Omaha 8/b
We caught up with the action on the 
flop. Cyndy Violette bet and Dario Alioto raised. Violette called and check-called Alioto's bet on the 
turn. The same action took place on the 
river and Alioto quietly said, "You win."
"What?" responded Violette.
"You win," answered Alioto.
"Well that's good news!" said an excited Violette.
She is up to 6,500, while Alioto slipped to 6,000.
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Razz
Juanda: (X) (X) / 
Opponent: (X) (X) / 
Norman Chad was one of the first players to act after a player brought it in and a second player, showing an 8, just called. Chad completed with a 7, only to have John Juanda raise next to act. One player called with a 4, bringing the action back to the limper.
"See what you started?" that player said to Chad.
"Years ago I ran a poker school," Chad replied. "He enrolled. We threw him out on Day 2 because we didn't like the way he played."
The original limper then called and Chad called as well for four players to fourth street. "This is the skill part," said Juanda. He excelled at that part; he and one other player caught good. Chad and the limper caught bad and folded to Juanda's bet.
Juanda and the sole remaining player checked fifth street when both caught bad. At sixth street, Juanda caught another baby. His last opponent folded at that point.
Juanda is up to 10,000 in chips. Chad has about 10,500.
Hold'em
A lot of no-limit hold'em players decry limit hold'em as a game in which it's nearly impossible to pressure a player off a hand. That's not true, of course, but the fixed-limit nature of the betting does make it easier to get to showdown with a marginal hand.
Alexander Kravchenko opened pre-flop from middle position with a raise. Action passed to Howard Lederer on the button. He put in a re-raise that cleared out the blinds and isolated the action heads-up with Kravchenko.
Kravchenko check-called a bet on a flop of 
. When the turn came 
, he checked and then raised after Lederer bet. Lederer gave the raise a moment's consideration before tossing a call into the pot.
Both players checked the river after it paired the board, 
. Kravchenko shook his head and said, "Just king-high," tabling 
. Lederer had "just ace-high," 
, and took down the pot.
Omaha 8/b
Daniel Negreanu raised in the cutoff and the player in the big blind called. The flop came down 
and it was checked to Negreanu. He bet and his opponent called, landing the on the turn. Same action took place on the turn with the hitting the river. This time Negreanu's opponent bet and Daniel quickly folded, getting shown {X}{X} when doing so.
He is down to 3,000.
Another quirk of the seat draws: Maria Ho and Vanessa Rousso started the day at the same table in the Pavilion Room. Rousso was seated directly to Ho's left. The two friends haven't seen each other very much yet at the WSOP and spent some time catching up. When their table was broken, Ho and Rousso each drew the same table -- with Rousso seated directly to Ho's left.
Rousso said having position on Ho hasn't done her much good because Ho keeps winning all the pots. There must be some truth to that, as Ho has amassed 13,500, about double the average. Rousso is doing fine in her own right, however. She has 9,500.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante:
Stud
Opponent 1: {X}{X}/
Nacho Barbero:{X} {X}/ /{X}
Opponent 2: {X}{X}/
{X}
After Barbero took the lead on fourth street, he bet every step of the way with opponent 2 calling the entire time. Barbero tabled 
{X} for two pair, good enough to win the pot and chip up to 9,200.
1st - $257,134
2nd - $158,839
3rd - $107,979
4th - $75,149
5th - $53,386
6th - $38,698
7th - $28,604
8th - $21,551
9th-10th - $16,543
11th-12th - $12,932
13th-14th - $10,294
15th-16th - $8,349
17th-24th - $6,885
25th-32nd - $5,779
33rd-40th - $4,929
41st-48th - $4,281
49th-56th - $3,778
57th-64th - $3,386
65th-72nd - $3,118
73rd-80th - $2,872
At the beginning of this level, all of the remaining tables in the Pavilion Room (spread out over the White and Yellow sections) were moved en masse into the now-empty tables in the Orange section of Amazon. At this point every table in Blue and almost every table in Orange is in use for the HORSE event. The field still looks massive from our vantage in the press box, but at least it's all contained to the same acre of space.
