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2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
$5,150 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$640,200
Total Entries
132
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 132
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Johnny Chan - 11,175
Michael Binger - 27,400
Aaron Kanter - 14,950
Ken Norman - 15,600
Kathy Libert - 16,900
Scott Clements - 13,400
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Two players limped in before the action made its way around the table to Kessler in late position, who limped as well. The player with the button then raised to 200 and everyone who'd limped made the call; both blinds folded.
The flop came
and the action checked around to the button who bet 650. One limper called, as did Kessler, sending the action three-way to the turn: 
.All three remaining players checked the turn, then the river
. The cards were then turned over:Player 1:
Kessler:
Button:
Kessler's nine of spades gave him a flush, which was good enough to take down the pot, putting him at 16,600 in chips.
. Why was Troendly relieved? He held pocket kings, while his opponent held pocket aces! Troendly is up to 33,500 after the hand.
. Binger's bet of 2,600 was called and an early big pot began to build. The 
came on the river, and once again action was checked to Binger. Following a moment of deliberation, Binger lowered his sunglasses down and counted out a bet of 6,600. The call had Binger's opponent tabling 
, but it was not enough as Binger revealed his pocket jacks for a full boat. The early surge has Micheal Binger out in an early lead with around 26,500.
For those of you who followed our WSOP Main Event coverage this summer, you may remember Joseph as one of the tournaments chip leaders. Joseph held the overnight chip lead on both Day 3 and Day 4, and finished 11th in chips at the end of Day 5. He was eventually eliminated from the tournament on Day 6 in 57th place, earning a $115,800 payday for his efforts.
Thus far, we've spotted the likes of WSOP Main Event Champs Jerry Yang and Johnny Chan, 2007 Tahoe final tablist Mark Bonsack, top female pros Kathy Liebert and Sabyl Cohen-Landrum, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen, and the man they call "Chainsaw," Allen Kessler.
