$1,500 Mixed Hold'em Final Table - Nick Binger KOs Fifth Final Table Opponent
Jun 24, '08
After the first hour of play, the players took a 20 minute break before starting this round.
Blinds:
Limit: 6,000-12,000
No-Limit: 4,000-8,000
Chip Counts:
Nick Binger: 1,131,000
Frank Gary: 399,000
Chris Rentes: 320,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 125,999
Eliminations:
5th - Alex Jalali ($56,875)
Big Hands
No Limit Hold'em:
Binger Busts Jalali in Fifth Place ($56,875)
Nick Binger has now eliminated the first five players from the final table. Down to his last 104,000 in chips, Jalali moved all in and was called by Binger. Jalali showed A
Q
and was very much alive against Binger's JJ. But the board ran 7
76
K2, missing Jalali and sending him to the rail.
Tamayo Doubles Through Jalali
On a flop of QJ3, Alex Jalali bet 28,000 and had Jonathan Tamayo move all in for 109,000 total. Jalali called and showed Q-4 for top pair. But Tamayo held an overpair, pocket aces. The turn was the 2 and the river was the 7, and Tamayo doubled up to 273,000.
Limit Hold'em:
Binger Loses to Jacks, Twice
Frank Gary and Chris Rentes each took separate pots from Nick Binger when their pocket jacks held against Bingers' A-K in each hand.
Gary Climbs
On a flop of 865 Nick Binger bet and was called Frank Gary. The A turn was checked by both players and Binger bet out on the A river. Gary called and showed 7-7. Binger showed K-6 and couldn't beat the pair of sevens. Gary has over 400,000 now and Binger fell to under 1,000,000.
Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo, Nick Binger, Frank Gary, Chris Rentes, Alex Jalali
