Peter Feldman - Winner!

Here are the complete and final results for this event:

	Davidson Matthew - 2nd place

Heads-up Hand 48: Peter made it 36K to go and Davidson called. Flop was K A T and Davidson checked; Peter fired 50K and Davidson raised to 100K. Peter thought for a few moments, then raised another 200K. Davidson announced all-in immediately. After they counted it down (485K) Peter called. Davidson held A4 for top pair, but Peter had AK for top two pair. Last two cards were 9 3 and that's it!!

With this win, Peter Feldman joins Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson as the only players to win two WSOP Circuit Championship Events.

Peter 'Nordberg' Feldman finished in 1st place, earning $280,859, a $10,000 seat in the 2007 WSOP Main Event (with $1,000 travel expense money) and the gold WSOP Championship ring.

Davidson Matthew finished in 2nd place, earning $147,364.

Level 15: Blinds 6K/12K with 2K antes. Play has resumed.

They've played about 40 hands heads-up without much significant action. Level 14 has ended and they're going on dinner break until 7:45pm.

Heads up, around hand 20: Peter raised to 24K and Davidson called. Flop was 5 6 7 rainbow. Davidson checked, Peter bet 35K and Davidson jacked it up to 100K, which Peter called. Turn was a Jack and both checked. River was a 2. Davidson checked, Peter bet 120K and was called. Peter showed A7 for a pair of 7s and Davidson mucked. That's the first significant pot we've seen since they got heads up.

Sorry for the delay - been having some internet issues. They've played about 16 hands heads-up without much action, just pushing blinds and antes back and forth. Here's what they're playing for.

	The Prize Money

Short break as they get set up for heads-up play. Here are the chip counts:

	Gavin Griffin - 3rd place

Hand 77: Davidson made it 25K from the small blind and Gavin moved all in for 142K from the big. Davidson called, showing A 3 . Gavin was in the lead with pocket 7s. Board came 6 2 T J K and Davidson goes runner-runner to make the flush and bust Gavin.

Gavin Griffin finished in 3rd place, earning $86,685.

Hand 72: All three take the flop for the minimum: 4 8 2 . All three checked. Turn was 4 . Gavin bet 10K and Peter folded, then David called. River was 9 . Gavin checked, David fired 60K and Gavin called. David showed 43 for trip-fours and took the pot.

	Danny Wong - 4th place

Hand 63: Peter opened for 24K and Danny cranked it on up to 100K from the small blind. Back to Peter, who moved all in. Danny called, showing K Q . Peter held A Q and had Danny in bad shape. Board came 7 T 9 A Q and Peter took the pot, sending Danny to the rail.

Danny Wong finished in 4th place, earning $69,348.

Hand 56: Gavin completed the small blind and Peter checked. Flop was 3 Q J and Gavin bet 8K; Peter called. Turn was a 9 and Gavin fired 22K which Peter called. River was a 4 and Gavin bet 55K, which Peter again called. Gavin showed pocket Queens for top set and Peter mucked his hand. Gavin added some much-needed chips to his stack with that hand.

Level 14: Blinds 4K/8K with 1K antes. Play has resumed.

Current chip counts:

Hand 55: Peter made it 18K and Danny popped it up to 60K, which Peter called. Flop was 2 3 4 and Danny lead with 80K. Peter moved all in and Danny went into the tank for a couple of minutes, then folded.

End of level and they are coloring up the 500 chips and will then take a 15 minute break.

Hand 53: Danny raised from the button and Gavin moved all-in from the small blind for 53K. Danny called, sohwing A5 off; Gavin held pocket 4s and the lead. Board came T 7 4 A T and Gavin made a full house to double up to about 100K.

Hand 50: Gavin made it 18K to go and everybody joined him for the flop: K 6 A. Checked to Gavin, he fired 50K. Davidson check-raised him to 170K and Gavin called, the others got out of the way. Turn was an 8 and Davidson moved all in; Gavin called, showing A7 for top pair, but Davidson had A6 for two pair. River was a 5 and Davidson doubled up, leaving Gavin as the short stack.

	Erik Cajelais - 5th place

Hand 42: Erik raised to 18K and Danny called from the big blind. Flop was J T 7 and Danny lead with 24,500. Erik jacked it up to 75K and Danny moved all in. Erik called, showing JT suited for top two pair, but Danny held 98 suited for the flopped straight. Last two cards were 3 5 and Danny took the pot.

Erik Cajelais finished in 5th place, earning $52,011.

	Shane 'Shaniac' Schleger - 6th place

Hand 41: Four players take the flop for the minimum: 9 9 7. Shane bet 23K and after some confusion about the size of his raise, Davidson raised to 46K, which Shane called. Turn was another 9. Davidson checked to Shane, who moved all in. Davidson called immediately and stood up, rolling over 9 3 offsuit for quad 9s. Shane mucked his hand as the river was irrelevant.

Shane ‘Shaniac’ Schleger finished in 6th place, earning $43,343.

Rough chip counts:

	Gavin Smith - 7th place

Hand 29: Peter made it 18K from the button and Gavin Smith moved all in from the big blind for 46,500. Peter called, showing pocket 7s. Gavin AQ offsuit needed help. Board came 7 Q 8 K 7 and Gavin made two pair, but Peter made quads to bust him.

Gavin Smith finished in 7th place, earning $34,674.

	Yoon Kim - 8th place

Hand 23: Gavin Griffin made it 18K to play up front and all passed around to Yoon in the small blind, who moved all in. Gavin called immediately, showing pocket Kings. Yoon held pocket Aces and the lead, but the board came J 2 K Q 6 and Gavin made a set of Kings to crack the pocket rockets.

