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But he now plans to take a shot at the $5,000 championship event here.
He started the final table as chip leader, played aggressively, took some hits and went up and down, but was never far behind. Gill is 48, lives in Greenville, South Carolina and is married with two children. Golf is another hobby.
Circuit. At the break, Roberts had increased his lead to 327,000. Blinds now were 4,000-8,000 with 1,000 antes.
On the first deal, Newton, who in 1979 was the New York State Rifle Champion, got shot down. Low-chipped, he moved in from the small blind with 9-8. Gill called from the button with Q-9 and knocked Newton out when the board came A-7-7-3-6. Eighth place paid $4,785. Newton, 45, is from High Point, North Carolina and his occupation is financial adviser. He learned poker from his father 35 years ago. This is his 12th Circuit and second final table.
Action tightened considerably in the next 29 hands, with small bets and raises and just one all-in confrontation. On that hand, Altman doubled up when his pocket 10s prevailed. Finally, on the last hand of the level, three players limped and then Vincent Housden went all in with K-Q. Roberts called with A-J, flopped a jack, rivered an ace, and Housden cashed seventh for $6,240. Housden is a Circuit veteran, having played 25 or more. He is 63, from Stanley, Virginia, and is self-employed.
Players returned from dinner break playing with 6,000-12,000 blinds and 2,000 antes. At this point, Gill, who had taken down some pots with all-in re-raises, had regained the lead with close to 500,000, followed by Roberts with around 350,000.
Paul Nicholson went out just as the new level started. Altman moved in with A-J and Nicholson quickly called for his last 80,000 with pocket queens. Altman flopped two pair, and that did it. Sixth place paid $7,800. Nicholson is 44, from Winchester, Pennsylvania, and is a self-employed asphalt paver.
Circuit as well as his poker highlight. His other hobby is slots.
A few hands later, Piotr Kowal raised with his remaining chips holding A-7. Altman saw him with Qh-Js and made an unexpected flush when the first four board cards were hearts. Fifth paid $9,360. Born in Poland, Kowal, 26, now lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where he owns a bread distribution company. He never learned poker, he said.
TV and playing. His prior highlight was sixth in a Venetian Deep Stack contest. This was his 12th Circuit.
After making a great comeback, Lippert went out on a very bad beat. He made a small raise with pocket aces and was nearly an 86 percent favorite when Gill moved in with K-J. The board came K-6-3-J-10. The aces were cracked by two pair, and we were heads-up as Lippert went out with $12,480 for third. Lippert, 28, is a former teacher turned poker pro.
Andrew Kloc. He has a win at a $300 Circuit event at Caesars Indiana and a second in a $300 shootout at Foxwoods. Lippert is married and his other hobby is fantasy sports.
Heads-up, Gill had roughly a million chips to around 600,000 for Altman. He took a pot from Gill when he made trip queens, but was afraid to come over the top after Gill bet with three clubs showing.
On the 100th deal, blinds went to 8,000-16,000 with 2,000 antes. Two hands later, Altman moved in with his pocket 4s and lost when the ace came on the river. Finishing second, he pocketed $48,360. Race driver Altman is from Polk City, Florida.
He said. Muti-table tournaments are now like a drug to him, But he nearly quit the game in frustration after playing in a WSOP shoot-out, cashing 11th after getting crippled in a bad beat by Dewey Tomko, and just missing a chance to play a final table against the likes of Daniel Negreanu and Erik Lindgren. Tonight he said he played nearly perfectly, only misplaying one hand.
Wisiak. He pushed in for about 60,000 with pocket 9s. Michael Somma called, turned up two kings, and Wisiak ended eighth for $6,390 when all small cards came. Somma, starting in second position, now had the chip lead and would keep moving up from there
Wisiak, 40, is from Queens, New York, and is a trader.
Nelson, on the button, put in his last 51,000 with A-J. Vanchiro flopped a set of kings to knock him out in sixth place, which paid $10,650. Nelson is from Lansdale, Pennsylvania and has the unusual occupation of spinal implant sales. He learned poker from his brothers and has played since high school. This second Circuit for him is his poker highlight.
Hand 44 produced lots of drama. Somma opened for 20,000 from the button. Sal Giambrone called, and Charles Minter came over the top for 60,000 more. Somma took a good five minutes studying Winter and counting chips before finally calling. Giambrone folded.
The flop came 10-10-3. Now Minter pondered, then bet 150,000.
Circuit. Two years ago he came in fourth in a Borgata/WPT event and seventh in a $1,000 Circuit tournament here.
Somma started the match-up with about 780,000 chips to a bit over 500,000 for Vanchiro. It would last 41 hands. They played very carefully, and when the level ended 18 hands later, the count was very nearly the same. It was time for dinner, but the boys decided to keep playing.
The big turnaround came on hand 80, when blinds were $6,000-$12,000, with $1,000 antes. The flop came Js-8s-2d. Somma bet 15,000, Vanchiro raised 55,000, and Somma moved in. Vanchiro stood up, talking out loud, trying to figure what Somma might have.
Two spades came, giving Vanchiro a flush, and suddenly Somma was down to about 300,000. Somma hung on for another 11 hands. It ended when the board showed K-4-2-8. Somma bet 30,000 holding K-3, and Vanchiro moved him in. He turned up two fours for a set, and Somma was drawing dead.
Somma, 26, is a full-time player from Middle Village New York.
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