DUCKS IN A ROW

When he picked up the bracelet, the grin took years off hislined face. All that time, all that scuffling, now he heldin his hand what he'd dreamt about for so long. He was achampion.

The feeling at this moment could never be taken away fromhim.

Nor could there be any way of knowing if it would everhappen again.

ROWING FOR DOLLARS

After dumping Phil Hellmuth and Mickey Appelman over theside, there were only two left to drown before the rest gotin the money.

Erik Seidel was one. David Rabbi showed no ecumenical mercywhen he caught a flush with his 8 2. Erik didn't have eithera better high nor low and Seidel'd away in 20th.

A frustrated Larry Colt nearly turned the gun on himself,when Vince Oliver showed him A 2. The board was 9 9 2 5 2.In 19th and last out of the money, Larry went looking forCurly and Moe to slap around.

EVERYONE IN THE BOAT

The beat goes on for Jeff Pierce. With A A against J 5 off,Mike Pietsch was drawing dead to two Jacks. That's what hegot. And Jeff Pierce'd 12th place.

Dan Heimiller was drawing pretty thin against Al Boston. Danwasn't high enough with K K. There was nothing common aboutBoston's A A. The best hand stood up and so did DanHeimiller in 11th.

Bill Gempel is one of the hottest players in the knownuniverse. For once, however, his card didn't come. He neededa low for a split, and another chance at the Final Table.When the board paired twice, John Cernuto's A A sent theBill to Jack for payment. Gempel was 10th.

Las Vegans take on the world:

Prize Money

Al Boston didn't bring beans to the Final Table. So when hewas forced all-in by the blinds, Mike Pietsch fuzzed him.When a deuce came on the flop, Al's shot for a low wascounterfeited. His pair of 2's was high carded by Mike's 2'swith an Ace. Must be the Babe Ruth curse. Al finished in9th.

Danny Newman didn't want to show his old hand when Paul Rowemade 10's full of 7's. Danny said, 'If I had been the firstone out, I'd have crawled out of the room.'

In his first WSOP Final Table, Danny moved up one notch fromhis ninth place money at the start. He said he 'struttedout' as 'proud' as he could be in 8th.

David Rabbi lost his parents during last year's WorldSeries. Before the Final Table started, he kissed his parentspicture that he keeps in his pocket.

Rabbi caught top pair on the flop, but Paul Rowe riveredtrips. No low came and David was out in 7th.

J.C. Pearson has always been a good sport about living inthe shadow of his more famous brother, Puggy. With no chipsleft, Paul Rowe made J.C. his third straight victim whenPaul made a pair of 5's on the turn. J.C. ascended to 6th.

No low came for Mike Pietsch, and James Van Alstyne's A Qcaught a Broadway straight. Pietsch thought this was thepits and headed over to Jack for some jack in 5th.

The Las Vegans had done it! They had vanquished the world.Now with only the four left, they had a resident's meetingand decided to pocket some of the stranger's loot. Theyplayed for the rest and, of course, the bracelet.

After the deal, John Cernuto's chips went straight into thedumpster. The straight belonged to James Van Alstyne whocaught perfect, perfect with a 4 5. A six on the flop, a 7 onthe turn and the dreaded 3 on the river sent 'Miami' Johnover to McClelland Jack in 4th.

Morris Kessler had to be convinced to do the deal. It turnedout best for him. He locked up a little extra cash. He stillcouldn't finish higher than his wife Phyllis did a few daysago, though.

James Van Alstyne collected his third scalp in a row whenhis K J was duped on the board by a K J. Morris had aterrific tournament but didn't feel very cat like as he leftin 3rd.

At the beginning of the heads up play, James Van Alstyne hada $168,000 to $165,000 chip lead on Paul Rowe. But thiswasn't to be his day.

Rowe went on a rush at the perfect time, and sent Van Alstynedirectly to the felt.

On the last hand, Van Alstyne led to the river with a pairof sixes, but a 9 last card caught a 9 in Paul Rowe's hand.

When Paul Rowe picked up the bracelet, the grin took yearsoff his lined face. All that time, all that scuffling, nowhe held in his hand what he'd dreamt about for so long. Hewas a champion.

