Amanda Musumeci is here in Hammond for the World Series of Poker Circuit event, but it wasn't her first choice of events to travel to this week. Musumeci had been planning a trip to South Africa for the World Poker Tour event down there, but things didn't pan out as she thought.
According to a recent blog post from Musumeci, she had been liaising with Gary Lentin of ShuffleUpPoker. In her blog she wrote, "Gary Lentin contacted me in early August of 2012 and expressed interest in flying me out to South Africa for the upcoming WPT events there. It was at this time that we began negotiations, as he wanted to use my image/brand to help promote the new poker series out there. Within two weeks of back and forth, we fell into an agreement."
From there, Musumeci goes on to tell her story about her negotiations with Lentin and claims that things seemed to get a bit hazy between the two. Eventually, and against Musumeci's wishes according to her account, no contract was officially signed causing the trip to fall through. It was then that Musumeci decided to make the trip here to Hammond.
"I was so sad that this deal fell through. Despite my dismay with the situation, I, as per the usual, have lifted myself up and dusted off," Musumeci wrote in her blog. "The very day that I was scheduled to fly out(which was the same day I found out that I wasn't going), I decided that since my car was already packed with all my luggage, I may as well hit the road out to Hammond, Indiana (ChiTown area) for the WSOP circuit stop there. I figured it'd be a pretty cool story if I binked off Hammond's Main Event after all this drama... and so I'm here to give it a shot!!!"
So now, Musumeci is here in Hammond trekking along in this World Series of Poker Circuit event. It may not quite be South Africa, but winning well over $300,000 is the same no matter where you are in the world.
. Bazeley moved all in for around 10,000, which was a pot-sized bet, and Holloway went deep into the tank.
for just king-high.
flop for 1,350 apiece. Ari Engel, who currently leads the 
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landed to give Engel a straight draw, but the 
on the river sent him to the rail.
pair the board on the turn. The first player checked, Faraz Jaka bet 300, the next player called, and the fourth player folded. The first player who had checked also folded, leaving heads-up action to the river.
. Jaka check-called a bet on the flop, and the turn was the 
. Jaka checked again, and his opponent tossed out 1,000. Jaka called.
completed the board, and Jaka checked a third time. His opponent fired 2,000, and Jaka tank-called. Jaka's opponent tabled 
