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WSOP Lake Tahoe Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2007 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
WSOP Lake Tahoe Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2007 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$677,700
Total Entries
142
Level
15
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 142
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Seat 1) Chris Ferguson, Pacific Palisades CA (426,500)
Seat 2) Michael Banducci, Traverse City MI (158,800)
Seat 3) Frank Lee, Los Gatos CA (120,500)
Seat 4) Gabriel Testa, San Jose CA (128,500)
Seat 5) Dustin Fox, Lake Tahoe CA (95,000)
Seat 6) Sylvester "Vesty" Geoghegan, Mullingar IRE (131,000)
Seat 7) Mark Bonsack, Maple Valley WA (252,000)
Seat 8) George Saca, Folsom CA (75,500)
Seat 9) Travis Erdman, San Francisco CA (36,500)
Thomas' elimination ensured a spot at the Bluff Media Final Table for each of the nine remaining competitors, who will return tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. PST to play down to a winner.
Dustin had opened the pot for a 12,000 raise and Simmons moved all in over the top for approximately 40,000; Dustin made the call and turned over A-Q. Simmons tabled A-5. The board blanked out and Fox's A-Q high was good enough to take down the pot.
For his 11th-place finish, Simmons earned $10,170 in prize money.
Throughout the day, he's maneuvered the short stack like a seasoned pro, taking down pot after pot with well-timed raises and selective aggression. Most recently, he took 27,000 from Dustin Fox as the two battled in the blinds. Fox opened for 12,000 from the small blind and Saca made the call in the big.
The flop came
and Fox led out with a 15,000 bet. A fraction of a section after Fox had pushed his raise across the betting line, Saca moved all in. Fox folded after some considerable thought, and Saca showed him 
before raking the pot.
The hand saw Chris make it 11,000 to go before the flop from the cutoff position, and Kanter responded by moving all in over the top of the raise from the big blind. Ferguson made the call and tabled
; Kanter showed the 
.The board filled out
and Ferguson's ace high was good enough to take down the pot.Ferguson moved past the 300k threshold in chips with the win, and Kanter took a trip to the pay station to collect his $10,170 12th-place payday.
The hand against Bonsack saw Kanter get all of his money in on a jack-high flop holding pocket aces; Bonsack, however, had flopped a set of jacks and would go on to take down the pot. Kanter was left with approximately 43,000 in chips after the hand.
Then, just a couple of minutes later, Kanter was able to run down Michael Banducci's pocket kings holding
. All of the money went in before the flop, and the cards panned out: 
, giving Kanter trip queens and a little extra breathing room.
Thomas has donned a green and purple baseball hat lined with long, fake hair since coming back from the break.
Here's (roughly) how the remaining 12 contestants stack up:
Chris Ferguson: 265,000
Aaron Kanter: 185,000
Michael Banducci: 165,000
Gabriel Testa: 152,000
Sylvester "Vesty" Geoghegan: 125,000
Mark Bonsack: 118,000
Dustin Fox: 110,000
Frank Lee: 96,000
John Thomas: 60,000
Travis Erdman: 46,000
Mark Simmons: 39,500
George Saca: 36,000
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