$3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better
111 Entries - $333,000 Prize Pool

(Patty Hughes and Rudy Lotief)

The No-Limit Super Satellites start each evening at 8:40 PMin the Satellite area. The Entry Fee is $220 for $200 inTournament chips and there are unlimited $200 re-buys duringthe first hour, if you have less than $200 in Tournamentchips. You may also make a single or double add-on at theend of the re-buy period. Blinds start at $5/$10 andincrease every 20 minutes. Available monies will beconverted into non-negotiable, non-transferable,non-refundable seats in the $10,000 World Championshipevent, with at least $5,000 in cash and $500 Lammers beingdivided among the final table players.

WSOP SUPER SATELLITE #19 Tuesday 5 May 1998

IF YOU KNEW SUSIE...

In an earlier edition of these reports, we discussed how muchmoney it can take to win a Super Satellite.

By his own admission, Louis Asmo is stuck $8,000 in theSupers without a win. He won a seat, but it was in a onetable $10,000 satellite.

Tonight, 173 players bought 162 rebuys bringing the prizepool to, $67,000.

The following were the rewards for making the final table:

Some of the 'names' who competed were:

Catherine Brown
Danny Newman
Blair Rodman
Marsha Waggoner
John Juanda
Alex Brenes
Dewey Weum
Paul Rowe
Mike Laing
Luis Santoni
Don Barton
Brent Carter
Layne Flack
Mel Judah
Dan Heimiller
Ron Stanley
Kathy Kohlberg
Louis Asmo
O'Neil Longson
Randy Holland
Tony Ma

None of these esteemed players made the final table.

O'Neil Longson lost to Pete Haugan's Kings and finished14th. He didn't show his hand.

Phyllis Meyers says she is playing 'the best poker of mylife' but can't get into the money. She lost most of herchips to Susie Isaacs when she tried to buy the blinds withA 9. Susie called all-in with A J. Phyllis was high carded.

With a few chips left, Phyllis thought she had a chance whenshe picked up two Kings. Her stack didn't scare Jack Green,so he called with A 4 off and caught the Ace. Phyllis leftunhappily in 13th.

Two previous winners met head to head next. Frank Landenthrew his hand away when Jack Green showed him A Q, with anAce on board. Frankly my dear, Landen was 12th.

Paul Kroh pitched his hand when Kevin McBride displayedthree 8's. Paul couldn't Kroh about being 11th.

Vic Kramer won over $100,000 in the first event of thisyear's WSOP. That didn't frighten Kevin McBride because Vicdidn't have many chips. Kevin called Vic's all-in with A 9and cracked Kramer's Q Q. What's Kramer going to do afterSeinfeld folds? Vic was 10th, one out of the money.

The Final Table:

Marc Durand was all-in for the big blind with K 8. Hecouldn't put Matt Lefkowitz on eights, but that's what hehad. No King came and Durand Durand went went 9th 9th.

Dolph Arnold has a lot of fun at a poker table, win or lose.His humor was tested by Michael Konic, when Dolph called'straight' and turned over nut nothing. Konic had two pair.Arnold went to pick up his bread in 8th.

Kevin McBride would have done himself a favor if he hadn'tlooked at his hands at the Final Table. Starting out with$10,000, with only three to eliminate, he was close to alock. But losing with a pair of Kings can have a shrinkingeffect on your stack.

When Kevin went all-in with A 9, it wasn't enough to stopJack Green from calling with pocket 8's. An 8 on the riveronly added to the overkill. McBride's loss in 7th was met bya loud cheer by the other six players, five of whom gottheir first ticket to the Big Dance.

The winners for Super Satellite #19 were:

Matt Lefkowitz
Michael Konik
Dana Ronaco
Pete Haugan
Jack Green for the second time

and the Georgia Peach - Susie Isaacs

(Becky Kerber, Barbara Lotief and Terry Vanderlip)

Single Table Satellites are run continuously 21 hours everyday (8:00 AM until 5:00 AM) and usually last around 90minutes. There are featured Satellites each day for the nextday's event, as well as other Satellites depending ondemand. Single Table Satellites for the $10,000 Main eventand for the next no-limit Holdem event are spreadfrequently. Binion's charges $10 per player in a Satellite.

For the $320 buy-in No Limit Holdem Satellites, ten Playersstart with $1,200 each in chips. The blinds start at$10/$25, increase every 15 minutes, and the winner gets six$500 Lammers plus $100 in cash.

