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

A Mile High

Fatolla Shahen raises from middle position, making it 24,000 to play. The only one willing to dance with him is fellow big stack, Timothy Miles, seated on the button.

The flop comes down {6-Hearts}{A-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, and Shahen continues out for 40,000. Miles again makes the call in position.

The turn card is the {J-Hearts}, and Shahen keeps the pressure on with another 80,000. Miles raises all in for a total of 195,000, prompting a series of sighs and grunts from his opponent. At the end of this, Shahen does make the call with his {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}, and sees the bad news that he is drawing very slim against the {A-Clubs}{J-Spades} of Timothy Miles. The {7-Spades} on the river means that Shahen will ship a significant chunk of chips across the table to Miles.

After the biggest pot of the tournament, Timothy Miles is up to approximately 575,000, and Shahen is now the short stack, with around 75,000 remaining.

Tags: Fatollah ShahenTimothy Miles