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Once again, we didn't see the action until the river. On a board of 
, Mickey Appleman and an opponent each had 7,000 in front of theem. Appleman bet 17,000 on the river and was called by a player with 
, the queen-high flush. Appleman had only unimproved aces and dropped all the way to just 2,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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113,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
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110,000
38,000
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38,000 |
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71,600
16,600
|
16,600 |
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56,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
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55,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
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53,000
-600
|
-600 |
|
47,500
2,500
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2,500 |
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45,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
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43,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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Busted | |
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The PLO8 manual says that the best way to accumulate chips is to flop the nuts, get your stack in against a big draw, and have your hand hold up. So it was with Allen Kessler and Steve Chanthabouasy. each player put 3,500 into the pot pre-flop and were presented with a flop of 
. Kessler's bet of 6,000 was raised by Chanthabouasy to 19,600. Kessler then moved all in with Chanthabouasy quickly calling.
Kessler: 
, the nizzles
Chanthabouasy: 
, a 12-card straight draw
Kessler didn't have to sweat the river card. He promptly improved to a full house with the 
turn to leave Chanthabouasy drawing dead. Kessler's up to 142,000 while Chanthabouasy, one of the leaders at the start of the day, has fallen to 55,000.
We didn't witness the hand ourselves, but "Miami" John Cernuto told us of the demise of Yuval Bronshtein.
Cernuto was holding 
when the chips went in on the 
flop which also featured two spades. Bronshtein was looking for a flush with 
, but the 
turn and failed to help him while improving Cernuto to a full house, and Bronshtein duly busted.
Cernuto is up to a chunky 158,000.
A lot of the stacks are getting pretty big now, but one table has more than its fair share of chip daddies. Witness:
Table 323
Seat 6: Bruno Fitoussi - 145,000
Seat 7: Dan Heimiller - 135,000
Seat 8: Allen Kessler - 140,000
Seat 9: Chris Bell - 140,000
Also at the table are Annie Duke and Barry Greenstein. Steve Chanthabouasy, who was one of our overnight chip leaders, is there too but on a severely reduced stack.
It hasn't been a good 2010 WSOP for Howard Lederer and it's not going to get any better in this event. He raised to 17,900 after Allen Kessler's opening raise of 3,500 was called by Annie Duke and a third player. Only that third player called Lederer's re-raise.
Lederer's last 3,000 chips went in on a flop of 
. When his opponent called, Lederer showed down the best hand, 
. He had two pair, kings and treys, and a diamond draw. His opponent had total air, 
and didn't make much with the 
turn. But the river was a deadly ace from space, 
to give Lederer's opponent aces and treys for the scoop.
Lederer has made his exit from this event in time to register for the $2,500 Eight-Game event which started at 5pm.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Steve Chanthabouasy was one of the overnight chip leaders. But PLO8 is a cruel game. Chanthabouasy didn't even make the Day 2 dinner break.
On his final hand, Chanthabouasy called Barry Greenstein's opening raise of 3,200. The two were joined to the 
flop by Bruno Fitoussi. That's where the action really picked up. Greenstein opened for 6,000 and was called by Chanthabouasy. Fitoussi raised to 30,000, which prompted Greenstein to move all in. Chanthabouasy called all in for less and then Fitoussi also called!
Greenstein: 
, two pair and the second-nut low draw
Chanthabouasy: 
, the nut low draw
Fitoussi: 
, a pair of kings and the nut low draw
"I was just trying to move him out," said Greenstein about Chanthabouasy. Instead they wound up in a three-way all in, with Greenstein and Fitoussi carving Chanthabouasy up with a turn 
and river . Fitoussi took the high with kings and deuces and Greenstein took the low with tne nut low.
"Barry, come on!" said Fitoussi. "What are you doing with your chips?!"
Chanthabouasy will have the rest of the evening to think about PLO8 variance.
David Hunt got involved in a three-way showdown; the chips went in either before the flop or on it, and Hunt covered both the other players involved.
Hunt:
Player 2:
Player 3: 
Board: 
Hunt got the high with trip sixes and half the low. Player 3 got only a quarter, and Player 2 looked terribly sad as he headed for the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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162,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
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132,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
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|
118,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
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|
108,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
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|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
54,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
54,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
50,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
47,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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|
43,000 | |
|
|
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|
31,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
29,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
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|
18,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
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|
9,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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