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

11-15-2008 23:28 UTC-8

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson Eliminated in 11th Place ($9,603)

Mike McClain opened the pot with a raise to 13,000 from under the gun +1 and when the action landed on Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, he moved all in over the top of McClain's bet for a total of 50,000. McClain made the call tabling {A-Hearts}

and had Ferguson's {A-Spades}

drawing slim.

The board then ran out {2-Hearts}

, giving McClain's ace-queen high the checkmark, subsequently sending the 2000 WSOP Main Event Champion to the rail.

While Ferguson won't be collecting a fourth circuit championship gold ring this weekend, he will add another cash to his already immaculate tournament resume. "Jesus" exited the tournament area to a round of applause from the rail.

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11-15-2008 23:33 UTC-8

The Final Redraw

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The remaining ten players have congregated at one ten-handed final table and will play until one more player is eliminated from the tournament.

Seat 1: Allen Kessler
Seat 2: Scott Clements
Seat 3: Michael Binger
Seat 4: Bill Bostick
Seat 5: Tay Nguyen
Seat 6: Jason Sanders
Seat 7: Mike McClain
Seat 8: Jake Solis
Seat 9: Ty Stewart
Seat 10: Travis Erdman

11-15-2008 23:42 UTC-8

Jason Sanders Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,603)

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Action folded around to Jason Sanders who bet 15,000. Jake Solis folded his small blind before Ty Stewart announced that he was all in and placed enough chips into the middle to put Jason Sanders all in. The showdown had Sanders tabling {3-Hearts}

as Stewart showed {A-Hearts}

. When Stewart saw the cards of Sanders, he replied, "Just threes, I can beat that."

The flop was unkind to Sanders when it paired Stewart right away as it came {6-Clubs}

. The turn was the {10-Spades}

as Stewart turned away from the table. The {7-Clubs}

on the end sealed the deal for Sanders and gave us our final table of nine.

As the 10th-place finisher Sanders will receive $9,603. Stewart will take approximately 264,000 into tomorrow's action after being down to 25,000 at one point in the day.

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11-15-2008 23:48 UTC-8

Day 2 Concludes; Final Table Set

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The elimination of Jason Sanders at just past 11:30 p.m. local time has set the stage for tomorrow's conclusion to the 2008 Harveys Lake Tahoe World Series of Poker Circuit Event. Players are currently bagging and tagging their chips in preparation for tomorrow's final table.

Here are your final nine, along with their final table seat assignments and official chip counts:

Seat 1: Allen Kessler - 196,500
Seat 2: Scott Clements - 66,500
Seat 3: Michael Binger - 403,500
Seat 4: Bill Bostick - 100,500
Seat 5: Tay Nguyen - 132,000
Seat 6: Mike McClain - 283,000
Seat 7: Jake Solis -302,000
Seat 8: Ty Stewart - 275,500
Seat 9: Travis Erdman 224,500

Well known pros Kessler, Clements, and Binger find themselves sitting one, two, three at the final table. Noteworthy is Travis Erdman's presence at this final table. He's now reached the final table of the championship event here in Tahoe in each of the past three years. Tomorrow afternoon, he'll be looking to best finishes of ninth (2007) and fifth (2006) in prior attempts.

Play is scheduled to recommence at 1:00 p.m. local time, at which point we'll begin our journey from nine to one. Join us then for our continued coverage of the 2008 Harveys Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit Championship. Until then, good night and good luck!

$5,150 Championship Main Event

Day 2 Completed