Main Event | 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City

12-10-2012 19:17 UTC-4

Jeffrey Wicker Eliminated in 10th Place ($14,488)

Shamus

We're down to a final table of nine players, as Jeffrey Wicker has just been eliminated in 10th place.

Wicker's final hand began with Sung Kim raising to 60,000 from middle position, then Wicker reraised all in for 490,000 from the hijack seat. Kim called, turning over , while Wicker showed .

The flop came to give Wicker a pair of aces and the lead in the hand. But the turn brought the , making a set for Kim and making the river no matter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sung Kim	1,860,000 770,000	770,000

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12-10-2012 20:37 UTC-4

Meet the Final Nine

Shamus

Level 28 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

We have an eclectic group comprising tonight's final table. Here's a little more about each player thanks to our friends on the WSOP staff.

Seat 1: Barry Leventhal (565,000)
Barry Leventhal’s biggest score came in 2008 when he took seventh in the Borgata Summer Open Main event for $69,000. Less than two weeks later, the Ohioan followed up that showing with a 150th place finish in the 2008 WSOP Main Event. Since then, Leventhal has posted a series of cashes up and down the East Coast. He has around $235,000 in career tournament earnings.

Seat 2: Trevor Deeter (460,000)
Trevor Deeter is an accomplished Circuit grinder with six Circuit final tables and a ring to his credit. His ring win came earlier this season in a $365 No Limit event at Horseshoe Southern Indiana. Thanks to all his Circuit success, Deeter earned an at-large bid to the 2011 WSOP National Championship. The Philadelphia resident has over $82,000 in career tournament earnings.

Seat 3: Pete Rios (1,885,000)
Pedro "Pete" Rios final tabled a WSOP Circuit event earlier this season when he finished sixth in the Horseshoe Bossier City Main Event and he is the first player this season to make multiple Circuit Main Event final tables. Back in 2006, the Texan final tabled the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout event, taking ninth. This is Rios’ fifth cash of this Circuit season. His career earnings currently stand at $55,000.

Seat 4: Sung Kim (1,860,000)
Originally from Seoul, Korea, Sung Kim currently lives in New York. Kim has one previous WSOP Circuit cash at an event at Harrah's Atlantic City, having taken 27th in a $345 buy-in event during the 2011-12 season.

Seat 5: Aaron Overton (2,065,000)
Philly poker player Aaron Overton came close to his first Circuit Main Event final table earlier this year at Caesars Atlantic City. Unfortunately for him, it was not to be back in March as he bubbled the final table in 10th place. Overton has a chance for redemption today, not to mention a chance to add to his $150,000 in career tournament earnings.

Seat 6: Adam Teasdale (1,850,000)
Start-of-Day 3 chip leader Adam Teasdale has had a strong few weeks. Less than a month ago, he made a run in the Borgata Fall Poker Open Main Event, taking 40th place. Teasdale resides in Wisconsin and his career earnings currently stand at $11,586

Seat 7: Ed Modlin (640,000)
This marks the first cash of note for Ed Modlin, a native of North Carolina.

Seat 8: Terry Grimes (2,090,000)
This is Terry Grimes’ first WSOP-related cash and his fourth career cash overall. His biggest score came at Borgata this past September. The New Yorker took third in a $1,500 Bounty event there for almost $23,000.

Seat 9: Wade Woelfel (915,000)
A professional poker player from Minnesota, Wade Woelfel has almost $360,000 in live tournament earnings, including an eighth place finish at the WPT Legends of Poker Main Event in 2010 for $35,000, his largest live cash to date. Woelfel also has over $1.8 million in online tournament earnings.

12-10-2012 20:44 UTC-4

Trevor Deeter Eliminated in 9th Place ($18,000)

Shamus

Halfway through the first orbit of the final table, Trevor Deeter open-raised all in for 395,000 from the button and got a caller in Sung Kim playing from the big blind.

Deeter showed and was hoping to improve versus Kim's . The flop came , then the turn provided some flush hopes for Deeter. But the river was the , and Deeter hits the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sung Kim	2,320,000 460,000	460,000

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12-10-2012 21:03 UTC-4

Ed Modlin Eliminated in 8th Place ($22,656)

Shamus

Following a Sung Kim open for 60,000 from middle position, Ed Modlin reraised all in from the button for 590,000. Next to act, Terry Grimes reraised all in over the top from the small blind, and both Wade Woelfel (big blind) and Kim stepped aside.

Modlin:
Grimes:

Unfortunate timing for Modlin, and five cards later — — Modlin was out in eighth.

