The Winner, Abe Korotki

Abraham Korotki takes 1st for the WSOP Circuit Championship ring and $433,008.

	Abraham Korotki

Abraham Korotki originated in Florence, Italy. He now lives in Bethany Beach, DE where he is a real estate developer. He is married and taught himself to play poker, and a good job he did as he has only been playing for 9 months and here he is at a final table. He did buy in to the event. He would like us all to know that he is “a very happy man and is married to the best woman in the world.”

And we find the money hand. Abe raised to 50K and Brian came over the top saying " all in." Abe called him and showed the 4 4 . Brian turned over the K T . The flop was murder for Brian when it came the J T 4 giving Abe a set. The 7 on the turn meant Brian was drawing dead. The 3 hit the river, but to no avail.

Brian Jensen takes 2nd for $240,560.

	Brian Jensen

Brian Jensen lives in Denmark. He is a stockbroker there and he earned his seat today through www.Betholdem.com . He is part of the Fearsome Foursome. He has been playing for 3 years and is self taught.

Abe - 1 million

Brian - 240K

Back and forth, back and forth. No big plays.

K 6 4 and both check. The 9 on the turn. Brian bets 20K and Abe calls. 2 on the river. Brian opens the gate when he checks and Abe bets for 60K. Brian folds.

WIth the J T 9 on the board, two diamonds, Brian bets 20K and gets a call from Abe. The 8 hits the deck on the turn and Brian checks. Abe bets 40K and Brian calls. The T lands on the river. Abe checks and Brian moved all in. Abe folded.

Approximate chip count

Abe 940K
Brian 300K

Again. They see a flop. The K 3 2 comes, with two clubs. Both checked. THe 6 on the turn and Brian bet 20K. Abe called. The J on the river. Brian checked and Abe bet 25K. Brian released.

More chippage has shifted back to Abraham. With the flop of 5 4 3 rainbow, Abe checked and Brian bet 20K. Abe called. The K hit the turn. Abe checked and Brian bet 40K. Abe called. The turn brought the 3 . Again Abe checked and Brian followed that idea. Brian showed fives and threes and Abe kings and threes.

Abe raises to 60K and Brian called him. The flop came with the K 3 2 > Abe fires 85K at the pot and Brian has to lay his hand down. Abe recoups some chippage.

Dont worry. Just raising and folding going on. No big movement.

Brian Jensen just doubled up when he made a straight on the turn and Abe couldnt catch up. Winds of change have come to the poker room.

	Brian is a happy camper!

Brian - 540K
Abe - 700K

LETS DO IT!!!!

Abe Korotki - 913K

Brian Jensen - 324K

WIth the flop of the Q 9 5 we have heads up play between Steven Jacobs and Abe Korotki. Abe bet 25K and Steven pushed all in for 158K more. Abe called him. Abe showed top pair with the Q 8 and Steven two overcards and the nut flush draw. He had the A K . The turn came the 9 . Steven had so many outs. Any spade or any ace or king. The T reared its ugly head on the river and we lose Steven Jacobs in 3rd for $132,308. Great game sir.

	Steven Jacobs

And then there were 3....

Approximate Chip Count

Jody and Abe bang heads. Jody is all in and his tournament life is at stake. He turns over the 5 5 and Abe the T T . The board brings the 7 6 2 4 7 . We lose Jody Garaventa in 4th for $96,224.

	Jody Garaventa

Approximate Chip Count

I am going to refrain from reporting all these hands. I will bring you the next interesting hand. Stay glued to yourself.

Brians turn. Raise to 42...fold fold fold.

Jody raises to 36K and once again, they are tight as my pants are right now. NO one wants to bust out 4th.

Jody has raised all in and we see if we get any business. Nope, and he takes the pot.

Steve Jacobs gets a walk...scooping the antes and blinds.

Post flop Abe makes a substantial bet and he runs his opponent out of yet another pot.

Seems that Abe is crushing the table now. He and Jody go at it again. After the flop of the T 6 6 , Jody opens the door by checking and Abe shoots 20K at the pot.. Jody cant stand the heat and lets it go.

Abe Korotki raises to 36K and Jody calls him. Heads up. The flop comes the J 9 2 with two spades. Jody checks to Abe and he bets 45K. Jody calls. The turn brings the A . Jody bets 55K and Abe raises to all in status. Jody grimaces and releases his hand. Abe picks up a 250K pot, give or take.

Steve Jacobs raises a pot and he picks it up.

The next hand, Brian gets a walk in the big blind and picks up the blinds and antes.

Brian Jensen takes it to 42K and he grabs a pot.

Action is on Abe, UTG. He raises to 36K. It will cost Jody 24K and he bows out.

Jody on the button takes it to 36K. To Brian in the big blind, and he folds.

Abe raised and Jody reraised to 75K more. Up to the original raiser, Abe, and he lays it down.

Herbert Cheng raises all in fo r61K and gets a call from Jody. Herbert has A J and Jody the A Q. The flop bring the 8 7 4. The turn the 2. Herbert needs a J. The river comes the A and we lose Herbert Cheng in 5th place for $84,196.

