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

11-15-2008 22:30 UTC-8

Binger Rakes a Big One

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Picked up from the flop of {9-Hearts}

: Preston Derden in the big blind, Bill Bostick in middle position, and Micheal Binger on the button. All checked around, producing a turn card in the form of the {7-Diamonds}

. There would be no checks this time as Derden initiated the action by opening for 14,000. A call from both players led to the river, {K-Diamonds}

. The action cautiously checked around to Binger, who took advantage and bet 30,000. A call from Derden was followed by Bostick bowing out. Binger showed {J-Clubs}

for the straight to the king, which bested Derden's {A-Spades}

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A lot of chips were pushed to Binger, and the counts after the hand were:

Micheal Binger - 318,000
Preston Derden - 38,000
Bill Bostick - 137,000

Tags: Micheal Binger

11-15-2008 22:36 UTC-8

Smoke'em If You Got'em

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Players have been sent on a 15-minute break. Play will resume shortly.

11-15-2008 22:41 UTC-8

Chip Leaders Collide; Solis Comes Out Ahead

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In what was perhaps the most pivotal hand of the tournament thus far, chip leaders Jake Solis and Travis Erdman just went head-to-head generating a 175,000 pot that bled into the break.

Preflop, Erdman opened with a raise to 10,000 from under the gun and action folded around the table to Solis in the big blind, who made the call.

The flop came down {6-Diamonds}

and Solis fired a 15,000 bet. Erdman then kicked it up another 21,000, making it a total of 36,000 to go; Solis made the call.

The {Q-Hearts}

came on the turn and Solis passed the first action to Erdman, who fired a big-league bet of 40,000. Solis then executed a check-raise to 100,000 and after a short dwell in the tank, Erdman folded. Solis generously flashed his hand to Erdman, revealing {Q-?}

for top two pair.

After the hand, Erdman was left with 284,000 in chips while Solis leapt into the chip lead with 378,000.

Tags: Jake Solis Travis Erdman

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

11-15-2008 22:45 UTC-8

Back to The Grind

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Play has resumed. The play is six-handed at the two tables.

11-15-2008 22:52 UTC-8

Stewart Doubles; Erdman's Bad Luck Continues

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Short stack Ty Stewart has just doubled through former chip leader Travis Erdman, after Stewart successfully cracked Erdman's pocket queens with {A-Hearts}

. Stewart open-shoved for his last 41,000 from under the gun and Erdman made the call from the small blind.

The board then filled out {2-Hearts}

, giving Stewart top two pair, aces and eights, to clinch the double-up. Stewart now has 87,500 in chips while Erdman dropped to 242,500.

Tags: Travis Erdman Ty Stewart

11-15-2008 22:59 UTC-8

Preston Derden Eliminated in 12th Place ($9,603)

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Preston Derden, holding {K-Hearts}

, open-shoved for his remaining 35,000. Michael Binger looked him up with {7-Hearts}

. The flop spiked a king for Derden as it was spread {10-Hearts}

. The turn brought the {9-Clubs}

and the river {7-Spades}

, making Binger two pair. That was enough to oust Derden for the duration, sending him home in 12th place and earning him $9,603. Binger sits comfortably with 371,500 after the hand.

Tags: Micheal Binger Preston Derden

11-15-2008 23:05 UTC-8

Clements Doubles Through Ferguson

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Action folded around to Chris "Jesus" Ferguson on the button, who opened with a raise to 15,000. Scott Clements then moved all in over the top of Ferguson's bet from the small blind, for a total of 36,500. Bill Bostick folded his big blind and Ferguson, priced in, made the call:

Showdown:
Ferguson: {A-Hearts}

Clements:

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

and Clements' ten kicker held up to clinch him the double-up. The two-time bracelet winner now sits with 83,500 in chips while Ferguson dropped to 57,000 after the hand.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Scott Clements

11-15-2008 23:18 UTC-8

Look-a-Like Aces

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I'm sure most of you reading this have at one point or another squeezed your hand and discovered some variation of {A-?}

, and got prematurely excited because the hand looks strikingly similar to pocket aces.

That's what just happened to Bill Bostick in a hand against Scott Clements. Action folded around to Clements in the small blind, who slid his entire stack -- worth around 72,000 -- across the betting line. Bostick squeezed his cards privately, and then reenacted the squeeze face up to demonstrate to Clements what he thought he had.

Bostick folded, of course, and Clements stacked up the small pot, bringing him closer to 80,000 in chips.

Tags: Scott Clements

11-15-2008 23:26 UTC-8

Stewart Back to Six-Digit Figures

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After Travis Erdman made it an additional 7,500 to go, both he and Ty Stewart checked the flop as it appeared {5-Diamonds}

. The turn brought some action after the {5-Hearts}

appeared with a bet from Erdman to the tune of 15,000. Stewart could not be swayed and both saw the board round out with the {6-Spades}

. Erdman once again lead out, this time with 25,000, which Stewart called. Neither player wanted to show their hand, but when the game of chicken was over Stewart's {A-Spades}

was good enough to beat Erdman's {10-Clubs}

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Stewart is up to 134,000 and Erdman dropped to 227,000 after the hand.