Phillip Hui was just spotted in the field here in New Orleans, chasing what would be his third-career gold ring. In 2010, Hui took down a side event at Lake Tahoe, earning $25,494, and this April he took down a side event at Harrah's Cherokee, banking $14,586.
The Texan has over $80,000 in career tournament earnings, and currently sits with around 14,000 in chips.
Maurice Hawkins tossed out 3,000 on a board of , and an opponent made the call. The river was the , Hawkins fired another 6,450, and his opponent tanked for nearly two minutes before calling.
"Top two," Hawkins announced, rolling over .
His opponent mucked, and Hawkins was shipped the pot.
We saw five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Kurt Jewell exiting the tournament area, spit cup in hand, and we asked if he had been eliminated.
"I bluffed most of it off," Jewell admitted before describing what happened. According to him, he had three-bet to 1,600 with after a player had opened for 600 and another player called. The original raiser came along and then called bets of 1,800 and 3,300 on the flop and turn respectively. When another peeled off on the river, Jewell moved all in and his opponent called off his remaining 12,000 with .
Not long after, Jewell was sent to the rail when he ran into the of his friend Kevin Saul.
It was a flip, but according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Kessler was a slight favorite with a 55.08% chance of winning the hand. The flop brought things a little closer as Kessler, who had flopped an open-ended straight flush draw, dropped to 50.71%. That's because Garcia picked up straight and flush draws to go with his overs.
The turn actually gave Garcia the flush and a 95.45% chance of survival. All he needed to do was dodge the and on the river, which is exactly what he did when the blanked.
Joe Tehan is known for playing unconventional hands, just ask Vanessa Rousso and Faraz Jaka who both bubbled an Epic Poker League tournament with and respectively thanks to Tehan's .
We just saw a hand with Tehan where he was up to his old tricks. With about 1,700 in the pot and a flop of , Tehan checked from the big blind and then called when his middle-position opponent bet 1,200. Both players then checked the turn and river, and the middle-position player said, "Jacks."
Sure enough, he tabled the . Unfortunately for him, Tehan rolled over the for a rivered straight.
If you remember the beginning of televised poker, in particular the World Poker Tour, then you'll remember the name Paul Phillips. Phillips won the 2003 Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, earning over a million dollars, and finished runner-up in the Legends of Poker.
Well, at the WSOP-C Choctaw stop, Paul Phillips went deep in the Main Event, but it was a different Paul Phillips. Often confused for the WPT's Paul Phillips, this Paul Phillips was adamant that he was a completely different individual. True enough, his Bedford, Texas origins differ from the other Paul Phillips' Las Vegas roots.
Phillips, who earned $38,834 in Oklahoma, is here in New Orleans, chasing what would be his first-career ring and his second cash of this stop.
Troy Davis, winner of New Orleans Event #2 $580 NLHE. Photo courtesy of WSOP.
Event #2 of the Harrah’s New Orleans stop, a two-day $580 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament, attracted 296 players and created a prize pool of $148,000. While the Event #1 final table lasted just three hours, Event #2 was the complete opposite. The final table played down from nine to two relatively quickly, which included the elimination of ring winner Josh “Big Daddy” Pender in fifth place for his 26th career WSOP Circuit cash, but then heads-up play between Troy Davis and Caufman Talley lasted a grueling five hours.
Talley, who hails from Lafayette, Lousiana, was looking for his fourth gold ring, but he would be denied by Davis, who was making his third ever final table appearance at the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans—he previously finished in second and sixth.
“This was as tough a match as I've ever played,” Davis said after winning the $35,523 first-place prize. “He wasn't giving me a thing. I sure was thrilled to get the win.”
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans Ring Event #2 No-Limit Hold’em
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, Hawkins fired another 6,450, and his opponent tanked for nearly two minutes before calling.
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after a player had opened for 600 and another player called. The original raiser came along and then called bets of 1,800 and 3,300 on the 
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, and Lippert was eliminated.
turn actually gave Garcia the flush and a 95.45% chance of survival. All he needed to do was dodge the 
and 
blanked.
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turn and 
river, and the middle-position player said, "Jacks."
. Unfortunately for him, Tehan rolled over the 
