I recently played the World Series of Poker Circuit events at Caesars of Atlantic City, N.J. This series has a special meaning to me for multiple reasons.

Aside from originally being from New Jersey and considering Atlantic City to be my home court, this is also where I had my first cash in a major event on the tour.

Two years ago, when I was still 21 years old and wet behind the ears, my friend Mike "KrustyTheClown" Hofeld convinced me to take a shot at the upcoming WSOP Circuit event with some of my winnings from the daily tournaments around Atlantic City.

World Series of Poker Circuit events are a great opportunity to gain experience on the tour, especially for inexperienced and online players who want to play larger events on the tour eventually.

They feature smaller buy-ins and a "regional focus" (read: fewer pros). The preliminaries usually range from $300-$1,000 buy-ins, with a $5k main event. As well, plenty of satellites are offered into all events.

After busting out of the first two events in very unspectacular fashion, I won a $75 single-table satellite for a seat into Event 3, a $560 NL tournament. I finished second out of a field of 406 players and took home $32,480.

Stout: Two years later, returns to the birthplace of his pro career hungry for a gold and diamond ring.

This more than quintupled my bankroll... and marked the beginning of my professional career. Two years later I returned to the birthplace of my professional career, still hungry for a gold and diamond ring.

Much like the first time around, I was unable to get anything going in the first couple of events of the series. Then came Event 3, the same tournament I had final-tabled two years earlier.

I made a comeback after a bad beat and went to dinner break with about $25k going to $600/$1,200 ($100 ante). Unfortunately, my JJ fell to KQo on the first hand after we returned from dinner and I was eliminated.

Undeterred in my quest for a ring, I continued to play almost every event of the series. The next time I was able to get anything going was in Event 7, another $560 NL tournament.

I had a pretty soft starting table draw, with one exception. My friend Chris Reslock, who holds several titles including a WSOPC championship and the WSOP bracelet for the Stud World Champion, was seated to my left.

Chris is a creative, tricky player who has beat Phil Ivey and John Juanda heads-up and is on the short list of people I truly hate to look across the felt at - especially when he has position on me.

Former cab driver Chris Reslock: a creative, tricky player you don't want to have position on you.

Fortunately, Chris and I weren't ready to battle each other... yet. After getting short-stacked early, I moved all in with 9-9 against a very loud and boisterous Jamaican player who was running over the table. Unfortunately, he had QQ.

But since I'm such a good player and poker is a skill game, I flopped a nine and doubled up. Shortly after that, the table broke, but this wouldn't be the last I'd see of either of the two players.

Many hours and a couple tables later, my Jamaican buddy was moved into the empty seat to my right. We were down to about 50 of the original 382 entrants, with 36 places to be paid, when the following hand came up:

Seven-handed, with the blinds at $1,200/$2,400 ($300 ante), it folded around to him in the cut-off. He moved all-in for $37,100 total. I had about $50k in chips, was on the button, and held As-Jc.

What would you do? Please respond below with your opinion, and of course come back next week when I will post the actual result of this hand.

-- Matt Stout

"All In At 420"

More Blogs from Matt Stout:

• Atlantic City Part 2: Down... But Not Out
• Atlantic City Part 3: The Final Table
• How to Succeed in Online Satellites
• Australia Part 1: Welcome to Melbourne