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Nick Binger

Hometown: Raleigh

Country of Origin: United States

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Date	Series	Event	Day

Jul 12, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	5	+
Level 19 Hour 2 Update: Dan Harrington, Kara Scott Hit the Rail, James Akenhead Emerges as Chip Leader Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 232 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 2. Nicholle Peppe – 2,700,000 3. Matt Affleck – 2,600,000 4. Julien Brecard – 2,175,000 5. Billy Kopp – 2,100,000 6. Eugene Katchalov – 2,100,000 7. Tom Schneider – 2,085,000 8. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 9. Nasr El Nasr – 2,000,000 10. Kevin Schaffel – 1,840,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Dan Shak Nick Binger Jimmy Tran Kara Scott Big Hands: Kara Scott Doubles Up, Gets Crippled, Then Goes Bust Kara Scott moved in for about 120,000 preflop and she was called by Ilosvay Zsolt. Scott tabled KJ while Zsolt showed KQ. The flop came down 1064 and Scott held a flush draw. The turn was money for her as the 10 fell and the A fell on the river for good measure. She doubled up to 270,000. Moments later, Bob Lauria moved in for 170,000 preflop and Scott made the call. Lauria tabled AK but was in big trouble against Scott’s pocket aces, AA. The flop came down Q910 and Lauria flopped tons of outs to a straight or club flush. The turn was the 4, making the flush and the river was the J to rub it in Scott’s face. Lauria doubled up and Scott was crippled with just 90,000 left. Later, Kara Scott moved in for just 70,000 and was called by Paul Baron. Baron tabled 53 while Scott held A2. The board ran out Q5659 and Scott was eliminated. Bob Lauria Doubles Bob Lauria moved all in for his final 107,000 and Ian Woodley made the call. Lauria showed AQ while Woodley tabled K6. The board ran out KQ2A2 and Lauria doubled to about 220,000. Nick Binger Eliminated Nick Binger raised preflop and Montagna Corrado repopped to 60,000. Action folded back around to Binger who moved in for 125,000 more. Corrado made the call and tabled KK. Binger showed down A10 and needed help to stay alive. The board ran out 63295 and Binger was elilminated from the main event. Cole South Hits an Ace on the River After a series of raises preflop, Cole South called the all in bet of his opponent who had about 200,000, and the hands were turned face up. South showed the AQ and was up against QQ of his opponent. The flop was 7K9, the turn was the K, and South would need an ace on the river for the win. The river was the A and South took the pot and eliminated an opponent. Action Dan Gets Caught Bluffing, Then Gets Shown The Door On the turn, with already over 400,000 in the pot already, the board read A10KK, both Dan Harrington and Charlie Elias checked and watched the 3 fall on the river. Dan Harrington then bet 350,000 on the river and Elias went into the tank for several minutes. After a while, Elias cut out the call and Harrington acknowledged the fact that Elias made a good call and tabled 89 and Elias turned up QQ. A few hands later, the flop was K92 and Eric Cloutier fired 180,000. Harrington moved in for 345,000 and the call was made. Cloutier held AK while Harrington was drawing live with AQ. But the turn was the 3 and the river was the 7 and Harrington could not make his flush, resulting in his elimination. He exited the Amazon Room to a standing ovation. Akenhead’s Kings Give Him the Chip Lead Eracles Panayiotous raised to 26,000 and was three-bet by James Akenhead to 80,000. Panayiotous made the call and the flop fell Q73 and Akenhead bet 130,000 and was called. The turn was the 8 and Akenhead bet 190,000 and was met with a raise to 430,000 from Panayiotous. Akenhead eventually makes the call and the K fell on the river. Akenhead checked and Panayiotous moved all in for about 800,000. Akenhead instantly made the call and tabled the KK, giving him top set and his opponent turned over 64, for an absolute air ball. Akenhead now has over 3,000,000 in chips and is the new chip leader for the tournament. Sebok Doubles Up With Big Slick, Proceeds to Bust Opponent Adam Lattimer raised to 26,000 and was reraised to 86,000 by Hieu Luu. Action was folded around to Joe Sebok who moved all in for 259,000. Lattimer eventually folded and Luu went into the tank. Luu eventually made the call, figuring he was priced in and showed a mere Q7 and was up against Sebok’s AK. The flop was 456, followed by the 7 on the turn, giving Luu a pair of sevens. Sebok was getting up out of his chair and putting on his jacket when the K hit the river and Sebok stayed alive. Moments later, Sebok called his opponent’s all in bet and tabled JJ. His opponent showed down 1010 and the board ran out QQ67Q, giving Sebok a better full house and the pot. He was at around 500,000. J.C. Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 24,000 preflop and was called by the big blind. The flop came down 1085 and action was checked to Tran. He bet out 30,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the Q and Tran fired 65,000. The big blind gave up his hand and Tran was at 260,000. Nicholle Peppe Takes A Massive 2.5 Million Pot Off Lutz On a flop of 1097, Tom Lutz bet 300,000 and Nicholle Peppe shoved for 1,099,000. Lutz made the call and the hands were turned over. Lutz: 108 Peppe: 97 Lutz gambled with his top pair and open-ended straight draw, but the turn was the 4 and the river was the 2 and Peppe doubled up in the biggest pot of the tournament. She was at 2.7 million while Lutz dropped to a still respectable 1.16 million. Player Tags: Nicholle Peppe, Joe Sebok, Nick Binger, James Akenhead, Cole South, Kara Scott, Tom Lutz, Bob Lauria Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 9 Hour 1 Update: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, David Plastik Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,661 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 2. John Hammer — 360,000 3. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 4. Amir Lehavot — 280,000 5. Brian Lemke — 275,500 6. Bertrand Grospellier — 250,000 7. Brennan Hanson — 243,000 8. Adam latimer — 242,000 9. Dan Bilzerian — 237,000 10. Kenny Tran — 225,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Phil Hellmuth – 125,000 Lee Watkinson – 80,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Tim Vance Bill Chen Bernard Lee Tom “Durr” Dwan David Plastik Big Hands: *Alexander Kostritsyn Breaks 100,000* On a flop of 1084, a player at the table moves all in and Alexander Kostritsyn calls. Kostritsyn: K10 Opponent: 85 Kostristsyn flops top pair while his opponent flops middle pair. The turn and river are the 7 and the 4, no help for Kostritsyn’s opponent who is eliminated. Kostritsyn is up to 125,000 after this hand. *Tom “Durrr” Dwan Eliminated* On a flop of 5-4-2 with two spades, there is a bet and then a raise to 8,000 before Tom Dwan moves all in for 22,000. He is called in both spots. The turn and river were a 7 and a 10 as Dwan turns over pocket kings. His opponent shows a straight on the river and Tom Dwan is eliminated from the tournament. *Tim Phan Doubles on the River* On a board of 10325, Tim Phan gets it all in and is called by one opponent. Phan: 54 Opponent: J10 Phan flops a an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw while his opponent flops top pair. Phan turns a pair for even more outs, and gets there with the A on the river. Tim Phan doubles up to 60,000 this hand. *Jordan Morgan Eliminates Opponent* Action folds around to the small blind who moves all in on the short stack. Jordan Morgan calls from the big blind and has him covered. Morgan: Q10 Opponent: J3 Board: 863104 Morgan turns over top pair as he eliminates his opponent and brings his chip count up to 55,000 this hand. *Nick Binger Gets Doubled Through* One player at the table gets it all in pre-flop and is covered by Nick Binger. Binger: AQ Opponent: K10 Board: K10937 Binger is out flopped when his opponent pairs his king. Binger is doubled through this hand but stills has 100,000 or so. *Esfandiari Runs Over Table* The player under the gun raises to 3,500 and Antonio Esfandiari calls from the small blind. The flop comes A65, Esfandiari bets 4,200 and his opponent calls. The turn is the 10, and both players check. The river is the J, Esfanidiari bets 22,000 and his opponent folds. Esfandiari rakes another pot and builds his stack up to 164,000 at the moment. *David Plastik Eliminated* David Plastik just flopped a queen-high flush and got it all in against pocket aces. The turn put four spades on the board, his opponent holding the ace of spades. David Plastik is eliminated from the tournament. *Kevin Saul vs. John Racener* John Racener raises from under the gun, Kevin Saul reraises to 5,500, Racener three-bets to 13,500 and Saul calls. The flop comes A72, Racener bets 15,000 and Saul calls. The turn is the 10, Racner checks, Saul moves all in for 44,000 and Racener folds after several minutes in the tank. Saul rakes the pot, climbing up to 112,000 this hand while Racener slips down to 92,000. Player Tags: David Plastik, Antonio Esfandiari, Tim Phan, Kevin Saul, Jordan Morgan, Tom Dwan, Nick Binger, John Racener, Alexander Kostritsyn View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 11, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	4	+
