2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Rincon

$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 2
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Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Rincon

Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$706,800
Entries
148
Players Left
148
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
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Who is Pete de Best?

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Pete de Best
Pete de Best
Often times in the poker world we come across a name that simply doesn't sound believable. Case in point: Runnar Runarsson . . . Rep Porter . . . Chris Moneymaker, even. All living, breathing poker players.

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.

Tags: The real Pete de Best

Pete de Best Eliminated in 18th Place ($8,482)

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Action folded around to Pete de Best on the button, who moved all in for his last 19,000. Scott Reese made the call from the big blind and showed {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} while de Best flipped up {7-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. The flop of {8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{J-Spades} gave de Best a straight draw, but he bricked on the {3-Diamonds} turn and the {6-Diamonds} river and was eliminated in 18th place, collecting $8,482 in prize money for his efforts.

Tags: Pete de Best

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Calm Before the Storm

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Over the last fifteen minutes, play has slowed considerably. Players seem to be getting a feel for their new table assignments, as we haven't seen any significant action since Peter Neff was eliminated from the tournament.

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated in 16th Place ($8,442)

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'Lady Maverick'
'Lady Maverick'
A short-stacked Rousso went all in from the cutoff and was quickly called by Scott Reese on the button. After the blinds folded, the players flipped up their cards, with Rousso revealing {J-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Reese showing {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. It was Reese who hit the {Q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop and the {9-Spades},{8-Hearts} on the turn and river failed to help "Lady Maverick," who earns $8,442 for her efforts.

Tags: Scott ReeseVanessa Rousso

Caillier 'Eaton' Some Chips

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Doug Caillier has just doubled through Jon Eaton after moving all in on the strength of ace-high, claiming he hadn't looked at the other card. Eaton made the call with {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and when it was time for the showdown, Caillier was pleased to see that his other card was the {K-Spades}.

The board filled out {J-Clubs}{A-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} giving Doug top pair, top kicker and a new chip stack worth 160,000. Eaton dropped to approximately 70,000 with the loss.

Tags: Doug Caillier

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