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
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.
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.
On a flop of , David Benyamine checked, Richard "Chufty" Ashby checked, Alexander Kostritsyn bet 12,000, Benyamine called and Ashby folded. The turn was the . Benyamine led out for 32,000 and Kostritsyn made the call. The river came the . Benyamine checked, Kostritsyn fired out 48,000 and Benyamine called.
Kostritsyn tabled for trips, Benyamine mucked, and Kostritsyn dragged the pot. He's now up to 260,000 while Benymine has slipped to 250,000.
With a board showing , Tony G and Thomas Wahlroos both checked, Michael McKenna bet 22,500, Tony G folded, and Wahlroos called.
The river was the . Wahlroos checked, McKenna bet 45,000, and Wahlroos called. McKenna showed for the rivered straight, and Wahlroos mucked in disgust.
McKenna is up to 180,000, and Wahlroos down to 78,000.
Phil Hellmuth limped in, Nikolay Evdakov limped on the button, Birinder Nijran raised to 7,200 from the big blind and both Hellmuth and Evdakov called. The flop came down . Nijran shoved all in and both his opponents called. The turn was the . Hellmuth led out for a pot-sized bet of 49,200 and Evdakov folded.
On their backs--
Nijran
Hellmuth
Nijran had flopped top set, but Hellmuth turned the nut straight and a flush re-draw. The river, though, was the , pairing the board and making Nijran a full house. He raked in the pot, tripling his stack to 60,000.