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Well, a man has to sleep sometime, right?
The most prolific live multitabler we have ever seen at a WSOP won't be making his third final table of the year in this event, as he has been eliminated barely half an hour into the day.
Still, he already has a nice shiny bracelet from the $1,500 Seven Card Stud and an extremely nice $378,027 second-place payday from yesterday's $10,000 HORSE to console himself with.
On a flop of 
, Howard Lederer bet 4,000, enough to put Anna Hahn all in. She quickly called.
"I have a big hand," said Lederer. He turned up 
for a whole lot of nothing. Hahn opened 
for two pair, kings and queens. They were no good when Lederer caught running treys 
and 
to make trips.
"It's a big hand now," said another player at the table. Hahn double-checked the board to make sure she didn't have a low and then quietly sauntered to the rail.
George Lind has had a good start, getting his whole stack in on an 
flop and three-quartering his opponent - we think one Stephan Gerin.
Lind: 
Gerin: 
Turn: 
River: 
Both players had the nut low, and Gerin was ahead on the flop with a pair of sixes. However, by the river Lind had a flush, and picked up three quarters of the pot to bump his stack up to 22,000. The unfortunate Gerin was left with 12,500.
Senovio Ramirez started the day as a Top 10 stack, but one hand against James Bord changed things in a hurry. On a board of 
, Bord bet 15,000 into a pot that already had about that much in it. Ramirez tanked for about thirty second before making an uncertain-looking call. He turned out to have the second-best hand. Bord turned up a full house, 
, to collect the pot. He's up to 62,000 while Ramirez is down to 32,000.
One of the most entertaining seat draws today - there are quite a few - is Table 320, where brothers Ross and Barny Boatman are both sitting, separated only by fellow Brit James "Flushy" Dempsey since the apparent exit of Jerome Zerbib. Also at that table are Hasan Habib, Tad Jurgens and EPT Berlin runner up Ilari Tahkokallio.
It's a quick double-up to start the day for Rob Hollink. He raised to 3,500 from middle position after Andy Black limped into the pot. Black was the only caller, and then led out for 8,200 on an all club flop, 
. Hollink moved all in for 21,300 total and was snap-called by Black, who turned over the second nuts, 
. Hollink did Black one better with 
. The turn 
also gave Hollink a low. He got the whole pot after the river.
Like that, Black is down to 13,000 and Hollink is up to 48,000.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
The internet here at the Rio has been up and down all afternoon. We've gotten word that the situation is being worked on, and we're working to get as many posts and chip counts up despite the issue. Thanks for your patience.
Good afternoon and welcome back to the Rio where the PLO8 is, if not quite on the verge of restarting, then at least getting towards there.
Yesterday the massive field of 284 - remember, this tournament got 198 runners last year - was chopped, quartered, three-quartered and ultimately whittled down to 130. We thought that Steve Chanthabouasy was in the lead on 88,000 at the end of the night, but as it turns out both James "Flushy" Dempsey (88,900) and Colin Burton (91,700) snuck ahead of him in the last hand or two of the night.
Plenty of big names remain in this, including Mike Matusow, Annie Duke, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott and Phil Hellmuth. Richard Ashby is also worthy of special mention - although he spent most of yesterday playing the $10,000 HORSE final (he came second) he managed to keep his stack in this tournament going too, and he comes back today with 17,800, a little over the starting stack.
Play is due to resume at 3pm PT, in just under an hour. Watch this space.
Event #46: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day 2 Started
