Harrah's Lake Taho WSOP Circuit Main Event Day 2 - Third Update

Day 2 action from the Circuit Main Event at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Continues:

Scott Roberds become the 21st place finisher when he moved all-in pre-flop with his A_K and was called by the pocket kings of Preston Derden. The board missed both players as we approach the bubble.

Travis Erdman was the first player to eclipse 200,000 in chips. With 20 players left he was the chip leader with 208,000.

Carol Hampton put up a great fight but came up just short of the money today. On the board of Jd-10h-5s, Michael Binger bet out 13,000 and Hampton moved all-in. Binger flipped over pocket jacks for a set of jacks and Hampton flipped over As-Ks for the gutshot straight draw. The turn and river would miss both players and Hampton was eliminated. With Hampton’s elimination, Kathy Liebert is the lone woman standing in the field. Also, Binger moved up to around 203,000 with this pot. Nice little comeback Mr. Binger has put together.

With Hampton’s elimination, we moved on to hand for hand play. This time around we are doing what is known as action for action play. What will happen is that each table will deal the flop, turn, and river at the same time. This will help to reduce on slow play that sometimes occurs at the bubble period.

Scott Clements was down to his last 20,000 during the bubble period and moved all-in against Travis Erdman. Erdman showed pocket jacks and Clements Ks-Qs. The flop spiked a queen for Clements and the turn gave him trip queens. The hand was meant to be won by Clements as he caught the case queen on the river to give him quads on the river. Quads at the bubble doubled Clements up to 44,000.

Chris Dombrowski had been pushing the action at the bubble, raising several times to 6,000 pre-flop. After one of those raises, Allen Kessler re-raised to 20,000. Dombrowski moved all in and was called by Kessler who was holding Ks-Kd. Dombrowski held pocket eights. The flop would hit both players when it fell As-8s-9s. Dombrowski hit his set but Kessler picket up a flush draw. The turn fell the 9s to give Kessler the flush. The river fell the 2s, but since Kessler had a spade in hand, the board flush was irrelevant and Kessler moved up to 170,000 in chips. Dombrowski slipped to 47,000.

Ty Stewart doubled up through Rick Troendly at the bubble. He moved all-in on the flop of 10s-6c-5h. Stewart held 10d-7c and Troendly held 5c-3c. The remaining two cards helped neither player and Stewart moved up to 37,000 after the hand.

After an extended bubble period, the bubble finally burst. Chris Dombrowski made a minimum raise pre-flop and Kathy Liebert made the call in the big blind. The flop fell Ac-Qc-3d and Liebert moved all-in for her last 5,000. Dombrowski called and flipped over Kc-Qd for a pair of queens. Liebert turned over pocket nines. The turn fell the Jc on the turn and now Liebert could only catch one nine to win her hand. The 9c would give Dombrowski a flush. The river fell the Jh and Kathy Liebert became out bubble girl, finishing in 19th place. Now the remaining 18 players will receive a minimum of $7,042.

Players went on dinner break after the money bubble burst. We will be back after dinner to bring you the final nine bustouts as we march to the final table.