Level 19 Hour 2 Update: Dan Harrington, Kara Scott Hit the Rail, James Akenhead Emerges as Chip Leader Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 232 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 2. Nicholle Peppe – 2,700,000 3. Matt Affleck – 2,600,000 4. Julien Brecard – 2,175,000 5. Billy Kopp – 2,100,000 6. Eugene Katchalov – 2,100,000 7. Tom Schneider – 2,085,000 8. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 9. Nasr El Nasr – 2,000,000 10. Kevin Schaffel – 1,840,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Dan Shak Nick Binger Jimmy Tran Kara Scott Big Hands: Kara Scott Doubles Up, Gets Crippled, Then Goes Bust Kara Scott moved in for about 120,000 preflop and she was called by Ilosvay Zsolt. Scott tabled KJ while Zsolt showed KQ. The flop came down 1064 and Scott held a flush draw. The turn was money for her as the 10 fell and the A fell on the river for good measure. She doubled up to 270,000. Moments later, Bob Lauria moved in for 170,000 preflop and Scott made the call. Lauria tabled AK but was in big trouble against Scott’s pocket aces, AA. The flop came down Q910 and Lauria flopped tons of outs to a straight or club flush. The turn was the 4, making the flush and the river was the J to rub it in Scott’s face. Lauria doubled up and Scott was crippled with just 90,000 left. Later, Kara Scott moved in for just 70,000 and was called by Paul Baron. Baron tabled 53 while Scott held A2. The board ran out Q5659 and Scott was eliminated. Bob Lauria Doubles Bob Lauria moved all in for his final 107,000 and Ian Woodley made the call. Lauria showed AQ while Woodley tabled K6. The board ran out KQ2A2 and Lauria doubled to about 220,000. Nick Binger Eliminated Nick Binger raised preflop and Montagna Corrado repopped to 60,000. Action folded back around to Binger who moved in for 125,000 more. Corrado made the call and tabled KK. Binger showed down A10 and needed help to stay alive. The board ran out 63295 and Binger was elilminated from the main event. Cole South Hits an Ace on the River After a series of raises preflop, Cole South called the all in bet of his opponent who had about 200,000, and the hands were turned face up. South showed the AQ and was up against QQ of his opponent. The flop was 7K9, the turn was the K, and South would need an ace on the river for the win. The river was the A and South took the pot and eliminated an opponent. Action Dan Gets Caught Bluffing, Then Gets Shown The Door On the turn, with already over 400,000 in the pot already, the board read A10KK, both Dan Harrington and Charlie Elias checked and watched the 3 fall on the river. Dan Harrington then bet 350,000 on the river and Elias went into the tank for several minutes. After a while, Elias cut out the call and Harrington acknowledged the fact that Elias made a good call and tabled 89 and Elias turned up QQ. A few hands later, the flop was K92 and Eric Cloutier fired 180,000. Harrington moved in for 345,000 and the call was made. Cloutier held AK while Harrington was drawing live with AQ. But the turn was the 3 and the river was the 7 and Harrington could not make his flush, resulting in his elimination. He exited the Amazon Room to a standing ovation. Akenhead’s Kings Give Him the Chip Lead Eracles Panayiotous raised to 26,000 and was three-bet by James Akenhead to 80,000. Panayiotous made the call and the flop fell Q73 and Akenhead bet 130,000 and was called. The turn was the 8 and Akenhead bet 190,000 and was met with a raise to 430,000 from Panayiotous. Akenhead eventually makes the call and the K fell on the river. Akenhead checked and Panayiotous moved all in for about 800,000. Akenhead instantly made the call and tabled the KK, giving him top set and his opponent turned over 64, for an absolute air ball. Akenhead now has over 3,000,000 in chips and is the new chip leader for the tournament. Sebok Doubles Up With Big Slick, Proceeds to Bust Opponent Adam Lattimer raised to 26,000 and was reraised to 86,000 by Hieu Luu. Action was folded around to Joe Sebok who moved all in for 259,000. Lattimer eventually folded and Luu went into the tank. Luu eventually made the call, figuring he was priced in and showed a mere Q7 and was up against Sebok’s AK. The flop was 456, followed by the 7 on the turn, giving Luu a pair of sevens. Sebok was getting up out of his chair and putting on his jacket when the K hit the river and Sebok stayed alive. Moments later, Sebok called his opponent’s all in bet and tabled JJ. His opponent showed down 1010 and the board ran out QQ67Q, giving Sebok a better full house and the pot. He was at around 500,000. J.C. Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 24,000 preflop and was called by the big blind. The flop came down 1085 and action was checked to Tran. He bet out 30,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the Q and Tran fired 65,000. The big blind gave up his hand and Tran was at 260,000. Nicholle Peppe Takes A Massive 2.5 Million Pot Off Lutz On a flop of 1097, Tom Lutz bet 300,000 and Nicholle Peppe shoved for 1,099,000. Lutz made the call and the hands were turned over. Lutz: 108 Peppe: 97 Lutz gambled with his top pair and open-ended straight draw, but the turn was the 4 and the river was the 2 and Peppe doubled up in the biggest pot of the tournament. She was at 2.7 million while Lutz dropped to a still respectable 1.16 million. Player Tags: Nicholle Peppe, Joe Sebok, Nick Binger, James Akenhead, Cole South, Kara Scott, Tom Lutz, Bob Lauria Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 9 Hour 1 Update: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, David Plastik Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,661 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 2. John Hammer — 360,000 3. