2008 World Series of Poker Circuit - Atlantic City
$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 2
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The tournament is now being dealt hand-for-hand as we are one elimination away from a redraw at three tables.
against Dwyte Pilgrim's
. The board ran out
and Green was sent to the rail.The players are now redrawing for seats.
and Leah check-raised all in from 35,500 to 119,500 total. After a long tank, Kelly called with
and was leading Leah's
. Unfortunately for Kelly, the turn and river came
and
as Leah made a winning straight.Mike Leah is now back to 250,000 roughly while Tim Kelly takes a big hit down to about 40,000.
26 players remain.
McShowdown:
McLaughlin:

McCray:

The flop was certainly a sweat for both players as it came out
. McCray had stormed into the lead, but he still had to dodge a bunch of outs with two cards to come. The turn was a safe
for him. Much to his dismay though, fifth street brought the dooming
, allowing McLaughlin to re-take the lead and win the pot. When the chips were counted down, it was very close, but McCray was covered by just a couple thousand. With that, Michael Dean McCray becomes our 26th-place finisher.Robert McLaughlin, on the other hand, has more than doubled up, sitting now on a stack of 160,000.
and found action from Phillip Reed who held
. The board ran out
and Parker was out in 25th place.Phillip Reed is now sitting with about 210,000
flop, Gazes checked to Bari who bet 25,000. Gazes called and the turn brought the
. Gazes checked to Bari again who slid 52,000 into the middle. Gazes went into a short tank and called. When the
hit the river, Gazes checked again and Bari calmly fired a whopping 130,000.Gazes went into deep thought before making the call, only to see Bari flip over
for a set. Gazes mucked and is now down to 12,000.Allen Bari is the overwhelming chip leader with 550,000.
Showdown:
Gazes:

Yamron:

The board frowned on Gazes, running out
. With that, our start-of-day chip leader has stunningly been eliminated from the field here in the middle of Day 2. Gazes had trouble getting his big stack moving this afternoon, being chipped down a bit in the early going, with his decline culminating in that crippling confrontation with Allen Bari.
22 players remain.