$5,000 Circuit Championship Event Day 2 | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas

04-30-2008 16:34 UTC-8

Max Reele Eliminated in 26th Place ($9,661)

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Chip leader at the start of the day, Max Reele has just lost the last of his chips to new top-dog Ben Fineman, finishing the day in 26th place. Action started off with a 9,000 raise from Adam Geyer who made it 9,000 to go from the cutoff. Max made the call from the button and the action then fell to Fineman in the small blind who kicked it up to 25,000. Both the big blind and Geyer stepped out of the way and when the action returned to Reele, he insta-shoved all in for about 80,000. Fineman snap-called, tabling {A-Clubs}

and was slightly ahead of Reele's {Q-Clubs}

. A board of {5-Clubs}

fell in favor of Fineman who raked in the pot, sending Reele to the rail in 26th place.

Max will take home $9,661 in prize money for his efforts. Meanwhile, Fineman assumed the top spot on the leaderboard with just over 360,000 in chips.

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04-30-2008 16:24 UTC-8

Alan 'BodogAri' Engel Eliminated in 27th Place ($9,661)

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Alan 'BodogAri' Engel was eliminated from the tournament immediately following the break after losing a coinflip to Nikolay Evdakov. Ari made it 40,000 to go before the flop holding pocket jacks and Nikolay Evdakov then re-raised all in, putting Engel to a decision for the remainder of his chips. Ari made the call and found himself up against Evdakov's {A-Hearts}

.

The board panned out {7-Spades}

giving Nikolay two pair, aces and sevens, effectively eliminating Engel from the tournament in 27th place.

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04-30-2008 16:15 UTC-8

Game On

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The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air.

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

04-30-2008 15:55 UTC-8

Than Nguyen Wins the Last Hand of the Round

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Alan "BodogAri" Engel opens for a raise to 8,000 in middle position, and Than Nguyen was his only caller from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of {A-Clubs}

, and the turn brought the {7-Diamonds}

. Than bet 10,000 and Ari called. The river was the {A-Spades}

. After some careful thinking Nguyen chose 18,500 to bet, and after almost three minutes in the tank, Engel called. Nguyen turned over {A-Hearts}

for a full house and Engel mucked. This hand puts Nguyen at 227,000 and Engel at 40,000 in chips as the players take their 15-minute break.

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04-30-2008 15:54 UTC-8

Race-off and Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the tournament staff assists the players with a race-off of the 100-denomination chips. Following the race-off, the remaining 27 players will go on a 15-minute break.

04-30-2008 15:41 UTC-8

Feature Table Fireworks

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Under the gun, Derek Harrington raised 10,000 and was reraised 15,000 more by Tommy Vedes, making it 25,000 to go. With the price set, Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi made the call and watched as Harrington bowed out. With two players going to the flop it came down {9-Diamonds}

and Vedes shoved all in for 78,000.

After a moment of deliberation, "Moto" made the call and Vedes jumped out of his seat as he revealed his pocket aces, with a lone forceful clap. "Moto" sheepishly turned over his pocket queens and waited for the turn. The {4-Clubs}

fell on the fourth street to give both players full houses, but Vedes had the bigger boat. The river was dry for "Moto" as the {J-Clubs}

fell and gave Vedes a huge pot that changed his fortunes.

Tags: Motoyuki Mabuchi Tommy Vedes

04-30-2008 15:37 UTC-8

Tran Doubles Through Bonomo

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Jimmy Tran just took down a monster pot holding pocket aces against Justin Bonomo's pocket jacks, getting it all in on a flop of {10-Hearts}

. The turn and river filled out {K-Clubs}

,

and Tran's aces held up, doubling him through to about 210,000 in chips. Bonomo was left with about 122,000 after the hand.

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04-30-2008 15:29 UTC-8

Play Resumes

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Here's how things look after the re-draw; Table 2 is particularly strong:

(Table 1)
Seat 1: Matt Giannetti
Seat 2: Justin Bonomo
Seat 3: Mark Newhouse
Seat 4: Jimmy Tran
Seat 5: Thomas Hover
Seat 6: Adam Geyer
Seat 7: Max Reele
Seat 8: Ben Fineman
Seat 9: Kelly Samson

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Alan 'BodogAri' Engel
Seat 2: Steve Wong
Seat 3: Jason Riesenberg
Seat 4: Danny Wong
Seat 5: Nikolay Evdakov
Seat 6: Than Nguyen
Seat 7: Nenad Medic
Seat 8: Allen Cunningham
Seat 9: Ralph Perry

(Feature Table)
Seat 1: Clint Roberts
Seat 2: Lee Rubin
Seat 3: Derek Harrington
Seat 4: Tony Cousineau
Seat 5: Tommy Vedes
Seat 6: Doug Lee
Seat 7: Motoyuki 'Moto' Mabuchi
Seat 8: Blair Hinkle
Seat 9: Doug MacKinnon

04-30-2008 15:09 UTC-8

Re-draw

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The 27 players remaining in the tournament and have just re-drawn for new seats. We'll have the new arrangements posted for you momentarily, once everyone gets settled into their new seats.