Main Event
Day 4 Started
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$998,770
Entries
694
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
A Champion Will Be Crowned
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The final table is upon us here at Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah's St. Louis. Nearly 700 players put up the $1,600 entrance fee for a chance at the title, a WSOP Main Event seat, a National Championship seat, a shiny gold ring and just over $200,000.
Anthony Vidmer has the chiplead but has Andrew Nguyen just barely edged out. Justin Truesdell is the only other member of the 2 million chip club but Daniel Lowery is knocking on the door with over 1.9 million. Michael Hallen sits at the average chip stack and Shane Smith has just over 1 million. Rounding out the bottom are Dominic Gabaldon, Ramon Martinez and George Miro round out the bottom of the counts.
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Nguyen | 2,379,000 |
| 2 | Anthony Vidmer | 2,523,000 |
| 3 | George Miro | 629,000 |
| 4 | Ramon Martinez | 809,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Lowery | 1,939,000 |
| 6 | Dominic Gabaldon | 975,000 |
| 7 | Michael Hallen | 1,590,000 |
| 8 | Justin Truesdell | 2,027,000 |
| 9 | Shane Smith | 1,037,000 |
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. local time and we'll play until we have a winner. Follow all the WSOPC action live on PokerNews.com.
Players are Gathered
The players have unbagged their chips, are filling out their bio sheets and play should be underway shortly.
Level: 27
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Did You Know Vidmer is a Movie Director?
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
That's right, our start-of-the-day chip leader, Anthony Vidmer, was the director of the poker-themed High Rollar: The Stu Ungar Story that featured Michael Imperioli as Ungar and was released in 2003. Clearly Vidmer is a poker fan and no doubt looking to follow in his late muse's footsteps by capturing some WSOP gold of his own.
For more on Vidmer's movie, check out the page on IMDb.com.
Ramon Martinez Eliminated in 9th Place ($19,156)
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Ramon Martinez and Daniel Lowery went to a flop of 
together. Martinez led out with 75,000 from the cutoff and Lowery called from the button. The turn came 
, Martinez checked and Lowery bet 93,000. Martinez announced all in after a short pause and Lowery called.
Lowery: 
Martinez: 
Lowery was ahead but Martinez was drawing live but bricked when the river fell 
. Lowery chipped up to 2.5 million after the elimination.
Nguyen Muscles Smith
Andrew Nguyen opened for 70,000 under the gun and received calls from Justin Truesdall and Shane Smith in the small and big blinds respectively. The 
flop saw it go check-check to Nguyen, who continuation-bet 165,000.
Truesdell wasted little time in getting out of the way, but Smith opted for a check-raise to 350,000. Nguyen thought for a few moments before announcing that he was all in, putting the screws to Smith. The latter had 666,000 behind and decided to wait for a better spot as he released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000 | 421,000 |
|
666,000 | -371,000 |
Level: 28
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Vidmer Calls Nguyen Down
Level 28
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Justin Truesdell opened the action to 85,000, Andrew Nguyen called, Anthony Vidmer called from the cutoff and Dominic Gabaldon called from the big blind. The flop came 
and action checked around to Vidmer, who bet 200,000. Nguyen was the only caller and the came on the turn. Both players checked to the 
river and Nguyen very methodically bet 445,000. Vidmer called quickly and tabled 
. Nguyen mucked and Vidmer took the pot.
"I Was Ready to Get It All In"
Action folded to Andrew Nguyen on the button and he opened for 85,000. Anthony Vidmer was in the small blind and thought for a brief moment before three-betting to 185,000. George Miro got out of the way in the big blind and Nguyen responded by cutting out some chips and four-betting to 445,000. Vidmer thought for a solid minute before conceding the hand.
"I was ready to get it all in," Nguyen said as he stacked the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,750,000 | -250,000 |
|
|
2,400,000 | 300,000 |