2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Bayou Poker Challenge Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$382,928
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,196,650
Entries
249
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000

Tims Amasses More Chips

Jeff Tims is involved in a large pot on a {Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades} board, after his opponent, on the button, calls a big bet from Tims on the flop.

The turn is the {K-Diamonds} and Tims announces that he is all in. As his opponent thinks, Tims moves his entire stack into the middle. The button player thinks for a few minutes before asking Tims if he is making a move on him. His opponent finally folds after a long deliberation, but still doesn't seem convinced that Tims wasn't making a move on him.

Tims now sits over 30,000 in chips and continues to climb.

Tags: Jeff Tims

Bill Edler Eliminated by Blake Purvis

Bill Edler Eliminated
Bill Edler Eliminated
Bill Edler and Blake Purvis just tangled on a big hand. On a flop of {J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, Blake Purvis bet 7,000 into a pot of 14,000. After a couple of minutes, Edler made the call. The turn came {9-Clubs} and Purvis immediately went all in. Edler tanked for about five minutes before finally making the call.

Bill Edler: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

Blake Purvis: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

Purvis exclaimed, "Wow, how could you make that call? Club!"

The river fell {Q-Clubs}, completing Purvis's flush and sending Edler to the rail.

Tags: Bill EdlerBlake Purvis

Dannenmann Eliminated By Billirakis

Steve Billirakis
Steve Billirakis
Action folds around to Steve Billirakis in the small blind. Billirakis moves all in against Steve Dannenmann's short stack in the big blind. Dannenmann calls.

Dannenmann turns over the {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Billirakis' {Q-Spades}{7-Spades} is dominated.

The flop comes down with two spades, but Dannenmann's queen-high is still good. The turn blanks, but the river brings another spade and Billirakis makes a flush to eliminate Dannenmann.

Tags: Steve BillirakisSteve Dannenmann

Bev Cheney Busts Josh Arieh

Beverly Cheney
Beverly Cheney
Not long after the dinner break, Beverly "Bev" Cheney found herself in a preflop all-in confrontation holding A-K against Josh Arieh's pocket queens. The {9-Hearts}{K-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs} board fell in favor of Cheney, sending Arieh to the rail and improving Bev's chip stack to approximately 25,500.

Tags: Beverly Cheney

Tran Starts Strong After Dinner

Jimmy Tran bets 3,700 into a pot of just over 4,000 on a board of {8-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds} after his opponent checks to him. Tran's opponent goes into the tank for a couple of minutes before asking Tran if he is bluffing. Tran doesn't respond and his opponent makes the fold.

His opponent asks Tran if he made a good laydown and Tran nods his head and shows {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}.

Tran scoops a big pot and is around 15,000 in chips.

Tags: Jimmy Tran

Game On!

The players are now back from dinner, ready to either take their post-dinner nap or settle down for a long night of poker.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Dinner Bell

We have reached the end of Level 4, and that means it's dinner time. At this point, we have 162 players remaining, playing on 18 tables. Blake Purvis appears to be the chip leader with approximately 80,000 chips.

The break will last 90 minutes, after which we will play three more levels before play concludes for the evening. Take a break yourself, stretch your legs, and come right back here with us at 7:30 CT.

Edler Wins a Huge Pot

A player limps from early position and Matt Graham raises to 900. Action folds to Bill Edler in the big blind. Edler looks down at his cards and then raises to 3,000. Graham re-raises all in. Edler tanks for three minutes before making the call and is all in.

Graham shows Q-Q and Edler shows {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}.

Edler spikes a king on the flop of {8-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Graham needs to hit the case queen in order to win the hand.

The turn brings the {2-Clubs} and the river the {10-Diamonds}. Edler doubles up.

Edler now sits at around 29,000 while Graham has been knocked down to about 5,000.

Tags: Bill EdlerMatt Graham