by Sharla Lehrmann

In first place we have Derek Harrington. He wins $41,555. He receives his gold WSOP Circuit ring from Michael Cravatt.

In the final hand of the game Derek raises to 7K and Thomas moves all in. Derek calls immediately. Thomas shows a pair of jacks and Derek a pair of tens. The flop brings sweet lovin' to Derek when it comes Th As Ah for a great little ocean liner. The 2s comes on the turn and Thomas has only 4 outs now. The river comes a Kh and we all look a the chips to see who covers whom. Lo and behold, Derek had about 30K more than Thomas and we lose Thomas Wilson in 2nd for a great showing. He wins $23,086.

Thomas is speaking in the 3rd person now. Not sure why. When it comes to his action, he says "Thomas is all in". OK....

Three hands later, Men and Derek go head to head again. Men goes all in and Derek calls again. Derek shows the Ac 3s and Men the Ts 9h. The board comes the 5d 8h Qs. Men calls for a J, 9 or T. The turn is a Kc. Men begs for a J, 9 or T. The river comes a 2d and Men "The Master" Nguyen takes 3rd for $12,697.

Men is all in for 8,500. Derek calls for the extra 6500. Men shows the J 9 and Derek the Q 5. The board kisses Men with a 2c 3s 9s 8s T and he doubles up.

Derek raises from the small to 7K. Men calls. The flop comes 8s 2s 3d. Derek must act first. Both check. Turn comes the Qh. Bet goes all in and Men rubs his hands together and finally folds.

I think the coronas are making Men exta happy. A deal was struck before the final 5 and now the game is for the ring. Thomas really wants the ring and Men is being b oisterous and saying he needs another.

Thomas raises from the bb and Men yells " Ah AH AH AH..." and folds.

6d 6c Td. Both Men and Derek check. 7d on the turn and he bets out with an all in from Men. Men takes the pot.

We will wait for a hand now as the blind/ante stealing abounds.

Derek has the button. He folds to Men in the small. Men folds and ships it to Thomas.

Button is on Thomas. Derek limps and Men says "aw, gimme respect,,,,just call me". He takes a swig of his corona and says to Thomas, "you want him to attack me dont you". Thomas says, "no, I want it to be you and me". Derek ends up with the pot with two pair.

Updated Chip Count

Thomas Wilson-115K
Derek Harrington-95K
Men "The Master" Nguyen-40K

John raises to 15K from the cutoff. Derek moves all in and John calls. John shows the Ah 6h and Derek shows the 8h 8d. The board brings the Th 9s Qs 7c Js for the straight. John Napoli is our 4th place finisher for $9,234.

Men is UTG, folds. John folds, Thomas folds and Derek takes it down.

John is all in with As 6c. Thomas has Ac 3s. Flop is the 5s 5c Kc. Turn is the 4d. King on the river chops another.

Thomas raises to 4K from the cutoff and John calls. Flop is Td Kc 9d. Both check. Turn is the 3s. John bets all in and Thomas mucks.

Thomas now has the button. Derek limps from the small blind and Men in the big checks his option. The flop comes 8c 2s 2c. Both check. 5s on the turn. Checked. Free river. Qc on the river and both check. They both have J7 and split it up.

John has the button. Men is UTG and he raises to 7K total. John reraises making it 27K. Thomas calls. Derek quickly tosses his cards and Men folds too. Heads up. The flop comes 7h 8s 2c. Thomas says he is all in and John calls. Thomas has 9 9 and John has Ah 9d. The turn comes a 8c with the river a Ts. Thomas takes the pot and doubles up.

John raises and Nikki reraises from the small blind for 21K. John pushes all in. Nikki calls. John has 6 6 and Nikki has Ad 7d. The flop comes the 7s 6d 4c. John has a set. The turn comes the 3d. Nikki has all kinds of outs. The river comes the Qs and Nikki Cabellero is finished in 5th place for $8,080.

Thomas holds the button. Derek limps from the small and Nikki checks her option. Qh 4s 3d on the flop. Derek bets 4K and Nikki calls. The turn comes the Jh. Derek bets and Nikki says she missed and folds.

We start with the button on John. He takes down the blinds and antes with a raise.

Level 11 will start with a 300 ante and 1500 / 3000 blind now

Updated Chip Count

John Napoli-59,300
Thomas Wilson-55,800
Derek Harrington-45,900
Nikki Cabellero-39,700
Men "The Master" Nguyen-35,500

45 minute break. Back at 7pm PST.

Nikki is all in again from the cutoff. She takes another.

Thomas raises to 3K and it is now on Nikki with the button. She pushes all in and Thomas folds. She wins.

Thomas has the button. Men called, John called and Derek called from the small. Nikki checked from the big and we have a 4 way pot. The flop came 3h Tc 9d. Nikki bet 1500 and John raised to 4500. Derek folds and the action is on Nikki. She folds and the dealer sends the pot to John.

