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

Regional Championship
Day: 1
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

O'Dwyer Hits Zero Figures

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

In early position, Isaac Baron opened with a raise to 1,250, and he found one caller a couple seats over. In late position, Steve O'Dwyer squeezed all 7,750 of his chips into the middle on a three-bet shove. Baron called the extra amount to put O'Dwyer officially at risk, and the monkey in the middle ducked out of the way.

Showdown
Baron: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}
O'Dwyer: {5-Hearts} {5-Spades}

The board ran out foul for O'Dwyer, coming {3-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {7-Spades}, and his day is done.

Tags: Steve O'DwyerIsaac Baron

Level: 8

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Frankenberger Hits Six Figures

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Andy Frankenberger is the first to cross the 100,000 mark today. He and Sorel Mizzi were both in 90,000 range at the last break, but Frankenberger has hit six figures thanks to a small pot.

The board read {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{8-Spades}{J-Hearts} and Frankenberger's bet of 2,500 was called by an opponent. The river brought the {7-Hearts} and Frankenberger bet 3,100. His opponent called and mucked when Frankenberger tabled {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}.

Shortly thereafter on a {7-Spades}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} board, Frankenberger's bet of 6,600 was paid off by an opponent. Frankenberger tabled {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the flopped straight, winning the hand and upping his stack to about 110,000.

Tags: Andy Frankenberger

Uh-O'Dwyer

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Steve O'Dwyer just had his stack cut in half and then some. We picked up the action late, on the turn of a {3-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} board. Isaac Baron led out with a bet of 2,650 there, and O'Dwyer went ahead and put him all in. Baron had a total of 9,075 chips to stick into the pot, and he turned up {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} when he did so. He was ahead of O'Dwyer's {K-Spades} {J-Spades}, and the river {7-Clubs} locked it up.

After donating that double, O'Dwyer is down to about 9,000 now, while Baron climbs his way back over 20,000.

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
105,000 13,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
97,000 14,000
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
75,000 -2,000
Dave Sands
Dave Sands
56,000 19,000
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
55,000 9,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
51,000 22,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
49,000 4,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
WPT 1X Winner
49,000 19,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
42,000 11,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
39,000 18,000
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
WSOP 1X Winner
39,000 11,000
Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee
36,000 -3,000
Matthew Woodward us
Matthew Woodward
35,000 -12,000
Chris Bell us
Chris Bell
34,000 4,200
James Mackey us
James Mackey
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
34,000 8,000
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
WSOP 2X Winner
31,000 9,000
Beth Shak us
Beth Shak
Full Tilt
28,000
T.J. Cloutier us
T.J. Cloutier
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
25,000 -6,000
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
24,500 -5,500
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
Full Tilt
14,500 -1,500
Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
9,500 -7,500
Brian Meinders us
Brian Meinders
WSOP 1X Winner
3,000 -31,000

It's Televised

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Josh Brikis in last week's Main Event, sporting his team colors
Josh Brikis in last week's Main Event, sporting his team colors

There's quite a poker tournament going on right now, but it's taken a bit of a backseat to the games on the television screens around the room. There is a serious NFL game brewing right now between the Tri-State's own New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the vast majority of the room is sweating hard.

Josh Brikis is frequently seen in a Steelers' jersey, and he and Jets-hat-wearing Matthew Waxman are sitting back-to-back at adjacent tables, both glued to the screen. A few minutes ago, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a long pass to lead his team closer to a potential go-ahead score, and Waxman shot out of his seat to pace around his chair in frustration.

"Are you serious right now?" he asked out loud. "Are you really serious?!"

"Oh we're serious, baby! Come on!" Brikis said, standing from his own chair for a few celebratory claps. He took a few steps over to Waxman and added, "I'm folding like every hand right now."

Tags: Josh BrikisMatthew Waxman

Chip Counts From Around The Room

Player Chips Progress
Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
82,000 4,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
75,000 15,000
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
WSOP 3X Winner
66,000 -6,000
Jon Aguiar
Jon Aguiar
57,000 4,000
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
50,000 1,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000 -14,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
WPT 1X Winner
50,000 -8,000
Chris Reslock us
Chris Reslock
WSOP 1X Winner
48,000 8,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
WPT 2X Winner
45,000 -10,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
44,000 6,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
39,000 -1,000
John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
WSOP 3X Winner
Full Tilt
37,000 14,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
34,000 -13,000
Ravi Raghaven
Ravi Raghaven
33,000 13,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
33,000 125
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
32,000 16,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000
Matthew Waxman us
Matthew Waxman
29,000 7,000
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
25,000 3,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
23,000 -4,000
Dean Schultz us
Dean Schultz
23,000 -6,000
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
23,000 -10,000
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
WSOP 2X Winner
19,000 -13,000
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
WSOP 1X Winner
18,000 -16,000
Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
17,000 -9,000

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Better Luck in 2011, Brady

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Matt Brady in happier times
Matt Brady in happier times

It's been a year full of run-bad for Matt Brady, and it has just come to a merciful end. Brady just came strolling by our media desk where his phone had been plugged in to an outlet.

"Well, see you next year, guys," he frowned. "Set under set to cripple me, then ace-king into queens to bust." With that, he was gone.

That pretty much tells you everything you need to know as Brady has taken the slow walk out into the casino.

Tags: Matt Brady

Brikis Bakes a Double

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

We just caught the tail end of the pot, but it's changed the game for Josh Brikis.

It was a board of {3-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds}, and it looked like the action went check-check on the turn, though we're not positive. In any event, the river saw David Baker check, and Brikis bet 5,300 into a pot of just more than that. Baker craned his neck to eye up Brikis' remaining stack (7,800 behind) before check-raising big. Brikis dumped his last chips into the pot, and Baker tabled {Q-Hearts} {9-Clubs} for the trip nines. Brikis had that beat; he turned up {A-Hearts} {9-Hearts} for the nut trips, and he's found a double up back over starting stack. He's at about 32,000 now, as he and Baker essentially trade stacks.

Tags: Josh BrikisDavid Baker

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50