WSOP Circuit - Caesars Atlantic City Stop Begins TodayThe Circuit Stop Features 10 No-Limit Hold'em Events and a $5,000 Circuit Championship |
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The second stop in Atlantic City on the 2008-2009 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule begins today at Caesars Atlantic City. The first tournament is a $300 no-limit hold’em tournament, and the Circuit stop concludes with the crowning of a champion in the $5,000 championship event on Saturday, March 14. There will be 11 events in all, and eight of them will have Card Player Player of the Year points up for grabs. The championship event will feature starting stacks of 20,000 and blinds begin at 25-50. Levels will be 60 minutes long, and they will increase to 90 minutes at the final table.
Single-table satellites will run daily, Mar.4-11, from noon-midnight with a buy-in of $80. Step 1 $340 mega-super-satellites will run daily at 4 p.m., and step 2 $570 mega-super-satellites will run at 8 p.m. Step 1 winners receive entry into a step 2 tournament, and the player who finishes second receives another entry in a step 1 event. For each $5,150 buy-in created by the step 2 mega-super-satellite, one entry will be awarded in the championship event.
Here is a look at the tournament schedule:
NOTE: Event Nos. 1-7 are two day events, Event No. 8, 10, and 11 are one-day events. All preliminary tournament days begin at noon.
Wednesday, Mar. 4: Event No. 1($300 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, Mar. 5: Event No. 2 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Mar. 6: Event No. 3 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Mar. 7: Event No. 4 ($500 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, Mar. 8: Event No. 5 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Monday, Mar. 9: Event No. 6 ($300 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, Mar. 10: Event No. 7 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, Mar. 11: Event No. 8 ($200 turbo no-limit hold’em)
Friday, Mar. 13: Event No. 10 ($200 turbo no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, Mar. 14: Event No. 11 ($200 ladies no-limit hold’em)
Event No. 9 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em championship)
Thursday, Mar. 12: Day 1 – 11 levels
Friday, Mar. 13: Day 2 – play down to nine players
Saturday, Mar. 14: Final Table
2008 WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City
Buy-in: $5,000
Number of Entries: 277
Total Prize Pool: $1,357,300
First-Place Prize: $431,136
Places Paid: 27
Final-Table Results:
1: Eric Haber -- $431,136
2: Dan Hicks -- $237,124
3: Sumeet Batra -- $121,275
4: Soheil Shamseddin -- $94,311
5: Steven Greenberg -- $80,838
6: Nick Binger -- $67,365
7: Scott Blackman -- $53,892
8: Steve Merrifield -- $40,419
9: Marc Morris -- $26,946
Notable Cashes: Young Phan (13th), Hevad Khan (14th), Ylon Schwartz (21st), Allie Prescott (25th).
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