Men raised from the button. No action.

Five players left after 4 hours. We knocked out a player the very first hand and then have been very very slow to lose them since.

Derek has the button. Patrick is UTG and moves all in. Man this is a long game. Thomas calls. WE HAVE ACTION!!!! . Patrick has 6 6 and Thomas has Ac Qs. Flop comes the 7h 2s Jh. Turn is the Qc. River comes the 4c. The turn makes top pair for Thomas and takes Patrick Smith out in 6th place for $6,926.

Nikki and Derek are at it. Battle of the blinds. Flop is Js 5h 8s. Checked. Th on turn. Derek bet 2K. Nikki asked if he was trapping and she folded.

I have just realized that I have had my computer set to CST. I am sorry. I will now have it on PST.

Men raises UTG. Derek calls from the big. Heads up the flop comes 2h Kd 6h. Derek is first to act and he measures some chips and bets 7K. Men calls. The turn comes the 5c. Derek moves all in and Men requests a chip count. 23,300 is the bet. Men has another big decision. Call it or lay down another big hand. So far we have seen him dump JJ and AQ to an all in bet. He folds once again and Derek takes the pot.

John raises from the small blind and he wins the big blind and antes.

Button is on Men. Thomas calls UTG. Men calls. Three handed. Flop is Kd Ks 8d. John checks, Thomas checks and Men checks. Turn is the 6d. Checked to Men, he bets 4K, John folds and Thomas does as well.

Derek raises from the cutoff for 5K total. Nikki folds and Men folds. No one is in and Derek takes the pot.

Derek now holds the button. Only the blinds now. Nikki limps from the small and Men checks. The flopcomes 6s Ac Js. Nikki bets 1500 and Men smells a rat. He folds.

Now Thomas has the button. Derek limps from the small and Nikki checks her option. Flop comes Ad 6s 2d. Checked around. Td on turn, Derek bets and Nikki folds.

With the button on John, Nikki is UTG. She raises another 6K. She takes it down.

Button is on Patrick. Derek is UTG and raises to 5K. Men calls. Heads up we get a Kc 4c 2s on the flop. Derek bets all in and Men asks for a chip count. Derek has another 18K in the middle. Men shows pocket jacks and folds. Derek takes the pot.

Men has the button. He raises to 4500. No one plays.

Nikki has the button. Thomas raised to 3K. Men calls. Flop comes 5c Kd 4d. Men checks to Thomas and he bets 5K. Men calls. Turn comes the Jd. Men checks. Thomas moves all in and Men folds.

Button is on Derek. Men gets the antes from the big blind.

Patrick calls the big blind who is Nikki. Heads up the flop comes Qc Js Qd. Free turn. 9d Nikki pushes all in and Patrick folds.

Big blind is Derek, Men raises another 2K. Derek calls. Heads up the flop comes 8h 7h Qd. Derek checks, Men bets 4K. Derek folds.

Action is on Nikki. She folds. Men calls. Thomas calls. 6s Td Kd on flop. Thomas checks, Men bets and he takes the pot.

Nikki raises all in from the cutoff. Men would like to know her chip count. It looks like 30,500. He has her covered by a several thousand. This is a crucial hand. He is counting his chips down to 30,500. He is really pondering and is now making jokes. After all this posturing, we still have the blinds to act. Nikki is heckling Men. You go girl! Men reaches across the table and slides his hand by the dealer. He shows the Ah Qc. He jumped over and tried to grab her cards (in jest) and said he wanted to see her cards. No can do. No one calls from here on out and she takes the pot.

Everyone folds around to Nikki on the button and she folds. Men limps from the small blind. Patrick in the big blind checks. Flop comes 3h 2c 5d. Men bets and takes it showing a pair of fives.

Action is over to Thomas in the cutoff and he raises to 3K. Men calls. Flop comes 2s 2h 7d. Men bets out for 4K. Thomas gives it up and Men takes another.

Men is now UTG. Thomas has the button. Men makes it 4500 total. Now up to Nikki in the big blind. 3K more to go. She folds and the pot goes to Men.

UTG, Thomas limps in. Derek does as well. Nikki folds, Men calls and we will see 4 handed flop including John. Flop comes Ac 3c Td. Thomas bets all in, Derek folds, Men studies the board and folds. John in the big blind follows and Thomas takes it down.

Nikki owns the button again. Action is now on her after all fold around to her. She calls only. Men in the small limps and Patrick checks his option. Flop come Tc 6d Kc. Men checks as do the other two. Turn comes the Ac. All check. River is the Qs. Men and Patrick check and Nikki thinks and wonders if she is going into a trap. She bets 5K and gets no call. She has these men under control :)

Derek on the button gets a raise from Patrick UTG for a total of 6K. Folded around to Men in the large blind, he folds and Patrick takes it down.

