2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$226,395
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,131,990
Entries
778
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Matt Brady's Name in the Blog

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

We saw Matt Brady kneeling on his chair and looking a bit puzzled, so we hustled over to his table to see what was going on. When we arrived, the {9-Hearts} {9-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} board was out on the table, and there was some good natured banter going back and forth. "Uh oh," someone at the table said when he saw us approach. "They're gonna write about you in the blog now."

Brady took a step out of the tank to smirk and say, "It's just what I've always wanted. I flew all the way down here just so this goofball could put my name in the blog." Congratulations, Matt. You've made it.

In any event, there was just less than 20,000 in the middle already, and Brady's opponent had shoved for his last 10,900 on the river. "You're supposed to have kings here," he finally verbalized his read. "But things are not always what they seem," he said a bit more quietly, more to himself. After a long few minutes, Brady surrendered his cards into the muck.

Mr. Opponent flashed {A-Spades} {8-Clubs}, and Brady seemed satisfied by the winning straight. "Barrel, barrel, barrel, and just get there," he said, still smirking. That clues us into how the pre-river betting action went, and it's taken a chunk out of Brady's stack, knocking him back down to about 31,000 again.

Tags: Matt Brady

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Childs, Please

Lee Childs
Lee Childs

At the ungodly hour of 10:00 this morning, we wandered into the Kennel Club to see a final table under way. It was the $1,000 buy-in Event #9, and the only player we recognized at the table was Lee Childs, the 2007 WSOP Main Event finalist.

Childs ended up finishing in sixth place in that prelim before taking his seat in the Day 1a flight. He was relieved of his first bullet in short order, and it looks like the second go-round hasn't gone well either. Returning from the break, we just saw Childs giving handshakes and well wishes to his friends still left in the tournament, then heading out toward the exit. It appears his long day has come to an end.

Player Chips Progress
Lee Childs us
Lee Childs
Busted

Tags: Lee Childs

Huy Bests Ebony

Huy Nguyen opened to 900 in middle position and Ebony Kenney re-raised to about 5,400 from the hijack, leaving about 200 behind. Action folded to Nguyen and he-raised, leading Kenney to call all in.

Nguyen: {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Kenney: {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}

Kenney found absolutely no help from the board as it ran out {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} to give Nguyen the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
85,000
5,000
5,000
Ebony Kenney us
Ebony Kenney
Busted
StakeKings

Tags: Ebony KenneyHuy Nguyen

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

A Valiant Effort By Batista

A player in middle position opened the pot with a raise to 1,500 and was called by three others, including Chad Batista from the small blind

The action was checked to the original raiser on the {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop and he bet 2,500. Two players, including Batista, called to see the {10-Diamonds} turn. They all proceeded to check, delivering the {4-Diamonds} on the river. Batista bet a sneaky 2,300, getting through the player in the big blind. The raiser, though, took about 45 seconds before tossing in the chips to call.

Batista mucked, while the player in the middle seat showed {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} to win the pot.

"Almost folded," he said.

"Yeah, was hoping. I put up a valiant effort to win the pot," said a smiling Batista.

Player Chips Progress
Chad Batista
Chad Batista
47,000
-7,000
-7,000

Tags: Chad Batista

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Abbey Daniels us
Abbey Daniels
83,000
12,000
12,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
75,000
30,000
30,000
Steve Karp us
Steve Karp
48,000
Jeff Banghart us
Jeff Banghart
44,000
-22,000
-22,000
Chad Batista
Chad Batista
43,000
-4,000
-4,000
John Dolan us
John Dolan
40,000
26,000
26,000
TK Miles
TK Miles
39,000
25,000
25,000
Corey Burbick us
Corey Burbick
37,000
10,500
10,500
James Calderaro
James Calderaro
36,000
-6,000
-6,000
Matt Brady us
Matt Brady
25,000
3,500
3,500
Jerry Yang us
Jerry Yang
25,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Ray Del Cueto
Ray Del Cueto
22,000
-5,000
-5,000
Dave Rogers
Dave Rogers
12,000
-6,000
-6,000