Koral Takes One Off Ivey
flop. Koral check-called Ivey's bet and did the same thing on the 
turn. They both checked the 
river and Koral took the lot with 
.Koral -- 195,000
Ivey -- 90,000
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 18 - $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 2
flop. Koral check-called Ivey's bet and did the same thing on the turn. They both checked the river and Koral took the lot with .Koral -- 195,000
Ivey -- 90,000
Kravchenko Drawn and Quartered
The board ran down
, with Alaei betting and Kravchenko calling on each street. In the end, Kravchenko tabled 
against Alaei's 
. The two men shared the high half of the pot with their matching pairs of aces. Unfortunately for Kravchenko, he had no low to go with his black aces, and he was only good for one quarter of the pot.
Lawson Spared from Elimination
, Ted Lawson put out the first bet. Daniel Negreanu raised it up, and Chau Giang called. Action was back on Lawson, and he three-bet it, getting both opponents to call.The turn card brought the
. Lawson bet out his final 7,000 chips, and both Negreanu and Giang called, putting the short stack all in for his tournament livelihood. The river was the 
, and it was checked down.Lawson rolled over
for the nut low, and Negreanu showed 
for two pair. Giang studied his cards and determined that he couldn't compete for either half of the pot, so he returned his cards to the dealer face-down. Negreanu and Lawson take half the pot each, chopping up Giang's money.Giang - 110,000
Negreanu - 136,000
Lawson - 85,000
Fall From Grace
board but the other two kept at it creating a side pot through the turn and 
river.Giang ended up taking the low pot with
. Duke took the high pot with 
and Bellande is out after his 
was left out of the spoils.
Table Draw
Table 76
Seat 1: John Monnette
Seat 2: Scott Clements
Seat 3: Ville Wahlbeck
Seat 4: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 5: Rob Hollink
Seat 6: John Hennigan
Seat 7: Ralph Perry
Seat 8: John Guth
Seat 9: Sam Khouiss
Table 77
Seat 1: Ted Lawson
Seat 2: Toto Leonidas
Seat 3: Ben Boyd
Seat 4: Cameron McKinley
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 6: Chau Giang
Seat 7: Annie Duke
Seat 8: (empty)
Seat 9: Jean-Robert Bellande
Table 78
Seat 1: Pat Pezzin
Seat 2: Chris Bjorin
Seat 3: Justin Smith
Seat 4: Tom Koral
Seat 5: Phil Ivey
Seat 6: Phil Gordon
Seat 7: Yueqi Zhu
Seat 8: Bill Gazes
Seat 9: Greg Jamison
Table 82
Seat 1: Mack Lee
Seat 2: Alex Kravchenko
Seat 3: Jason Gray
Seat 4: Jacobo Fernandez
Seat 5: Daniel Alaei
Seat 6: John Rogers
Seat 7: (empty)
Seat 8: Brian Haack
Seat 9: Steve Zolotow
Bellande and Giang Quartered
. Ben Boyd, Daniel Negreanu, and Chau Giang checked. Annie Duke bet, Jean-Robert Bellande called, Boyd called, Negreanu folded, and Giang called as well.Fourth street brought the
. When the action checked to Duke, she bet again. She got two callers this time, with Boyd ducking out.The river came the
, and both Giang and Bellande check-called one more bet from Annie Duke.Showdown
Duke:
Giang:
Bellande:
Duke takes the high half with her aces up, while Giang and Bellande will have to make do with a quarter each, splitting it up with matching nut lows.
Abecassis to Exist
flop. There was a lot of action here that was too much for Lawson to stand but ended with Abecassis all in against Negreanu.Negreanu tabled
for trips. We didn't catch Abecassis' hand but we believe he had a flush draw. The turn came 
and river to seal the Frenchman's exit.Negreanu -- 171,000.
Kessler Kicked Out
The board ran out
, with the two live players checking on the flop and turn. On the river, Pezzin's single bet was enough to fold Koral.Pezzin tabled
, and his nut straight was good enough to eliminate 'The Chainsaw' from the field. After that knockout, we are down to 36 players, and we've broken another table.
Snippets Of Goings On
scooping against Glanz's 
on a 
board. It all went in preflop.Phil Ivey has been building his stack nice and slowly and is up to 260,000 now. In his latest hand he made Annie Duke lay down at the turn stage with the board showing
.
Bjorin Back From the Dead
.Day 1 chip leader Chris Bjorin was all in by fourth street, and there was action between Allen Kessler and Justin "BoostedJ" Smith on the side. Kessler bet the turn, and Smith called. On the river, Kessler let his opponent make the bet before calling.
Showdown
Bjorin:
Kessler:
Smith:
Bjorin managed to scoop the main pot with his straight to the six on top and the wheel on the bottom. The two other opponents chopped up the side pot, Kessler's sixty-four taking the low, and Smith's set of deuces good for the high. Kessler was none too pleased to see that deuce on the river take away a full half of the main pot from him.
After that big exchange, Bjorin has 115,000, Smith has 155,000, and Kessler is down to 25,000.