WSOP Lake Tahoe Main Event Day 2 | 2007 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

11-17-2007 16:02 UTC-4

Harveys Lake Tahoe - Day 2

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Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where you are in the world. PokerNews is back on site here at Harveys Hotel & Casino in beautiful South Lake Tahoe getting ready for the start of Day 2 play of the 2007 WSOPC Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event Championship.

Day 1 saw the rise and fall of 103 hopefuls, leaving us with just 39 players at the start of Day 2. The plan for today is to play down to the final nine players who will compete tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. PST for the $203,649 top prize.

Interestingly, of the 39 players remaining, only one of them does not call the United States home. That player is Sylvester "Vesty" Geoghegan, who begins the day with the eighth largest chip stack (56,300). Also near the top of the leaderboard is 2000 WSOP Main Event Champ Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, who will start with 63,300.

We're moments away from getting underway - stay with us!

Tags: Chris Ferguson

11-17-2007 16:04 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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After a brief overview of the rules (perhaps due to the high number of penalties issued throughout Day 1), the tournament director has given the command to shuffle up and deal and we're off!

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

11-17-2007 16:07 UTC-4

Two Down Early

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Not even two minutes after the first cards were dealt, the tournament saw its first two casualties: Jeff Blenkarn of Rockford, MI and local Tom Maser of Stateline, NV.

Tags: Jeff Blenkarn

11-17-2007 16:21 UTC-4

Sisson's Nine Lives

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If you followed our Day 1 coverage late last night, you might recall a desperately short-stacked player who received a one-round F-bomb penalty that left him with just 2,000 in chips.

That player was Rudy Sisson of Sacramento, CA. Rudy started the day as the tournament's short stack and found himself all in quite early this afternoon, holding pocket fours against chip leader Kevin Vanderbeek's {6-Spades}

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By the turn, things weren't looking good for Rudy, as the board read {J-Clubs}

. Before the river, Vanderbeek yelled out, "No seven!" - the only card Sisson could hit to stay alive. Then . . . presto! The {7-Hearts}

fell off on the end, giving Sissom a straight and new hope to stretch his Day 2 a bit longer.

Sylvester "Vesty" Geoghegan had this to say to Sisson after the hand: "You're like bubble gum stuck to the shoe . . . impossible to get rid of!"

Tags: Rudy Sisson

11-17-2007 16:33 UTC-4

AAron kAnter

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Pardon my utter disregard for good grammar in the title of this post, but I couldn't resist . . .

The first two capital letter 'A's' represent the pocket aces Kanter held when he made it 4,200 to go from middle position; his bet received one caller - the player to his immediate right who'd limped in before him.

The capital 'A' in "kAnter" represents the ace Kanter spiked on the {K-Diamonds}

flop, giving him the mortal nuts. Kanter's opponent knuckled the table, passing the first action to Kanter, who fired out a 4,300 bet. His opponent gave up on the flop, sheepishly tossing his cards into the middle.

Kanter is off to a very good start today, and is fast approaching Kevin Vanderbeek at the top of the leaderboard.

Tags: Aaron Kanter

11-17-2007 16:46 UTC-4

Ferguson Active Early

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Chris Ferguson has shown us another side of his poker game today, getting involved in a number of small pots early and often.

On one particular hand, with the board showing {Q-Hearts}

, the action checked around to Dennis Lane who fired out a 5,000 bet; Ferguson made the call holding {A-Hearts}

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The turn brought the {J-Hearts}

and Ferguson checked to Lane who rapped the table, opting to see a free river card. The last card off the deck was the {9-Spades}

and again, both players checked. Ferguson then turned over his hand revealing a pair of jacks and Lane tossed his into the muck.

Tags: Chris Ferguson

11-17-2007 16:53 UTC-4

'TNT' Doubles Through Ferguson

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Toan 'TNT' Nguyen open shoved from mid-position for 11,000 and Chris Ferguson called from the cutoff, holding {A-Hearts}

; Nguyen tabled {K-Diamonds}

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"King coming, king coming" Toan said as he awaited his fate. While it wasn't in the form of a king, help arrived on the flop, as Toan spiked the {10-Diamonds}

to take the lead in the hand. The turn and river blanked out {Q-Clubs}

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and the man they call TNT doubled up to just under 25,000 in chips.

Toan easily has the largest cheering section of all of the players in the room. Another player at his table even remarked that they need to find some pom-poms . . .

Tags: Toan Nguyen

11-17-2007 17:06 UTC-4

Beisner Eliminated

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Matthew Beisner started the day with 61,800 in chips, good for 6th place on the leaderboard, but just sent the last of them to Frank Lee after a hand that saw Beisner all in pre-flop.

Beisner tabled {A-Diamonds}