Twenty-three year old Samuel Chartier from Montreal, Quebec (Canada) defeated Toronto's John Nixon to win $322,944 in prize money by capturing the $5,000 buy-in championship event at Caesars Atlantic City-the seventh of ten World Series of Poker Circuit tournaments on the 2008-2009 season schedule.

The tournament attracted 208 entrants, generating a prize pool of $1,009,200 to be divided among the top 27 finishers.

When heads-up play began, Montreal's Samuel Chartier held a 5-to-3 chip lead over Toronto's John Nixon. The rival countrymen battled back and forth for about a dozen hands, before Nixon re-raised all in with A-10 and Chartier called with A-J. The flop was A-J-5 and Nixon was left nearly drawing dead. All he and his supported could do was watch in disappointment as the final board showed A-J-5-5-10. Both players made two pair, but the aces and jacks gave Chartier the victory.

CAESARS ATLANTIC CITY
EVENT #9 3/14/09
WSOP CIRCUIT EVENT NO LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $5,000 + $150
PLAYERS 208
PRIZE POOL $1,009,200
1. Samuel Chartier . . $322,944
2. John Nixon . . . . . . $177,619
3. Frank Vizza . . . . . . . $90,828
4. Michael Michnik . . $70,644

EVENT #11 3/14/09
LADIES NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 263
PRIZE POOL $52,600
1. Taryn Crumlish . . . $16,832
2. Jenny Chang . . . . . . . $9,257
3. Angela Altrichter . . . $4,734

EVENT #10 3/13/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM TURBO
BUY-IN $300 + $40
PLAYERS 295
PRIZE POOL $59,100
1. Ryan Miller . . . . . . . $18,880
2. Felix Mok . . . . . . . . $10,384
3. Frank Ryzik . . . . . . . $5,410