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Monday, May 21, 2012 2:37 PM Local Time
Shane Smith moved his short stack all in from under the gun and action folded around to Michael Hallen in the small blind. Hallen called and the hands were tabled.
Hallen:
Smith:
The board ran and Smith was eliminated.
| Shane Smith | 0 | -666,000  |
Monday, May 21, 2012 2:35 PM Local Time
George Miro was under the gun and opted to commit his stack of 310,000. Dominic Gabaldon asked for a count and then made the call from middle position, inspiring the rest of the field to get out of the way.
Showdown
Miro:
Gabaldon:
Miro needed some help and found a little as the flop gave him added gut-shot straight draw outs. He seemed optimistic, but would ultimately be left wanting as the turn and river both blanked. Miro graciously shook hands with the remaining seven players before making his way to the payout desk in eighth place to collect $24,130.
| Dominic Gabaldon | 1,300,000 | 325,000  |
| George Miro | 0 | -629,000 |
Monday, May 21, 2012 2:27 PM Local Time
Andrew Nguyen and Anthony Vidmer have been squaring with each other in big pots all afternoon. The most recent was the biggest pot of the tournament so far. Nguyen opened for 85,000 and Vidmer raised to 170,000 behind him. The blinds released and action was back on Nguyen. He responded by re-raising to the tune of an additional 505,000.
Vidmer announced all in and Nguyen called.
Nguyen:
Vidmer:
The dealer spread the flop. Nguyen couldn't watch with so many outs to fade and walked off stage - depending on his rail's reaction to know if his hand would hold. Vidmer used his, "One time dealer, one time!"
The turn came .
The river came and Nguyen's aces held. Vidmer slid to 1.6 million and Nguyen has around 4.4 million
Monday, May 21, 2012 2:17 PM Local Time
Action folded to Andrew Nguyen on the button and he opened for 85,000. Anthony Vidmer was in the small blind and thought for a brief moment before three-betting to 185,000. George Miro got out of the way in the big blind and Nguyen responded by cutting out some chips and four-betting to 445,000. Vidmer thought for a solid minute before conceding the hand.
"I was ready to get it all in," Nguyen said as he stacked the pot.
| Anthony Vidmer | 3,750,000 | -250,000 |
| Andrew Nguyen | 2,400,000 | 300,000 |
Monday, May 21, 2012 2:04 PM Local Time
Justin Truesdell opened the action to 85,000, Andrew Nguyen called, Anthony Vidmer called from the cutoff and Dominic Gabaldon called from the big blind. The flop came and action checked around to Vidmer, who bet 200,000. Nguyen was the only caller and the came on the turn. Both players checked to the river and Nguyen very methodically bet 445,000. Vidmer called quickly and tabled . Nguyen mucked and Vidmer took the pot.
Monday, May 21, 2012 1:50 PM Local Time
Level: 28
Blinds: 20000/40000
Ante: 5000
Monday, May 21, 2012 1:48 PM Local Time
Andrew Nguyen opened for 70,000 under the gun and received calls from Justin Truesdall and Shane Smith in the small and big blinds respectively. The flop saw it go check-check to Nguyen, who continuation-bet 165,000.
Truesdell wasted little time in getting out of the way, but Smith opted for a check-raise to 350,000. Nguyen thought for a few moments before announcing that he was all in, putting the screws to Smith. The latter had 666,000 behind and decided to wait for a better spot as he released his hand.
| Andrew Nguyen | 2,800,000 | 421,000 |
| Shane Smith | 666,000 | -371,000 |
Monday, May 21, 2012 1:32 PM Local Time
Ramon Martinez and Daniel Lowery went to a flop of together. Martinez led out with 75,000 from the cutoff and Lowery called from the button. The turn came , Martinez checked and Lowery bet 93,000. Martinez announced all in after a short pause and Lowery called.
Lowery:
Martinez:
Lowery was ahead but Martinez was drawing live but bricked when the river fell . Lowery chipped up to 2.5 million after the elimination.
Monday, May 21, 2012 1:24 PM Local Time
That's right, our start-of-the-day chip leader, Anthony Vidmer, was the director of the poker-themed High Rollar: The Stu Ungar Story that featured Michael Imperioli as Ungar and was released in 2003. Clearly Vidmer is a poker fan and no doubt looking to follow in his late muse's footsteps by capturing some WSOP gold of his own.
For more on Vidmer's movie, check out the page on IMDb.com.
Monday, May 21, 2012 1:07 PM Local Time
The players have unbagged their chips, are filling out their bio sheets and play should be underway shortly.
Monday, May 21, 2012 12:32 PM Local Time
The final table is upon us here at Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah's St. Louis. Nearly 700 players put up the $1,600 entrance fee for a chance at the title, a WSOP Main Event seat, a National Championship seat, a shiny gold ring and just over $200,000.
Anthony Vidmer has the chiplead but has Andrew Nguyen just barely edged out. Justin Truesdell is the only other member of the 2 million chip club but Daniel Lowery is knocking on the door with over 1.9 million. Michael Hallen sits at the average chip stack and Shane Smith has just over 1 million. Rounding out the bottom are Dominic Gabaldon, Ramon Martinez and George Miro round out the bottom of the counts.
WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|
| 1 | Andrew Nguyen | 2,379,000 |
| 2 | Anthony Vidmer | 2,523,000 |
| 3 | George Miro | 629,000 |
| 4 | Ramon Martinez | 809,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Lowery | 1,939,000 |
| 6 | Dominic Gabaldon | 975,000 |
| 7 | Michael Hallen | 1,590,000 |
| 8 | Justin Truesdell | 2,027,000 |
| 9 | Shane Smith | 1,037,000 |
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. local time and we'll play until we have a winner. Follow all the WSOPC action live on PokerNews.com.