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Pot-Limit Omaha
John Juanda opened for 43,000, Vladimir Schmelev called and Ilya Bulychev re-potted all-in for an additional 132,000. Juanda folded and Schmelev called.
Bulychev 
Schmelev 
Bulychev made two pair on the 
board and doubled up to 400,000.
"I knew a Russian would win that pot," Robert Mizrachi quipped as Bulychev stacked up his chips.
Pot Limit Omaha
In a limped pot, three players took a flop of 
. Mikael Thuritz came out swinging with a bet of 45,000 from the small blind. David Baker called in the big blind as Michael Mizrachi folded.
The turn brought the 
and Thuritz fired again for 138,000. Baker again made the call. On the river, Thuritz released a third barrel worth a hefty 400,000. It was too much for Baker who tossed away his cards.
Thuritz moves to 1.62 million with Baker down to 750,000.
No Limit Hold'em
Daniel Alaei raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and the action folded around to John Juanda who put in the three-bet to 160,000 from the big blind. Back with Alaei and he wasn't done with the hand just yet as he re-raised once again, making the total 340,000.
Juanda didn't take long to respond, as he motioned all of his chips into the middle to put Alaei to the ultimate decision. After a few seconds of thought, Alaei gave it up and Juanda takes down a nice pot without showdown.
Alaei is back to 1.2 million with Juanda well in front with 2.25 million.
No-Limit Hold'em
Continuing his successful no-limit hold'em round, Brett Richey just doubled up again, this time through Mikael Thuritz.
Thuritz made it 45,000 to go pre-flop and Richey shoved for 234,000. Thuritz called, discovering his 
was dominated by Richey's 
. Richey's hand held on the 
board and he doubled to 480,000. Thuritz is down to 1 milliion.
No-Limit Hold'em
Brett Richey open-shoved for his last 102,000 from the cutoff, Allen Bari shoved behind him from the small blind and Abe Mosseri open-folded 
from the big blind. On their backs, gentlemen.
Richey 
Bari
The board ran out 
, Richey making two pair to double his stack to 220,000.
Stud 8/b
Abe Mosseri completed with both Nick Schulman and Lyle Berman making the call. On fourth street, Mosseri checked to Schulman who fired a bet. Lyle Berman raised it up to force a fold from Mosseri as Schulman called along. On the remaining streets Berman check-called as Schulman took the lead.
Mosseri: (X-X)
Schulman: (X-X) 
(X)
Berman: (X-X) 
(X)
Schulman tabled () for kings-up which was good to take it down and climb to 1.47 million.
Berman was down to just 270,000 but he more than doubled a few minutes later against Allen Bari. Berman check-called on every street before raising all in on the river.
Bari: (X-X) 
(X)
Berman: (
) 
Berman's king-high flush was good to scoop and get himself back to 640,000 as Bari slips to 480,000.
Stud 8/b
Andy Bloch (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Vladimir Schmelev (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Andy Bloch put the last of his chips in on the river and revealed for jacks up, but Schmelev had 
for rolled-up threes. Schmelev took down the pot and is up to 1.65 million while Bloch exited in 16th place.
Formalities out of the way, play has now recommenced. The random game of choice to kick things off shall be Stud 8/b.
Here's the redraw for the final two tables of play:
Table 309
Seat 1: David Oppenheim
Seat 2: Robert Mizrachi
Seat 3: Daniel Alaei
Seat 4: Ilya Bulychev
Seat 5: Alexander Kostritsyn
Seat 6: John Juanda
Seat 7: Vladimir Schmelev
Seat 8: Andy Bloch
Table 310
Seat 1: Allen Bari
Seat 2: Abe Mosseri
Seat 3: Nick Schulman
Seat 4: Lyle Berman
Seat 5: Mikael Thuritz
Seat 6: David Baker
Seat 7: Brett Richey
Seat 8: Michael Mizrachi
There will be a short break as the players are currently relocating to their new homes and completing the required ESPN profile sheets before play recommences.
Stud 8/b
And what a hand it was.
Daniel Alaei ()(
) / 
/ ()
Kirk Morrison ()() / 
/ ()
The rest of Morrison's chips went in on fifth street with four to a low and an ace-high flush draw against Daniel Alaei's pair of sevens. Morrison, however, missed his multitude of outs to both sides of the pot while Alaei caught running jacks to scoop with two pair and eliminate Morrison on the money bubble.
Our remaining 16 players are all guaranteed a payout now of at least $98,330.
