David Sorger moves all in for 40,500. Nick Binger reraises to 100,000 after the announcer calls him Michael. Everyone else folds.
Binger:
Sorger:
The board runs out
and we have our ninth-place finisher, Sorger, who will earn $19,956.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
731
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 731
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David Sorger moves all in for 40,500. Nick Binger reraises to 100,000 after the announcer calls him Michael. Everyone else folds.
Binger:
Sorger:
The board runs out
and we have our ninth-place finisher, Sorger, who will earn $19,956.
Frank Gary has the button in Seat 8.
Action is folded around to Nick Binger, and he comes in with a habitual raise, making it 17,000 to go. Rentes folds his small blind, and Chu calls from the big.
The flop comes down
. Chu checks, and Binger splashes in a bet of 32,000. Chu thinks for a moment, and then pushes all in for a total of 145,000. Binger pauses to eye up his opponent, and then makes the call with a shrug of his shoulders. The cards are turned over:Chu:
Binger:
Nick Binger is just flat catching cards right now, and the showdown reveals that he has a hammer lock on Michael Chu's tournament life. The turn and river fail to help Chu, coming
and respectively.Michael Chu will head to the rail in 8th place, picking up $27,439 for his work over the past three days.
Mats Gavatin - 358,000
Jonathan Tamayo - 264,000
Alex Jalali - 226,000
Frank Gary - 209,000
Chris Rentes - 157,500
David Machowsky -104,500
Mats Gavatin raises to 15,000 and Nick Binger calls. The flop comes
and Binger leads out for 30,000. Mats Gavatin raises to 95,000.After some thought, Binger moves all in and Gavatin makes the call.
Binger:
Gavatin:
The turn came the
and the river the to give Binger a full house and the elimination of Mats Gavatin.Binger is steamrolling the field and has over 1.3 million chips.
Alex Jalali has the button in Seat 3.
Action is folded around to him, and he opens for a raise. David MacHowsky moves all in from the big blind for a total of 103,000. Jalali calls, and the hands are turned over.
MacHowsky:
Jalali:
The board runs out
, and MacHowsky's higher kicker plays, doubling him up to 209,000 chips, trading spots with Alex Jalali.
Nick Binger raises to 17,000 on the button and David MacHowsky moves all in from small blind. Binger calls instantly after the big blind folds and shows
. MacHowsky rolls over 
.The flop just about does it for MacHowsky when it comes
. The turn officially seals the deal with the and then the river is the . MacHowsky will earn just under $45,000 for his efforts.Binger has still yet to lose a hand that he is involved in and has well over half of the chips in play.
Jonathan Tamayo - 316,000
Frank Gary - 183,000
Alex Jalali - 172,000
Chris Rentes - 141,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
