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2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Rincon
$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 2
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but realized he was in trouble when Hwang showed 
. No help from the board meant Neff would leave with only $8,482.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
while de Best flipped up 
. The flop of 
gave de Best a straight draw, but he bricked on the 
turn and the 
river and was eliminated in 18th place, collecting $8,482 in prize money for his efforts.
Pete de Best is another one of those hard-to-believe poker names, but we promise - it's the real deal.
de Best and Gavin Smith are both seated at the feature table and the subject of de Best's last name came up.
"It's a little cocky to be calling yourself de Best already, isn't it?" Smith joked. "I'm getting my last name changed to extraordinary," he added.
Seat 1: Scott Reese - 131,000
Seat 2: Gavin Smith - 136,000
Seat 3: Peter Neff - 51,000
Seat 4: Sang Hwang - 60,000
Seat 5: Michael Dolan - 55,500
Seat 6: Damien Oborne - 170,000
Seat 7: Cristian Avendano - 71,000
Seat 8: Pete de Best - 42,000
Seat 9: Vanessa Rousso - 76,000
Table 1:
Seat 1: Lee Watkinson - 325,000
Seat 2: Jon Eaton - 170,000
Seat 3: Kenny Bedoya - 450,000
Seat 4: David Peters - 280,000
Seat 5: Evan Schwartz - 170,000
Seat 6: Matt Hyman - 110,000
Seat 7: Michael Pickett - 65,000
Seat 8: Doug Caillier - 125,000
Seat 9: Edward Sabat - 470,000
Stay tuned for the new two-table seat draw and updated chip counts.
and found himself heads-up against Evan Schwartz who tabled 
. The board filled out 
giving Schwartz a full boat and sending West to the rail in 19th place.Normally, we'd be in the money at this point, but the tournament directors have opted to settle things 'round-for-round,' meaning once we reached 19 players, all remaining tables were instructed to play an orbit of hands and then wait for the others to catch up. In the event that two or more players were eliminated from the tournament during this 'round' of hands, they would split 18th place prize money. This method is in place to help prevent stalling near the money bubble.
Subsequently, Tom West is now waiting patiently outside the rail, hoping that someone somewhere will bust within the next few hands.
. Van Horne revealed 
but a 
board offered no help to Van Horne and he was eliminated in 20th place, leaving us just one elimination away from the button.
and was ahead of Sabat's , but the flop of 
spelled trouble for Orvis and the on the turn did him in, as Sabat completed a flush. The meaningless fell on the river and Orvis was eliminated. "Sorry man, I thought you were making a move on me," were Sabat's parting words to a frustrated Orvis.
