John Spadavecchia - 1st place

	TD Bob Daily and the winner!

I suspect that Sean and John made a deal during the last break, as it is now over 9 hands later. Sean appeared to be dumping his chips to John (Sean would raise, John would come over the top, and Sean would fold). Sean 'accidentally' won a pot when he moved in with pocket 7s on a board of J K T 6 and John only had a pair of 6s.

	Sean McCabe - 2nd place

The final hand, Sean moved all in and John called. Sean has 9 6 offsuit and John had K 3 offsuit. Board was 7 7 K Q A and its over.

John Spadavecchia finished in 1st place, earning $648,320 and the gold and diamond WSOP Circuit Championship ring.

Sean McCabe finished in 2nd place, earning $257,557.

Here are the payouts for the final table:

That's all for this episode of As the Cards Flop. 

Play, if you can call it that, has resumed. Level 18, 2K ante, 8K/16K blinds.

Players are on break at end of level 17. Sean has 365,000 chips, leaving John with 1.725 million.  The previous level was kind of like watching paint dry.  There was only the one all in and call since they got heads-up.  Sean seems to be card dead.  He calls John's raises to see the flop, but then has to fold on the flop which misses him completely.

They've been pushing blinds and antes back and forth for a while now. No significant action.

Sean raised from the button; John re-raised; Sean moved all in; John called. Sean's A8 of diamonds was ahead of John's KT offsuit. Board came 5 J Q 6 7 and Sean's Ace-high was good. He had 290K and doubled up to 580K, leaving John with about 1.5 million.

John is using his mountain of chips like a chisel to chip away at Sean's stack. Sean is down to about 330K now.

Heads-up now, Sean has 479K and John has all the rest - about 1.6 million.

	Ralph Perry - 3rd place

Ralph raised to 30K from the small blind and John called from the big. Flop was 3 7 K. Ralph checked, John bet, and Ralph called. Turn was 8; Ralph checked, John bet 200K, and Ralph raised all in. John called and showed K9 for top pair. Ralph had pocket Queens and was in bad shape with only two outs. The river was a Jack and Ralph was done.

Ralph Perry finished in 3rd place, earning $196,460.

Play has resumed in level 17 with 2K ante, 6K/12K blinds.

Players are on break at end of level 16. Here are the chip counts:

Sean and Ralph both have about 550K and John has the rest, about 1 million.

On the next hand, John doubles through Ralph and retakes the lead. They got all in on the flop of K J T; Ralph had AK for top pair; John had Q8 for the open-ended straight draw, needing an Ace or a 9. Turn was a 7; river was the 9 and John gets his chips back.

On a flop of J K 3, John and Ralph get all in. John has AJ offsuit for a pair of Jacks; Ralph has K7 of spades for a pair of Kings and the lead. A 7 fell on the turn increasing Ralph's lead and the 6 on the river was no help for anyone. Ralph more than doubled up and is now the chip leader.

	Danny Fuhs - 4th place

Ralph raised from the button and Danny called from the big blind. On the flop of J K 9 , Danny checked, Ralph bet, and Danny moved all in. Ralph called and showed pocket 9s for a set. Danny had T 7 for the flush draw and double-gutted straight draw. The A fell on the turn giving Danny the flush, but the river was the K , filling Ralph's house and ending Danny's day.

Danny Fuhs finished in 4th place, earning $157,468.

John has over 1 million chips; Sean is 2nd with about 470K, Ralph is 3rd with about 375K, and Danny has about 165K.

	Billy Baxter - 5th place

Billy gets all in with QQ against John with 66. Board came 4 5 T 6 5 giving John 6s full of 5s and ending Billy's run.

Billy Baxter finished in 5th place, earning $117,876.

With that hand, John is now the chip leader.

Ralph and John get all in. Ralph's 55 is ahead of John's AK of clubs, but the board comes Q A 7 9 8 giving John the pair of aces and the double up.

Billy and Ralph get all in pre-flop. Bill's KK was in the lead; Ralph had AQ offsiut. Board was 5 7 J 6 J and Bill doubled up - he's got about 400K now. Ralph has about 650K, and Sean has about 475K.

Danny wins a big pot against Ralph with no call on the river.   A couple of hands later, Ralph takes an even bigger pot from Danny.

