2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Bayou Poker Challenge Main Event
Day: 2
With five minutes remaining in the level, we are now down to 28 players. The next player eliminated will go home with nothing but a bruised ego, while the remaining players will earn a spot in the money. We are now playing hand-for-hand as we find out who will claim the maligned bubble boy position.
Purvis looks over at Jatho and asks, "How much do you have left? We're going to have everyone in the money after this hand."
The flop comes and is checked around. On the turn of , Purvis makesa bet of 25,000. Jatho tanks for a few minutes and then stands up. He says, "Give me a second guys." Purvis states, "Take all the time you need." After about five minutes Jatho makes the call.
The river card falls the and Jatho says, "I'm all in, sir." Purvis asks for an approximate count and Jatho states, "About 57,000. That's chump change for you."
Purvis: "Can you beat jacks?"
Jatho: "We can find out can't we?"
Purvis finally folds and Jatho shows for nines full.
After the hand, Jatho is over the 100,000 mark and David Babin is eliminated in 29th place.
The turn and river come , and the hand is checked down on both streets. Kelley shows the winning hand, , and now has approximately 210,000.
The rest of the room gave a slight chuckle in response, but there is no genuine laughter here as it's all business at this point. Every time a player busts or is moved, the remaining players ask for a total count on the remaining contestants and glance around to find the short stacks.
'All in and call' situations are also big events, as players from other tables come running to see if someone gets eliminated, while spectators squeeze in as close as they can from the rail to try and get a view of the action.
Fox:
Costner:
The board comes , and Fox is eliminated just short of the money. Costner, meanwhile, has grown his chip count to over 120,000.
Cheney: K-K
Abraham: A-J
In this situation, players usually don't want to see an ace hit the board. This time the call should have been "no jack". The board came to give Abraham quad jacks and cripple Cheney. After the hand Cheney was down to about 15,000 and Abraham moved to about 85,000.
The next hand Cheney was all in with K-5 against her opponents Q-10. A queen on both the flop and river ended Cheney's day.
Beverly Cheney was the last woman standing in our tournament field today. She outlasted over 200 players for a very strong finish in this circuit event.
Tims isn't sold that Henson has a good hand and comments, "Why do I think you're making a move on me?" After a few more minutes off deliberation, Tims makes the call.
Henson sheepishly turned over the and Tims spikes down the for the best hand and an amazing call. The crowd around the table erupts with emotion from the call.
The river falls the and Tims bounces from his chair and claps his fists together as his ace-high with a ten kicker holds up.
Henson is eliminated and Tims has increased his chip stack to a whopping 142,000.