Ben Fineman has amassed a mountainous, field-leading chip stack (currently 810,000) over the past few levels by employing a selectively aggressive playing style, picking up small pots practically every other hand.
To put Fineman's dominance into perspective, the second largest stack at the table, owned by Ralph Perry, is just 290,000.
Than Nguyen has just earned the unwanted distinction of final table bubble boy after running into Kelly Samson's pocket queens. Nguyen open-shoved all in from the cutoff holding and Samson insta-called from the small blind with the ladies.
An unpaired, jack-high board sealed Nguyen's fate and he'll walk away with $19,322 in prize money for his tenth place finish.
Day 2 is officially in the books and the final table has been set for the 2008 WSOP Caesars Palace Circuit Championship. The festivities are scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. PT and the lineup is sure to entertain:
Seat 1: Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi - 142,000
Seat 2: Kelly Samson - 385,000
Seat 3: Ben Fineman - 828,000
Seat 4: Ralph Perry - 319,000
Seat 5: Thomas Hover - 407,000
Seat 6: Blair Hinkle - 382,000
Seat 7: Justin Bonomo - 272,000
Seat 8: Allen Cunningham - 296,000
Seat 9: Doug Lee - 324,000
Can Doug Lee capture his second WSOP Circuit championship? Will Allen Cunningham add another bullet to his already stellar tournament resume? Or will chip leader Ben Fineman score the largest cash of his young tournament career? Tune in to PokerNews.com tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. to find out!
Until then, from "The Entertainment Capital of the World," good night and good luck!