Three players limped to Adam Friedman in the big blind, who checked his option. The flop came down 
and action checked to the player in the cutoff. He bet 500 and the small blind quickly called. Action was back on Friedman who took another look at his cards and raised to 2,175. All of the other players folded as one asked, "Deuces again?"
Right on cue, Friedman flipped over 
. He is now up to around 28,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Dwyte Pilgrim was in the hijack position and raised to 525 after action folded around to him. The big blind was the only player to call and the two saw a flop of 
. Both players checked as the 
was revealed on the turn. The big blind then bet 1,200 and Pilgrim insta-mucked 
face-up. The big blind smiled as he showed the best hand with 
.
A total of 289 players came out for the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here at Horseshoe Southern Indiana. That created a prize pool worth $416,160! The number of entries is 38 more than that of the event at Council Bluffs that kicked off this year's Circuit tour. It's also worlds better than the field size of 55 that came out last year, albeit that was a $5,150 buy-in event. First place is worth $99,878 and that's a bit more than the $87,000 we projected in our article analyzing the WSOP Circuit numbers.
Here are the final table payouts.
1st - $99,878
2nd - $61,725
3rd - $44,787
4th - $33,043
5th - $24,782
6th - $18,885
7th - $14,616
8th - $11,486
9th - $9,164
The final 30 spots will be paid out and a min-cash will net each player $2,822. The quest is on!
With a board reading 
, David Leonard checked to his sole opponent, who bet 4,000. Leonard made the call and then checked the on the river. His opponent bet 12,000, enough to put Leonard all-in. An anguished Leonard stirred in his seat before tossing his cards into the muck. He is down to 11,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
57,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
36,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
28,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
28,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
26,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
24,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
23,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
22,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
18,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
18,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
15,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Players are now on their second ten minute break of the day.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
