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Harrah's Rincon WSOP Circuit

Monday, 19 March 2007

Peter Feldman wins his second WSOP circuit main event

Peter "Nordberg" Feldman won Harrah's Rincon WSOP circuit main event Thursday night defeating Davidson Matthews heads up to take the title. Feldman was one of the top stacks for the entire tournament and never looked back claiming the $280,859 first prize, a WSOP circuit championship ring, a seat in the $10,000 WSOP ME, and joining Chris "Jesus" Ferguson as the only players to win multiple WSOP circuit championships.

Matthews hasn't gotten much respect on the tournament scene, but that may change soon if he keeps putting up top finishes.

Erik Cajelais finished 6th but became an instant favorite with an eye-pleasing cheering section (left) and his classic sendoff to Phil Gordon after Gordon complained about the beat that sent him to the rail.

From Owen at PokerListings:
"Just take your beat and leave," says Cajelais. "You'll be fine."

"We'll meet again," says Gordon, again starting to leave.

"You don't go deep enough in tournaments," says Cajelais. "We'll never meet."

Well known pros Gavin Smith and Shane "Shaniac" Schleger also made the final table, but were unable to take the title. Smith was down to less than 1,000 chips at one point early in the tournament, but battled all the way back to the final table before finishing 7th. Smith also informed the media that he bet NBA rookie Adam Morrison $10,000 that he wouldn't cut his hair first. He said Morrison is allowed to cut his bangs in order to play ball but anything else would be considered a loss. When I asked smith if Morrison's moustache counted Smith replied "He's highly encouraged to shave the moustache without penalty." Schleger has made it deep in many tournaments recently, but his run at Rincon ended when he ran into Matthews' quads and finished in 6th place.

Thanks to Harrah's Rincon for providing great support for the media and to Owen and Matt from Pokerlistings, Kaelaine from Pokerpages, and Jason Kirk for happily SHARING updates so that I could recover from a cold, take a Spanish test, party for San Diego's Mardi Gras, and try my luck at the cash games at Rincon.

Owen says "Pokerlistings is number 1!"

Harrah's Rincon WSOP circuit main event final table

Play will resume at 2pm on Thursday with Peter Feldman leading the way for the $280,859 prize, as he has been for most of the tournament. Second in chips is WSOP bracelet winner Gavin Griffen

and third is Erik Cajelais. Cajelais may not be leading the tournament, but he is leading the race for best railbird (see left) and best sendoff. He had a few choice words for Phil Gordon after Gordon complained about the beat that sent him to the rail.

From Owen at PokerListings:
"Just take your beat and leave," says Cajelais. "You'll be fine."

"We'll meet again," says Gordon, again starting to leave.

"You don't go deep enough in tournaments," says Cajelais. "We'll never meet."

Well known pros Shane "Shaniac" Schleger and Gavin Smith, who battled back from less than one thousand chips at one point, are also still in the hunt. Schleger sent Juan Carlos Alvarado to the rail two spots out of the money after hitting a two outer on the river.

Feldman still in the lead after the dinner break

Peter Feldman has maintained his chip lead for most of the tournament and leads Erik Cajelais (2nd in chips), Shane "Shaniac" Schleger (3rd) and 10 others at Harrah's Rincon as they battle down to the final nine players tonight.

Peter Feldman is the Day 2 chipleader at Harrah's Rincon WSOP circuit main event

25 players remain in contention at the main event at Harrah's Rincon. Peter Feldman has the chip lead with about 200,000 chips followed closely behind by Shane "Shaniac" Schleger, and Joe Sebok. Many other big name players remain including Barry Greenstein, Gavin Smith, Gavin Griffen, and more.

End of Day 1 at Harrah's Rincon WSOP Circuit Main Event

Peter Feldman (right) finished day one with the chip lead over Joe Sebok (left) and 41 others in the WSOP circuit main event at Harrah's Rincon. Sebok's southern California hot streak seems to be continuing in San Diego fresh off of his win at the LA Poker Classic in the $2,500 limit event. Many other big name pros, including Sebok's father Barry Greenstein are still in contention and they will continue play at noon on Wednesday.

Harrah's Rincon WSOP Circuit

The WSOP circuit at Harrah's Rincon kicked off its main event today with 181 players paying the $5,000 buy-in. Many big name players have come down to San Diego for this event including: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, Joe Sebok, Amir Vaheti, Shane Schleger, Carlos Mortenson, Phil Gordon, Kathy Liebert, Gavin Smith, Annie Duke, Joe Tehan, Max Pescatori, Scotty Nguyen, Jordan Morgan, Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, and many more. The first prize will be over $280,000 and there are important Cardplayer player of the year points up for grabs also.

Brandu Cantu was just given two 10 minute penalties for the f-bomb just prior the last break. He reraised a pot that had two other people involved and a player mucked out of turn and headed to the break allowing the original raiser to move all in against only Cantu. Cantu unleashed a string of expletives (many more than two) and headed out to his extended break. Tough luck for Cantu because the original raiser said that he would have folded his pocket jacks if there were still two people left in the hand.

Gavin Smith also informed the media row that he bet he would not cut his hair before NBA rookie Adam Morrison. He said Morrison is allowed to trim his bangs in order to play ball, but anything else would cost him 10 grand. I asked if Morrison's moustache counted and Gavin said that Morrison was encouraged to shave it off and that it wouldn't count against the bet.

Beware fish at Rincon, recent eliminations from the main event Michael Binger (3rd in the 2006 WSOP ME) and Bill Elder are sitting at the same $3/$5 NL table in the new poker room.

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