2009 World Series of Poker Circuit - Council Bluffs
$5,150 Circuit Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker Circuit - Council Bluffs
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$313,950
Entries
67
Level
16
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Dennis Meierotto - 433,500
John McDonald - 430,000
Evan "MacDaddy34" Panesis - 138,000
Jesse Hale - 124,500
Joaquin Sosa - 101,000
Ari "BodogAri" Engel - 71,500
Jeff Banghart - 49,500
And here's how they look in terms of their seating assignments.
Seat 1: John McDonald - 430,000
Seat 2: Dennis Meierotto - 433,500
Seat 3: Evan "MacDaddy34" Panesis - 138,000
Seat 4: Ari "BodogAri" Engel - 71,500
Seat 5: Joaquin Sosa - 101,000
Seat 7: Jeff Banghart - 49,500
Seat 8: Jesse Hale - 124,500
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and both players checked.The turn brought the
and both players uneventfully checked again.The river came the
and Hale fired out 15,000. Panesis tanked for a minute or two. "You thinking about a value bet or a fold?" asked Hale."I'm just thinking," responded Panesis. A few moments went by and then he would make the fold.
Hale opted to show and revealed
for trip jacks.
, Banghart checked. McDonald elected to fire out 30,000 and quickly got a fold from Banghart.McDonald showed pocket tens after scooping the pot. "Thanks for the show," responded Banghart.
.McDonald fired a continuation bet of 26,000 after the flop, but folded after Meierotto raised to 76,000.
The flop of
was checked around, but Meierotto elected bet out when the 
hit the turn. His 12,000 chips were enough to fold everyone else, and the cards were turned over.Showdown:
Bryan:
Meierotto:
Bryan knew it when he saw it, mumbling, "drawing dead," as he stood from his chair. The
filled out the board and Meierotto's full house, and Jeff Bryan becomes our eighth-place finisher.The jovial and outgoing Jeff Bryan was one of the crowd favorites here this week. Supported by his wife Donna and a number of other cheerleaders, Bryan ran deep for the fourth time this series. He'll take home more than $12,000 for his hard work over the last three days.
and Sosa immediately moved all in for 48,000. Panesis folded and gave Sosa the pot.On the next hand, Ari "BodogAri" Engel made a raise from the button to 10,500. Sosa fought back from the small blind and raised to 30,500. Jeff Bryan folded in the big blind, leaving himself with around 12,000 chips and then Engel quickly followed with a fold as well. Sosa showed pocket kings and raked in the pot.
With those back-to-back pots, Sosa now has just under 100,000 chips.
After that was confirmed by everyone involved, Hale minraised to 8,000 and Daubs' all-in bet stood. Everyone else folded and Hale made the call.
Showdown:
Hale:
Daubs:
The first three cards came down
and were not much help for Daubs. The fourth card was paint, but the wrong paint with the . Daubs needed a jack on the river, but couldn't find it when the 
hit the felt.He was eliminated on the first hand of the final table, earning $9,419 for his efforts.