Derek calls the blind. Patrick calls and John checks his option. Qs 3d 3c on the flop. John checks, and Derek bets 4500. Patrick folds and John in the small blind calls. Thomas folds. Turn is the 2c. John bets 12K giving Derek the cue to get out of John's way.

Action is to Men on the button. He raises 4K. John calls. Heads up the flop comes Qc 4h Ts. John checks to Men. Men bet 10K and he takes the pot.

Nikki gets her button now. John raises UTG to 5K total. Up to Nikki, she folds. Men in small blind folds and Patrick does also. The raise from John takes the pot.

Derek is now on the button. Patrick is UTG and folds. Derek raises on the button to 5K and takes down the blinds and antes.

Three handed flop. Flop comes Ad Jh 6h. Derek checks, Nikki goes all in, Patrick skid addles as does Derek.

Updated Chip Count

John Napoli-67K
Thomas Wilson-41K
Derek Harrington-38K
Nikki Cabellero-26K
Men "The Master" Nguyen-26
Patrick Smith-34K

Last hand at this level. We will take a 10 minute break and go to Level 10 with a 200 ante and 500 / 1500 blinds.

Derek is on the button, Nikki in the small, Men in the big. Patrick raises UTG for 4K more. Action moves to Men. He calls the raise. The flop, heads up comes Ks Qs Qd. Men is first to act and checks to Patrick. Patrick bets 5K and Men checkraised all in. Patrick calls the extra 6K. Men turns over Q J and Patrick has pocket tens. Turn comes the Qh giving Men quad queens. The river came a 3c. Wow....same hand as yesterday (kings) to end the tournament. Men doubles up and damages Patrick's stack.

Nikki is in the large blind. Patrick raised to 4K. She gives it some thought, fiddles with her chips for a while and finally reraised all in. It will cost Patrick 18,700 to answer her reraise. He folds and shows AQ offsuit.

Patrick raises this time and he takes the antes and blinds. and so on and so on and so on......

Nikki puts the all in raise on the group of men and gets no business.

Men on the button. Derek raises and makes it 3500 to go. Everyone folds and Derek takes it down.

Men bet 3K and Thomas raised all in. Up to Men now to "keep him honest". Men contemplates and stares at Thomas. He decides this isnt the hand to battle with and folds.

Play has tightened up considerably now. With 6 left, the button is being very effective at stealing...as usual.

Men limps from the button and Patrick does the same from the small. David in the big blind has other ideas and raises for 10,800 more to put him all in. Men folds and Patrick calls. David stands up as does Patrick. David has the Ad Qd. Patrick has the Ah Tc. Flop comes 7h 6s 9h. The turn comes the As and the river comes the 8d for the gutshot straight and the win. David Danshgar is out today in 7th for $5,772.

Nikki is first to act and she immediately says she is all in and takes down the blinds and antes.

David is on the button. Men raises to 4K total and Thomas gives him a call. Flop comes Ad Kd Kh. Thomas, first to act, He calls an all in. Action is now on Men. He says, "let me think on this". AFter that he folds and Thomas takes the pot. Men says "nice hand".

Nikki folds as she asks if she can double down. David calls from the small blind and John raised taking down the blinds and antes with his KQ.

I am so sorry for this underline I cant seem to make it go away...it is like I have a ghost in this computer.

Battle of the blinds. Flop comes 9s 5ds Kd. Checked. Turn is the Kc. Men checks and Patrick bets at the pot for 2000. Men calls, 8s on the river brings a bet from Men for 2500 and Patrick calls. Men shows pocket aces and Patrick dumps his cards face down.

Nikki is cohercing Men to take her to dinner. He is just flirting like crazy and they are whooping it up. Quite a sight.

Button was on Patrick. Thomas and Men both call. David in the small blind pushed all in. Thomas folds and Men called. David shows Kd 6h and Men the Kc Qd. The flop comes 3c 3h 7s. Turn is the Ks. David says "any ace for a chopped pot" and sure enough, the Ad falls on the river for just that.

Button on Patrick. Derek raised to 3500 and Jason came over the top all in for an addtional 6600. Derek called and Jason flips over pocket nines. Derek shows the 6d 6c. The flop is murder for Jason as it comes the 6s Qs Td. Turn is the Th and the river comes the 8s taking Jason Eakes out in 8th for $4,617.

Men on the button, folded around to Nikki. Nikki raises to 5700 and Men reraised enough to take her all in for about 13K. Nikki called the all in. Men shows the Ah Kc and Nikki the Kh Jc. The flop showed a Jd 4c Td giving Nikki the one out she needed. The turn came a 4h with the river bringing a 2s doubling Nikki through Men "The Master".