World Series of Poker Circuit -- Brian Ali Wins Caesars Atlantic City Main EventAli Takes Home $139,284 and WSOP Circuit Gold Ring |
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The World Series of Poker Circuit finished up at the Caesars Palace in Atlantic City, New Jersey earlier this week and the champion of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event is Brian Ali, who took home $139,284 in prize money and a gold ring. The tournament attracted 442 entries and the total prize pool was $633,110.
“This is so exciting for me to win this,” said Ali after his victory at the final table. “I was just thinking about this last night that I could win the same amount of money buying a lottery ticket or something like that. But it would not mean the same at all. This victory is something I really had to earn. I had to beat some really, really tough poker players, not just here but over the past three days. So, I’m flying high right now.” Read on below to see how Ali attained the tournament title.
Here is a look at the chip counts when cards got into the air:
Seat 1: Albert Winchester (Fallas Church, VA) — 1,034,000
Seat 2: Ellis Frazier (Troy, VA) — 956,000
Seat 3: Roland Israelashvili (New York, NY) — 645,000
Seat 4: Brian Ali (Brooklyn, NY) — 1,380,000
Seat 5: Joe Caffrey (Silverton, NJ) — 759,000
Seat 6: Patrick Houchins (Annapolis, MD) — 1,621,000
Seat 7: John Andress (Doylestown, PA) — 808,000
Seat 8: Jerry Van Strydonck (Arlington, VA) — 1,177,000
Seat 9: Jeff Rowland (Indianapolis, IN) — 438,000
The first player to fall was Joe Caffrey in ninth place ($13,168). His Q-10 fell to the A-9 of John Andress on an A-K-9-3-10 board. There was a slight hesitation after the first elimination but then the bustout bonanza was on. Albert Winchester (Eighth place — $16,486), Jerry Van Strydonck (Seventh place — $20,930), and Jeff Rowland (Sixth place — $26,951) all fell in the course of one hour.
The next hour took things down to heads-up play, with the eliminations of Roland Israelashvili (Fifth place — $35,213), Ellis Frazier (Fourth place — $46,698), and Patrick Houchins (Third place — $62,893) paving the way to a heads-up final that featured Ali with 6 million and Andress, who held 2.8 million.
The final match was by far the toughest at the final table. After a slow period of play where the two finalists felt each other out, Andress picked off a bluff to double up against Ali an hour into play. Ali took back the advantage a short time later, and when the two got their chips into the middle once again that brought things to a conclusion.
On the final hand Ali limped on the button and Andress checked preflop. The flop fell K
6
5 and Andress checked. Ali bet 80,000 and Andress check-raised 210,000. Ali made the call and the turn then fell 8
. Andress checked once again and Ali bet 200,000. Andress check-raised all in and Ali made the call. Their cards:
Andress: K 6
Ali: 7 4
River: 3
Andress was eliminated in second place and he took home $86,071 in prize money. Ali was crowned as the champion of the tournament and in addition to the WSOP Circuit gold ring he took home $139,284 in prize money.
Final-Table Results:
1: Brian Ali — $139,284
2: John Andress — $86,071
3: Patrick Houchins — $62,893
4: Ellis Frazier — $46,698
5: Roland Israelashvili — $35,213
6: Jeff Rowland — $26,951
7: Jerry Van Strydonck — $20,930
8: Albert Winchester — $16,486
9: Joe Caffrey — $13,168
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