| Buy-In: | $1,500 + $100 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $361,440 |
| Entrants: | 251 |
Shiva Dudani had battled back slightly against Hinkle after the first couple of hands went to the young gold bracelet winner, but Dudani’s comeback capped out at 2.1 million. He was down to 1.4 million when he decided to move all in on the button with a 9
7
64
K
board sitting on the table.
Hinkle made the call and Dudani turned over J8. Hinkle revealed K6 for two pair and he won the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs main event. Dudani was eliminated in second place and he will take home $54,715 in prize money.
Hinkle was awarded the top prize worth $88,555 and the WSOP Circuit gold ring. He is also awarded a seat in the $1 million guaranteed National Championship that will take place in May 2011.
The board read 10959 when Shiva Dudani bet 400,000 from the button. Blair Hinkle thought for a few minutes and then decided to make the call.
The river fell 2 and both players checked. Dudani said, “King-high.” Hinkle flipped over A8 and he collected the pot to grow his stack to 3.4 million. Dudani held 1.52 million after the hand.
Here are the chip counts for the final two:
Blair Hinkle: 2,772,000
Shiva Dudani: 2,249,000
Dwyte Pilgrim moved all in for his final 440,000 on the button with a board of 10927 sitting on the table. Blair Hinkle made the call from the small blind and they turned up their hands:
Pilgrim: A10
Hinkle: 86
River: 6
Pilgrim was drawing dead to Hinkle’s straight and he busted out of the tournament in third place ($39,531). Hinkle grew his stack heading into the heads-up final. Pilgrim performed well at yet another WSOP Circuit stop at the Horseshoe in Council Bluffs. He won a $235 no-limit hold’em preliminary earlier in the week in addition to his final-table appearance in the main event.
The final two players took a five-minute break after the hand to prepare for the final.
Here is a look at the chip counts:
Shiva Dudani: 2,300,000
Blair Hinkle: 1,800,000
Dwyte Pilgrim: 750,000
Matt Lawrence (UTG) got it all in preflop against Shiva Dudani (small blind). Their cards:
Lawrence: A6
Dudani: A9
Board: K107A2
Lawrence was eliminated on the hand in fourth place and he took home $29,092 in prize money.
The players are back from break and the blinds are now 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante.
The players are now on a 10-minute break.
Here is where the chip counts sit after an exciting hour of play:
Seat 5: Blair Hinkle — 1,700,000
Seat 7: Shiva Dudani — 2,000,000
Seat 8: Dwyte Pilgrim — 700,000
Seat 9: Matt Lawrence — 820,000
Charles Moore got all of his chips into the middle preflop on the button and Blair Hinkle made the call from the cutoff. Their cards:
Hinkle: 99
Moore: AK
Board: J858Q
Their stacks were very close. Moore was all in for 783,000 and Hinkle had him covered by 7,000. Moore was eliminated in fifth place and he took home $21,795. The Hinkle nearly doubled up to 1.7 million after the hand.
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