2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans

Bayou Poker Challenge Main Event
Day: 2
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

Lizka Run Over by a Boat

Chuck Kelley raises from early position and gets a calls from Daryll Fish in middle position before Eli Lizka calls all in. Fatolla Shahen also calls from the blinds.

The flop comes {7-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Shahen checks to Kelley. Kelley bets out 8,000 and Fish quickly folds behind. Lizka stands up and awaits his fate as he watches Shahen make the call.

The turn is the {Q-Hearts} and Shahen checks again over to Kelley. This time Kelley bets 15,000. Shahen thinks for a minute before raising the minimum to 30,000. It's another 15,000 to Kelley and he thinks for a minute before folding.

Shahen turns the {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} for a monster full house and Lizka is disgusted as he turns over the {A-Clubs}{10-Spades} and is drawing dead.

Lizka is eliminated while Shahen skyrockets his stack to 119,000.

Tags: Chuck KelleyDaryll FishEli LizkaFratolla Shahen

Costner Cuts Cutler

After a series of preflop raises and re-raises, Joe Cutler and Gabe Costner get all their chips in the middle in a coin-flip situation. Cutler tables {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}, while Cutler holds {A-Spades}{K-Spades}.

The board comes down {10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, and Cutler is eliminated just before our first break of the day.

Tags: Gabe Costner

Michael Andrews Eliminated

In a prior hand Michael Andrews had been crippled down to only the size of the ante. He was then all in for the size of the ante. Drew Hart made it 10,000, trying to isolate Andrews, but Devin Jarreau made the call.

On a flop of {A-Spades}{7-Spades}{9-Diamonds} Jarreau went all in. Hart insta-called and showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}. Jarreau was on a flush draw with {10-Spades}{9-Spades}. Andrews had the {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

The turn was the {K-Clubs} and the river fell the {6-Spades}. After making his flush Jarreau yelled, "Yes! I felt it!"

After the hand Hart was crippled to around 10,000.

Tags: Devin JarreauDrew HartMichael Andrews

Allen Kessler Eliminated by Ed Jatho

'Chainsaw' Massacre'd
'Chainsaw' Massacre'd
Tournament pro Allen 'Chainsaw' Kessler has just been eliminated from the tournament by Ed Jatho of Abita Springs, LA.

According to Kessler, he open-shoved from early position holding {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} and Jatho made the call with 'the Doyle Brunson,' ({10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}), leaving himself with just ~8,500 behind. The board ultimately ran out 5-7-8-2-2 giving Jatho trip deuces to knock Kessler out of the tournament.

On his way out the door, Kessler engaged Jatho in a bit of a verbal tussle, which prompted Jatho to fire back, "I'll see you at the final table; you'll be watching from the rail."

Tags: Allen Kessler

Sabat Is Out

Edward Sabat and Dana Diephouse get it all in preflop. Diephouse shows {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Sabat shows {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}.

The flop is a big one for Diephouse as he hits two pair with {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{10-Spades}. The turn and river are no help for Sabat and he is eliminated from play.

Diephouse is going strong, with around 45,000 chips.

Tags: Dana DiephouseEdward Sabat

A Rockstar Sings His Last Song

Tom Sartori has been eliminated from the tournament. With a raise and a call in front of him, Sartori pushed in with 8-8 and was called by the J-J of Michael Cohen.

The board came 9-3-4-10-3, and offered no help to Sartori, who heads back to his day job a little earlier than planned.

Tags: Tom Sartori

Schanbacher and Coutroulis Clash Big

Action folds to Jeff Coutroulis in the small blind who raises to about 4,000. Jack Schanbacher re-raises from the big blind to 12,000. Coutroulis wastes little time is shoving his chips into the middle in a very forceful fashion, proclaiming, "I feel like I'm going to win this one!"

Schanbacher tanks for a minute before calling with the {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds} after saying, "I don't think I can fold here." Coutroulis confidently turns over the {9-Hearts}{9-Spades} and is ahead. The pot is huge, over 70,000 chips.

The flop is clean for Coutroulis, {5-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, but the turn is the {A-Hearts} and Schanbacher takes the lead. The river is the {3-Diamonds} and Coutroulis is immensely crippled.

Players at the table seemed stunned by the hand and Coutroulis paces around in shock, saying, "After two days, why's it got to happen like that?!"

Tags: Jack SchanbacherJeff Coutroulis

Short Stack

One of the smallest stacks remaining, Joseph Brooks, has the action folded around to him in the small blind, and he puts his remaining 6,500 chips into the center. The big blind, Suju Abraham, makes the call with {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. Brooks is a slight favorite with the {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

However, the board comes {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, and Abraham's two pair knocks out Joseph Brooks.