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Monday, April 21, 2014 2:32 PM Local Time
Action folds to two-time ring winner John Holley in the small blind and he opens for his last 200,000. Action is on Blair Hinkle in the big blind and he calls.
Holley tables first, showing and Hinkle follows suit tabling .
Like he has in Iowa in the past, Hinkle runs hot, flopping trips on a flop. Holley heads to the turn needing to catch one of the two remaining fours.
The turn and river fall and and Holley hits the rail ninth, earning $8307 and 25 points toward the National Championship.
"Nice hand, Winkle," Dan Carson says.
Blair smiles and the table corrects Carson his name is Hinkle.
"Hinkle. Hinkle. That's right. I'm sorry, man," Carson says.
Holley is a 53-year-old poker pro and fisherman from Destin, FL. The finish marks his 29th Circuit cash and moves him to just under $530,000 in career earnings at the WSOP.
Blair Hinkle - 920,000
John Holley - Eliminated in 9th place ($8,307)
Monday, April 21, 2014 2:25 PM Local Time
Justin Truesdell open shoves from the button and Dan Carson beats him into the pot from the small blind. Quang Pham folds his big blind and it's time for show down.
Truesdell:
Carson:
Carson, who's quickly making a name for himself as the Uncle Krunk of Iowa, is ahead and at risk as they head to the flop.
The flop improves neither player as it falls .
The turn leaves Truesdell needing a three, five or six to take the pot.
The river falls and Truesdell and the dealer counts Carson's stack down to 206,000.
"Why'd you wait so long to call?" Truesdell joked to Carson.
"My chips beat yours in!" Carson replied.
"I counted at least a second and a half," Truesdell laughed.
Dan Carson - 445,000 (27 BBs)
Justin Truesdell - 375,000 (23 BBs)
Monday, April 21, 2014 2:16 PM Local Time
On the first hand of the final table, a short-stacked Dan Carson pushes all in from middle position and pickes up the blinds and antes.
On the next hand, action folds to Ken Douglas in the small blind, and he raises to 40,000. Matt Bond thinks for a moment, then pushes out a call. The flop comes , and Douglas continues for 60,000. Bond calls, and the dealer turns the . Douglas fires again, this time for 80,000. Bond calls.
The river is the . Douglas bets again, pushing out a 125,000. Bond thinks for a minute, then announces an all-in raise. Douglas asks for an exact count, which turns out to be an additional 155,000. He calls and turns over for top two pair. Bond, however, tables for the nut flush, and he doubles through the start-of-day chip leader.
Justin (Matt) Bond - 900,000 (56 BBs)
Dan Carson - 225,000 (14 BBs)
Ken Douglas - 605,000 (37 BBs)
Monday, April 21, 2014 2:10 PM Local Time
Monday, April 21, 2014 2:00 PM Local Time
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Monday, April 21, 2014 2:00 PM Local Time
The final day of the Council Bluffs Main Event is underway with 30 minutes left in Level 23.
Monday, April 21, 2014 12:50 PM Local Time
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Blair Hinkle (Defending Champion) Enters the Final Table 2nd in Chips
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The third and final day of the Council Bluffs Main Event begins at 1 p.m. CDT. A field of 247 entries has been pared down nine players, and it looks to be an extraordinary final table.
The chip leader is Ken Douglas, who finished Day 2 with 1,065,000 in chips. Second place is right on his tail, though. Blair Hinkle (pictured) bagged up 1,001,000. Hinkle is the defending champion in this event, and he also won it in August 2010. He’s trying to become the first back-to-back champion in the same Main Event in WSOP Circuit history, and the first person to win the same Main Event three times.
Charles “Woody” Moore is in third place with 688,000. Moore has made two final tables at the Main Event here in past years. He has one ring on his resume, and this is his 40th career Circuit cash.
While Douglas, Hinkle, and Moore start the day with the most chips, the other six players are still very much in the hunt. After they each fought through a highly-competitive field for two days, this figures to be an intense final day of competition.
When play resumes, there will be about 30 minutes remaining in Level 23, with blinds at 8,000/16,000 and a 2,000 ante. Each remaining player is guaranteed a payout $8,307, but they’re each surely looking to win the $90,770 first-place prize. The winner also receives a WSOP Circuit ring and a free entry into the National Championship in May.
Here are the final table seating assignments and chip counts:
Seat 1: Quang Pham - 246,000 (15 BBs)
Seat 2: John Holley - 216,000 (13 BBs)
Seat 3: Blair Hinkle - 1,001,000 (62 BBs)
Seat 4: Paul Ewen - 425,000 (26 BBs)
Seat 5: Ken Douglas - 1,065,000 (66 BBs)
Seat 6: Justin Bond - 464,000 (29 BBs)
Seat 7: Charles Moore - 688,000 (43 BBs)
Seat 8: Justin Truesdell - 614,000 (38 BBs)
Seat 9: Dan Carson - 192,000 (12 BBs)