There was heavy aciton pre-flop in a three-way hand among Chad Brown, Allen Kessler and Melissa Burr. Brown raised, Kessler re-raised and Burr four-bet from the button. Brown and Kessler both called.
The flop came . Brown checked to Kessler. He bet and was called by Burr.
"An ace isn't supposed to hit that flop," said Brown as he folded, referring perhaps to the pre-flop action.
Kessler checked the turn to Burr, then called her bet. Both players checked the river. Kessler showed for two pair, aces and deuces, with no low. Burr showed for the same two pair and a weak low. It was good enough to give her three-quarters of the pot.
Abe Mosseri raised and Mike Sexton reraised. Mosseri called. The flop came down and Mosseri check-raised a bet from Sexton. The turn card was the and Mosseri bet. Sexton called. The river card was the and both players checked.
Sexton tabled the for a set of aces and won the pot to move up to 76,000 in chips. Mosseri dropped back to 36,000.
Melissa Burr started things off with a raise and then Mel Judah called all in for his last 2,200 chips. Chad Brown also called from the big blind. Both Brown and Burr could still act post flop with Judah all in, but they opted to just check it down as the board ran out .
Burr tabled the to win the side pot from Brown, who mucked his hand, and then Judah scooped the main pot with the . He's back to 7,400 in chips.
Eric Baldwin raised from middle position and then Mel Judah called. The player in the big blind, David Thomas, made the call as well and all three of them were off to a flop. The first three community cards were the and Thomas checked. Baldwin bet and Judah folded, having only a few thousand chips left. Thomas stuck around with a call though.
The turn added the to the board and paired it with jacks. Thomas check-called a second bet from Baldwin. The river card then completed the board with the . Thomas checked, Baldwin bet and Thomas called.
Baldwin announced that he had jacks full and tabled the . Indeed he did have jacks full of threes and Thomas mucked his hand.
"Well, that's a different hand, Eric," said Phil Hellmuth. "You must not play this game as well as you play no-limit, huh?"
"Or I play it as bad as I play no-limit," responded Baldwin, referencing the few times when Hellmuth has made remarks about how Baldwin plays no-limit.
Hasan Habib was all in after a flop of against Sergey Altbregin. Habib turned up a pair of aces with a weak low draw, . Altbregin had a similar but far better hand. His made the nut flush on the flop and a better low draw than Habib. The low draws didn't matter as the board came running jacks, and , to end Habib's run in Event 25.
Action folded to James Van Alstyne on the button. He opened with a raise that was called only by big blind Chris Ferguson. Ferguson check-called a single bet on a flop of . He checked again on the turn, prompting Van Alstyne to check behind. When the river came the , Ferguson checked one more time. Van Alstyne bet, then showed down for a jack-high straight after Ferguson called. It was good.
Ferguson is down to about 30,000. Van Alstyne has about 37,000.
On one of the first hand of the day, Jared Bleznick raised before recent bracelet winner David "Bakes" Baker reraised. Bleznick made the call, having about 7,000 chips behind.
The flop came down and Bleznick check-raised Baker to start a raising war in which the result was Bleznick all in with the . Baker held the .
The on the turn was a great card for Bleznick. It locked him up at least a low and gave him a wrap draw. The river card was the though and he couldn't hit a card to scoop. The two players chopped the pot and Bleznick stayed alive, for now at least.
Perhaps moreso than in a typical field, not all of the players returning for Day 2 showed up on time. Toto Leonidas, David Chiu and Alexander Kostritsyn all missed the first few hands at their tables. At least they're in their seats now. We still haven't seen Joe Cassidy, John Racener, Robert Mizrachi or Matt Woodward -- each of whom has chips to start the day.
It's not deja vu in the Amazon Room -- it's just Day 2 of the $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship.
Yesterday 212 players took a seat at a table in the Blue Section of the room, hoping to be the one who winds up half a million dollars richer tomorrow night. That was an impressive 18% increase over the 179 who entered this event last year. Lots of familiar faces were in the field, including the absolute newest bracelet winner, Richard Ashby, who barely finished posing for photos in his win in Event 21 - $1,500 Seven-Card Stud before joining the field in this event.
By the end of the night, Eugene Katchalov amassed the biggest chip stack and will start out as unbustable on the first hand of the day today. He's followed by Sergey Altbregin, 2008 champion David Benyamine, Sammy Farha and Alex Kostritsyn.
The bags are out on the tables and the dealers are in their seats. We'll be re-starting play promptly at 3pm local time. See you then.
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. Brown checked to Kessler. He bet and was called by Burr.
to Burr, then called her bet. Both players checked the river. Kessler showed 
for two pair, aces and deuces, with no low. Burr showed 
for the same two pair and a weak low. It was good enough to give her three-quarters of the pot.
and Mosseri check-raised a bet from Sexton. The turn card was the 
and Mosseri bet. Sexton called. The river card was the 
and both players checked.
for a set of aces and won the pot to move up to 76,000 in chips. Mosseri dropped back to 36,000.
to win the side pot from Brown, who mucked his hand, and then Judah scooped the main pot with the 
. Altbregin had a similar but far better hand. His 
, to end Habib's run in Event 25.
. He checked again on the 
, Ferguson checked one more time. Van Alstyne bet, then showed down 
for a jack-high straight after Ferguson called. It was good.
