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2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Palace
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Palace
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Prize Pool
$963,210
Total Entries
662
Level
34
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 662
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Ever since he was crippled a couple of hours ago, James Carroll has been grinding his short stack. Carroll was down to 20,000 when we caught this hand. He open shipped in early position, and it folded to the cutoff, who called after he got a count. The blinds folded, and the cards were flipped.
Carroll: 
Opponent: 
Carroll was well behind, but he shot out to a big lead, when the flop came out 
. The turn didn't change anything, coming the 
, and the river brought the 
. Carroll is still relatively short, but is still kicking, with around 45,000.
After a player in early position opened the pot with a raise to 3,500, Dan O'Brien moved all in for his last 38,900 in chips. Alan Murphy was waiting in the small blind and he made the call. They went heads up after two quick folds.
O'Brien: 
Murphy: 
The flop gave O'Brien all the help he needed when it peeled off 
. The turn 
and river 
were no help to Murphy. However, he was still left with a healthy stack to help ease the pain.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Well that was a big hand. We just caught a monster hand that has pushed Ryan Young towards the top of the chip counts. Action started with Kathy Liebert who raised to 4,000 under the gun. Ryan Young was next to act, and he called. The next player to act called, as well as the cutoff, and action folded around to the small blind. He shoved all in over the top for 50,000 exactly. The big blind asked for a count, tanked, then shoved all in himself for 44,000 after about a minute of thinking.
Liebert quickly folded, and action was back on Young, who asked for counts on both stacks. Young tanked for over two minutes, before announcing all in himself! The next player to act instantly called for a shorter stack, and the final caller folded. You still with us?
Young: 
Player 1: 
Small Blind: 
Big Blind: 
After all the preflop action, the dealer finally fanned out a flop of 
, giving the small blind the lead. Young was now well behind, but he soared back into the lead with the 
on the turn. The last player to fold preflop claimed to have folded 
, meaning Young hit a one outer on the turn. The meaningless river came the 
, and Young collected the pot as well as three bounties.
Kathy Liebert had her opponent all in preflop in a classic race situation. It was Liebert's up against .
The flop was 
and the turn was the 
which prompted the all in player to say, "Nice hand, good game," before the final card was dealt. This made Liebert nervous but the 
river was harmless.
"I hate when they say it before the last card. That's like the kiss of death!" Liebert joked.
On the first hand back from the break, James Carroll was able to double up, helping him get back into contention. The money went in preflop, and when the cards were tabled, Carroll saw that he was in dominating shape.
Carroll:
Opponent:
The flop came out 
, giving Carroll's opponent outs for a chop. The turn came the , and the river brought the . Carroll secured the double up, but is still fairly short with less than 20 big blinds.
James Carroll:
Level 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The players have returned to their seats. Three more levels and we will be done for the night.