For the $1,010 buy-in Single Table $10,000 Satellites, tenplayers start with $4,000 each in chips. The blinds start at$25/50 and increase every 20 minutes. The winner gets anon-transferrable seat in the Championship Event.

The Temperature sign atop Binion's Horseshoe read 76 degreesat 3:00 PM on Tuesday afternoon. Partly cloudy, sunny skiesin the morning, had become overcast by 3:00 PM, and therewas a steady rain falling at 8:00 PM. The wind was out ofthe SW at 15mph, gusting to 25mph most of the day.

He started things off on the first hand, when he got a phonecall (?) on his cellular phone, just as it was his turn toact, in early position. He told the caller (?) that hecouldn't talk, because he was about to raise the pot. Heraised, and everyone folded.

The blinds would increase to $1500/3000, after the break,and Miami John would have the big blind.

Paul Rowe asked Miami John if he would like to play anotherhand before the break, so as not to drag out his pendingelimination. Miami John replied 'No, I need the break tore-think my strategy.'

Danny Newman was all-in, and Paul Rowe and Mike Pietsch werebetting at each other, which was not a good omen for Danny.Jack said, 'Paul bets, Mike calls, and Danny Newman is headedfor Valet Parking.' This turns out to be pretty accurate,because Danny exited, without showing his hand.

The extra betting levels added to this year's WSOP Events,and the longer duration of levels at the Final Table,'promised increased playability and a higher expected returnfor the skilled player.'

If 'skilled player' equates to well known 'world classplayer', then the the higher expected return for the skilledplayer has not been happening.

Except for a few scattered exceptions, the 1998 WSOP hasbeen dominated by lesser lights and relatively unknownplayers.

First 14 Events: $6,265,000 (1998) vs $6,518,000 (1997)

There probably was a four way Deal today. The chip count atthe time was Rowe 133K, Kessler 81.5K, Van Alstyne 62K andCernuto 56.5K

Formal, official Deals at the WSOP are done in private,under the supervision and guidance of Jack McClelland, WSOPTournament Co-ordinator. Deals represent a reallocation, orsplit of the announced remaining prize pool, that isagreeable to all remaining players. All remaining players donot have to participate in an official Deal, as long as allremaining players give their consent.

All pay outs by Binion's, and the tax reporting will reflectthe Deal allocation, but press releases and official WSOPearnings reflect the scheduled, announced pay outs.

Jack McClelland tries to immediately squelch any 'Dealtalking' in the Final Table area, and will stop the playingclock and allow a 'Deal break' at any time.

A normal Deal will probably allocate the bulk of theremaining prize pool equally (or unequally, relative to chipcount, perceived ability, bargaining skills etc.) betweenthe remaining participants, with a small portion (perhaps 10% or so) and the Title going to the eventual winner. Somedeals may earmark some of the un allocated portion to theeventual second or third place finisher, in addition to theallocation for the first place money.

Binion's attempts to prevent private Deals, which areunenforceable and may present tax complications, by theparticipants. Binion's probably would prefer a Deal freeenvironment all together, but recognizes that a top heavypay out structure is conducive to Deals, and has arrived atthe current procedure as the best solution.

Any player abusing employees or other players, eitherverbally or physically (swearing, throwing cards, etc.) ordisrupting the tournament will be penalized. The followingwill be the MINIMUM penalty imposed:

FIRST OFFENSE - 20 minutes away from the table. (Blinds and/or antes to be forfeited)
SECOND OFFENSE - 40 minutes away from the table.
THIRD OFFENSE - Disqualification

The WSOP Floorpeople will be strictly enforcing the rules,with zero tolerance. Every player starts each Event with aclean slate as far as penalties are concerned.

SCOREBOARD

Jack McClelland is assisted by Steve Morrow and JeffVanderlip as Assistant Tournament Coordinators.

The 1998 WSOP continues the two-day format that wasinaugurated last year, for most of the tournaments. Also,all two-day events start one level lower than in past years,and each level at the Final Table has been lengthened from60 minutes to 80 minutes. Limit Holdem and Omaha events havetwo new levels of betting. First day play continues untilthe field is reduced to the Final Table, and Final Tableplay begins at 4:00 PM on the second day.