Yoon Kim finished in 8th place, earning $26,005.

	Jerry Renfroe - 9th place

Hand17: Davidson raised to 18K and Jerry moved all in for 30K. Davidson called, showing pocket Tens. Jerry's AT offsuit was in bad shape. Board came 5 7 7 K J and Davidson's Tens held up.

Jerry Renfroe finished in 9th place, earning $17,337.

Level 13: Blinds 3K/6K with 500 antes. Play continues with 90 minutes levels today.

Hand 12: Gavin Smith raised to 11,500 under the gun and Erik called from the button. Davidson popped it another 40K from the small blind and the other two surrendered.

End of level. No break.

Hand 6: We see the first flop of the day. Davidson raised to 14K from the middle and Jerry moved all in from the small blind for 22,500. Davidson had to call, but wasn't very happy about showing his J 3 . Jerry was ahead with pocket 6s. Board came K 8 6 A 5 and Jerry doubled up with the set of 6s.

Hand 8: Peter opened for 12K up front and Gavin Griffin called from the big blind. Flop was 2 K T and Gavin checked, Peter bet 17K and Gavin called. They checked down the last two cards of 4 A . Peter showed pocket Jacks and Gavin mucked.

Level 12: Blinds 2K/4K with 500 antes. 21:42 remains to play in this level. Cards are in the air.

Players are unbagging their chips now.  There will be a few minutes delay as they do player introductions for the audience here and then they will get underway.

Final table action is set to begin at 2pm Pacific Time.  Here's the final table lineup:

Seat 1:              Jerry Renfroe
Hometown:       San Luis Obispo, CA
Chip Count:       19,000
Jerry Renfroe is a 40-year-old self-employed poker player from San Luis Obispo, CA.  To date, his biggest cash was second place at the World Series of Poker Circuit championship event held at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, last year.  Today he arrives with the biggest challenge of anyone as he arrives as the lowest stack at this final table.    

Seat 2:              Shane ‘Shaniac’ Schleger
Hometown:       New York, NY
Chip Count:       205,500
Shane ‘Shaniac’ Schleger is originally from New York City.  He now lives in Santa Monica, CA.  He is a 29-year-old professional gambler.  He came into poker after working actively in the game of craps.  He wrote about his gambling experiences at his daily blog, which can now be found online.  Shane won $215,000 recently at a poker tournament held at the Commerce Casino, in Los Angeles.  

Seat 3:              Danny Wong
Hometown:       Walnut, CA
Chip Count:       244,500
Danny Wong is a 22-year-old professional poker player from Walnut, CA.  Last year, he won a major tournament at the Bellagio and was second in the main event at that same tournament.  He originally set out to be a stock broker, but he finds it more profitable now to invest in himself as a poker player.

Seat 4:              Gavin Griffin
Hometown:       Orange, CA
Chip Count:       390,500
Gavin Griffin is a pro poker player from Orange County, CA.  He won a bracelet at the 2004 World Series of Poker and at the time was the youngest event winner in the history of the WSOP.  Gavin originally set out to be a professional baseball player and would probably be in the minor leagues (at least) had he chosen a different college than the one he attended.  Instead, he arrives today with major league money, ranked second in the chip count.

Seat 5:              Erik Cajelais
Hometown:       Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Chip Count:       270,500
Erik Cajelais is a pro poker player from Montreal.  He won a $5,000 buy-in event at the Bellagio in Las Vegas last year. He is now seeking his first major tournament victory and arrives today slightly better than average in chips.

Seat 6:              Peter 'Nordberg' Feldman
Hometown:       Harper Woods, MI
Chip Count:       444,000
Peter Feldman is a poker professional from Harper Woods, MI.  He won the $10,000 buy-in championship event at Harrah’s New Orleans in 2006.  Should he win today, he would join Chris "Jesus" Ferguson as the only two-time main event winner on the World Series of Poker Circuit.  He is well on his way to making history as the current chip leader.

Seat 7:              Davidson Matthew
Hometown:       Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Chip Count:       119,500
Davidson is a 47-year-old poker pro from Toronto.  He has several impressive finishes on his tournament resume, including second place in the $25,000 buy-in WPT Championship event at the Bellagio last year.  He was also 10th at the most recent championship event at the Borgata, in Atlantic City. 

Seat 8:              Gavin Smith
Hometown:       Las Vegas, NV
Chip Count:       71,000
Gavin Smith is the class clown and court jester of the poker world.  He has rocketed up from oblivion in the wilderness of Canada to poker superstardom.  The 38-year-old man-child now lives in Las Vegas.  He was the 2005 Player of the Year in tournament poker, due to several high finishes and cashes -- including first-place at the Mirage in Las Vegas where he won a million dollars.  He also finished second to Peter Feldman – sitting in Seat 6 -- at last year’s Harrah’s New Orleans WSOP Circuit Champsionship.  Gavin has quite an obstacle to overcome today, as he arrives seventh in the chip count. 

Seat 9:              Yoon Kim
Hometown:       Milwaukee, WI
Chip Count:       45,500
Yoon Kim is a 39-year-old real estate agent from Milwaukee, WI.  In fact, he was the top realtor in Milwaukee over the last three years.  So, if anyone wants to buy a home in Milwaukee, Yoon is the man to see.  He has a number of final table appearances since he has started playing tournament poker.  This would be his biggest cash ever, should he win today.  But as the eighth-ranked player in chips, he will have to play the best poker of his life.

	Kaelaine with her winning hand and bracelet

Kaelaine Minton Reporting

Kaelaine won the 2007 World Poker Open Media Tournament at the Goldstrike in Tunica, besting a field of 50 to win the event and the WPO gold bracelet!

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