David Clark is usually a low-key type of person, hence his trademark phrase: "Who is David Clark?" Today it appears he, or at least his friends, are out to change that.
Donning a bright pin afro wig, a yellow feather boa and a plethora of other attention grabbing garb, Clark is seated over at Table 45 Seat 1. After touching base with his girlfriend, three-time WSOP Circuit ring winner La Sengphet, we learned that Clark has lost a last longer bet and was forced to don the inauspicious attire.
Clark only smiled when we ribbed him a bit, and as you can see from the photos, his friends like Michael "Carwash" Schneider, Daniel Lowery (who finished second in chips last night), Michael Sanders and David Nicholson (apparently passed out) enjoyed doing the same.
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Nancy Birnbaum won Harrah's New Orleans Event #5 $365 NLHE. Photo courtesy of WSOP.
On Sunday, May 12, Nancy Birnbaum made history when she won her third ring in Event #5 $365 No-Limit Hold’em at Harrah’s New Orleans, a tournament that attracted 276 players and created a prize pool of $82,800. The victory tied her with La Sengphet for most WSOP Circuit wins ever by a female.
Birnbaum, who previously lived in Atlanta and worked in BMW sales but now lives in Las Vegas and plays poker full time, won her first ring in New Orleans back in 2009, and then took down her second at Harrah’s Rincon back in December. She also has two runner-up finishes.
In addition to the ring, Birnbaum took home $19,875 in prize money and established herself as the top female player of the 2012-2013 season.
“I’m thrilled to win this,” said Birnbaum, who battled back from an extreme short stack five handed. “I really dedicated myself to playing well. I was so low on chips at one point that I didn’t think it would happen. But this shows you what’s possible if you stay focused and never give up.”
WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em
Up until a few weeks ago 27-year-old Alex Masek was enjoying the thrill of being the all-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner. He has so many ring (six to be exact) that he need to utilize both hands to wear them all. Unfortunately for him, Masek's time on top came to an end when Chris Reslock won two rings at the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Philadelphia to take the lead with seven.
Masek, who played and busted yesterday, has opted to fire another bullet here on Day 1b, but thus far it isn't going much better. In a recent hand three players each put in 150 preflop and then the big blind checked the flop. Masek took the opportunity to bet 350, the cutoff called and the big blind got out of the way, which brought about the turn.
Masek bet 625 and then called when his opponent raised to 1,600. Both players proceeded to check the river and the cutoff tabled the . It was good as Masek chucked his cards to the muck.
Vancouver, Canada's own Robert Cheung is in the building today, looking for his first career World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring. Cheung is no stranger to success in WSOP-sponsored events though - he won 2007 WSOP Event #38 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, earning $673,628.
In 2008, following his big win, Cheung took down a $2,000 Wynn Classic event ($94,573) and made the final table of Event #38 $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em ($50,100).
Cheung has cashed five times this year on the circuit, including an 18th-place finish in the Council Bluffs Main Event.
Ray Henson took a bad beat from Daniel Lowery in a 220,000-chip pot yesterday, where Henson's ace-king was cracked by Lowery's ace-ten. Henson is back for a bit of redemption, and ready to run good.
flop. Masek took the opportunity to bet 350, the cutoff called and the big blind got out of the way, which brought about the 
turn.
river and the cutoff tabled the 
. It was good as Masek chucked his cards to the muck.
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