2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$171,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$998,770
Entries
694
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 694
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Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Bowen Wins at Showdown Without a Showdown

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Kat Bowen
Kat Bowen

Action folded to the player in the cutoff and he opened for 8,000. WSOP Circuit Harrah's Philadelphia ring winner Kat Bowen defended in the big and ended up check-calling a bet of 11,000 on the {10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{A-Hearts} flop, Both players then checked the {J-Hearts} turn and Bowen did the same on the {4-Diamonds} river.

The cutoff thought for about 30 seconds before tossing out a bet of 19,000, and Bowen wasted little time in making the call. As soon as she put the chips in the pot, the cutoff flicked his cards to the muck. The dealer pushed Bowen the pot and she slide her cards to the muck.

Tags: Kat Bowen

Schedule of Play

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Tournament Director Steve Frazer has informed the room of the schedule for the rest of the event. Today the field will play down to 72 players - which is the money bubble. Day 3 will play from 72 players down to the final table of nine. Then Monday we will crown a champion.

Toughest Table in the Room?

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Tables have been breaking very fast today and players have been jumping all over the place. At the moment Table 40 may be the toughest table in the room. There's plenty of chips at the table but not very many soft spots. Seated at the table are:

"Cowboy" John Land
Andrew Nguyen
David Fox
Tripp Kirk
Justin Wainscott

River Saves Barousse

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Action folded to the player on the button and he put in a raise to 7,500. The small blind got out of the way and Blake “blakeb0921” Barousse opted to move all in for around 95,000 from the big. The button thought long and hard, breaking down and restacking his chips, before making the call.

Showdown

Barousse{A-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Button{A-Spades}{K-Hearts}

Barousse knew he was in trouble, but he seemed to perk up a bit when the {9-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop delivered him a gut-shot straight draw to a jack. The {4-Hearts} turn wasn't what he was looking for and he slowly rose from his chair, but the {J-Diamonds} spiked on the river to deliver him salvation. The button, who lost the vast majority of his stack in the hand, was clearly shellshocked as Barousse silently waited for the dealer to push him the pot.

With that, Barousse is hovering around 200K.

Tags: Blake “blakeb0921” Barousse

Kirk Receives a Much-Needed Double

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A player in middle position limped and was soon met with an all-in shove to 38,000 by WSOP Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Main Event winner Tripp Kirk in the hijack. Action folded back to the limper and he made a reluctant call.

Showdown

Tripp{A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Limper{K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

Kirk was in a dominate spot, and even more so once the flop came down {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}. The {9-Diamonds} turn left the limper drawing dead, and after the {5-Clubs} was put out on the river for good measure, Kirk was pushed the roughly 90K pot.

Tags: Tripp Kirk

One for Ivy

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A short-stacked player got his last 9,500 all in preflop holding {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and was called by the {A-Hearts}{7-Spades} of WSOP Circuit Russell Ivy. The {8-Hearts} appeared in the window to give the at-risk player some hope, but it was followed by the {A-Spades} and {K-Clubs} to take it away. Neither the {K-Diamonds} turn nor {7-Hearts} river changed a thing and the shorty was eliminated from the tournament; meanwhile, Ivy chipped up to 75,000.

Tags: Russell Ivy

The Big Birds

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The black T100 chips have been taken out of play on the last break. Bright yellow (Big Birds) T10,000 chips have been introduced into play.

Sengphet Eliminated

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
La Sengphet was eliminated just before break.
La Sengphet was eliminated just before break.

La Sengphet was eliminated just before the break. She shoved her short stack in with pocket nines and the big blind woke up with {A-} {K-}. Her nines didn't hold and she was eliminated.

Tags: La Sengphet