A couple of PLO hands involving Ben "Benba" Lamb to report.
In the first, Lamb opened for 50,000 from under the gun and it folded around to the blinds where both Brian Rast (small) and Minh Ly (big) called the raise. The flop came . It checked to Lamb who bet 150,000, and Rast and Ly stepped aside.
Lamb grabbed a few there, but was still sitting on the short stack when another PLO hand arose, this one involving himself and Rast again.
We picked up this one following the flop, when Lamb checked, Rast bet 50,000, Lamb check-raised all in for 361,000, and Rast called.
Lamb:
Rast:
Nut flush draw for Rast, and top set for Lamb. The turn was the and river the , and Lamb survived with a straight.
Benba bumps up to 732,000 after that sequence, while Rast now has 1.56 million.
George Lind moved all in for 17,000 from middle position, Vladimir Shchemelev re-raised on the button, and Jeffrey Lisandro called in the small blind. Lind drew two, Shchemelev patted, and Lisandro drew two. Lisandro check-raised Shchemelev, and Shchemelev called.
Lind drew two more, Shchemelev patted again, and Lisandro drew two as well. Lisandro then check-folded to a bet from Shchemelev.
Lind drew one on the final draw, and Shchemelev patted a third time, tabling . Lind's final card was good enough, because he fanned for the best hand, tripling to 68,000 chips.
After losing a few to Matt Glantz in that previous hand, Josh Arieh tried again with another preflop raise to 54,000, this time from under the gun. Glantz, sitting to Arieh's left, called the raise, and everyone else got out.
The flop came . Arieh continued for 78,000, and Glantz called. Both then checked the turn.
The river brought the and a check from Arieh. Glantz pushed out a bet of 90,000, and Arieh let his hand go.
Glantz moves up some more, and now has 2.46 million. Arieh now is at 1.35 million.
Matt Glantz picked up a couple of pots right at the end of the Stud-8 round, and his momentum has continued here as Table 280 has moved over into NLHE.
Just now came a hand in which Josh Arieh opened for 54,000 from the hijack and got three callers -- Glantz (cutoff), Brian Rast (button), and Ben Lamb (big blind).
The flop came . Lamb checked, and Arieh continued with a bet of 130,000. Glantz then raised to 285,000, forcing folds all around, including from Arieh.
Glantz is up to 2.275 million now, while Arieh sits with 1.62 million.
Vladimir Shchemelev raised to 55,000 from early position, Phil Hellmuth called out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked.
The turn was the . Hellmuth checked, Shchemelev fired 125,000, and Hellmuth potted all in. Shchemelev folded. Hellmuth tabled for top set with flush and straight draws.
"I was gamblin'!" Hellmuth exclaimed after the hand.
The table folded around to Phil Hellmuth who limped in from the small blind, then Owais Ahmed raised to 55,000 from the big blind. Hellmuth called, and the flop came . Hellmuth checked, Ahmed bet 80,000, and Hellmuth called.
The turn brought the . Hellmuth checked again, and when Ahmed pushed out a bet of 275,000, Hellmuth pushed his cards away.
With that one, Ahmed has pushed into the chip lead with 14 left, while Hellmuth is one of the short stacks along with Ben Lamb, Michael Binger, and George Lind.
Jason Lester opened with a raise to 60,000 from the button, then Barry Greenstein reraised all in for 268,000 from the small blind. Michael Binger folded the BB, and Lester made the call.
Greenstein
Lester
The flop came , giving Greenstein hopes for a winning straight. But the turn was the and river the , and Greenstein was eliminated. Lester moves up to 1.69 million after that hand.
The table folded around to George Lind in the small blind who open-raised all in for his last 133,000. Phil Hellmuth, sitting to Lind's left in the big blind, checked his cards, then announced he was calling.
Lind showed and had two live cards versus Hellmuth's . The flop came , pairing Lind. The turn was the and river the , giving Lind a second pair and the pot.
Lind sits with about 270,000 now, while Hellmuth has 720,000.
. It checked to Lamb who bet 150,000, and Rast and Ly stepped aside.
flop, when Lamb checked, Rast bet 50,000, Lamb check-raised all in for 361,000, and Rast called.
and river the 
, and Lamb survived with a straight.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Lind's final card was good enough, because he fanned 
for the best hand, tripling to 68,000 chips.
. Arieh continued for 78,000, and Glantz called. Both then checked the 
turn.
and a check from Arieh. Glantz pushed out a bet of 90,000, and Arieh let his hand go.
. Lamb checked, and Arieh continued with a bet of 130,000. Glantz then raised to 285,000, forcing folds all around, including from Arieh.
. Hellmuth checked, Shchemelev fired 125,000, and Hellmuth potted all in. Shchemelev folded. Hellmuth tabled 
/ (X)
and had two live cards versus Hellmuth's 
, giving Lind a second pair and the pot.