Harvey’s Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit Main Event Day 1 - End of Day Update

Ken “The Snake” Norman was all-in and ahead with pocket queens against the A-Q of  Jason Sanders.  An ace spiked on the turn and Norman headed out of the door. 

The two chip leaders were soon sitting at the same table.  Ty Stewart and Chris Dombrowski were both at the same table and soon got involved in a pot together that would drop Stewart out of the chip lead.  After several raises pre-flop, both saw the flop of Ac-Jh-6d.  Action was checked around the turn of the 9s fell.  Stewart bet 3,500 and Dombrowski raised to 8,500.  Stewart made the cal.  The Ad fell on the river and action was checked to Dombrowski.  He bet out 20,000 and Stewart released his hand.  After the pot Stewart dropped to around 80,000 and Dombrowski moved up to around 90,000.

At another table, Scott Clements limped into the pot pre-flop only to be met by a raise from the cutoff.  Clements and the big blind made the call and the flop fell 8s-5s-3h.  The big blind bet out 1,500 and only Clements made the call.  On the turn of the Jd, the big blind checked and Clements bet 2,500.  The big blind called and the Qh fell on the river.  The big blind again checked to Clements and he bet around 20,000 in chips.  The big blind folded and Clements moved up to 78,000 in chips.

Cathy Liebert has been relatively quiet today but made a little noise in the last level.  On the turn, with the board showing 10s-4s-5d-6c, Liebert pushed for around 11,000 chips.  Her opponent got out of the way and Liebert moved up to around 25,000.  A few hands later, she took a nice pot from Rick Troendly when she moved all in on a king high flop.  Troendly folded and she showed pocket aces.  She would move up to 38,000 to put herself in contention for Day 2. 

59 players would survive to make Day 2 of this event.  Scott Clements finished as the high pro with 65,200.  Michael Binger was right behind with 59,800 and Chris Ferguson would finish with 51,800.  Allen Kessler, Kathy Liebert and Robert Cheung all made Day 2 and will come back tomorrow as we play down to the final table.  Chip counts are below for the remaining players.  Tune back in tomorrow as we continue to bring you updates from this event.  Hope to see you then.

Chris Dombrowski                   104,100

Ty Stewart                               95,000

Tom Masinter                           75,800

Tay Nguyen                              71,700

Travis Erdman                          71,300

Marty Wong                             67,700

Scott Clements                         65,200

Neal Cooke                             60,300

Michael Binger                         59,800

Carol Hampton                        59,000

Joe Fernandez                          56,000

Rick Troendly                           52,200

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson              51,800

Jason Sanders                          48,400

Scott Roberds                          48,200

Michael Cooper                       46,400

Preston Derden                        44,400

Kenneth Fitzgerald                    44,000

Shawn Bessey                          43,100

Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler          41,200

Thomas Galusha                       40,800

Kathy Liebert                           38,300

Robert “RCW” Cheung             37,900

Kevin Archbolah                      35,000

Fred Lopez                              34,800

Emilio Porcalla                          33,500

Bob Herman                             32,900

Mark Bonsack                         32,500

Shayne Heinz                            32,200

Jango Broomfield                      32,200

Scott Paust                               31,500

Patty Sodja                              27,400

James Drew Marks                  27,100

Jake Solis                                 27,000

Bill Casey                                 26,400

Bill Bostick                               26,000

Aaron Kanter                           22,000

Jason Adler                              20,100

Mike Harvey                            19,400

Jacobo Fernando                      19,300

John Neitzel                              18,600

Robert Fitzgerald                      17,000

Steve Friedlander                     16,800

Mike McClain                          16,400

Glenn Uchibori                         15,100

Jeff Wakamiya                         14,900

Yosh Nakano                           14,800

Dustin Gomes                           13,300

Steve Lewis                              12,000

Lori Smith                                11,900

Deryz Taylor                            11,400

Tim Vance                               10,300

Mark Muchnik                         9,100

Robert Brown                          6,800

David Paul                                6,500