Paul moved all in holding
on a two-spade, queen-high flop and his opponent called for less holding 
. The turn delivered another queen giving Paul's opponent trips and the river blanked out, leaving Paul with just 6,300.
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
Entries
132
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 132
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Paul moved all in holding
on a two-spade, queen-high flop and his opponent called for less holding . The turn delivered another queen giving Paul's opponent trips and the river blanked out, leaving Paul with just 6,300.
against Jason Sanders' 
. The former NBA player remained ahead through a flop of 
, but the turn brought disaster in the form of the 
. Norman couldn't sink his one remaining out as the river closed his day with a 
. Norman, who cashed earlier on the circuit, played most of the day with a below-average chip stack, but proved to be tough out.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The flop came
and the big blind led out with a 1,500 bet. Clements made the call and the cutoff folded. The turn brought the
and the big blind checked to Clements, who fired a 2,500 bullet; his opponent made the call.The
was the last card to fall and the big blind checked once more, prompting Clements to slide a massive stack of T1,000 chips across the betting line. His opponent quickly folded, forfeiting the pot to Clements who now sits with just under 80,000 in chips.
, a player in the small blind led out with a 2,800 bet and Kathy Liebert made the only call; a player in late position considered hanging around, but ultimately folded.The
fell on the turn and the small blind checked to Liebert who moved all in for her last 11,625."If you want a spade, you're gonna have to pay for it," Liebert said with a smile.
Her opponent politely refused to dance and Liebert jumped up to 25,000 in chips.
, Micheal Binger checked the action to his opponent. The unknown player bet 4,000 and was called by Binger. The river brought the and more of the same: a Binger check, followed by a bet from his opponent. This time the price was 9,000.Binger tried to gauge if the foe was bluffing and the banter soon turned into a "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours," as it looked like Binger would fold. Binger did fold and showed his pocket nines, while his opponent flashed the
only. Binger pleaded, "C'mon you got to show me both, I showed you mine." His opponent would have none of it, and said that the other card was a jack as well. Binger, frustrated, told his opponent, "I let you get there." Binger looked saddened as he remarked, "That's not right."
Stewart now sits with about 80,000 in chips with Dombrowski is the new top dog with just over 95,000.
, Neal Cooke faced a call that would've cost him about 75 percent of his entire stack. He took his time with the decision, so much so that he apologized to the table for taking so long. At one point he even considered calling the clock on himself, but it never came to that. After a solid three minutes had passed, Cooke frantically grabbed his remaining three stacks of chips and reached out over the betting line, crossing the point of no return. A showdown ensued, and Cooke was thrilled to see that he was ahead:Cooke:
Opponent:
The river brought the
and Cooke's hand held up, earning him the massive pot. Afterward, Tim Vance asked, "Neal, if I shove over the top of him, would you go away?"
Cooke's reply: "I don't know, I'm too excited! Wooo!"
Cooke now sits with about 64,000 in chips.
The first hand saw Troendly call the all-in of his under-the-gun tablemate, who moved his last 6,000 into the middle. Troendly threw out a handful of yellow (T1,000) chips and announced, "I call whatever that is." The preflop showdown had Troendly holding
, while his opponent tabled 
. The board seemed to offer little help to Troendly as it spread 
. The turn brought , and a flush draw for Troendly. The river provided the 
and sent the other player packing.The very next hand, saw Troendly tangle with Kathy Liebert, who had just moved over to the table. Facing a flop of
and a bet of 5,000 from Liebert, Troendly raised to 10,000 before being reraised all in by Liebert for 11,050 more. After some deliberation, Troendly folded and Liebert showed him pocket aces from the big blind.After the ebb and flow, Troendly finished the night with 53,000. Kathy Liebert bagged up her chips amounting to around 38,000.
