We're down to a final table of nine players, as Jeffrey Wicker has just been eliminated in 10th place.
Wicker's final hand began with Sung Kim raising to 60,000 from middle position, then Wicker reraised all in for 490,000 from the hijack seat. Kim called, turning over , while Wicker showed .
The flop came to give Wicker a pair of aces and the lead in the hand. But the turn brought the , making a set for Kim and making the river no matter.
Play has proceeded slowly since players returned from the break. But after a few small hands, we just saw a modest skirmish develop between two of the big stacks, Adam Teasdale and Aaron Overton here in Level 28. (Incidentally, levels from this point forward will be lasting 75 minutes.)
The hand began with Overton raising to 70,000 from the button and Teasdale calling from the big blind. Both players acted with deliberation as they checked the flop. The turn brought the and a bet of 80,000 from Teasdale, called by Overton.
The river was the . Teasdale pondered for nearly a minute, then bet 140,000. Overton then took a couple of minutes before setting out a tall column of pink (10,000) chips for a raise to 340,000. Teasdale again took his time before finally pushing his cards away.
Barry Leventhal is operating cautiously here at the ten-handed final table. Just now he opened with a raise to 72,000 from the hijack seat, and when Sung Kim reraised to 200,000 from the small blind Leventhal quickly had doubts about proceeding further.
"I promised myself I'd never bust with this hand," he told the table, and showed his before folding and preserving a stack of about 440,000.
Leventhal's promise-keeping appears to have paid off in the near term, anyway, as he'd soon win a couple of small pots to push back up to 560,000.
Ten-handed play has begun at the not-quite-final final table. And after a few small hands we finally saw one reach a showdown.
Wade Woelfel raised to 53,000 from the button and got one caller in Barry Leventhal from the small blind. The flop came , Leventhal checked, Woelfel bet 68,000, and Leventhal called. Both then checked the turn and river.
Woelfel showed , good enough against Leventhal's .
Feming Chan entered today with hopes of making yet another WSOP Circuit final table here in Atlantic City.
Back during the 2006-07 season Chan finished fourth in this same event at Harrah's, cashing for $80,521. In 2007-08 he made it back to the WSOP-C Main Event final table at Harrah's AC once more where he finished third. And adding to those deep runs was a seventh-place finish in the WSOP-C Caesars Atlantic City Main Event in 2009-10.
Alas for Chan, his run here today is ending just shy of this event's final table, as he has just been eliminated in 11th.
In Chan's bustout hand, Aaron Overton raised to 51,000 from UTG, Chan pushed all in for 340,000 from the cutoff seat, and Overton called. Chan had , but had run into Overton's . The board came , thereby ending another impressive Atlantic City performance for Chan.
, while Wicker showed 
.
to give Wicker a pair of aces and the lead in the hand. But the turn brought the 
, making a set for Kim and making the 
river no matter.
flop. The turn brought the 
. Teasdale pondered for nearly a minute, then bet 140,000. Overton then took a couple of minutes before setting out a tall column of pink (10,000) chips for a raise to 340,000. Teasdale again took his time before finally pushing his cards away.
before folding and preserving a stack of about 440,000.
, Leventhal checked, Woelfel bet 68,000, and Leventhal called. Both then checked the 
turn and 
river.
, good enough against Leventhal's 
. The board came 
, thereby ending another impressive Atlantic City performance for Chan.