	Herbert Cheng

Herbert Cheng likes to go by “the Slasher”. He is single and is a real estate broker in New York City. He is only 26 years old and started playing poker a year ago. To date, this is his best poker highlight.

On the button, Abe calles, the small blind, Herbert calls and Brian in the big blind checks his option. The flop brings the 9 4 2, rainbow. All check. With the K on the turn, Brian fires 18K at the pot and no one opts to join in. Brian takes the pot.

Steve Jacobs has raised all in for about 160K. He takes the pot.

UTG Abe raised to 50K. Folded around Abe picks it up an grows his huge stack.

shuffle up and deal

Exact Chip Count

We go to 1K antes and 6K / 12K blinds.

We take a dinner break at and will return at 8:30pm.

Folded around to Jody in the small blind. He calls. Abe checks his option in the big blind. A A K on the flop. Yikes. Jody bets 10K and Abe folds. Jody takes it.

Abe takes it to 50K UTG. Around to the blinds, they give it up.

Herbert Cheng moves all in on the button. No calls.

Brian takes a sweet walk in the big blind.

Raised to 35K, Steven Jacobs takes this one.

Folded to Jody in the small, he calls. Abe checks his option. Heads up. Flop is the Q T 8 with two hearts. Jody bet 18K and Abe lays it down. Jody takes another.

Steven calls in the small blind and Jody raises another 35K. Steven thinks that is too much and Jody takes the pot.

Brian Jensen called 5K in the small and Steven checked his option. With the A 7 3, we get two checks. The T comes on the turn, Steven bets and Brian goes bye bye.

Abe is on the button and raises to 50K straight. Around to the big blind and no action. He is running the talbe now.

Heads up again. Yep, its Abe again. This time with Herbert. Flop comes the K T 8. Abe bets 25K and Herb folds.

Jody calls, Heads up with Abe. Flop is the 6 5 3. Checked. A on the turn. Jody checked and Abe bet 25K. HE takes it.

This time in a heads up pot, we get a flop and Brian bets out 50K and makes Abe drop the action.

Abe raises and takes yet another pot.

Approximate Chip Count

Abe Korotki is now the chip leader with almost 400K in chips.

Steven Jacobs has moved all in preflop. He takes it too.

With the flop of the Q T 2, two hearts, Herbert calls a bet of 20K made by Abe. The 7 comes on the flop. Abe bets 50K and Herbert drops it. Abe takes another one and is building his dynasty.

Steven raised to 38K and Abe in the big blind calls. The flop came the 3 Q > Abe is first to act and bets 40K. Steven folds.

Jody gives it a shot this time and raises it up. He takes it to 40K. No takers.

Brian Jensen raises to 32K and Herbert reraised all in for 106K more. BIg pot brewin'. Brian thinks on it for quite a while and finally decides to fold it this time. Herbert said he had two water chickens ...better known as two ducks.

Brian Jensen picks up the next one. No one wanted to play.

Heads up between Herbert and Abe. FLop comes the 5 4 4 with two spades. Abe bet 25K and Herbert retreats.

Herbert takes the next one with a raise.

Jody raises again, this time to 25K. Reraise from Abe to 75K. Price of poker just went up. No call. Abe takes it.

Jody raises this time to 35K. It is all Jody.

Brian Jensen raises to 32K UTG and gets a call from Abe. Heads up action. Flop comes teh 7 3 6, two clubs and one diamond. Abe checks and Brian bets 40K. Abe folds.

Exact Chip Count

UTG, Eddie "Fix" Corrado raises to 33K. Abe in the big blind moves all in. Now the action is back to Eddie. Decisions decisions. It would be all his chips if he goes for it. He calls 49K and is all in. He shows the A 8 and Abe has the K J . The flop comes the J 8 5 . Both players snag a pair. The Q arrives on the turn giving Eddie a heart draw. But alas, the 2 is what the river provided and we get a huge "YESSSSSSSSS" from Abe Kootki and we lose Eddie "Fix" Corrado in 6th for $$72,168.

	Eddy "Fix" Corrado

Eddy Corrado started out in Chicago ILL and now lives in Naples FL. He is retired, likes to go by “Fix” Corrado. Married with two children, Eddy also enjoys a good game of tennis now and then. He is proud to say he won a WSOP Circuit ring in the $2000 event in Tunica last month. Eddy has only been playing poker for 50 years.

Abe makes it 40K to go UTG. This time Abe takes the pot.

Herbert is on the button. He raised for 30K more and it is up to Steven. No call.

Eddie launched his last 64K into the pot to see if he gets any bites. Nope. He takes the pot.

Steven raised to 33K, no callers.

Approximate Chip Count

Jody raises to 31K. Back around to the boinds, no action and Jody picks up the pot.

Brian calls the blind, Steven raises to 40K. In the small blind, Eddie has to add 35K to call, but doesnt. Herbert in the big blind does call. Back to Brian, he calls. Huge skillet brewin'. Threeway action. A K Q rainbow on the flop. Checked. The turn is the T . Checked around to Steven, he takes the opportunity to bet 25K and Herbert calls. Brian does not. The river brings the T . Herbert is first to act and he checks. Steven now moves all in for 66K. Herbert is in the hot seat. He sends his cards to the muck. Steven Jacobs picks up the biggest pot of the day so far.

