Champ Frank Gary (ImageMasters)

Frank Gary came from nowhere to win his first WSOP bracelet and $219,562. He hit an incredible streak of luck to defeat Jonathan Tamayo heads up. Tamayo earns $140,093 for 2nd place.

Tamayo played impeccable poker all day, and it's been quite the day, but he couldn't stand up to the force of a cold deck. In the hand that crippled him, Gary raises and Tamay three-bets. Gary calls to see the Q J T flop. More betting by Tamayo and calling by Gary. Same for the Ten on the turn. Tamayo bets the 9 on the river, and Gary raises. Tamayo calls quickly, understandably thinking his A-K is good for the pot since he flopped the nut straight. He jumps up in disbelief when Gary turns up pocket 9s, scooping the pot with a runner-runner full house.

The next hand is also painful. It's the last hand in the Limit round, and Gary limps. Tamayo raises one bet, and the flop is 8 7 2. Jonathan bets out, and Frank thinks about the call before moving his chips across the line. Jack on the turn, and Tamayo check-calls a bet by Gary. Ace on the river, and Jonathan bets. Frank thinks some more before calling with J-8 for two pair. It's good enough to beat Tamayo's top pair with A-T, and Jonathan sinks a little deeper.

Tamayo is all in on the next hand, the first of the No-Limit round. His Q-7 is behind Gary's A-3, and an Ace in the door barely surprises him after the last two hands. The board doesn't bring him the same runner-runner magic it had for Gary, and the marathon final table comes to an end.

Frank Gary picks up his second WSOP cash in his first final table appearance. The retired 42-year-old now travels around the country in his RV playing poker. Jonathan Tamayo just graduated from Cornell, and at 22 years old, now has four WSOP cashes.

Heads up continues, and Frank Gary is in the lead. At last count, Gary was up 1,564,000 to Tamayo's 629,000.

Tamayo moved in preflop, and Gary called all in with A 8. He was ahead of Tamayo's J T and stayed that way when the board ran out A 8 7 6 7. Gary doubled up, and Tamayo took a big hit.

Once he lost his lead, the magic was gone for Nick Binger, and he just couldn't get it back. After he eliminated six players in three hours, his cheering section ordered champagne to begin the celebration a little early. But he'd lost the chip lead before it arrived. Binger never gave up, battling three-handed for nearly five hours, but he finally succumbed to the skilled play of Jonathan Tamayo. After a day of ups and downs, Nick Binger finished in 3rd place for $84,841.

In his final hand, Binger raises from the SB, and BB Tamayo bumps it up. Binger puts in a reraise, and Tamayo caps the action. Binger calls to see the T 7 2 flop. With only 69,000 left, it doesn't take long for Binger to get it all in. He tables pocket 3s and is in tough shape against Tamayo's Q-Q. The turn is a Ten, not the 3 his fans are calling for. The Jack on the river isn't helpful either, sending Binger home without a bracelet.

Nick got up from the table quietly, shook hands with Gary and Tamayo, and went into the stands to get a hug from his brother.

Beginning heads up play, Jonathan Tamayo has the chip lead with 1,212,000 to Frank Gary's 492,000.

Back from dinner and time to start over. This is a totally different three-handed final table than we saw a few hours ago. Frank Gary seemed like a mere bystander in the Binger-Tamayo battle going on before dinner, but the sleeping giant has woken up with a vengeance. Gary is the new chip leader, and Binger is still in third.

Frank Gary - 888,000

Jonathan Tamayo - 726,000

Nick Binger - 579,000

They are so close together that chip leads change back and forth with a few big bets. Each hand changes the table dynamic, and none of the players seem able to get things back under control. We'll see what happens in the fifth hour of three-handed play.

It's been up and down for Binger in the last hour. But it's definitely down as the players head off on a 45-minute dinner break to regroup. Frank Gary doubled through Binger to drop him down to short-stack status.

Gary raises to 45k from the button, and Binger reraises to 135k. Tamayo gets out of the way, and Gary shoves for 294,000. Nick tells the table that Frank caught him making a move and already looks defeated when he makes the call. He feels even worse when Gary shows K K to Binger's 9 2. The board runs out 8 5 3 3 K, shipping the pot to Gary.

At the break, Jonathan Tamayo is in the lead with 1,173,000. Frank Gary is next with 649,000, and Nick Binger is barely hanging on with 371,000.

Although it was unthinkable an hour ago, Nick Binger is no longer the chip leader. And he didn't even double up anyone. Jonathan Tamayo ground away at his lead hand by hand to take over the top spot with 954,000. Binger is close behind with 793,000, and Frank Gary has chipped up to 446,000.

In the Limit pot that changed the momentum, Binger raises, and Tamayo calls to see the J T 4 flop. Nick bets, Jonathan raises, and Binger calls automatically. He check-calls Tamayo's bet on the Jack turn and the 3 river. Tamayo shows Q-J for trips, and Binger mucks, building Jonathan's stack over 500k.

