$5,150 Circuit Championship
Day 1 Completed
2009 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Atlantic City
$5,150 Circuit Championship
Day: 1
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Still, the remaining field is solid, and there are still several dangerous players left to contend with. Alex Bolotin and Matt Brady are near the top of the leaderboard, and Bill Gazes, Mike Leah, Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy, Ben Fineman, and Beth Shak are all well within striking distance. Full official chip counts will be posted as soon as they are made available to us.
That wraps things up for Day 1 here at Caesars. Day 2 kicks off tomorrow at noon, and we should be able to set our final table before we conclude for the evening. Until then, goodnight from Atlantic City!
holding 
. He was short stacked from the prior hand against Gissel Heredia and was called down by an opponent holding 
, for sevens with a better kicker.The turn was the
and then the river the 
. Minaya failed to improve his hand and was eliminated just a few hands before the end of the day.
. Pahuja held 
.Pahuja's opponent flopped two pair and depsite having picked up an open-ended straight draw on the flop, Pahuja couldn't improve to best the two pair and he was sent home.
. Her opponent, Manny Minaya, made the call.The river brought the
and Heredia led out for 15,000. Minaya took some time and then put in a min-raise to 30,000. Heredia quickly called."Two pair," announced Minaya as he flipped over the
. Heredia quickly responded by flipping up her trip sixes with the 
. She scooped the pot and is now up to 140,000 chips.
and was facing Eric Doerr's 
. Neither player improved and "Rico" was sent to the rail.
and there was 68,000 in the middle. Gazes was faced with a huge decision as Cohen was all in for 44,000. Gazes tank-called with 
, but Cohen tabled . The 
turn all but sealed the deal. The river fell the 
and Gazes took a huge hit down to 24,000 while Richard Cohen is now up to 160,000.
The majority of the spectators in the room are huddled around the large plasma screen TVs while most of the players themselves are often folding and then walking over to get a better look themselves. The action hasn't slowed in speed, but there is certainly a lack of action due to the interest in the game.
against Klodnicki's .The board ran out
and guess what? Klodnicki got there. That seems to be a reoccurring theme as he keeps amassing chips. Tiffenberg was sent to rail and mentioned, "I've only played two tournaments in my life and this guy [Klodnicki] has eliminated me from both of them."
against Larry Vance's on a board. Phillips did not find a nine on the turn or river and he was sent home late on day 1.Larry Vance is up around 130,000.