2008/2009 WSOP Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond
Event #11 - Circuit Championship Event
Date:
Friday, October 31, 2008 to Sunday, November 02, 2008
Buy-In:
$5,150
Prize Pool:
$820,250
Entrants:
164
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:10:19
Tommy Koral Eliminated in 2nd ($126,120)
Tommy Koral raises to 100,000 from the button and Steve Billirakis reraises all in. Tommy calls.
Tommy: 
Steve: 
Steve's large entourage rushes the stage to watch the drama unfold...
And the crowd goes wild. The river is the 
and Tommy Koral takes home $126,120 for a stellar second-place finish.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:04:13
Steve Pulling Away
Steve Billirakis raises to 95,000 and Tommy Koral calls from the big blind.
The flop is 
and both check. The turn is the and Tommy checks. Steve bets 145,000 and Tommy calls.
The river is the 
and Tommy checks. Steve bets 285,000 and Tommy folds.
Steve has 2,340,000 after the hand and Tommy is down to 996,000.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:56:18
Chip Counts Updated
Steve is now ahead with 1.93 million to 1.37 million for Tommy.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:47:48
Tommy Draws First Blood
Steve Billirakis raises to 80,000 and Tommy Koral calls.
They check the flop of 
. The turn is the 
and Tommy checks. Steve bets 90,000 and Tommy calls.
The river is the 
and they check again. Tommy shows 
and takes it.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:43:04
Heads-Up Chip Counts
Thomas Koral: 1,215,000
Steve Billirakis: 2,085,000
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:37:12
Break Time
The heads-up players are taking an impromptu ten-minute break.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:33:55
Gary Leibovitz Eliminated in 3rd ($80,796)
On the button, Steve Billirakis raises to 78,000. Gary Leibovitz reraises all in for 413,000 in the big blind. Steve calls.
Steve has 
and Gary has 
. The board runs out 
and Gary is eliminated.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:28:14
Kyle Schertz Eliminated in 4th ($63,060)
Kyle Schertz raises to 425,000 from the button and Tommy Koral reraises all in from the small blind. Kyle calls all in and flips over 
. Tommy has .
The board runs out 
and Kyle is busted. Tommy moves up to 1,300,000.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:22:43
A Little Less Action
Several players are shoving preflop and picking up just the blinds and antes.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:12:13
Not So Massive
The four players are back from their extended dinner break. The yellow T1,000 chips were raced off, and while normally you'd have massive stacks at the final table, everyone looks short-stacked.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:48:55
The Steakhouse Factor
TD Charlie took most of the final table to the steakhouse, and they're not back as the break draws to a close. As soon as their meat is consumed, they'll be rejoining us for the conclusion of action.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:35:11
Chip Counts
Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis - 1,625,000
Thomas "tommyboy83" Koral - 788,000
Gary Leibovitz - 467,000
Kyle Schertz - 420,000
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:40:11
Dinner Break and Chip Counts
The players are now on dinner break and play will resume in an hour.
The chip counts have been updated as well.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:30:39
Two Hands with Thomas Koral
In the first hand, Thomas Koral raises to 72,000 under the gun and Gary Leibowitz re-raises to 282,000 on the button.
"TIlting a little?" says Thomas.
"I don't tilt because I don't play a lot of poker," says Gary. "I do get nauseous when I don't eat."
Eventually Thomas folds and Gary shows 
. He's up to 345,000.
Soon after that, Thomas moves all in and Gary calls short. Thomas has 
and Gary has . The board runs out 
and they chop it up.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:21:14
Thomas Koral Doubles Through Gary Leibovitz
Thomas "tommyboy83" Koral just made a big call and was rewarded for it.
Tommy raised to 72,000 on the button and was called by Gary Leibovitz from the small blind. The flop came 
and Gary check-called Tommy's bet of 80,000. When the hit the turn, Gary Leibovitz moved all in and had Koral covered. Tommy tanked and eventually said, "That is such a weird play. This would be a sick call."
Tommy did in fact call and Gary turned up for the huge draw. Tommy showed for a pair of 8's and held a slight lead going to the river, which was the 
. Tommy's cheering section erupted as he doubled up to over 1,000,000. Gary slipped to about 300,000.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:06:27
Tommy Gun
Tommy Koral shoves for 227,000 from the button and Steve Billirakis calls from the big blind.
Tommy has 
and Steve has 
.
The board is 
and Tommy moves up to 480,000.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:00:24
Gary Climbs to Second
Tommy Koral is all in from the small blind and Gary Leibowitz calls in the big blind. Tommy shows 
and Gary .
The board runs 
and Gary doubles up for the fifth time this final table. He's now second in chips, and Tommy drops to last place.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:54:47
Gary Leibovitz Doubles a Fourth Time
Kyle Schertz raises to 80,000 and Gary Leibovitz moves all in for 182,000 total. Kyle calls with 
and Gary has .
The board is 
and Gary doubles through to 540,000.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:41:36
Schertz on Fire
In the small blind, Kyle Schertz limps in and Tommy Koral raises to 65,000 in the big blind. Kyle calls.
They check the flop of . On a turn of , Kyle leads out for 100,000 and Tommy lays it down.
Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:33:47
Steve's Wire to Wire Act
On a flop of , Tommy Koral checks and Steve Billirakis bets 84,000. Tommy calls.
The turn is the and both check.
The river is the and Tommy checks. Steve bets 168,000 and Tommy folds. He's down to 730,000 while Steve climbs to 1,500,000.
By the way, Steve ended Day 1 and Day 2 as the chip leader. If he wins this event, it will be a true wire to wire victory.
