The two remaining conferences in the
U.S. PokerBowl met Monday to determine which two teams would advance to Tuesday's finale. The first conference to play was the Southern Conference, and it featured teams from: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Cincinnati, and Miami. The story of the day was Cincinnati, which sent three players to the final table.
The full final table roster was as follows:
1. Team Miami - Tom Dwan - $32,100
7. Team Cincinnati - Ari Goldstein - $27,400
With play down to four players, Cincinnati claimed three of them, the fourth was Paul Wolfe of Team Atlanta. Wolfe put forth a valiant effort, but the trio from Cincy proved to be too much, making short work of Wolfe. Cincinnati will represent the Southern Conference in the finale.
The California Conference played out quite differently, with the final five players representing five different teams. The full final table was:
3. Team San Francisco - Luke Desantos - $38,000
6. Team Oakland - Ron Myers - $43,000
7. Team San Diego - Jared Hubbard - $40,100
8. Team San Diego - Phil Eldman - $24,900
Phil Eldman picked up a nice run of cards and won a massive coin-flip against Jordan Morgan late to take a commanding chip lead. After finishing off Morgan, all that remained in Eldman's way was Theo Tran. The two tangled heads up for about half an hour before the final hand. Eldman moved all in with 8
6
on a board Q
J
3
A
and was called by Tran with Q
10
. The river bricked out and Eldman took down the pot and the tournament, advancing Team Hollywood.
Four of the five conferences in the U.S. PokerBowl have been set. The advancing teams, by conference, are:
North: To be determined Tuesday at 10 a.m PT.
Here are the final table players in the Northern Conference and their chip counts:
6. Team Seattle - Keith Bartlett - $32,400
7. Team New Jersey - Shannon Pendergrast - $31,600
Coverage of the Northern Conference final table will begin at 10 a.m. PT. That will be followed by the U.S. PokerBowl finale
later in the day. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for all of your exclusive photos, chip counts, and live updates.
