Gary Benson (X)(X) / Th] / (X)
Allen Kessler (X)(X) / / (X)
Frank Kassela (X)(X) / / (X)
Six players went to fourth street, the three above along with Kirill Rabtsov, Jen Harman and Steve Zolotow. Benson bet, Rabstov folded, Kessler raised, Harman and Zolotow folded, Kassela called and Benson reraised. Both Kessler and Kassela called. Kessler checked on fifth street, Benson bet, and both Kassela and Kessler called. Kessler bet again on sixth, Kassela called, and Benson called all-in. Both Kessler and Kassela checked the river.
"I've got kings up," said Kassela, revealing . Benson showed for queens up and Kessler mucked. Kassela took down the pot and Benson was eliminated on the final table bubble.
Seat 1: Jennifer Harman (861,000) She barely needs introducing, but in case you didn't know, Harman has two WSOP bracelets and is a regular in "The Big Game" at Bellagio.
Seat 2: Steve Zolotow (684,000) Also known as "The Bald Eagle," he has two WSOP bracelets, one in Chinese Poker.
Seat 3: Frank Kassela (800,000) Married with 5 children, this is Kassela's second WSOP final table and eighth cash.
Seat 4: John Juanda (787,000) Also hardly in need of an introduction, Juanda has four WSOP bracelets including a win at the 2009 WSOP-Europe Main Event
Seat 5: Vladimir Schmelev (304,000) Schmelev is on an absolute tear so far at the WSOP, finishing second in the $50K Players' Championship, final tabling the $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud event, and now sitting at his third final table. A bank owner from Russia, Schmelev is a regular in the highest-stakes cash games in St. Petersburg.
Seat 6: Kirill Rabtsov (882,000) Rabstov took down the $10,000 buy-in Russian Poker Championships in 2008 and is going for his first bracelet tonight.
Seat 7: Allen Kessler (467,000) The man known as "Chainsaw" originally started playing poker in Atlantic City cash games. This is his third WSOP final table and he is going for his first bracelet tonight.
Seat 8: Dario Minieri (316,000) Online legend. Scarf aficionado. Italian. Bought a Porsche with FPPs on Poker Stars. Won his first bracelet in 2008. Going for number two.
Minieri brought in, Schmelev completed and Minieri called. On fourth, fifth and sixth, Minieri was he bettor with Schmelev making the call. On seventhn, Schmelev bet out and Minieri called.
Minieri mucked as Schmelev turned up the to make a heart flush and an eight low. He scooped the pot and Minieri was left with just 111,000 chips. Schmelev moved up to 545,000.
Dario Minieri got the rest of his chips in on third street against Allen Kessler. Minieri made a pair of aces, but Kessler hit two pair, sixes and threes to send the young Italian home in eighth place.
John Juanda just made aces up, aces and sixes, to scoop a pot worth 400,000 chips from Vladimir Schmelev who held just a pair of aces. Juanda's now up to 960,000 and Schmelev is down to 275,000.
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for queens up and Kessler mucked. Kassela took down the pot and Benson was eliminated on the final table bubble.
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to make a heart flush and an eight low. He scooped the pot and Minieri was left with just 111,000 chips. Schmelev moved up to 545,000.