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

11-15-2008 16:35 UTC-7

Gomes Leaves Cheung On a Lifeline

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Dustin Gomes, with Kings in the hole, called an open shove from Robert "RCW" Chueng, who held {A-Spades}

. The flop came {3-Diamonds}

, no help to Chueng. The turn paired the board once more as the {3-Clubs}

appeared. Needing to connect Chueng whiffed as the river came {6-Clubs}

. After the two stacks were counted down, Chueng was left with only 800 and a prayer. Gomes moved his stack to 130,000

Tags: Dustin Gomes Robert Cheung

11-15-2008 16:31 UTC-7

The River is Kind to Binger

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Deciding it was time to push, Micheal Binger shoved all in preflop. Thomas Galusha looked him up with {A-Clubs}

, while Binger tabled {A-Hearts}

. The board brought a flop of {2-Clubs}

. Still ahead Galusha saw the turn come {4-Diamonds}

, and then watched Binger catch lightning in a bottle with the river {9-Diamonds}

. 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.

Tags: Micheal Binger Thomas Galusha

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

11-15-2008 16:18 UTC-7

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 {3-Hearts}

and both players checked. The {J-Hearts}

was the next card off the deck and again, both players checked. When the {6-Spades}

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.

Tags: Ty Stewart

11-15-2008 16:07 UTC-7

Bad Times at Binger High

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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: {A-?}

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.

Tags: Michael Binger Neal Cooke

11-15-2008 15:56 UTC-7

There's No Solace in Losing

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Jake Solis has just eliminated Scott Paust from the championship event. The flop sparked the action, as it gave Solis a set of tens and Paust the nut diamond flush draw. The turn delivered a diamond for Paust, but it was one diamond he didn't want to see, as it paired the board also giving Solis a full house.

While Paust joins the rail, Solis enjoys his newer, healthier 75,000 chip stack.

Tags: Jake Solis

11-15-2008 15:51 UTC-7

Dombrowski Chips Back Up

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On a board showing {5-Hearts}

, with about 12,000 already in the pot, Chris Dombrowski called a 6,500 bet from Scott Clements and the two went heads up to the turn: {7-Clubs}

. A check-check betting sequence on both the turn and the river, {9-Hearts}

, took us straight to the showdown, where Dombrowski tabled {A-Spades}

for top pair, top kicker; Clements mucked.

With the win, Dombrowski moved back over top of the 100,000 mark for the day, while Clements dipped back down to 63,000.

Tags: Chris Dombrowski Scott Clements

11-15-2008 15:43 UTC-7

This Game Requires an Ace

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Fernando Jacobo has been on quite the roller coaster in the past few hands. Each adventure has involved an ace in some form. His chip stack has taken the brunt of the blow, but Fernando's psyche is also on a ride. The following took place over the course of just a few hand in a matter of minutes:

The first hand saw Fernando call a preflop all in of table mate Emilio Porcalla who held {A-Clubs}

, while Fernando had two eights in the whole. The board filled out {10-Spades}

as Porcalla double through Fernando.

The second hand (two hands later) had all the money going in as Carol Hampton pitted her {A-Diamonds}

v. Fernando's {A-Clubs}

. The better ace held up through out the board of {A-Spades}

. Fernando doubled up his second opponent and was left with only 7,700 in chips.

The next hand, Fernando made his stand with {A-Spades}

and got a call from Jason Sanders in the big bling who showed {A-Diamonds}

. This time the board revealed an ace in favor of Fernando as the flop came {J-Spades}

then rounded out {2-Spades}

providing no more drama.

The ebb and flow saw Fernando finally settle down with around 16,000 left if front of him.

11-15-2008 15:37 UTC-7

Binger Crossed by Queens

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With two limpers in the pot before him, action fell on Michael Binger in the small blind, who kicked it up to 7,000 holding {A-Spades}

. To his immediate left sat Preston Derden, who moved all in over the top for 30,200 more. Both limpers folded and when the action returned to Binger, he said, "I don't think I can fold this."

A call was made and Binger found himself racing against Derden's pocket queens.

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}