Alex K.-on-Alex K. Violence

Howard Lederer has a bemused expression on his face. He's got two Russian to the left of him and a Russian and a Lithuanian to the right of him. Those four guys are having a great time laughing it up, while Lederer, Chris Ferguson and an otherwise-occupied Johnny Chan don't seem as amused.

But this is poker after all, so even despite the comraderie it's all business. Alexander Kravchenko and Alexander Kostritsyn (two of the three aforementioned Russians) butted heads on fifth street. Kravchenko bet out (X-X) / {10-Spades}