2008 World Series of Poker

Day 2 completed

Posted 06-25-2008 05:20 GMT-7

Official End-of-day Chip Counts Released

After a long night's winnowing to get down to the nine-player final, the chips for the finalists have been tallied. Dale Eberle (1,414,000 in chips) and Dan Lacourse (1,364,000) will hold an edge on the rest of the filed when play resumes on Wednesday. Here are the complete counts for the nine finalists:

Dale Eberle 1,414,000
Dan Lacourse 1,364,000
Marc Fluss 873,000
Jerry Yamachika 558,000
Charles Wood 531,000
Fred Berger 518,000
Ed Clark 504,000
Martyn Wilson 454,000
Peter Silverstein 435,000

Play resumes at 2pm PDT on Wednesday from the feature table.

Tags: Dale Eberle, Dan Lacourse.

Day 2 Concludes

With the elimination of Ronald Puleo in tenth place, our official WSOP final table is now set! After a long day we have reduced 220 hopefuls to our final nine, who will return tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time to the feature table where they will battle it out for a WSOP bracelet.

As the players bag and tag their chips, Dale Eberle will be our chip leader entering the final table with 1,414,000 in chips.

Thanks for staying up late with us and we look forward to your company again tomorrow! So long from the Rio!

Ronald Puleo Eliminated in 10th Place ($22,202)

Ronald Puleo opened with a raise to 100,000 from middle position before Dale Eberle pulled out a late-night min-raise to make it 200,000. The action folded around and Puleo moved all in. Eberle snap-called and tabled to have Puleo in bad shape with his .

The flop gave some hope when it arrived but the on the turn and on the river eliminated Puleo in 10th place for $22,202.

Tags: Ronald Puleo.

Final Ten Lineup

Our final ten have redrawn as follows:

Seat 1: Marc Fluss - 840,000
Seat 2: Charles Wood - 495,000
Seat 3: Edward Clark - 280,000
Seat 4: Marty Wilson - 470,000
Seat 5: Peter Silverstein - 510,000
Seat 6: Ronald Puleo - 313,000
Seat 7: Dale Eberle - 840,000
Seat 8: Fred Berger - 427,000
Seat 9: Daniel Lacourse - 1,350,000
Seat 10: Jerry Yamachika - 515,000

The cards are now back in the air!

The Final Ten

The players are currently redrawing for the final table of ten. We need to lose one more player until our official WSOP final table is set and we can finish up for the evening.

Play will recommence shortly.

Mike Allis Eliminated in 11th Place ($22,202)

Daniel Lacourse raised it up to 100,000 before Mike Allis announced he was all in. Lacourse made the call.

Lacourse:
Allis:

The board ran out and Lacourse gave a huge cry of "Yessssss!" as he spiked a set on the river to eliminate Mike Allis in 11th place for $22,202.

Tags: Daniel Lacourse.

Lacourse Doubles Through Clark

Daniel Lacourse had just moved tables and immediately pushed his short stack into the middle. Edward Clark made the call.

Lacourse:
Clark:

Lacourse's cries were heard when the board ran out as he made two pair to double up to 530,000, leaving Clark with only about 365,000.

Tags: Daniel Lacourse, Edward Clark.

Chris Platt Eliminated in 12th Place ($22,202)

Marc Fluss opened with a raise to 100,000 before Chris Platt moved all in for a total of 304,000. Fluss thought for a few moments before making the call.

Fluss:
Platt:

The board landed and Fluss yelled out in delight and embraced his friends and family after spiking the ace to collect the pot and eliminate Platt in 12th place for a collect of $22,202.

Tags: Chris Platt, Marc Fluss.

Eddie Villareal Eliminated in 13th Place ($17,156)

Marty Wilson opened with a raise to 65,000 before Eddie Villareal moved all in for around 280,000. Edward Clark made the call in the big blind as Wilson got out of the way.

Villareal showed and was singing at the top of his lungs as Clark flipped over a dominated .

The crowd huddled closely to watch as the board revealed itself as and Clark made a straight on the turn to send Villareal to the rail after a entertaining roller-coaster ride of a tournament in 13th place for $17,156 in prize money.

Tags: Eddie Villareal, Edward Clark.