On a flop of , Sean Dempsey bet 13,000, Rafi Amit reraised to 38,000, Gavin Smith repopped for all of his 166,000, and Jani Vilmunen called his remaining 67,500 as well. Dempsey got out of the way, and Amit called Smith's bet, leaving himself just 3,500.
The hands:
Amit -- an open-ended straight draw
Smith -- he'd flopped top set
Vilmunen -- the nut flush draw
The turn was the , and Smith was still in front. But the river was the , giving Amit the straight, and Vilmunen his flush. Smith's day was quickly over.
Vilmunen won the main pot, tripling up to 205,000. Amit took the side pot, pushing his stack to 270,000.
Just a few minutes away from the restart of Event No. 28, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys. The remaining 54 are taking their seats around seven tables here in the Brasilia Room.
Play will resume at 3pm today on Day 2 of Event 28, $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys. Emmanuel Sebag holds the Day 1 lead at 466,200 in chips, with a loaded top ten that also includes David Benyamine, Erick Lindgren, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu and Thomas Wahlroos.
The Day 2 seating assignments:
(Table 29) Seat 3: Thomas Wahlroos -- 171,200
Seat 4: Daniel Alaei -- 84,200
Seat 5: Michael McKenna -- 79,700
Seat 6: George Pitsilides -- 34,500
Seat 7: Robert Williamson III -- 113,200
Seat 8: Jamie Pickering -- 119,100
Seat 9: Tony 'G' Guoga -- 139,800
(Table 30)
Seat 1: Rob Hollink -- 78,500
Seat 2: Birinder Nijran -- 17,800
Seat 3: Kirill Gerasimov -- 153,400
Seat 4: Joshua Ladines -- 101,600
Seat 6: Alexander Kravchenko -- 23,100
Seat 7: Daniel Shak -- 127,000
Seat 8: David Williams -- 65,800 Seat 9: Adam Hourani -- 236,400