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2010 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace
Buy-in
$5,150
Entries
150
Level
21
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
and Casetta fired 32,000. Lichtenberger called.The turn card was the
and Casetta checked. Lichtenberger fired 26,000 and then Casetta check-raised to 78,000. Lichtenberger made the call.The river was the
and paired the board. Casetta fired 120,000 and Lichtenberger made the call. Casetta turned up the 
for two pair, nines and sevens, with a king kicker. "I thought you might be doing that," said Lichtenberger, who mucked his hand and lost the pot.
. All checked through to the 
turn. Dan Casetta, the first player to act, led out for 100,000. Andrew Lichtenberger called immediately behind Casetta, folding Brock Parker out of the hand.The river fell
, a card that forced Casetta to slam on the brakes. He checked, then folded to Lichtenberger's bet of 245,000.Although Casetta and Parker are both clearly talented players in their own rights, at this point in time it seems like Lichtenberger is threatening to run away with the rest of the tournament.
Dan Casetta - 875,000
Brock Parker - 790,000
against the presto of Sanchez, 
. The race was on.For once, Lichtenberger didn't pair on the flop,
. That was no problem though; he promptly spiked the 
on the turn. All of the Mexican contingent was leaning over the rail shouting for a diamond, but instead Lichtenberger paired again with the 
. His aces and kings were more than enough to send Sanchez home in 4th place with $57,400, his largest-ever cash in a live poker tournament.Lichtenberger now has more than 2 million of the 3.75 million chips in play.
to Carroll's 
.Quietly, Lichtenberger whispered his thoughts on the flop, "Nine ball, corner pocket."
Just like that, the
was the door card followed by the 
and 
to give Lichtenberger the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Carroll was eliminated in 5th place, taking home just under $45,000 for his finish.
Each player checked the
flop. When a third six, , came on the turn, Carroll tried a bet of 60,000. Parker called without much deliberation.On the river
Carroll checked. Parker bet 100,000, a bet that seemed to surprise and confuse Carroll. In the end he opted to muck his hand.
The third hand they two played, Lichtenberger opened for 40,000 pre-flop, with Casetta calling out of the blinds. Casetta led into Lichtenberger for 65,000 on a queen-high flop,
. Lichtenberger called, but folded for another 90,000 when the turn fell a second queen, 
.
Chris DeMaci, JC Alvarado, Darryll Fish, Angel Guillen, Brent Roberts, Christina Lindley, Scott Seiver, Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton are some of the others who played this event, but are having a blast on the rail.
, flipping against Lichtenberger's . Both players flopped huge, but Lichtenberger was bigger. He made the nut flush against O'Dwyer's set of sevens, 
. O'Dwyer needed a board pair to avoid elimination. No pair with the 
turn or 
river. He seemed slightly stunned by his sudden elimination.Lichtenberger is now the far and away chip leader with approximately 1.3 million chips.
