Jean-Robert Bellande has offered up a $2,000 last-longer bet to anyone in the field and immediately got a few takers. First, Scott Clements bet with him, then Mike Matusow took it and finally Allen Kessler. Matusow then took Kessler against Bellande, who had himself, for a price of two-to-one on $2,000. After that, Matusow took Clements against Bellande for even money on $2,000. Matusow also has a bet with Clements for $10,000 according to him in a last longer. These guys just bleed gamble.
David Benyamine and Jerry Buss were in the blinds for a three-way flop that came 
. They both checked to a third player in the hand, who made a bet. Benyamine called and then Buss called behind.
The turn was a third low card, 
. Benyamine led out and only Buss made the call.
The river came down 
. Benyamine made one last bet that Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, called. Benyamine turned over 
for a steel wheel, a five-high straight flush. Buss showed 
, having made a seven-high straight and a live five for low. Neither hand was good enough to get any portion of the pot.
Registration is officially closed. When the buy-ins were counted, the cage came up with 212 players in the field. 27 will make money in this tournament. The player who wins the tournament will receive $488,237 in addition to a WSOP gold bracelet.
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Four players saw a flop of 
and Sammy Farha was up first. He checked and the next player bet out. Ted Lawson called, Doyle Brunson called and then Farha completed the flop action with a call.
The turn card was the and made the board eligible for a low. Farha checked again to the unknown player who had bet out on the flop. This player bet again here on the turn and Lawson called. Brunson folded and Farha called.
The river paired the board with the 
. Farha checked, the next player bet out and then Lawson called. Farha also made the call. He mucked his hand when he saw the unknown player table the 
for a full house, queens full of aces, and Lawson table the 
for a low, 8-5-3-2-A. Lawson improved to 32,000 and Farha dropped to 26,000.
Enjoy these pictures from this $10,000 Omaha-8 Championship.
Eric Buchman raised from the small blind when action folded to him and Tom Schneider called from the big bling. The flop came down 
and Buchman fired a bet. Schneider made the call.
The turn brought the 
and Buchman bet. Schneider called once again. The river then completed the board with the . Buchman bet again and Schneider was right there to make the call.
Buchman tabled a king-high flush with the 
and scooped the pot to move to 30,200 in chips. Schneider dropped to 20,000.
Last night, Buchman won his first bracelet in Event No. 18: $2,000 Limit Hold'em after beating Brent Courson heads up. Buchman's been a solid tournament player for some time now, but adding a bracelet to his resume surely cements his place in poker history.
Yesterday players in the Pavilion Room complained that the air conditioning was set extremely high, turning the entire room into an icebox. Today the A/C is cranking again, especially during the last hour. But many players in our field today came prepared: they're dressed in their heaviest hooded sweatshirts.
We've got a few more late arrivals joining the mix of things today and here's a list of them.
Matt Lefkowitz
Steve Sung
Daniel Smith
Lyle Berman
Sabyl Landrum
Ted Forrest
Erik Sagstrom
David Baker
Huck Seed
Howard Lederer
Steve Zolotow
Sorel Mizzi
Chino Rheem
Hoyt Corkins
Also here are Tony G and Noah Boeken who are seated right next to one another.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