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 4. Amir Lehavot — 280,000 5. Brian Lemke — 275,500 6. Bertrand Grospellier — 250,000 7. Brennan Hanson — 243,000 8. Adam latimer — 242,000 9. Dan Bilzerian — 237,000 10. Kenny Tran — 225,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Phil Hellmuth – 125,000 Lee Watkinson – 80,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Tim Vance Bill Chen Bernard Lee Tom “Durr” Dwan David Plastik Big Hands: *Alexander Kostritsyn Breaks 100,000* On a flop of 1084, a player at the table moves all in and Alexander Kostritsyn calls. Kostritsyn: K10 Opponent: 85 Kostristsyn flops top pair while his opponent flops middle pair. The turn and river are the 7 and the 4, no help for Kostritsyn’s opponent who is eliminated. Kostritsyn is up to 125,000 after this hand. *Tom “Durrr” Dwan Eliminated* On a flop of 5-4-2 with two spades, there is a bet and then a raise to 8,000 before Tom Dwan moves all in for 22,000. He is called in both spots. The turn and river were a 7 and a 10 as Dwan turns over pocket kings. His opponent shows a straight on the river and Tom Dwan is eliminated from the tournament. *Tim Phan Doubles on the River* On a board of 10325, Tim Phan gets it all in and is called by one opponent. Phan: 54 Opponent: J10 Phan flops a an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw while his opponent flops top pair. Phan turns a pair for even more outs, and gets there with the A on the river. Tim Phan doubles up to 60,000 this hand. *Jordan Morgan Eliminates Opponent* Action folds around to the small blind who moves all in on the short stack. Jordan Morgan calls from the big blind and has him covered. Morgan: Q10 Opponent: J3 Board: 863104 Morgan turns over top pair as he eliminates his opponent and brings his chip count up to 55,000 this hand. *Nick Binger Gets Doubled Through* One player at the table gets it all in pre-flop and is covered by Nick Binger. Binger: AQ Opponent: K10 Board: K10937 Binger is out flopped when his opponent pairs his king. Binger is doubled through this hand but stills has 100,000 or so. *Esfandiari Runs Over Table* The player under the gun raises to 3,500 and Antonio Esfandiari calls from the small blind. The flop comes A65, Esfandiari bets 4,200 and his opponent calls. The turn is the 10, and both players check. The river is the J, Esfanidiari bets 22,000 and his opponent folds. Esfandiari rakes another pot and builds his stack up to 164,000 at the moment. *David Plastik Eliminated* David Plastik just flopped a queen-high flush and got it all in against pocket aces. The turn put four spades on the board, his opponent holding the ace of spades. David Plastik is eliminated from the tournament. *Kevin Saul vs. John Racener* John Racener raises from under the gun, Kevin Saul reraises to 5,500, Racener three-bets to 13,500 and Saul calls. The flop comes A72, Racener bets 15,000 and Saul calls. The turn is the 10, Racner checks, Saul moves all in for 44,000 and Racener folds after several minutes in the tank. Saul rakes the pot, climbing up to 112,000 this hand while Racener slips down to 92,000. Player Tags: David Plastik, Antonio Esfandiari, Tim Phan, Kevin Saul, Jordan Morgan, Tom Dwan, Nick Binger, John Racener, Alexander Kostritsyn View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 08, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	2	+
Level 19 Hour 2 Update: Dan Harrington, Kara Scott Hit the Rail, James Akenhead Emerges as Chip Leader Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 232 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 2. Nicholle Peppe – 2,700,000 3. Matt Affleck – 2,600,000 4. Julien Brecard – 2,175,000 5. Billy Kopp – 2,100,000 6. Eugene Katchalov – 2,100,000 7. Tom Schneider – 2,085,000 8. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 9. Nasr El Nasr – 2,000,000 10. Kevin Schaffel – 1,840,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Dan Shak Nick Binger Jimmy Tran Kara Scott Big Hands: Kara Scott Doubles Up, Gets Crippled, Then Goes Bust Kara Scott moved in for about 120,000 preflop and she was called by Ilosvay Zsolt. Scott tabled KJ while Zsolt showed KQ. The flop came down 1064 and Scott held a flush draw. The turn was money for her as the 10 fell and the A fell on the river for good measure. She doubled up to 270,000. Moments later, Bob Lauria moved in for 170,000 preflop and Scott made the call. Lauria tabled AK but was in big trouble against Scott’s pocket aces, AA. The flop came down Q910 and Lauria flopped tons of outs to a straight or club flush. The turn was the 4, making the flush and the river was the J to rub it in Scott’s face. Lauria doubled up and Scott was crippled with just 90,000 left. Later, Kara Scott moved in for just 70,000 and was called by Paul Baron. Baron tabled 53 while Scott held A2. The board ran out Q5659 and Scott was eliminated. Bob Lauria Doubles Bob Lauria moved all in for his final 107,000 and Ian Woodley made the call. Lauria showed AQ while Woodley tabled K6. The board ran out KQ2A2 and Lauria doubled to about 220,000. Nick Binger Eliminated Nick Binger raised preflop and Montagna Corrado repopped to 60,000. Action folded back around to Binger who moved in for 125,000 more. Corrado made the call and tabled KK. Binger showed down A10 and needed help to stay alive. The board ran out 63295 and Binger was elilminated from the main event. Cole South Hits an Ace on the River After a series of raises preflop, Cole South called the all in bet of his opponent who had about 200,000, and the hands were turned face up. South showed the AQ and was up against QQ of his opponent. The flop was 7K9, the turn was the K, and South would need an ace on the river for the win. The river was the A and South took the pot and eliminated an opponent. Action Dan Gets Caught Bluffing, Then Gets Shown The Door On the turn, with already over 400,000 in the pot already, the board read A10KK, both Dan Harrington and Charlie Elias checked and watched the 3 fall on the river. Dan Harrington then bet 350,000 on the river and Elias went into the tank for several minutes. After a while, Elias cut out the call and Harrington acknowledged the fact that Elias made a good call and tabled 89 and Elias turned up QQ. A few hands later, the flop was K92 and Eric Cloutier fired 180,000. Harrington moved in for 345,000 and the call was made. Cloutier held AK while Harrington was drawing live with AQ. But the turn was the 3 and the river was the 7 and Harrington could not make his flush, resulting in his elimination. He exited the Amazon Room to a standing ovation. Akenhead’s Kings Give Him the Chip Lead Eracles Panayiotous raised to 26,000 and was three-bet by James Akenhead to 80,000. Panayiotous made the call and the flop fell Q73 and Akenhead bet 130,000 and was called. The turn was the 8 and Akenhead bet 190,000 and was met with a raise to 430,000 from Panayiotous. Akenhead eventually makes the call and the K fell on the river. Akenhead checked and Panayiotous moved all in for about 800,000. Akenhead instantly made the call and tabled the KK, giving him top set and his opponent turned over 64, for an absolute air ball. Akenhead now has over 3,000,000 in chips and is the new chip leader for the tournament. Sebok Doubles Up With Big Slick, Proceeds to Bust Opponent Adam Lattimer raised to 26,000 and was reraised to 86,000 by Hieu Luu. Action was folded around to Joe Sebok who moved all in for 259,000. Lattimer eventually folded and Luu went into the tank. Luu eventually made the call, figuring he was priced in and showed a mere Q7 and was up against Sebok’s AK. The flop was 456, followed by the 7 on the turn, giving Luu a pair of sevens. Sebok was getting up out of his chair and putting on his jacket when the K hit the river and Sebok stayed alive. Moments later, Sebok called his opponent’s all in bet and tabled JJ. His opponent showed down 1010 and the board ran out QQ67Q, giving Sebok a better full house and the pot. He was at around 500,000. J.C. Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 24,000 preflop and was called by the big blind. The flop came down 1085 and action was checked to Tran. He bet out 30,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the Q and Tran fired 65,000. The big blind gave up his hand and Tran was at 260,000. Nicholle Peppe Takes A Massive 2.5 Million Pot Off Lutz On a flop of 1097, Tom Lutz bet 300,000 and Nicholle Peppe shoved for 1,099,000. Lutz made the call and the hands were turned over. Lutz: 108 Peppe: 97 Lutz gambled with his top pair and open-ended straight draw, but the turn was the 4 and the river was the 2 and Peppe doubled up in the biggest pot of the tournament. She was at 2.7 million while Lutz dropped to a still respectable 1.16 million. Player Tags: Nicholle Peppe, Joe Sebok, Nick Binger, James Akenhead, Cole South, Kara Scott, Tom Lutz, Bob Lauria Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 9 Hour 1 Update: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, David Plastik Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,661 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 2. John Hammer — 360,000 3. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 4. Amir Lehavot — 280,000 5. Brian Lemke — 275,500 6. Bertrand Grospellier — 250,000 7. Brennan Hanson — 243,000 8. Adam latimer — 242,000 9. Dan Bilzerian — 237,000 10. Kenny Tran — 225,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Phil Hellmuth – 125,000 Lee Watkinson – 80,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Tim Vance Bill Chen Bernard Lee Tom “Durr” Dwan David Plastik Big Hands: *Alexander Kostritsyn Breaks 100,000* On a flop of 1084, a player at the table moves all in and Alexander Kostritsyn calls. Kostritsyn: K10 Opponent: 85 Kostristsyn flops top pair while his opponent flops middle pair. The turn and river are the 7 and the 4, no help for Kostritsyn’s opponent who is eliminated. Kostritsyn is up to 125,000 after this hand. *Tom “Durrr” Dwan Eliminated* On a flop of 5-4-2 with two spades, there is a bet and then a raise to 8,000 before Tom Dwan moves all in for 22,000. He is called in both spots. The turn and river were a 7 and a 10 as Dwan turns over pocket kings. His opponent shows a straight on the river and Tom Dwan is eliminated from the tournament. *Tim Phan Doubles on the River* On a board of 10325, Tim Phan gets it all in and is called by one opponent. Phan: 54 Opponent: J10 Phan flops a an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw while his opponent flops top pair. Phan turns a pair for even more outs, and gets there with the A on the river. Tim Phan doubles up to 60,000 this hand. *Jordan Morgan Eliminates Opponent* Action folds around to the small blind who moves all in on the short stack. Jordan Morgan calls from the big blind and has him covered. Morgan: Q10 Opponent: J3 Board: 863104 Morgan turns over top pair as he eliminates his opponent and brings his chip count up to 55,000 this hand. *Nick Binger Gets Doubled Through* One player at the table gets it all in pre-flop and is covered by Nick Binger. Binger: AQ Opponent: K10 Board: K10937 Binger is out flopped when his opponent pairs his king. Binger is doubled through this hand but stills has 100,000 or so. *Esfandiari Runs Over Table* The player under the gun raises to 3,500 and Antonio Esfandiari calls from the small blind. The flop comes A65, Esfandiari bets 4,200 and his opponent calls. The turn is the 10, and both players check. The river is the J, Esfanidiari bets 22,000 and his opponent folds. Esfandiari rakes another pot and builds his stack up to 164,000 at the moment. *David Plastik Eliminated* David Plastik just flopped a queen-high flush and got it all in against pocket aces. The turn put four spades on the board, his opponent holding the ace of spades. David Plastik is eliminated from the tournament. *Kevin Saul vs. John Racener* John Racener raises from under the gun, Kevin Saul reraises to 5,500, Racener three-bets to 13,500 and Saul calls. The flop comes A72, Racener bets 15,000 and Saul calls. The turn is the 10, Racner checks, Saul moves all in for 44,000 and Racener folds after several minutes in the tank. Saul rakes the pot, climbing up to 112,000 this hand while Racener slips down to 92,000. Player Tags: David Plastik, Antonio Esfandiari, Tim Phan, Kevin Saul, Jordan Morgan, Tom Dwan, Nick Binger, John Racener, Alexander Kostritsyn View All Live Updates From This Event
May 31, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	Event 4 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	2	+
Level 3 Update: Eli Elezra Eliminated May 31, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 2,500 out of 3,021 Notable Eliminations: Eli Elezra Matt Glantz Big Hands: Eli Elezra is Eliminated After a early position raise and a call by another player, Eli Elezra shipped the rest of his stack into the pot. The initial raiser folded to Elezra’s all-in, but the other opponent eventually made the call of 1,350 total with pocket nines. Elezra tabled a dominated under-pair of pocket sixes and was looking to get lucky to double up to the starting amount. The board ran out without any help for Elezra and he was eliminated. *Nick Binger Tries to Make Something Happen* The action folds around to Nick Binger who raises to 300 from the small blind and the player in the big blind calls the raise. The flop comes QQ10, Binger bets 400 and the big blind calls. The turn is the Q, and both players check. The river is the A, and this time Binger checks to the big blind who bets 1,500. Binger thinks for a minute before folding. After this hand Binger is left with just under 10,000 in chips, a healthy stack for the time being. *Negreanu Out-Flopped, Opponent Doubles Through* After a series of pre-flop raises, Negreanu puts the player on the button to the test by reraising enough to put him all in. The button calls and both players turn over their cards. Negreanu turns over the best hand, QQ while his opponent shows K10. The board comes AK577, giving Negreanu’s opponent a pair