Herbert takes it to 31K straight. He takes it down.

Heads up, we have blinds again. The flop is the T 6 4 with two diamonds and spade. Checked. A on the turn, Jody bets 18K and Abe drops the race.

	For Brians girlfriend!

Jody raises to 60K and takes another.

This time Jody raises to 36K. Around to Herbert in the small blind, he folds. To Brian in the big, he gives it up as well and Jody Garaventa takes the pot.

Abe makes a play for 40K. In the big blind, it will be 30K more for Herbert to call. No call. Abe is on a steady building regime.

Abe moved all in for an additonal 42K and Steven Jacobs called. He showed the J T and Abe the K K. The flop comes the Q 6 2. No hearts. Steven might be in trouble. The turn is the Q and Steven is drawing dead. Abe doubles through Steven Jacobs.

I spy an 18 years old in here. Aurangzeb "Ozzy" Sheikh is watching from the rail. Im not tellin'. I watched him play in the Bahamas where he scored big time. They let you play at 18 in Nassau.

Brian takes it to 32K and gets no action. Abe calls the 22K from the blind. The flop comes the 2 3 5 . Checked. The turn is the A . Brian bets at the pot and Abe leaves quickly.

Abe Korotki moves all in and no callers. He regains a few chips.

Abe raises to 35K and around to the small blind, Brian folds and Steven in the big blind moves all in. Up to Abe now to make the big decision. He goes to the tank for a bit. Its a no go and Steven takes a big one.

Steven elects to limp in this time UTG. Around to Herbert in the small, he calls and to Brian in the big, he exercises his option and raises to another 35K. No one wants to play for that and Brian takes it down.

OK. Brian Jensen limps in UTG. Around to Eddy, he limps as well from the small blind. Herbert checks his option from the big blind and we see the T 6 3 on the flop. Eddy "Fix" Corrado fires 20K at the pot and he wins the pot.

This time Steven Jacobs picks it up. Looks like we are back to business as usual.

Herbert gives it another go and picks up yet another bunch of blinds and antes.

Herbert gives it the 36K raise and he picks up the pot this time.

Abe raisned to 35K and this time he takes the blinds and antes.

Eddy makes it 36K total to play. Brian in the big blind showed the 62 and folds giving Eddy the pot.

Jody raises to 36K and gets no callers. One more pot for Jody!

	Da Moola and da ring!

WIth the K Q 2, two hearts, Jody bet 31K and Ed folds. He takes a pot.

We are now at 1K and 5K / 10K blinds. Shuffle up and deal.

Exact Chip Count

We will take a 10 minute break and bump it up to the next level.

We have a raise to 20K from Herbert "The Slasher" Cheng. Abe calls the extra 12K. Heads up we see a flop. It is the A K Q. Abe moves all in and Herbert thinks long and hard and decides to lay this one down.

Brian Jensen has moved all in and got a call from a shorter stack, Ernie Shepherd. He has J T and Brian pocket queens. The flop comes the A 9 3 with two hearts. Ernie is in trouble. The turn is the K. He needs to catch one of the remaining two queens to stay alive. The river came the J and Ernie Shepherd from Lizella, GA is out in 7th place for $60,140.

	Ernie Shepherd

Ernie Shepherd lives in the great State of Georgia. He owns night clubs and just started playing poker 3 months ago. He has already cashed in two big events and made final tables in both. They were WSOP Circuit events in Tunica MS. Not too shabby for 3 months sir.

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Herbert Whitey said "I gotta gamble" and moves all in. Abe called the extra 15K as does Herbert. The flop came the Q J 6 . Checked. The 6 hits the turn. Checked. The river card is the 8 . Checked. Jacks and sixes for Herb takes the pot and we lose Harry "Whitey" White from Hughesville, PA in 8th for $48,112.

	Harry "Whitey" White

Harry “Whitey” White started life out in Muncy PA and now resides in Hughsville PA. He is self employed and owns “Whitey’s Wheels”. He said he will just about buy and sell anything. He started playing poker when is was about 11 when his Dad and Grandfather taught him how to play.

Steven Jacobs calls. Jian raises to 18K straight and Steven calls. The flop comes the Q 7 3. Steven checks and Jian bets 18K, Steven moves all in and Jian calls. He turns over the A A and Steven the Q T. Jian is looking at a big double up if no T or Q hit the turn or river. The turn is a T and Steven now has two pair. Jian needs a 7, 3 or an A to stay alive. The river comes the K and we lose Jianhua Zhou from Egg Harbor Township, NJ in 9th place for $36,084. Aces cracked once again. Steven Jacobs, you are on a roll kiddo!

	Jianhua Zhou takes 9th place

Jianhua Zhou is a 42 year old from who was raised in China. He now lives in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. He is a pro player and likes to go by Jimmy Zhou. His main poker experience has been gained on the internet, however over the past 5 years, he has cashed before. This is his first final table.

Brian Jensen raises the next one and gets the blinds and antes.