Denton, Texas resident Clint Baker has emerged as the new chip leader here in the WSOPC Choctaw Main Event with under 150 players remaining.
The New York native shot up close to the 500k chip mark after a winning a 380k pot when his tens held against and ace-high spade flush draw.
Ray Jennings was among the leaders all day yesterday, but has struggled just to survive here on Day 2.
After a pre-flop raising war moments ago, the St. Louis native was faced with a call for his last 49k and tournament life.
After a few minutes in the tank, he finally made it, felting 
.
He was up against tens, got no help from the 
flop, or the 
turn, but as he was getting up to leave, the 
river came down and saved Ray's day.
He's now back up to 150k and in with a shot as the money bubble approaches
Huy Nguyen will not be a repeat champion here at Choctaw Casino and Resort - he was eliminated in unknown action. He might be disappointed but he picked up his third WSOPC gold ring yesterday in the Turbo event.
Chad Brown has been eliminated by Mitch Merritt. The two got all the money in preflop and Brown held pocket eights and Merrit had pocket aces. The board ran dry for Brown and Merritt spiked an ace on the river to add insult to injury.
Teddy Gill just bumped up to a spot at or near the top of the chip counts after a massive hand.
The Ardmore, OK native managed to flop a set of dueces and get a ton of money in the middle against an opponent holding two pair.
After a brick on the river, Gill pushed up over the 370,000 mark.
Unfortunately, we were unable to catch the action on the hand, but the players at the table were kind enough to fill us in on the details. Larry Grayson was in the small blind and Layne Flack was in the big blind. It was a blind vs. blind hand that saw Grayson open with a raise and Flack re-raised. Grayson flatted and the flop came out 
.
Grayson checked, Flack bet, Grayson put in a substantial raise and Flack shoved. Grayson called and the hands were tabled.
Grayson: 
Flack:
The turn paired the board with a queen - giving Flack a full house and Grayson trips. The dealer burned and peeled off the river - another queen!
Grayson had Flack covered and his quads sent Flack to the rail.
Bronson Tucker just jumped up to a spot among the leaders after a massive hand with Primo Niyati.
Tucker opened the hand with a 5,200 chip raise and Niyati flatted with 
. The flop came 
and after a 9k C-Bet from Tucker, Niyati flatted again.
The turn brought the 
and a 15k bet from Tucker, which Niyati flatted again.
Tucker then checked the seemingly innocuous 
river, but when Niyati led out for 25k, he check-raised it up to 60k.
Niyati called and was shown dueces for the rivered boat.
Cards are back in the air following the break.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
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