James Dempsey has become quite active with his big stack at the eature table. He raised a recent hand from the button and was calledby small blind Sergei Altbregin. Altbregin led into Dempsey on the 
flop and again on the 
turn. Dempsey called both times, with both players checking the river 
. Altbregin turned over 
, having rivered a ten-high straight. Dempsey flashed 
and mucked.
Sammy Farha raised, Yueqi Zhu called and then Mike Sexton called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and action checked to Zhu. He bet with both Sexton and Farha calling.
The turn was the 
and everyone checked. The river was the and action checked to Zhu again. He fired, Sexton folded and Farha called.
Zhu tabled the 
and Farha mucked after flashing the from his hand. He dropped to 350,000 in chips while Zhu increased to over one million.
We didn't even realize the tournament was back in action before Oleg Shamardin, the shortest of the 12 short stacks, busted. He'll leave with $34,814 in prize money.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante:
Here's how our last 12 stand at the break:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,039,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
||
|
975,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
827,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
|
||
|
735,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
675,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
460,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
||
|
460,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
402,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
349,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
||
|
233,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
96,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
Mikael Thuritz put most of his remianing chips in preflop and then committed them on the flop of 
versus James Dempsey. He held the 
against the 
of Thuritz.
The turn was the 
and then the river the , a little bit of overkill for Dempsey who wound up making quads and sending Thuritz to the rail in 13th place.
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Tai Nguyen's last hand against Sammy Farha crippled him. He was soon all in from under the gun for his last 10,000. The pre-flop action behind him got a little nuts, as Mike Sexton limped in, Eric Baldwin raised the button and Abe Mosseri re-raised the big blind. Sexton called both raises, then was facing a fourth bet as Baldwin raised again. Mosseri and Sexton both called.
Baldwin led a queen-high flop, 
, after Mosseri and Sexton checked. All three players went to the turn and checked. On the river , Mosseri's single bet took down the side pot. He also got the main pot with 
, the nut flush and the nut low. Mosseri is up to about 1,000,000 in chips and Nguyen is out.
Sam Farha has a bracelet in Omaha Hi/Lo that he won in 2006. If he keeps running as hot as he is right now, he could win another.
Farha, sitting in the small blind, was the only player to call Tai Nguyen's pre-flop raise. Nguyen continued with a bet after Farha checked the 
flop. Farha called to the 
turn, where he check-raised Nguyen. Nguyen called, and called another bet after the board paired on the river with the . Farha showed 
, having turned a set of tens and rivered a full house. He's now up to 535,000.
Things have settled down now that the initial flurry of eliminations completed. The outer table is a series of mostly chopped hands. Eugene Katchalov seems to be taking the worst of it, down to 205,000 chips. Mike Sexton is also struggling, although he recently won a pot with no showdown by betting every street, 
. Nobody called at the river.
