Regional Championship
Day 2 Completed
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's New Orleans
Regional Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's New Orleans
Buy-in
$9,700
Prize Pool
$698,398
Entries
75
Level
25
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
That's a Wrap
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Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Day 2 of the WSOP-C Southern Regional Championship has just shut down for the night at Harrah's New Orleans. The after-dinner session took just 12 minutes off the clock with a flurry of action to close the night.
Play began with the 44 survivors from Day 1 plus another five fresh faces who squeezed in before the window closed. From 49, the field was reduced all the way to 18 over the course of just more than six levels. Brian Senie is alone at the top of the counts with 291,000, running up a good tally from his starting count of less than 50,000. Senie and his trip sevens faded a flush draw to win a big pot early on, and the chip leader collected another big pot when he claimed the bounty of Chad Brown in the middle of the day.
Shannon Shorr had himself a pretty fine day as well, bagging up the second-place stack of 242,500. Perhaps nobody is doing better than Allie Prescott, though. He's got 107,200 chips at the end of the day, and that's pretty stellar considering how his day began. Starting with more than 50,000, Prescott flopped a flush draw in a pot against Chad Brown. The fifth club came on the turn, and the river paired the board (
). Brown shoved, and Prescott was not thrilled to see that Brown had run down a full house with 
.
Prescott was down to just 1,300 chips thereafter, but he wasn't going down without a fight. That number soon climbed to 24,000 when he crippled Jon Aguiar, and Prescott doubled up from that when his ace-queen bested Dan Heimiller's ace-jack. Prescott went on to knock Kido Pham out on a coin flip, and then he managed to double up again when a one-outer saved his tournament life in most improbable fashion. Read back a page or two to find out how it happened.
The chip counts and the table draw can be found right below this post, and that's about all we have for tonight. Bourbon Street is calling, and we've got a friendly 1:00 P.M. start time on tomorrow's schedule. We'll see you back here then for the run to the final table where the final nine players will lock up their National Championship seats.
Day 3 Table and Seat Draw
Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Waxman | 133,600 | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence Jacobs | 152,400 | 1 | 2 |
| Allie Prescott | 107,200 | 1 | 3 |
| Shannon Shorr | 242,500 | 1 | 4 |
| Jeremiah Vinsant | 92,800 | 1 | 5 |
| Scott Lipshutz | 75,700 | 1 | 6 |
| Kunal Patel | 102,500 | 1 | 7 |
| Harry Cullen | 122,500 | 1 | 8 |
| Jeremy Gaubert | 105,300 | 1 | 9 |
| Gary Friedlander | 123,800 | 2 | 1 |
| Kyle Bowker | 79,500 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Brecher | 161,800 | 2 | 3 |
| AJ Jejelowo | 168,500 | 2 | 4 |
| Adam Levy | 61,800 | 2 | 5 |
| Brian Senie | 291,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Brian Roberts | 118,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Allen Kessler | 41,500 | 2 | 8 |
| Prince Gaspard | 69,200 | 2 | 9 |
Adams Falls
Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Brandon Adams spent the day quietly absorbed in his own little iPad world. A game of chess, an audio book, a browse of the news. He quietly accumulated chips for the first half of the day, then quietly dribbled them away over the latter half. He's gone now.
In early position, Kunal Patel raised to 4,500, and he found three calls. Gary Friedlander (middle position), Brandon Adams (cutoff), and Adam Levy (small blind) all took a 
flop. It checked around to Friedlander, and he stuck out a bet of 9,000. Adams shoved all in for about 46,000 total, quickly folding the two monkeys in the middle. Friedlander called instantly, though, and his 
figured to be best. Adams' 
was almost drawing dead, and the turn 
and river 
have forced his exit in 19th place.
The good news for the pro is that he didn't need the points. Adams is already one of the 100-player field of next week's WSOP-C National Championship.
Gaubert Hooks a Double
Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We've had a shove at all three tables within the first couple hands.
At Table 1, Kyle Bowker three-bet shoved after Brian Senie opened to 6,000. On the first hand back from the break. It was 61,500 total, and Senie tanked for a long while before surrendering.
At Table 3, Jeremy Gaubert opened to 4,800 before Kunal Patel reraised to 12,500. Gaubert four-bet all in for 52,700, and Patel made the call with 
. Gaubert was well in front with 
, and he faded the 
board to double up over the century mark.
Patel is right there with him now, both players sitting with 110,000, there or thereabouts.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
One-Hour Break
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We're one elimination away from the end of Day 2, but we've come to our scheduled dinner break. When the announcement was made, 18 of the players were shocked at the timing, and an impromptu town hall meeting broke out as everyone huddled to figure out a solution. The staff polled the players, and only one of them wanted to go to dinner. That's enough, though, and they've all be sent off until 9:30 P.M.
We'll see you in an hour to finish this thing out.
Waxman Busts Hawkins
Matt Waxman opened to 3,200 from early position and was called by AJ Jejelowo in the cutoff, Maurice Hawkins in the small blind, and Brian Roberts in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and action was checked to Waxman. He bet 4,600, only getting called by Hawkins. The hit the turn and Hawkins shoved for 29,500, sending Waxman into the tank for a good three minutes. Ultimately, he opted to call. Hawkins showed 
, having grabbed the lead on the turn against Waxman's .
The river brought the 
, though, counterfeiting Hawkins' deuces and giving Waxman aces and eights to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 55,000 |
|
Busted |
Bowker Shorr to Double
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Kyle Bowker got his last ~30,000 into the pot preflop with 
, and Shannon Shorr looked him up with the 
racing for the knockout.
Bowker's horse ran faster as the board came 
, and he's doubled up to 61,000 or so. Shorr is down to about 180,000 after granting that double.
Prusac Flips Out
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
From late position, Tony Prusac opened with a standard raise, and Lawrence Jacobs three-bet shoved. Prusac instantly called for his tournament life, showing up 
. Jacobs and his 
were flipping for the knockout.
Prusac flopped a king, but the 
was a disaster as it left him dead to runner-runner. "Motherf***er!" he yelled. "This happens every time!" The turn 
was no help, and the 
river is the last card Prusac will see today. He'd go on to spend the next few minutes pacing the floor on his phone, occasionally kicking the odd trash can or chair with light-footed frustration.