In addition to the money and a gold bracelet, each winner ofa 1998 WSOP Event will get free rooms at next year's WSOP.If you win more than one Event, you can roll subsequenthotel accommodations over to later years.

Shift Supervisors Jimmy Stefan, John Buchanan, Tony Sheltonand Cathy Wood run the Poker room where the lower limitgames are played.

Games being spread on 30 April:

Shift Supervisors John 'Scoff' Sheffield, Kathy Hudson andMarshall Kassoff run the higher limit games on the south endof the Tournament Pavilion.

Games being spread on 30 April:

Updated Through 8:00 PM Tuesday 5 MAY 1988

Alphabetized:

'Amazon' Erik Alps
Greg Alston
Derei Asher
Louis Asmo
Don Barton
Joe Baumgartner
Jim Bayton
Jim Bechtel
John Bonetti
Peter Brehm
Jim Brown
Debbie Burkhead
Brent Carter
'Miami' John Cernuto
Allen Cunningham
Cliff Davis
Gus Echeverri
Barbara Enright
Super Mario Esquerra
Azima Fariborz
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
Roy Flowerday
Jack Fox
Bill Gazes
John Gledhill
John Gordon
Scott Gray
Jack Green
Thor Hansen
Richard Harroch
Gary Haubelt
John Heaney
Frank Hernandez
Paul Hoenke
Randy Holland
Don Holt
Paul Honas
Ralph Hoots
Kent Hori
LA Hung
Casey Kastle
Steve Kaufman
'Q' Knopow
John Juanda
Jim Karambinis
Bob Karp
Brian Kruger
Paul Ladanyi
Frank Landen
Tony Lantz
Howard Lederer
Gary Lent
Bill Lester
Andy Lin
Bob Loar
R. London
O'Neil Longson
Hans 'Tuna' Lund
Jan Lundberg
Hieu Ma
Milt Meyers
R.W. Miller
John Morgan
Mark Napolitano
Men Nguyen
Michael Pancer
J.C. Pearson
Robert Perry
Flan 'Irish Mike' Pilkington
Amarillo 'Slim' Preston
John Richman
Blair Rodman
Lucy Rokach
Mark Rose
David Rubin
Steve Rydel
Luis Santoni
Larry Satterwhite
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel
Doug Segers
H.R. Smith
Kevin Song
John Spadaveccia
William Strother
David Tagg
Nhut Tran
Chris Tsiprailidis
Greg Turk
Peter Vilandos
Marsha Waggoner
Bob Walker
Charles Watkins
Lee Watkinson
David Welch
Justin Westmoreland
Frank Wong
Bruce Yamron
Rick Young

Ending '14 years of drought and frustration,' Paul Rowefought to victory in the $3,000 Omaha High-Low Split eventfor his first World Series title and with it a gold winner'sbracelet. The 53 year-old family and marriage counselor, aregular in the Horseshoe Poker Room, had been trying to winsince 1984 when 'I was chip leader in the Championship eventbut wound up finishing one out of the money - tenth.' Threedays ago he took fifth in the $2,500 Omaha Pot Limit event.

'This was a gruelling tournament for me ... for fivestraight hours yesterday I was short stacked, making it amiserable afternoon. I thought once again that 'this isn'tmy tournament,' Rowe said. But a few big hands turned itaround, and at the final table, heads-up against James VanAlstyne, 'in the last hour I had a card rush no human couldwithstand. It was a rush that was almost scary for me.'

Rowe, comfortable throughout the final table, took just 51minutes to defeat Van Alstyne, scooping key pots with quadsevens and a full house. He was finally victorious with amodest pair of nines, caught on the river to trump hisopponent's pair of sixes.

For Van Alstyne, 3l, a Stanford graduate and formerelectrical engineer who has played poker professionally forsix years, this runner-up finish was his best ever in atournament. 'I was glad to lose to Paul,' he said. 'He's agood player and a nice guy. I'm definitely pleased - to comein second in a field of 111 players isn't bad. I enjoyed it.Jack McClelland always runs such a good tournament.'

