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One table just isn't enough for some people. During the break, Richard Ashby ran over to the PLO-8 tournament that began at 5:00 p.m. His starting stack of 15k was blinded away all night, but he managed double up in the last 20 minutes. They just finished bag and tag, so he'll end the day above starting stack with 18k.
This is $10k Championship event with some of poker's most respected players. And there are barely ten people on the rail. Richard Ashby had the standard British rail earlier, but they disappeared during the break.
Daryll Fish, Adam Levy, and Amit Makhija just arrived to join David Baker in supporting Marco Johnson. Eugene Katchalov has two people on the rail, there are three other people here, and that's it.
I guess it is 3:00 a.m., but still. Grab a Red Bull and come on down!
Hold'em
Action folded around to Eugene Katachalov in the small blind and he raised it up to put Marco Johnson all in from the big blind.
Katchalov: 
Johnson: 
The board bricked out 
and Johnson's king plays for the double up to around 240,000 chips.
Hold'em
Matt Glantz raised it up from the cutoff before Ian Gordon popped it up from the big blind. Glantz made the call.
The flop landed 
and Gordon fired out a bet. Glantz put in a raise and Gordon called.
The turn was the 
and Gordon checked, then called the bet from Glantz.
The river was an intriguing to put a straight on board and Gordon led out with a bet. Glantz splashed calling chips into the middle but didn't like it when Gordon showed him 
for the backdoor nut flush.
Glantz is now down to just 200,000, with Gordon up to 1.9 million chips.
Hold'em
Marco Johnson raised under the gun with 120,000 of his total 200,000. It folded to Eugene Katchalov, who couldn't decide what to do. After a minute, he raised to get it over with and put Marco all in. Johnson showed and with a chuckle, Katchalov turned up 
. Marco would have preferred not to sweat the two live cards, but he held his breath and watched the board come out 
. Queen-high held, and he doubled to 440,000.
Johnson was in the blinds next and folded both, dropping back to 320,000.
Hold'em
Eugene Katchalov raised the button and Ian Gordon called in the big blind. The flop landed 
and Gordon checked to Katchalov who bet. Gordon announced a check-raise and Katchalov called.
The turn was the and Gordon tapped the table. Katchalov bet and Gordon called. The river brought the 
and again the action went check, bet call.
"You win..." sighed Katchalov but we raised his eyebrows when Gordon unveiled a creative 
for sevens and treys.
Katchalov slips to 1.65 million with Gordon up to 2.85 million.
Hold'em
Matt Glantz opened with a raise from under the gun for all of his last 130,000 chips and action folded around to Richard Ashby in the big blind who insta-called with 
.
"I only looked at one..." said Glantz revealing the 
. He squeezed his other card and was thrilled to find the 
.
The race was on but the board bricked 
to leave Ashby's queens in front to take the pot. Glantz departs in 5th place for a collect of $135,040.
Omaha-8
Ian Gordon raised, and Marco Johnson reraised. Gordon made it four bets, and Johnson was all in for not much more.
Johnson: 
Gordon: 
Marco didn't want to see Gordon's ace-deuce low draw, but he quickly felt better about that when the flop brought three high cards and two spades. The on the turn gave Johnson a flush and ended the hand. After the irrelevant 
river, Gordon paid to double Johnson to 870,000. He was left with 2.4 million.
Omaha-8
Ian Gordon raised, and Eugene Katchalov three-bet. Gordon called, and the flop fell 
. Katchalov bet out, and Gordon raised. Eugene called, then both checked the turn and river. Katchalov showed 
, and his aces were good enough to scoop.
Omaha-8
Richard Ashby has just lost back-to-back pots against Eugene Katchalov. In the second hand, Katchalov raised under the gun and Ashby defended his big blind.
The flop fell 
and Ashby check-called the bet from Katchalov. The same went down on the turn before Ashby once again checked the river. Katchalov bet and Ashby open-folded -X-X for the nut low draw that missed.
Ashby is down to 1.5 million with Katchalov up to 2.8 million.
