Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

Event 5 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys

Day 2 Completed

06-05-2008 04:34 UTC-7

Official End-of-Day-2 Chip Counts Released

The first two days of play are complete in Event #5, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys, and Harrah's has released the confirmed chip counts for the final-table participants. The nine remaining players are led by Michael Banducci at 1,655,000 in chips, with Alan Jaffray in second at 1,222,000. Here's the complete tallies for the remaining players:

Michael Banducci 1,655,000
Alan Jaffray 1,222,000
Gould Peter 702,000
Jeff Williams 683,000
Lyric Duveyoung 659,000
Jamie Rosen 475,000
Jonathan Aguiar 361,000
Michael Binger 186,000
Steve Gross 112,000

Action resumes at 3 pm from the Amazon Room. Join us here at PokerNews for the latest updates.

Tags: Michael Banducci

06-05-2008 02:26 UTC-7

That's a Wrap!

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Play has reached a conclusion here in the Amazon Room for the evening, with our final table consisting of:

Seat 1: Michael Banducci
Seat 2: Jonathan Aguiar
Seat 3: Michael Binger
Seat 4: Steve Gross
Seat 5: Jamie Rosen
Seat 6: Jeff Williams
Seat 7: Alan Jaffray
Seat 8: Peter Gould
Seat 9: Lyric Duveyoung

Play was originally scheduled to pick back up tomorrow at 2pm PDT, however, this starting time has been pushed back and play will resume at 3pm PDT. Make sure to join us then for a very exciting final table as these nine players battle it out for what's left of the $2.89mil prize pool. Ninth place will be taking home $57,881, with first place netting a very nice $636,736!

Tune in tomorrow at 3pm PDT to see who will win the fifth bracelet of the 2008 World Series of Poker!

06-05-2008 02:25 UTC-7

Michael Banducci Eliminates Phi Nguyen

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Jeff Williams raised to 85,000 and Phi Nguyen reraised to 117,000. Michael Banducci doubled Nguyen's raise and Williams looked back at his hand, then folded with a wry smile. Nguyen said "call" and started to turn over his hand, but Williams stopped him, saying that the raise hadn't been enough to set Nguyen all in.

So we saw a flop of {8-Diamonds}

and Nguyen committed his last 85,000. Banducci made the call with {Q-Hearts}

which led Nguyen's Ace-King. The {J-Diamonds}

hit on the turn, eliciting a laugh from Williams who said he folded Jacks. The {5-Hearts}

on the river spelled the end for Nguyen, who finishes in 10th place.

Tags: Jeff Williams Michael Banducci Phi Nguyen

06-05-2008 02:05 UTC-7

Slow Going

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No, we haven't forgotten you. There hasn't been much to report of late, a flop is a rare thing and a re-raise rarer still. One bit of news--we've learned that the start of tomorrow's final table has been pushed back to 3pm.

06-05-2008 01:46 UTC-7

The Top Ten

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Here are the seat assignments and chip counts for the final ten players:

Seat 1: Michael Banducci 1,220,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Aguiar 386,000
Seat 3: Michael Binger 152,000
Seat 4: Steve Gross 170,000
Seat 5: Jamie Rosen 490,000
Seat 6: Jeff Williams 640,000
Seat 7: Phi Nguyen 420,000
Seat 8: Alan Jaffray 1,150,000
Seat 9: Peter Gould 670,000
Seat 10: Lyric Duveyoung 700,000

06-05-2008 01:32 UTC-7

Something to Celebrate

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The remaining ten players have just moved to the same table and Michael Binger, the shortest remaining stack, drew the button. "Hot damn!" he said, jumping out of his seat to celebrate the fact that he has a few extra hands before the blinds come his way.

Tags: Michael Binger

06-05-2008 01:29 UTC-7