$5,150 Championship Main Event Day 2 | 2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

11-15-2008 13:35 UTC-7

45 Players Remaining

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Just thirty minutes into the day's play and we've already lost ten players. At this rate, we'll be done by dinner time, though things will surely slow down as we get closer to the money bubble.

The 45 remaining players are seated across five tables and the average chip stack is now 44,000.

11-15-2008 13:50 UTC-7

McClain Doubles Through Heinz

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In a four-way limped pot, with the flop showing {8-Diamonds}

, Mike McClain moved all in from the big blind for his last 20,800. Shayne Heinz asked for a count and eventually made the call. The other two players in the hand got out of the way and a showdown ensued:

Showdown:
McClain: {A-Diamonds}

Heinz:

Ecstatic to see that he was a favorite on the flop, Heinz's emotions did a complete 180 as the turn completed McClain's nut flush ( {Q-Diamonds}

). The river brought an unnecessary sixth diamond for McClain ( {K-Diamonds}

), whose flush won him the pot and about 45,000 in chips.

"Guess I had the wrong ace," Heinz said after the hand. The pot left Heinz with just 7,000 in chips.

Tags: Mike McClain Shayne Heinz

11-15-2008 13:59 UTC-7

Wang Collects Chips, Wakamiya Exits

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Marty Wang called the preflop shove of Jeff Wakamiya holding {K-Clubs}

. Wakamiya tabled {A-Diamonds}

and found himself crushed as the flop spread {8-Hearts}

. With the turn and river offering no help to Wakamiya, his day concluded and Wang added an additional 13,300 to his stack. Wang now has accumulated at total of 80,000 in chips.

11-15-2008 14:00 UTC-7

Masinter Moving Up

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Tom Masinter picked up another nice pot as he put in a river bet of 7,000 and was looked up by Neil Cooke. The board showed {J-Diamonds}

as Masinter tabled {A-Hearts}

for the flush. Manister has seen his chip stack climb to 96,000 early in Day 2.

Tags: Tom Masinter

11-15-2008 14:01 UTC-7

Feature Table #1's Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Scott Clements - 67,400
Seat 2: Chris Ferguson - 57,000
Seat 3: Patty Sodja - 21,400
Seat 4: Ty Stewart - 59,000
Seat 5: Chris Dombrowski - 102,300
Seat 6: Jake Solis - 44,400
Seat 7: Scott Paust - 25,300
Seat 8: Dustin Gomes - 18,000
Seat 9: Kevin Archbold - 41,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

11-15-2008 14:15 UTC-7

Fernandez Buys One from Liebert

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We caught up to this hand on the river, with the board showing {4-Spades}

. There was approximately 20,000 already in the pot and Joe Fernandez had fired a 16,000 bet into Kathy Liebert. Liebert tanked for a minute or two before eventually flicking her cards back to the dealer, leaving herself with about 46,000 in chips. Fernandez improved to 66,000 with the win.

Tags: Joe Fernandez

11-15-2008 14:23 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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Mark Bonsack was recently eliminated when he shoved all in over the top of a raise from Thomas Galusha on the turn. The board read {Q-Hearts}

and Bonsack showed his {A-Hearts}

. Galusha had already gotten his hearts as he showed {9-Hearts}

. With the river coming {K-Spades}

, Bonsack was done for the day.

Also recently sent to the rail was Bill Casey of Reno, Nevada.

11-15-2008 14:31 UTC-7

Off the Mark

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Carol Hampton just took a monster pot away from James 'Drew' Marks, leaving Marks with just 12,300 in chips.

On a flop of {Q-Hearts}

, Marks led out with a 2,500 bet and Hampton min-raised to 5,000. Marks made the call and saw the {J-Clubs}

fall on the turn. Both players checked, opting to see a free river card, the {10-Spades}

, which put a king-high straight on the board.

Marks quickly checked to Hampton who fired a 6,000 bet. Marks sat in apparent disbelief, shaking his head and staring at the board. Eventually, he made a reluctant call, only to see Hampton turn over {A-Clubs}

for the nut Broadway straight.

Marks mucked his hand, but told the table he had top pair with a flush draw on the flop.

Hampton improved to 69,000 in chips with the win.

Tags: Carol Hampton James Drew Marks

11-15-2008 14:39 UTC-7

Neitzel Doubles Through Ferguson

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Facing a preflop raise of 3,000 by Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, John Neitzel shoved his remaining 12,000 chips into the middle. Ferguson made the call and tabled {5-Clubs}