaving. The Main Event here at Harrah's last week broke that streak, so gone is the mustache.

We think it's appropriate to take one last moment to recognize that thing. Nice work, Mike!

Tags: Mike Leah

Ketan Pandya Doubles Through Chris Bell

Level 26 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Chris Bell raised to 56,000 on the button and Ketan Pandya went all in for an additional 310,000 from the small blind. Chris Klodnicki gave it up from the big blind and after about two minutes, Chris Bell called.

Bell: {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Pandya: {K-Spades}{J-Hearts}

The flop came down {K-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} to give Pandya the lead. The {Q-Hearts} kept him there, and the {4-Clubs} secured his double to about 768,000.

Bell slipped to about 1,000,000.

Tags: Chris BellKetan Pandya

Level: 26

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000