US Poker Bowl Finale Tuesday

Teams Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, Hollywood Advance

The two remaining conferences in the US Poker Bowl met Monday to determine which two teams would advance to
Tuesday's finale. The first conference to play was the Southern, and it featured teams from: Atlanta, Dallas,
Houston, Cincinnati, and Miami. The story of the day was Cincinnati, which sent three players to the final table.

The full final table roster was as follows:

1. Team Miami - Tom Dwan - $32,100
2. Team Dallas - Rodeen Talebi - $16,400
3. Team Atlanta - Greg Mueller - $67,200
4. Team Houston - Michael Binger - $16,400
5. Team Houston - Gabe Thaler - $48,300
6. Team Cincinnati - Steve Kingsley - $38,600
7. Team Cincinnati - Ari Goldstein - $27,400
8. Team Atlanta - Paul Wolfe - $40.500
9. Team Cincinnati - Steve Dannennman - $12,900

With play down to four players, Cincinnati claimed three of them, the fourth was Paul Wolfe of team Atlanta.
Wolfe put forth a valiant effort but the trio from Cincy proved to be too much, making short work of Wolfe.
Cincinnati will represent the Southern Conference in the Finale.

The California Conference play out as the exact opposite, with the final five players representing five different teams. The full final table was:

1. Paul Wasicka, Oakland - $11,800
2. David Ramirez, San Francisco - $20,000
3. Luke Desantos, San Francisco - $38,000
4. Jordan Morgan, San Diego - $45,300
5. Theo Tran, LA - $42,900
6. Ron Myers, Oakland - $43,000
7. Jared Hubbard, San Diego - $40,100
8. Phil Eldman, San Diego - $24,900
9. Alex Jacob, San Diego - $42,900

Phil Eldman picked up a nice run of cards, and won a massive coinflip against Jordan Morgan late to take a commanding lead. After finishing off Morgan, all that remained in Eldman's way was Theo Tran. The two tangled heads up for about half an hour before the final hand. Eldman moved all in with 86 on a board QJ3A and was called by Tran with Q10. The river bricked and Eldman took down the pot and the tournament, advancing team Hollywood.

Four of the five conferences in the US Poker Bowl have been set, and here are the advancing teams by conference:

South: Team Cincinnati - Steve Zoine, Vinny Napilotino, Steve Dannenmann, Steve Kingsley, Chris Manzo, Ari Goldstein

East: Team Detroit - Mark Seif, Nick Brancato, Rick Fuller, Scotty Nguyen, Kenna James, Kathy Liebert

West: Team St. Louis - Anna Wroblewski, Joe Tehan, John Kimm, Adam Gerber, Hank Sitton, Allen Kessler

California: Team Hollywood - Chip Jett, Karina Jett, Jean-Robert Bellande, Brandon Adams, Kirk Morrison, Phil Eldman

North -- To be determined Tuesday at 10am

Here are the final table players in the Northern Conference and their chip counts:


Shannon Shorr (Team Chicago): 45,100
Eric Lynch (Team New Jersey): 38,800
Scott Pendergrast (Team New Jersey): 36,000
Cody Slaubaugh (Team Minnesota): 35,500
Scott Clements (Team Minnesota): 35,100
Keith Bartlett (Team Seattle): 32,400
Shannon Pendergrast (Team New Jersey): 31,600
Justin Bonomo (Team Cleveland): 26,100
Jonathon Little (Team Chicago): 19,400

Coverage of the North final table will begin at 10am local time. That will be followed by the US Poker Bowl finale
later in the day. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for all of your exclusive Photos, chip counts, and live updates.

News Added: 23 October, 2007

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