With that hand, Grimes passes Kim to reclaim the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Grimes	2,760,000 640,000	640,000

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12-10-2012 21:26 UTC-4

Barry Leventhal Eliminated in 7th Place ($28,903)

Shamus

As Level 28 drew to a close, Barry Leventhal raised to 85,000 from middle position and only chip leader Terry Grimes called from the big blind. The flop came . Grimes checked, Leventhal bet 120,000, and Grimes called.

The turn brought the and another check from Grimes. Leventhal was the one pushing all in this time — for 540,000 total — and Grimes quickly called.

Leventhal had for for sevens and fours, but Grimes had for trips. The river was the , and Leventhal hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Grimes	3,300,000 600,000	600,000

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12-10-2012 22:00 UTC-4

Aaron Overton Eliminated in 6th Place ($37,376)

Shamus

The table folded around to Aaron Overton in the small blind who raised to 110,000, and Adam Teasdale came back with a reraise to 285,000 in response from the big blind. Overton then pushed all in for about 1.45 million, and Teasdale called with nearly an identical stack.

Overton:
Teasdale:

Overton's hand was behind, but the flop gave him a flush draw to go with his live cards. Then the fell on the turn to pair his ten, and it looked like Overton was going to win a large pot and survive.

But the river brought the to give Teasdale aces, and after a counting down of the stacks it was determined Teasdale had Overton barely covered.

Just five players remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Teasdale	3,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

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12-11-2012 00:09 UTC-4

Terry Grimes Eliminated in 5th Place ($49,000)

Shamus

Terry Grimes has been eliminated in fifth place following a hand with new chip leader Adam Teasdale.

The hand started with Grimes raising to 125,000 from the hijack seat and Teasdale calling from the big blind. The flop came , and Teasdale led with a bet of 140,000. Grimes responded by shoving all in for about 2.45 million, and Teasdale called the shove.

Teasdale:
Grimes:

Trip jacks for Teasdale, while Grimes had but jacks and eights. The turn was the and river the , and Grimes hits the rail in fifth.

Meanwhile, Teasdale now sits with about 6.4 million and a commanding lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Teasdale	6,400,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

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12-11-2012 00:16 UTC-4

Sung Kim Eliminated in 4th Place ($65,124)

Shamus

The Adam Teasdale express keeps rolling, with the chip leader having just claimed another victim soon after knocking out Terry Grimes.

Following a Pete Rios open for 125,000 from the button, Sung Kim called from the small blind, then Adam Teasdale reraised to 440,000 from the big blind. Rios folded, but Kim responded by reraising over the top all in for about 2 million, and Teasdale called.

Kim had and Teasdale . The community cards came out , then , then , and Kim is out in fourth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Teasdale	8,800,000 2,400,000	2,400,000

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12-11-2012 00:45 UTC-4

Pete Rios Eliminated in 3rd Place ($87,762)

Shamus

Pete Rios opened from the button with an all-in raise for about 1 million, then Adam Teasdale reraised his leading stack all in from the small blind. Wade Woelfel then checked his cards, and he also called all in for his last 2,665,000. The three players tabled their hands...

Teasdale:
Woelfel:
Rios:

The crowd stood as one to see the community cards dealt, as did all three players. The dealer spread the flop — . An ace to pair Woelfel! The turn then came the to improve all three players to full houses, though Woelfel's was the best of the bunch.

Then came the river — the . Woelfel had improved his stack enough to push into first ahead of Teasdale, while Rios is out in third.

There will be a break now while preparations are made for heads-up play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wade Woelfel	6,505,000 3,685,000	3,685,000
Adam Teasdale	5,810,000 -3,490,000	-3,490,000

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12-11-2012 02:54 UTC-4

Wade Woelfel Eliminated in 2nd Place ($120,018)

Mickey Doft

Adam Teasdale opened to 170,000 on the button and Wade Woelfel three-bet to 410,000 from the big blind. A call from Teasdale landed a flop to the board.

Woelfel fired 380,000, Teasdale called, and the hit the turn. This time Woelfel checked it to Teasdale who bet 460,000. After about three minutes in the tank, Woelfel re-raised all in.

Teasdale immediately began to squirm in his chair and count through his chips. Woelfel remained still in his seat as Teasdale began saying a number of things, chief among them being "this would be a sick call." Teasdale asked for a count and upon learning it was 3.64 million, Teasdale announced "I've got to call you," after about five minutes total.

"Good call," replied Woelfel, who tabled .

Teasdale jumped out of his seat and showed for queens and fours.