So far today McClain has not had too much to frown about as he is still among the reaming players.
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$640,200
Entries
132
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 132
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So far today McClain has not had too much to frown about as he is still among the reaming players.
Stewart opened the pot with a raise to 18,000 from under the gun plus one and Erdman, sitting to Stewart's immediate left, re-popped it to 45,000. Action folded all the way around the table and back to Stewart who made the call.
The flop came down
, and Stewart checked to Erdman, who slid three stacks of yellow 1,000 chips across the betting line, a bet worth 60,000. Stewart then quickly announced, "All in," and Erdman made the call:Showdown:
Stewart:
Erdman:
The turn and river bricked off
, 
and Stewart took down the pot on the strength of a spade flush.Despite having busted out a bit earlier than he would've hoped, Erdman can be proud of one thing: he's the only player in WSOP Circuit history to have made the final table of a championship event at the same location three years straight.
Stewart, meanwhile, stacked up approximately 490,000 in chips with the win, pulling that much closer to chip leader Michael Binger.
A bomb dropped on the Harvey's Poker Room just before the break, as Allen Kessler was two-outed by Ty Stewart moments ago.
That hand and updated chip counts will be posted momentarily.
, in bad shape against Kessler's 
.The pocket rockets were good through the flop and turn of
, but the river 
proved fatal as Stewart caught one of the two remaining sevens that were his only outs. Kessler will take home $31,370 after the bad beat, a bittersweet consolation prize. Stewart moved into the chip lead with 650,000 after the hand.
Michael Binger - 608,000
Jake Solis - 347,000
Mike McClain - 308,000
Tay Nguyen - 67,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
. Nguyen, short stack by a big margin, made his stand with
. The flop kept the underdog Nguyen optimistic as it was spread 
, and the turn kept the anticipation alive as it hit 
.With the
leaving Nguyen's draw coming up short, he received a big round of applause from the gallery for his best finish to date. Nguyen will take home $40,653 marking his accomplishment.
Preflop, Stewart tried to open with a raise to 15,000, but Binger corrected him, saying the raise had to be a minimum of 16,000. The dealer supported Binger and Stewart was forced to toss in another 1,000 chip to make it 16,000 total. Binger made the call from the small blind and Mike McClain came along for the ride in the big.
The flop came
and Binger opened with a 28,000 bet. McClain folded and when the action landed on Stewart, he raised, making it a total of 75,000 to go; Binger made the call.The
rolled off on the turn and Binger check-called a 75,000 bet from Stewart which took us to the river: 
.Binger checked once more and Stewart fired a massive 150,000 bet. Binger folded, telling the table that he had an open-ended straight flush draw; Stewart did not reveal his hand.
Afterwards, Binger dropped to about 479,000 in chips while Stewart improved to over 845,000.