Play has resumed. Level 16, 1K ante, 5K/10K blinds.

End of level - players are on break. Here are the chip counts:

	Bob Bright - 6th place

Danny raised to 24K and then Bob moved his last chips in (about 49K more). Danny called, showing QT offsuit. Bob was ahead with pocket 9s, but the board came 8 8 7 K Q giving Danny the suckout on the river and sending Bob to the rail.

Bob Bright finished in 6th place, earning $98,230.

	Tom Schneider - 7th place.

Sean raised to 26K, then Tom moved all in. Everyone folded back to Sean, who called, showing pocket 5s. Tom had AK offsuit. Board came Q J 6 8 7 and Tom was done.

Tom Schneider finished in 7th place, earning $78,584.

	Tony Cousineau - 8th place

John raised to 20K, Danny called from the button; Tony called from the big blind. Flop was 5 4 2 and Tony moved all in for 78K. John called and Danny folded. Tony had K Q for the flush draw and two overs, but John had A A for the overpair and the lead. Tony couldn't come up with another diamond and he was busted.

Tony Cousineau finished in 8th place, earning $58,938.

Billr raised to 16K from the small blind; Danny called from the big. On the flop of 9 9 4, Billy checked, Danny bet 30K, and Billy moved all in - Danny folded.

Billy raised the next hand on the button to 24K, then Sean bumped it another 54K from the big blind. Billy showed an Ace and folded. Sean showed his pocket Jacks.

	Blair Rodman - 9th place

Blair moved all in from middle position and got called by Ralph in the big blind. Blair's 54 of clubs was in bad shape against Ralph's pocket tens. The board came K Q 7 6 J with only one club and Blair was done.

Blair Rodman finished in 9th place, earning $39,292.

Ralph raised to 24K and then John moved all in for 88K. All folded back to Ralph, who thought about it for a few moments, then called, showing AJ offsuit. He was ahead of John's QT offsuit, until the flop: T 9 6 gave John the lead with a pair of tens. Queen on the turn gave John two pair and left Ralph with 8 outs: and King or 8. But no help with the deuce on the river and John doubled through.

John raised under the gun, then Billy moved all in for another 75K. All folded back to John, who called and showed QQ. Billy was ahead with KK. Board was 6 9 7 3 5 and Billy doubled up.

Level 15: 1K ante, 4K/8K blinds. Cards are in the air.

	Tony, as wife Raquel watches

Players are on break at end of level 14. Here are the approximate chip counts:

Danny takes a bite (well, maybe a nibble) out of the chip leader. Sean raised from early position and all folded to Danny in the big blind, who raised another 50K. Sean called and the flop was T 9 5 . Danny moved all in (123,500). After some thought, Sean mucked and Danny swept in the pot.

Talk about a battle of the blinds...Tony moved all in from the small and then Tom moved all in from the big. Tony had AK offsuit and Tom had AK of diamonds. The first real fireworks of they day fizzled into a split pot.

Tony saw a flop from the big blind with Tom. On the flop of J 3 8 rainbow, Tony check-raised Tom all in (+35,000). After some thought, Tom folded.

Card are in the air - just over one hour left in level 14 with 500 ante, 3K/6K blinds. Before play began, the Best Overall Player Award was given to Bob Bright. Based on his play during this circuit event, he has earned the most points and no one remaining at the final table can overtake him. Bob received a trophy, a Jacket, and a $10,000 entry to the 2006 WSOP Championship event.

	Sean McCabe - Chip Leader

Today's the day. One of these 9 men will go home with over $648,000 and more importantly, bragging rights to beating one of the toughtest fields playing No Limit Hold'em tournament poker:

At the top of the heap is Sean McCabe, a relatively young player with an aggressive style. Sean had a good first day, then stalled on day 2, but then on day 3, he put the pedal to the metal and never looked back.

But at the bottom of the heap is Billy Baxter. He may be the short stack, but he's a seasoned veteran of the felt who has 7 WSOP bracelets to prove that he's got staying power and knows how to finish a tournament strong.

Who will prevail? Who will take the bad beats? Who will get lucky when they need to and suckout?   The answers to these questions and more will be right here, on today's installment of As the Cards Flop, beginning at noon pacific time.