Third place went to Morris Kessler, 74, a lifelong gamblerwho has now cashed twice at this WSOP while his wife,Phyllis, finished third in the $2,500 Seven Card Stud eventfour days ago. 'I was pretty satisfied with the result,'said Kessler, who has played at the World Series for someten years. With an unusual plug for poker's therapeuticvalue, he observed that 'when I play cards I feel no pain,but as soon as I get home the aches and pains begin.'Kessler was eliminated with A-4-4-5 by Van Alstyne's Q-J-7-3with a board of K-J-2/5-J.

Poker's most illustrious former air traffic controller, JohnCernuto, finished fourth after a string of acrobatic all-insurvival acts including a full house scooper. He exitedcruelly, holding Ah-K-Jh-3 with a flop of Kh-9h-6. VanAlstyne, holding A-10-5-4, caught runner-runner 7-3 for ascooping straight. 'It's the luck of the draw,' musedCernuto, 54, holder of two WSOP titles in 16 money-finishessince 1989. 'I was pretty happy with my run in thistournament until the last few hands.'

Fifth place went to Mike Pietsch, a 52 year-old civilengineer who has been to every World Series, played in aboutten, and had never before cashed. 'I felt like I got drawnout on twice,' Pietsch said. 'So, I'm not happy. But that'sthe way the cards turn.' Pietsch said he is a 'verypart-time poker player. It's always interesting and fun forme to come to the World Series.' He was knocked out when VanAlstyne made an ace-high straight.

J.C.Pearson, 65, a former milkman and poker professional for30 years who holds one WSOP title, finished sixth, his l2thcash since 1986. 'They're hard on you,' he said of hisopponents. 'But it's been a real good tournament.' Missing astraight, he was eliminated by Rowe's pair of fives.

Seventh place went to David Rabbi, 42, a poker instructorand professional for 17 years who, after trying at 11previous World Series, has now cashed twice this year. 'Ifeel I should have been there before,' he said. 'I'm playingmore aggressively, and I'll be there again - count on it.'Rabbi, all-in with aces and a low and straight draw, lostwhen Rowe caught a third nine on the river.

British pro and antique dealer Danny Newman,42, finishedeighth when he was all in with low cards but lost to a boardthat gave Rowe a high full house. 'No comment,' said Newman,the shortest stack.

Out ninth was Alan Boston, whose 6th money finish broughthis WSOP earnings to $123,836. His deuces with a king lostto Pietsch's deuces with an ace.

The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
1998 WSOP Event #14: $3,000 Omaha High/Low 8 or better
111 Entries, $333,000 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

d = dealer
F: = Flop
T: = Turn
R: = River

First action reported in a betting round, normally means thefirst player that put money into the pot in that bettinground. A check is usually not reported as the first actionin a betting round. Folds are not always reported. If thereare four players at the beginning of a betting round, andit's reported that one player bets and is called by oneother player, then the remaining two players folded.

*** 4:04 PM Tuesday 5 May 1998

*** 6 minutes remaining at 1,000/2,000 Blinds - 2,000/4,000 Limits

1. d MJ - AB raises and all fold.
2. d DR - AB raises, JC and DN call. F: 3c 2h Td. AB bets, JC raises and AB calls. T: 6d. JC bets and AB calls. R: 7d. JC bets and AB calls. JC shows As 2d Qh 5d and AB mucks.
3. d VA - VA raises and all fold.
4. d DN - AB raises 2,500 all-in with Qc Tc 8h 4h, JC re-raises with As 8s 2h Kh and VA calls with 3d 4c 5s 6s. F: 5d 9c Jh. JC bets and VA calls. T: Ac. JC bets and VA calls. R: 8c. VA bets and JC calls. JC and VA split the side pot. VA and AB split the main pot.

   *** At 4:12 PM Limits increase to 3,000/6,000 with 1,500/3,000 Blinds.

5. d MK - MP raises with Ah 9h 2d Qs and AB calls all-in with 2c 9c 8d Qd. Board: 2h Kh 5c 4c Js. MK scoops.

   *** Alan Boston finishes 9th at 4:15 PM.

6. d PR - MK raises and all fold.
7. d PR - VA raises and all fold.
8. d JC - PR raises and all fold.
9. d MP - DN, PR and JC limp, MP raises, DN re-raises 500 all-in and is called by PR, JC and MP. F: 7c Js Qs. PR bets and MP calls. T: Td. PR bets, MP raises and PR calls. R: 7h. PR bets and MP folds. PR shows Tc Th Qh 9c and DN mucks.

