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Here's how they stack up at the break:
'Moto' Mabuchi - 175,000
Kelly Samson - 550,000
Ben Fineman - 958,000
Blair Hinkle - 850,000
Justin Bonomo - 390,000
Allen Cunningham - 368,000
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
$5,000 Circuit Championship Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Las Vegas
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,670,000
Entries
334
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Here's how they stack up at the break:
'Moto' Mabuchi - 175,000
Kelly Samson - 550,000
Ben Fineman - 958,000
Blair Hinkle - 850,000
Justin Bonomo - 390,000
Allen Cunningham - 368,000
. Checks by both men before the turn brought 
, and another round of checks brought 
on the river before Cunningham bet out 75,000 and was raised by Samson who came over the top with 150,000 more. Cunningham folded and Samson flashed his A-Q to Cunningham as he raked in Cunningham's chips.
to Samson's 
. The pre-flop showdown saw little fireworks when the flop came 
. However, the turn brought some drama in the form of the 
. The river was full of excitement as it fell 
. After the announcer saw the flush and announced Hover's hand, Samson thought he had lost until realizing (with help from the crowd) he had filled up on the river to take the hand. As the dealer pushed Samson the pot he replied, "I'm glad these people around here know what they're doing because I wouldn't have seen that in a million years."
was ahead of Hinkle's 
. The flop dealt a cruel blow as it came 
. Hinkle would hold on as the board ran out 
on the turn, and 
on the river. The double-up saw Hinkle build his stack to around 550,000.
; Samson tabled 
and the race was on.A board of
fell in favor of Samson's pocket nines and he successfully doubled through to about 400,000 in chips. Cunningham dropped to about 560,000 with the loss.
Blair Hinkle - 340,000
Justin Bonomo - 352,000
Allen Cunningham - 740,000
Thomas Hover - 390,000
'Moto' Mabuchi - 249,000
Ben Fineman - 980,000
Kelly Samson - 180,000
Cunningham:
Perry:
The board ran out
in favor of Cunningham, sending Perry to the rail in eighth place. Cunningham stacked up right around 500,000 in chips after the hand.
to Fineman's . As the dealer spread the flop 
, both paired a hole card with Lee having the advantage going to the turn. It would be short-lived, however, as Fineman caught the 
on the turn giving him the lead. The 
on the river improved Fineman to a straight giving us our ninth-place finisher in Doug Lee.Doug Lee won $32,204 for his final-table appearance.
The hand saw Mabuchi make it 70,000 to go from under-the-gun and Lee made the call from the big blind. The flop came
and Lee check-called Moto's all-in bet, tabling which was good for top pair and a gutshot straight draw; Mabuchi revealed 
for an open-ended straight draw.The
brought Mabuchi out of his seat, as it gave him the lead in the hand. "Deuce! Deuce!" Moto pleaded as he awaited the river and a deuce it was - the deuce of diamonds to be exact - and Moto raked in the pot, worth over 350,000 in chips.