Omaha-8
John Juanda raised from the hijack seat, Gary Benson called from the cutoff seat and Andrew Brown called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and action checked to Juanda. He bet and Benson called. Brown folded.
The turn was the 
and Juanda bet. Benson made the call. The 
landed on the river and Juanda checked. Benson bet. Juanda made the call.
Benson tabled the 
for a heart flush and Juanda mucked.
Omaha-8
Tommy Hang raised from early position and John Juanda called from middle position. Andrew Brown called from the small blind and the big blind also called. The four players took the 
flop and action was checked by Brown. The big blind bet, Hang called and Juanda raised. Brown folded, the big blind called and Hang called.
On the 
turn, the big blind led out again. Hang called and Juanda folded.
The river completed the board with the 
and the big blind bet. Hang made the call.
The big blind tabled the 
for a spade flush. Hang showed the 
for a worse flush, but he did have a low and was able to chop the pot with his opponent.
Nick Schulman has just taken a seat in today's tournament and is seated with the below mentioned players.
Schulman - who owns one gold bracelet from twelve WSOP cashes - cashed in both this event (7th) and the Poker Player's Championship (9th) last year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,100
900
|
900 |
|
||
|
31,500
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
28,000 | |
|
22,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
As if playing in all of the World Series of Poker events wasn't enough of a way to blow your bankroll, our very Lynn Gilmartin pays a visit to Sugar Factory at Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to sample some of their higher-end treats. Check it out and if you've got the cash, head on over and splurge a bit.
Hold'em
Both Tom Koral and his opponent committed 1,200 preflop to see a 
flop fall with the big blind leading into Koral for 300. Koral raised from the button and his opponent made the call as the 
landed on the turn.
Koral bet and his opponent called as the on the river saw Koral's 600-chip bet check-called again.
Koral tabled his 
, and once his opponent mucked, Koral raked in the pot to move to 38,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
Omaha-8
Fabrizio Gonzalez opened with a raise to 600 and was called by three players to see a 
flop fall. [Removed:163] led the flop from the small blind with Ali Eslami folding before both Gonzalez and Allen Kessler made the call as the on the turn was checked through.
Sheikh bet out 600 and Gonzalez three-bet to 1,200 to force both Kessler and Sheikh to toss their cards into the muck as Gonzalez moves to just over his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
30,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
21,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
38,000 | |
|
28,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
27,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
22,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
"Does anyone mind if we switch seats?" asked Scott Seiver.
One player on another table had decided to sit out Seven Card Stud, and Seiver offered to play his Seven Card Stud if he played his Limit Hold'em.
Both swapped seats - only for a few moments - before returning to their tables to continue playing their own stacks.
Omaha-8
Four players saw a flop for two-bets with Barry Greenstein bumping it up from the small blind.
The 
flop was checked through before Greenstein fired out when the landed on the turn. The three active players - one of which was Archie Karas - made the call as the 
landed on the river and Greenstein's 600-chip bet was called by his three opponent's.
Greenstien tabled his 
to take the high with aces-up, while Karas and one of the unknown players chopped holding 
for the nut-low.
Greenstein now sits with roughly 47,000 in chips.
Hopefully all of our readers are enjoying PokerNews' coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker. We're proud to be the official live reporting team again this year and it wouldn't be without all of your support. We'd just like to remind everyone that with such massive field sizes in many of these events, we're unable to track every single player in the chips counts as often as we'd like to.
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