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

11-15-2008 14:49 UTC-7

Cooper Crushes Fernandez

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With the board showing {J-Clubs}

, Michael Cooper put his tournament life at stake when he moved all in and was called by Joe Fernandez. Cooper grumbled in disgust as he saw the {10-Diamonds}

Fernandez held, Cooper flipped up his {2-Spades}

while requesting the dealer to, " Pair the board." Fernandez did not like what he saw next as the dealer obliged and put a bookend {J-Diamonds}

to fill Cooper up.

Cooper and Fernandez both had sizable chip stacks, but the gap was enormous after the hand. Cooper surged to 84,000, while Fernandez was left with only 9,200.

Tags: Joe Fernandez Micheal Cooper

11-15-2008 14:59 UTC-7

Troendly Executes a Bluff Against Galusha

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Rick Troendly opened the pot with a raise from under-the-gun to 3,000. Action then folded all the way around the table to Thomas Galusha in the big blind who reraised a total of 9,000. Troendly then moved all in for what a appeared to be about 20,000 more and the move froze Galusha in his tracks.

"I have a good hand this time," Galusha said. Fingers shaking, he took a deep breath, looked up at the ceiling and closed his eyes before eventually folding {A-?}

face up on the table.

Troendly tabled {K-Spades}

, no doubt trying to get under Galusha's skin.

"I knew it!" Galusha said. Justifying his fold, he added, "With my luck, you'd catch the king."

Tags: Rick Troendly Tom Galusha

11-15-2008 15:08 UTC-7

15-Minute Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the players go on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

11-15-2008 15:23 UTC-7

Game On

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The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air.

11-15-2008 15:28 UTC-7

Trey-Nine is Good

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In a hand that turned out to be a battle of the blinds, Ty Stewart opened with a 2,000 bet on a board showing {J-Hearts}

. Chris Dombrowski then kicked it up to 6,500 from the big blind and Stewart made a quick call.

The river delivered the {Q-Diamonds}

and both players checked, sending things straight to the showdown. Stewart tabled {3-?}

for two pair, jacks and nines, and Dombrowski mucked.

Tags: Ty Stewart

11-15-2008 15:37 UTC-7

Binger Crossed by Queens

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With two limpers in the pot before him, action fell on Michael Binger in the small blind, who kicked it up to 7,000 holding {A-Spades}

. To his immediate left sat Preston Derden, who moved all in over the top for 30,200 more. Both limpers folded and when the action returned to Binger, he said, "I don't think I can fold this."

A call was made and Binger found himself racing against Derden's pocket queens.

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}

and Derden's queens reigned supreme, leaving Binger with 51,000 in chips. Derden improved to 79,000 after the win.

Tags: Michael Binger Preston Derden

11-15-2008 15:43 UTC-7

This Game Requires an Ace

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Fernando Jacobo has been on quite the roller coaster in the past few hands. Each adventure has involved an ace in some form. His chip stack has taken the brunt of the blow, but Fernando's psyche is also on a ride. The following took place over the course of just a few hand in a matter of minutes:

The first hand saw Fernando call a preflop all in of table mate Emilio Porcalla who held {A-Clubs}

, while Fernando had two eights in the whole. The board filled out {10-Spades}

as Porcalla double through Fernando.

The second hand (two hands later) had all the money going in as Carol Hampton pitted her {A-Diamonds}

v. Fernando's {A-Clubs}

. The better ace held up through out the board of {A-Spades}

. Fernando doubled up his second opponent and was left with only 7,700 in chips.

The next hand, Fernando made his stand with {A-Spades}

and got a call from Jason Sanders in the big bling who showed {A-Diamonds}

. This time the board revealed an ace in favor of Fernando as the flop came {J-Spades}

then rounded out {2-Spades}

providing no more drama.

The ebb and flow saw Fernando finally settle down with around 16,000 left if front of him.

11-15-2008 15:51 UTC-7

Dombrowski Chips Back Up

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On a board showing {5-Hearts}

, with about 12,000 already in the pot, Chris Dombrowski called a 6,500 bet from Scott Clements and the two went heads up to the turn: {7-Clubs}

. A check-check betting sequence on both the turn and the river, {9-Hearts}

, took us straight to the showdown, where Dombrowski tabled {A-Spades}

for top pair, top kicker; Clements mucked.

With the win, Dombrowski moved back over top of the 100,000 mark for the day, while Clements dipped back down to 63,000.

Tags: Chris Dombrowski Scott Clements

11-15-2008 15:56 UTC-7

There's No Solace in Losing

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Jake Solis has just eliminated Scott Paust from the championship event. The flop sparked the action, as it gave Solis a set of tens and Paust the nut diamond flush draw. The turn delivered a diamond for Paust, but it was one diamond he didn't want to see, as it paired the board also giving Solis a full house.

While Paust joins the rail, Solis enjoys his newer, healthier 75,000 chip stack.

Tags: Jake Solis