I smell a bad beat coming and it stinks...!
We missed the action on this hand, but all you really need to know is the end result, as it epitomizes the kind of day Michael Binger has been having.
When we arrived at the table, the dealer was counting down Neal Cooke's stack, to determine how much Binger owed him. The cards sat face up on the table:
Binger:
Cooke:
Board:
Cooke won the pot with a Broadway straight to improve to 45,300 in chips. Meanwhile, Binger, who had climbed as high as 103,000 earlier in the day, now sits with just 24,500 in chips.
Ty Stewart
Ty Stewart just catapulted himself back up into the upper echelon of chip supremacy after winning a big pot in a hand against Jake Solis.
Stewart opened the pot with a raise to 4,000 and Solis countered with a reraise to 12,000. Dustin Gomes looked as though he might join in the fun for a second, but eventually let go of his hand. The action then folded back around to Stewart, who quickly made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The was the next card off the deck and again, both players checked. When the fell on the river, Stewart fired a 15,000 bet with no hesitation and Solis insta-called.
Stewart turned over two black jacks, good for queens full, and Solis mucked in frustration, as he was left with 45,600 in chips. Stewart, meanwhile, jumped back up to 124,000 which is currently good for second place in chips.
Binger happy to chip up
Deciding it was time to push, Micheal Binger shoved all in preflop. Thomas Galusha looked him up with , while Binger tabled . The board brought a flop of . Still ahead Galusha saw the turn come , and then watched Binger catch lightning in a bottle with the river . Binger, who had been on a slide, moved his stack back up to 38,000. Galusha could only watch as his stack dwindle to 24,000 and the pot was pushed to Binger.
Robert "RCW" Cheung
Dustin Gomes, with Kings in the hole, called an open shove from Robert "RCW" Chueng, who held . The flop came , no help to Chueng. The turn paired the board once more as the appeared. Needing to connect Chueng whiffed as the river came . After the two stacks were counted down, Chueng was left with only 800 and a prayer. Gomes moved his stack to 130,000
Glenn Uchibori
Rick Troendly opened the pot with a raise from UTG+1 to 5,000. Action folded around the table to Tom Masinter in late position, who made the call. When the action got around to Glenn Uchibori, he moved all in over the top for a total of 42,000. Troendly quickly folded and after a short dwell, Masinter made the call:
Showdown:
Uchibori:
Masinter:
The board ran out in heavy favor of Uchibori, whose set of jacks secured his double up to 90,000. Masinter was left with right around 75,000 after the hand.
Django Broomfield
Django Broomfield was put all in by opponent Mike McClain before the flop and Broomfield made the easy call with two black kings; McClain tabled .
The board filled out in favor of McClain, giving him top pair to eliminate a visibly disappointed Broomfield from the main event.
Rick Troendly
The preflop sequence was raise, reraise, all in, call as Tom Masinter put Rick Troendly at risk. The showdown had Masinter's dominating Troendly's . That is, until Troendly paired his jack on a flop of . The turn and river ran out , respectively, and a standing Troendly clapped as he remarked the cliche, "Gotta get lucky sometime." He took his seat and then commented, "That was dirty."
Aaron Kanter
Aaron Kanter was recently eliminated from the tournament by Emilio Porcalla. Porcalla opened the pot with a raise to 4,100 from the button and Kanter, short-stacked, moved all in from the small blind holding pocket sixes. Porcalla made the call with a pocket pair of his own -- aces -- and the board failed to deliver a six for Kanter, who was eliminated in the hand.
Wong long gone
With a board showing a flop of , Tay Nyguen bet out from middle position for 17,000, before Marty Wong moved all in for his remaining 56,000. Nyguen thought briefly before calling and slamming down his . Wong, had hit the flop too, but was behind holding . The turn came , and the river a meaningless . Wong was sent to the rail after running into the set, and Ngyuen stacked his new-found fortune to the tune of 140,000.