2011 WSOP Bracelet Winner Profile – Nick Binger

On Friday, Nick Binger won Event #57 of the 2011 WSOP, the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better. Binger won his first ever WSOP bracelet as well as $397,073 in prize money. Binger had to best a field of 352 players in order to win the title. The field was very tough as this was the last chance before the Main Event to win a bracelet. David Benyamine, Mike Sexton, Allen Kessler, Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel were just some of the pro’s in attendance.

Nick Binger - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo bracelet winner.

Binger, 29, hails from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the brother of poker player Michael Binger. Up until now his older brother has gotten more attention for his poker achievements but Nick now has the spotlight.

Nick Binger had his first success in live tournaments starting in 2006. His first live cash came at the Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic where he came in 11^th and cashed for $ 7,295.

Binger had his first substantial score at the 2007 Borgata Winter Open-WPT where he cashed for $ 48,400 after coming in 6^th place. In the 2007 WSOP he managed to cash 4 times, including a $51,398 cash for coming in 165^th in the Main Event.

In 2008 he cashed for $131,910 when he came in 15^th at the Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic – WPT. He cashed twice at the 2008 WSOP series. In the 2009 WSOP series he cashed 4 times. In the 2010 WSOP series he cashed three times including a 3^rd place finish in the $1,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Championship.

At the 2010 WSOP Binger has had three cashes including his bracelet winning first place in Event #57. This latest cash puts his total career winnings are $2,063,349.

Binger admits that he does not have much experience with Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better, though he has quite a bit of experience with Pot Limit Omaha. It is a similar story to when he final tabled the Deuce to Seven Lowball tournament. At the time of his lowball event, Binger had never played a hand of No Limit Deuce.

The final table had some tough players. David Bach, Nick Schulman, Allen Kessler, and Phil Laak were in looking to take home the bracelet.  It finally got down to heads-up between David Bach and Binger. At one point Binger was behind Bach and was close to being eliminated. He eventually overcame the 3-1 chip lead and fought his way back.

The final hand saw the players get all the chips in preflop. Binger held Ac-5d-3c-3d and Bach held Ad-Kh-Ks-4h. The flop came 7c-5h-2c. The turn was a 9c and the river was a 5c. Binger scooped the pot and took home the bracelet.

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