of kings on the flop. He doubles through Negreanu, leaving the PokerStars pro with just about 2,400 in chips after this hand. *John Phan Makes a Good Laydown* The player on the button raises to 400 and John Phan calls from the small blind. The flop comes KJ7, and Phan bets 400. The button raises to 1,200 and Phan thinks for a minute before folding 99 face-up. His opponent shows AA and rakes the pot. After this ahnd Phan is down to 4,600 in chips. *Dale Pinchot vs. Peter Feldman* With just about 1,000 already in the pot on a board of KJ23, Dale Pinchot bets 625 and Peter Feldman calls. The river is the 10, and this time Pinchot bets 700. Feldman folds, leaving himself with 1,100 in chips while Pinchot rakes the pot and brings his stack up to 3,500 this hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Daniel Negreanu, Eli Elezra, Peter Feldman, Dale Pinchot, Nick Binger View All Live Updates From This Event
Apr 29, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season V	EPT Grand Final Championship - Event 1	2	+
Nick Binger Doubles Up Apr 29, '09 Nick Binger found all of his chips at risk in the middle of the table against Glen Chrony. Binger held pocket queens and Chorny held pocket nines. The board rolled out Q-6-3-6-4 and Binger doubled up to survive. Player Tags: Nick Binger, Glen Chorny View All Live Updates From This Event
Apr 23, '09	2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic	WPT Championship - Event 16	6	+
Nick Binger Eliminated in 24th Place ($49,025) Apr 23, '09 Scotty Nguyen raised and Nick Binger moved all in. Nguyen called and showed A 3 while Binger was behind with J 4. The board came out ace high and Binger's hand bricked, sending him to the rail in 24th place for $49,025. Nguyen now has 2,300,000. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Nick Binger Shannon Shorr Hits Two-Outer On River Apr 22, '09 Shannon Shorr was all in preflop holding pocket tens against Nick Binger's pocket jacks. The board ran out Q 8 2 6 10 and Shorr hit his ten on the river to double up on the money bubble to 770,000. Binger's stack sits at 1,265,000. Player Tags: Shannon Shorr, Nick Binger Level 14 Update -- Matt Hyman Doubles up to Take Chip Lead Apr 21, '09 Level: 14 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 Player Remaining: 89 out of 338 Average Chip Count: 378,651 Notable Chip Counts: Matt Hyman -- 1,770,000 Steve Billirakis -- 1,484,000 Mark Seif -- 990,000 Nick Binger -- 980,000 Michael DeMichele -- 930,000 Notable Eliminations: Dan Heimiller Annie Duke Alex Keating Key Hands: Dan Heimiller Eliminated Nick Binger checked a flop of 1076 from the big blind and Dan Heimiller bet 30,000 from the button. Binger reraised to 200,000. and Heimiller called all in. Their cards: Heimiller: AK Binger: A7 Turn and River: Q9 Heimiller was eliminated on the hand and Binger jumped up to 945,000. Young Guns Clash Cody Slaubaugh raised from middle position preflop and Steve Billirakis reraised from late position. Saubaugh reraised an additional 82,000 and Billirakis made the call. The two players then checked a board of QJ5K6 down to the river and Slaubaugh checked. Billirakis bet 167,500 and Slaubaugh went into the tank. He eventually made the call and Billirakis turned up KJ. Slaubaugh mucked and he was down to 480,000. Billirakis was up to 1,484,000. Matt Hyman Doubles up to the Chip Lead Matt Hyman raised from late position to 13,000 and Steve Sung reraised from the big blind. Hyman reraised an additional 220,000 on top and Sung made the call. The flop was dealt J64 and Sung moved all in. Hyman made the call and they turned up their cards: Sung: 1010 Hyman: AA Turn and River: KJ Hyman won the hand to double up to 1,770,000 and Sung was knocked down to 425,000. Player Tags: Daniel Heimiller, Steve Billirakis, Cody Slaubaugh, Nick Binger View All Live Updates From This Event
Apr 22, '09	2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic	WPT Championship - Event 16	5	+
Nick Binger Eliminated in 24th Place ($49,025) Apr 23, '09 Scotty Nguyen raised and Nick Binger moved all in. Nguyen called and showed A 3 while Binger was behind with J 4. The board came out ace high and Binger's hand bricked, sending him to the rail in 24th place for $49,025. Nguyen now has 2,300,000. