2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Rincon

$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 2
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

Tom West Eliminated in 19th Place

Patiently waiting.
Patiently waiting.
A short-stacked Tom West got it all in pre-flop holding {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and found himself heads-up against Evan Schwartz who tabled {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}. The board filled out {K-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{2-Hearts} 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.

Tags: Tom West