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WSOP-C Atlantic City: Brent Roberts wins
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2008-12-17 17:01
178 players took to the tables in Atlantic City 3 days ago, battling for a top prize of $280,940, but only one could walk away with it, and that one player who had the skills and was lucky enough to dispose of all the others proved to be Brent Roberts.
Coming into Day 3 with the chip-lead, Roberts hammered his advantage home to become the WSOP-C Atlantic City champion.
Although relatively unknown in poker circles, Robert was – by no means – a newcomer to the game. He had had a WSOP final table under his belt as well as a FTOPS title before taking down the WSOP-C title.
Rafael Camejo was the first player to bust out from the final table, as his A,Q didn’t stand a chance against Robert McLaughlin’s A,K after all the money had been shoved in preflop. The board gave McLaughlin a pair of Ks although he would’ve cruised home without that help too.
Camejo’s quick elimination prompted the other players to adopt a more cautious approach, and as a result of that play slowed down a bit following his departure. The calm couldn’t last for long however as more and more menacing storm-clouds brewed with every hand played. When the hail was unleashed players began dropping like flies.
Scott Zakheim ran into Brent Roberts first, and was eliminated in 8th followed soon by Dwyte Pilgrim in 7th who fell at the hands of Allen Bari.
Tim Kelly moved all in right after that, with A,8 and got a call from Kyle Bowker with J,J. The board gave Kelly no help and he headed to the rail in 6th.
Next on the list was Allen Bari, who ran a 4,4 into Kyle Bowker’s Ah,Kh and was eliminated when the latter hit two pair on the river.
Play once again slowed down in order to burst into another quick round of action which left only Phillip Reed and Brent Roberts alive.
The heads-up play was a very short affair. Holding a huge chip lead over his opponent, it only took Brent Roberts a few hands to call it the day.
In the final hand, his 8,9 went up against Reed’s Jd,Qd to make two pair on the flop.
