Facing the button raise of Mark Bonsack, Cord Garcia, with a short stack of 425,000, went all in on the big blind and got snapped called by Bonsack's . Garcia begrudgingly turned over his under pair of . Garcia, who was sporting a Run Good Gear hoodie, was in bad shape and with the flop, he needed runner-runner. The peeled off on the turn giving him a gutshot draw, but it was not Cord's time for the "one time" as the came on the river.
Garcia, a 23-year-old poker pro from Houston, TX, was eliminated in fifth place taking home $30,365.
Anyone can win a WSOP Circuit ring, but it takes a talented individual to win two. That��s what Mark Bonsack did in Event #6 $365 Limit Omaha 8 or Better when he topped a field of 134 players to win $11,254. The win gave Bonsack, who finished 12th in last year��s National Championship, his second non-hold��em ring��the other came in 2011 in a $365 H.O.R.S.E. event at Harvey��s Lake Tahoe for $7,484.
��Hopefully I��ll get back to [the National Championship] and have another chance at it,�� said Bonsack, a 52-year-old contractor from Cle Elum, Washington. ��I really want to get a bracelet. I probably still need a few more [points], but I��m close.��
The good news is that Bonsack will be back at the National Championship. Thanks to his deep run here in the Main Event, Bonsack will either win and earn a seat or capture the stop's Casino Championship. Either way, he's in. Now all Bonsack is focused on is improving over his finish here last year when he took fifth for $25,127.
Here's a look at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Ring Event #6 Limit Omaha Eight or Better final table:
Blair Hinkle opened for 60,000 from the cutoff and Brendan Waite defended from the big blind. The latter check-called bets of 90,000 and 180,000 on the flop and turn respectively, and then led out for 420,000 on the river.
Hinkle leaned back in his chair before making the call, and Waite confidently tabled the . Much to his surprise, Hinkle tabled the winning .
The action folded around the table to Mark Bonsack in the small blind. Electing to raise to 80,000, Bonsack got reraised by Trevor Deeter's all in of 575,000. Bonsack snap-called and their cards were turned up:
Deeter:
Bonsack:
Bonsack's ace high was leading for the moment and the flop left Deeter needing to catch a king or eight. Deeter would not get lucky as the and peeled off on the turn and river.
Deeter, a 29-year-old native of Longhorne, PA, finished in sixth place for $23,448.
In the very next hand after doubling with quads, Cord Garcia lost the majority of his stack to Brendan Waite's four fours.
The hand began when Trevor Deeter opened for 60,000 from the hijack and Garcia called from the cutoff. Waite called from the button and Blair Hinkle came along from the big blind, and it was four-way action to the flop. Two checks put action on Garcia and he bet 110,000, which only Waite called. Garcia then check-called a bet of 135,000 on the turn before checking the river.
Waite took the opportunity to bet a hefty 435,000, and after thinking about it for 90 seconds or so, Cord called. Waite anxiously tabled the for quads, and Cord lobbed his cards to the muck while dropping to 400,000.
Blair Hinkle raised from under the gun to 65,000, and without hesitation Cord Garcia shoved all in with his remaining stack of 540,000. Without much delay Hinkle made the call and their cards were turned over:
Garcia:
Hinkle:
Garcia was well ahead and after the flop, Hinkle was drawing dead. Garcia doubled up to put him in third in chips.
In one of the last hands before the break, Blair Hinkle opened for 48,000 under the gun and received a call from Brendan Waite in the small blind. Sean Small then opted for a three-bet to 138,000 from the big, both his opponents called, and it was three-way action to the flop.
Waite checked, Small bet 141,000, and two calls ensued, leading to the turn. All three players ending up checking, and then did the same when the showed up on the river. Hinkle showed the , which was behind the of Waite. Unfortunately for them both, Small had rivered the best hand with the .
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. Garcia begrudgingly turned over his under pair of 
. Garcia, who was sporting a Run Good Gear hoodie, was in bad shape and with the 
flop, he needed runner-runner. The 
peeled off on the turn giving him a gutshot draw, but it was not Cord's time for the "one time" as the 
came on the river.
flop and 
turn respectively, and then led out for 420,000 on the 
river.
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flop left Deeter needing to catch a king or eight. Deeter would not get lucky as the 
and 
peeled off on the turn and river.
for quads, and Cord lobbed his cards to the muck while dropping to 400,000.
flop.
, which was behind the 
of Waite. Unfortunately for them both, Small had rivered the best hand with the 
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