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Nick Binger Shannon Shorr Hits Two-Outer On River Apr 22, '09 Shannon Shorr was all in preflop holding pocket tens against Nick Binger's pocket jacks. The board ran out Q 8 2 6 10 and Shorr hit his ten on the river to double up on the money bubble to 770,000. Binger's stack sits at 1,265,000. Player Tags: Shannon Shorr, Nick Binger Level 14 Update -- Matt Hyman Doubles up to Take Chip Lead Apr 21, '09 Level: 14 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 Player Remaining: 89 out of 338 Average Chip Count: 378,651 Notable Chip Counts: Matt Hyman -- 1,770,000 Steve Billirakis -- 1,484,000 Mark Seif -- 990,000 Nick Binger -- 980,000 Michael DeMichele -- 930,000 Notable Eliminations: Dan Heimiller Annie Duke Alex Keating Key Hands: Dan Heimiller Eliminated Nick Binger checked a flop of 1076 from the big blind and Dan Heimiller bet 30,000 from the button. Binger reraised to 200,000. and Heimiller called all in. Their cards: Heimiller: AK Binger: A7 Turn and River: Q9 Heimiller was eliminated on the hand and Binger jumped up to 945,000. Young Guns Clash Cody Slaubaugh raised from middle position preflop and Steve Billirakis reraised from late position. Saubaugh reraised an additional 82,000 and Billirakis made the call. The two players then checked a board of QJ5K6 down to the river and Slaubaugh checked. Billirakis bet 167,500 and Slaubaugh went into the tank. He eventually made the call and Billirakis turned up KJ. Slaubaugh mucked and he was down to 480,000. Billirakis was up to 1,484,000. Matt Hyman Doubles up to the Chip Lead Matt Hyman raised from late position to 13,000 and Steve Sung reraised from the big blind. Hyman reraised an additional 220,000 on top and Sung made the call. The flop was dealt J64 and Sung moved all in. Hyman made the call and they turned up their cards: Sung: 1010 Hyman: AA Turn and River: KJ Hyman won the hand to double up to 1,770,000 and Sung was knocked down to 425,000. Player Tags: Daniel Heimiller, Steve Billirakis, Cody Slaubaugh, Nick Binger View All Live Updates From This Event
Apr 21, '09	2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic	WPT Championship - Event 16	4	+
Nick Binger Eliminated in 24th Place ($49,025) Apr 23, '09 Scotty Nguyen raised and Nick Binger moved all in. Nguyen called and showed A 3 while Binger was behind with J 4. The board came out ace high and Binger's hand bricked, sending him to the rail in 24th place for $49,025. Nguyen now has 2,300,000. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Nick Binger Shannon Shorr Hits Two-Outer On River Apr 22, '09 Shannon Shorr was all in preflop holding pocket tens against Nick Binger's pocket jacks. The board ran out Q 8 2 6 10 and Shorr hit his ten on the river to double up on the money bubble to 770,000. Binger's stack sits at 1,265,000. Player Tags: Shannon Shorr, Nick Binger Level 14 Update -- Matt Hyman Doubles up to Take Chip Lead Apr 21, '09 Level: 14 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 Player Remaining: 89 out of 338 Average Chip Count: 378,651 Notable Chip Counts: Matt Hyman -- 1,770,000 Steve Billirakis -- 1,484,000 Mark Seif -- 990,000 Nick Binger -- 980,000 Michael DeMichele -- 930,000 Notable Eliminations: Dan Heimiller Annie Duke Alex Keating Key Hands: Dan Heimiller Eliminated Nick Binger checked a flop of 1076 from the big blind and Dan Heimiller bet 30,000 from the button. Binger reraised to 200,000. and Heimiller called all in. Their cards: Heimiller: AK Binger: A7 Turn and River: Q9 Heimiller was eliminated on the hand and Binger jumped up to 945,000. Young Guns Clash Cody Slaubaugh raised from middle position preflop and Steve Billirakis reraised from late position. Saubaugh reraised an additional 82,000 and Billirakis made the call. The two players then checked a board of QJ5K6 down to the river and Slaubaugh checked. Billirakis bet 167,500 and Slaubaugh went into the tank. He eventually made the call and Billirakis turned up KJ. Slaubaugh mucked and he was down to 480,000. Billirakis was up to 1,484,000. Matt Hyman Doubles up to the Chip Lead Matt Hyman raised from late position to 13,000 and Steve Sung reraised from the big blind. Hyman reraised an additional 220,000 on top and Sung made the call. The flop was dealt J64 and Sung moved all in. Hyman made the call and they turned up their cards: Sung: 1010 Hyman: AA Turn and River: KJ Hyman won the hand to double up to 1,770,000 and Sung was knocked down to 425,000. Player Tags: Daniel Heimiller, Steve Billirakis, Cody Slaubaugh, Nick Binger View All Live Updates From This Event
Feb 24, '09	2009 L.A. Poker Classic	No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 35	4	+
Nick Binger Eliminated in 49th Place ($27,395) Feb 24, '09 Nick Binger was all in with A-K against the pocket queens of Billy Pilossoph. Binger turned a flush draw, but couldn't connect with the board. The pot left Binger crippled down to his last 1,000 chip and he was eliminated on the next hand. Binger earned $27,395 for his 49th place finish. Player Tags: Billy Pilossoph, Nick Binger View All Live Updates From This Event
Jan 20, '09	2009 Aussie Millions	Aussie Millions Main Event - Event 9	4	+
Nick Binger Eliminated Jan 20, '09 Nick Binger committed all of his chips preflop and one opponent called him down. Their cards: Binger: 1010 Opponent: QQ Board: 972AQ Binger was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: Nick Binger View All Live Updates From This Event