2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$270,380
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,422,990
Entries
978
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Dumanski Dumps

After a 150k open from Michael Sanders, Drew Dumanski promptly shoved.

Sitting on his left, Daniel Lowery snap-called all-in and once Sanders tossed his cards in the muck the hands were revealed.

Dumanski: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Lowery: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Spades} and Lowery doubled through Dumanski for a total of 905,000, leaving Dumanski just 265,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Lowery us
Daniel Lowery
1,950,000
1,160,000
1,160,000
Drew Dumanski us
Drew Dumanski
265,000
-1,385,000
-1,385,000

Drew Dumanski Eliminated in 10th Place ($20,989)

Level 29 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Drew Dumanski 10th Place
Drew Dumanski 10th Place

Drew Dumanski was short on chips from the previous hand and moved all in preflop for around 260,000. Daniel Lowery raised behind him to 560,000 to isolate Dumanski. Jack Miller was in the big blind and thought long and hard about a call, but folded after a moment.

Lowery: {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}
Dumanski: {9-Hearts} {7-Hearts}

The board ran {4-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} and Lowery's ace-high flush eliminated Dumanski.

Tags: Drew DumanskiDaniel Lowery

FInal Table Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Will Nguyen us
Will Nguyen
3,860,000
1,060,000
1,060,000
Derek Browning
Derek Browning
3,700,000
-60,000
-60,000
Mark Burford us
Mark Burford
2,575,000
-225,000
-225,000
Daniel Lowery us
Daniel Lowery
2,455,000
505,000
505,000
Jack Miller
Jack Miller
2,050,000
750,000
750,000
Abraham Araya us
Abraham Araya
1,560,000
860,000
860,000
Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
1,350,000
-250,000
-250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Sanders us
Michael Sanders
1,030,000
-570,000
-570,000
Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
1,000,000
-600,000
-600,000

Dejuante Alexander Eliminated in 9th Place ($26,069)

Dejuante Alexander 9th Place.
Dejuante Alexander 9th Place.

Dejuante Alexander just became the latest player to be chewed up and spit out by Derek Browning.

He pushed all in from the cutoff facing a 125k open from Browning and after his 1.34 million chips were counted out, Browning made the call.

It was {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for Alexander and {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for Browning in a rather classic flip, but Browning took the lead straight away on the {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Spades} flop.

Alexander needed a ten or jack to double, but the {6-Diamonds} turn and {8-Diamonds} river sent him broke and pushed Browning up above the five-million chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Browning
Derek Browning
5,100,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dejuante AlexanderDerek Browning

Browning Check-Calls to the River

Level 29 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Will Nguyen limped in from under the gun and the blinds came along - Derek Browning and Justin Gardenhire. The flop came {10-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {5-Clubs} and action checked to Nguyen - who bet 80,000. Browning called and Gardenhire folded. The turn came {10-Spades} and Browning check-called 135,000. The river brought the {2-Spades} and Browning check-called 350,000.

Nguyen turned up {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts} and Browning tabled {J-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds}. Nguyen took the pot and Browning said, "You're lucky that ten came."

Tags: Derek BrowningWill Nguyen

Araya Away!

Abraham Araya just found a way to stop Derek Browning: Outflop him.

After Jack Miller opened up the pot with a 125k raise under the gun, Araya shipped it in from the cutoff for 1.485 million.

Browning counted out a call and after a few minutes deep in thought, made one. Miller mucked and yet another race was on with Araya's {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} needing some help against Browning's {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}.

Help came on the {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop and the {k-Clubs} turn and {10-Diamonds} river didn't hurt, knocking Browning from his five-million chip perch and putting Araya up near the top of the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Browning
Derek Browning
3,645,000
-1,455,000
-1,455,000
Abraham Araya us
Abraham Araya
3,125,000
1,565,000
1,565,000

Tags: Abraham ArayaDerek Browning

A Little Something Extra for the Final Table

Level 29 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Tournament Director Bill Bruce has announced that the Choctaw Casino and Resort will be awarding each final table player a Choctaw branded fleece jacket. Considering the limited apparel poker players seem to have when they travel, it is a first-class gift for the players that have spent countless hours in the resort for the Circuit event.

Justin Gardenhire Eliminated in 8th Place ($32,771)

Justin Gardenhire 8th Place.
Justin Gardenhire 8th Place.

Justin Gardenhire picked the wrong time to mess with Daniel Lowery and is now out of the WSOPC Choctaw Main Event.

His final hand began with a 135k open from Lowery, continued with his own raise up to 360k and got really exciting when Lowery shoved.

With just another 430,000 behind, Gardenhire made the call for his tournament life with {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and although Lowery had {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}, it wasn't over yet.

The flop was a very eventful {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{10-Spades}, giving Gardenhire some extra outs.

However, the {6-Spades} turn and {3-Hearts} river were not what he was looking for and he hit the rail 8th.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Lowery us
Daniel Lowery
3,200,000
745,000
745,000
Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
Busted

Tags: Daniel LoweryJustin Gardenhire

Wow ?!?

Derek Browning just made a big call for his tournament life and is up and over the six-million chip mark as a result.

The hand started with a 115k opening raise from Daniel Lowery. Browning flatted, but Will Nguyen bumped it up another 375,000.

Lowery got out of the way, but Browning made the call and the dealer peeled off a {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop. Nguyen continued with another 375k bet, and again, Browning flatted. But when the {10-Diamonds} turn was revealed, Nguyen shoved.

Browning was faced with a call for his last 2 million in chips and he tanked for a good three minutes before making it with just {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Nguyen was on a naked bluff holding {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, but had outs with one card to come.

That card was the {10-Hearts} and Browning fell to his knees and doubled up massively once it hit the felt.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Browning
Derek Browning
6,120,000
2,475,000
2,475,000
Will Nguyen us
Will Nguyen
2,900,000
-960,000
-960,000

Tags: Derek BrowningWill Nguyen