Adam Teasdale Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Resort Atlantic City Main Event
The 2012-13 WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City Main Event kicked off on Saturday with 616 entries. Only 26 players made it to Monday's Day 3, the day a champion would emerge. When the smoke cleared, Adam Teasdale was the survivor, outlasting the field for a $194,040 payday.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Teasdale | $194,040 |
| 2 | Wade Woelfel | $120,018 |
| 3 | Pete Rios | $87,762 |
| 4 | Sung Kim | $65,124 |
| 5 | Terry Grimes | $49,000 |
| 6 | Aaron Overton | $37,376 |
| 7 | Barry Leventhal | $28,903 |
| 8 | Ed Modlin | $22,656 |
| 9 | Trevor Deeter | $18,000 |
Teasdale began the day on top of the counts but took a back seat to the flurry of action that took place. His chip lead was gone, but with 19 players remaining, he scored a huge elimination to retake it. From the cutoff, Teasdale opened to 35,000 at 8,000/16,000/2,000. Travell Thomas re-raised to 100,000 from the small blind only to see Teasdale four-bet to 280,000. Thomas five-bet all in and received a quick call from Teasdale, who did not have Thomas covered by much. Thomas tabled K♣K♥, leading Teasdale's A♦K♠. However, Teasdale made Broadway when the board rolled out J♦10♠5♦Q♣10♦.
When the final table was reached, Teasdale was fifth in chips and laid low until clashing in a pot with Aaron Overton. The blinds and antes were at the 20,000/40,000/5,000 level when action had folded to Overton in the small blind. He raised to 110,000, which led to a Teasdale reraise to 285,000. After a few moments, Overton four-bet all in for 1.45 million. A call from Teasdale with A♠Q♣ put most of his stack on the line. Overton was trailing with 10♠4♠, but the 9♠3♦2♠ flop gave him a flush draw to go with his live cards, and sure enough, the 10♦ hit the turn to pair Overton's hand. Down to five outs, Teasdale spiked the A♥ river card to win the hand and eliminate Overton in sixth place.
Play was five-handed for about two hours before Teasdale eliminated Terry Grimes in a massive 100+ big-blind pot. Now at the 30,000/60,000/10,000 level, Grimes raised to 125,000 from the hijack. Teasdale called out of the big blind to see a J♦J♠10♦ flop where he opted to lead out for 140,000. Grimes, as he had done often throughout the day, reraised all in for a huge amount, roughly 2.45 million. Teasdale called instantly with A♣J♣ and held a commanding lead against the 8♠8♦ of Grimes. The 3♦ turn gave Grimes a flush draw, but the 7♣ river meant Teasdale was in control of more than half the chips in play with four players remaining.
Sung Kim fell a few minutes later at the hands of Teasdale after running A♦8♦ into Teasdale's A♣Q♣. A queen on the turn locked up the pot for Teasdale, who found himself with a chance to win the tournament early during three-handed play. Pete Rios went all in on the button for about 1 million and Teasdale attempted to isolate with a shove of his own from the small blind. Wade Woelfel, though, woke up with A♣K♠ in the big blind and called all in for his tournament life, too. Rios led with J♠J♥, while Teasdale looked to come from behind with 7♣7♥. However, the board ran out A♦3♦3♥3♠6♦ to pair Woelfel and eliminate Rios.
Woelfel began heads-up play with a 6,505,000 to 5,810,000 lead over his opponent, but Teasdale took the lead quickly after the duel began and never relinquished it from that point forward. It would take a little less than two hours, but Teasdale sealed the deal in spectacular fashion at 40,000/80,000/10,000. He opened to 170,000 on the button and Woelfel responded with a three-bet to 410,000 from the big blind. A call from Teasdale landed a Q♦Q♥6♥ flop which Woelfel bet 380,000 at. Teasdale called to see the 4♠ turn and Woelfel checked it to Teasdale who fired 460,000. After three minutes in the tank, Woelfel re-raised all in for 3.64 million. Teasdale spent a good five minutes of his own in the tank before talking himself into a call with 9♠4♥, in fact leading Woelfel's A♠5♥. The Q♣ river ended it, giving Teasdale the victory.
Congratulations to Adam Teasdale, who in addition to the first-place prize and ring, gains an entry into the $1 Million WSOP National Championship in May 2013!
The next WSOP Circuit Main Event is at Harrah's Rincon and we'll be there as the next circuit Main Event Champion is crowned.
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