A few minutes later, Tamayo raises, and Binger and Gary call. The flop is A T 9, and Tamayo bets out. Gary calls, Binger raises, and the other two pay to see the 2 on the turn. Binger bets out, Tamayo calls, and Gary gives it up. Check-check for the 2 on the river. Tamayo shows T-7 for middle pair, and Binger tosses his cards into the muck again. The slide continued from there until Tamayo took the lead.

If possible Nick Binger has turned the aggression up a notch since the final three returned from a break. He's won most of the pots in the 20-minutes of Limit they have played by putting in a pre-flop raise. Jonathan Tamayo is looking strong, building his stack a few small pots at a time. They stand:

Nick Binger - 1,465,000

Jonathan Tamayo - 504,000

Frank Gary - 350,000

There are lots of bad beat stories at the World Series, and they hurt even more when they happen at a final table. But what do you tell your friends when you get busted out of a final table by 7-high? Chris Rentes, the 4th place finisher, now has to face that question. Hopefully the $69,348 he takes home will soften the blow.

Super short stacked, Rentes moved in from the SB with his last 50k. Of course, Nick Binger calls, but his 7 2 wouldn't be in the lead of much. But it actually is ahead of Rentes' stellar 6 5. The board runs out K J 4 T Q, and the 7 plays. Binger's 7-high beats Rentes' 6-high, sending him home in 4th place. Ouch.

Binger begins three-handed play with 1,427,000 in chips. Frank Gary and Jonathan Tamayo are neck-and-neck with about 380,000. The crowd is getting into it, drinking and cheering and drinking some more. Both Binger and Tamayo have large groups of friends watching them while Gary tries to stay focused. We'll see if that becomes a factor, but it will take a whole lot of distraction to get in Binger's way.

Nick Binger gave up a bit of his momentum in two back-to-back losses to Frank Gary. Knocked below a million in chips, Binger didn't let the slight reduction in his lead slow his roll. He kept the pressure on, raising pre-flop in around 50% of the hands. And he's back up over 1.3 million. The action at this final table is unusually loose. They've seen a flop on 14 of the last 15 hands while other final tables have averaged flops on one or two per 10 hands.

Alex Jalali was busted in 5th place ($56,875) by...you guessed it, Nick Binger. Jalali had been short stacked by doubling Jonathan Tomayo a few hands earlier when he shoved with his last 104k. Binger moved all in after him, ensuring that they were heads up to the flop. Jalali's A-Q was racing Binger's pair of Jacks, and the board ran out 7 7 6 K 2, sending Jalali off to the cashier. Binger now has 63% of the chips in play at the four-handed table and a million chip lead over Frank Gary.

Is there anyone else playing this game? Nick Binger has bulldozed the table so far. Traumatized by his dominance, the remaining players are on a 20-minute break less than an hour after they sat down at the final table. And there aren't too many of them left. Perhaps Binger's rampage was spurred by the announcer calling him Michael. He took out four people in the next 20 minutes.

With 1,377,000, chip leader is not really an adequate term. His closest "competition" is Jonathan Tamayo with 316,00. Binger has 565k more chips than the remaining four players combined. And he began the day an hour ago with a million fewer chips. Wow.

The Binger Bust Outs:

David Sorger shoves for 40,500, and Binger raises to 100k, pushing everyone else out of the way. Sorger tables A J to Binger's A K. The board falls 9-high rainbow, sending Sorger home in 9th place with $19,956.

Next Binger bets out 17,000, and BB Michael Chu calls. Chu checks the T 4 2 flop, and Binger bets 32k. After a quick trip to the tank, Chu moves in for 145,000. Not looking overly concerned, Binger tables T-5 for top pair. Chu's pocket 8s are in trouble, and the Queen and the Ace that come next don't bail him out. Chu picks up $27,439 for 8th place.

Mats Gavatin's turn to get caught in Binger's monster rush. Mats raises to 15k, and Binger calls to see the Q 7 7 flop. Binger bets out, Mats raises, and Nick moves in with his now forbidable stack. Binger shows 7 6 for flopped trips, and Gavatin is chasing a flush with A 5. The 4 on the turn is a blank, and the Q on the river adds insult to injury, filling Binger's boat. Mats Gavatin hit the rail in 7th, stopping to collect $34,923 for his effort.

But Binger still isn't done with his reign of terror. He raises to 17k from the button, and SB David MacHowsky shoves with pocket 3s. He is none to pleased to see Binger's insta-call and even less excited about Binger's hand: A-A. The flop almost seems expected considering the roll that Binger is on: A K K. David is drawing dead after the 5 on the turn and gathers his things a bit of shock. MacHowsky earns $44,902 for 6th place.

And now you see why they needed an early break.

End of Day 2 chip counts and payout information:

After a long day of Hold'em, the final nine are ready to add some gold jewelry to their collections. Nick Binger dominated the field all day, and he would love to be introduced as a WSOP bracelet winner rather than as Michael's brother. Will he be able to make his mark at the final table felt? Jonathan Tomayo and Frank Gary might have something to say about that. The battle begins at 3:00 pm PDT.