   *** Danny Newman finishes 8th at 4:22 PM.

10. d MJ - MJ raises and all fold.
11. d DR - PR, VA and MK limp. F: Kh Td 8d. PR bets and MK calls. T: 8h. MK bets and PR calls. R: As. MK bets and PR calls. MK scoops with 8c Ac 9c Jd. PR shows Kd Qh Jd 2h.
12. d VA - MJ raises and is called by DR and PR. F: 9d 5h 4s. DR bets and is called by PR and MJ. T: Jc. DR bets 5,500 all-in and is called by PR and MJ. R: 9s. Both check. PR has 9c Kd Ts Th, DR has 3d 5s Jh Ad, and MJ mucks. PR scoops.

    *** David Rabbi finishes 7th at 4:28 PM.

13. d MK - MP raises and all fold.
14. d PR - MK raises and all fold.
15. d JC - Folded to MJ in the big blind.
16. d MP - PR raises and VA calls. F: 8s 7s 6d. Both check. T: Ac. VA bets and PR calls. R: 5h. PR bets and VA calls. PR shows 3s 4d 9d 9s and VA mucks.
17. d MJ - Folded to MK in the big blind.
18. d VA - JC raises and is called by MK and VA. F: Tc Ad 7d. JC bets and all call. T: 2c. JC bets and all call. R: Kd. PR bets and all fold. PR shows 4d 8d 6h As.
19. d MK - MJ raises and is called by PR and JC. F: Qd Jh 7h. MJ bets, PR raises, JC calls 500 all-in and MJ calls. T: 5s. Both check. R: 3h. MJ bets and PR folds. JC wins 1/4 of main pot with 4d 5d Ah 2s. MJ wins 3/4 with Ad Ac 8h 2d.
20. d PR - VA raises and all fold.
21. d JC - PR raises with Ac Ah 2c Qs and MJ calls with As 3h 3c Ks. F: 5h 6c Ad. MJ bets and PR calls. T: 2h. MJ bets and PR calls. R: 6d. MJ bets and PR calls. Split pot.
22. d MP - MP raises with As 6s 3s 4h and MJ calls with Ad 4d 3c Jd. F: 7h 5h 6h. MP bets, MJ raises and MP calls 2,500 all-in. T: 7s. R: 5c. Split pot.
23. d MJ - MJ raises and MK calls. F: 2d 7s 6d. Both check. T: 2s. MK bets and MJ folds.

    *** Approximate chip count

    PR 160,000
    MK 75,000
    MJ 50,000
    VA 35,000
    MP 15,000
    JC 3,500

24. d VA - VA raises and all fold.
25. d MK - PR raises with 4c 6c 5d Qs and JC calls 500 all-in with 2d 3h Jc Qc. Board: 9h 5c Kc 3d 9s. PR scoops.

    *** J.C. Pearson finishes 6th at 4:48 PM.

26. d PR - MK raises and all fold.
27. d PR - Folded to MJ in the big blind.
28. d MP - PR raises and is called by MP and VA. F: 8c Js Th. MP bets 2,500 all-in and both call. T: 7c. Both check. R: Kd. VA bets and PR folds. MP has Ah 2h 7d Js and VA scoops with Ad Qs 2c 6c.

    *** Mike Pietsch finishes 5th at 4:52 PM.

29. d MJ - MJ raises and all fold.

    *** Deal break from 4:54 PM until 5:08 PM. MK was lone hold out from making a deal, and MK reluctantly agrees to a deal after they returned to the table.

    Chip count

    PR 133,000
    MK 81,500
    VA 62,000
    MJ 56,500

30. d VA - MJ and PR limp. F: 2c 9c Kh. MJ bets and PR folds.
31. d MK - MK raises and all fold.
32. d PR - PR raises and all fold.
33. d MJ - VA raises and MK calls. F: 5d 6c 3d. VA bets and MK calls. T: Jd. Both check. R: 4d. VA bets and MK folds.
34. d VA - MJ raises and is called by MK and PR. F: 8s Kh 5s. MK bets and all call. T: Qd. All check. R: 3s. PR bets and all call. PR wins low with 4d Jd Ad 2s, MJ wins high with Kc Ks 2h 7h and MK mucks.
35. d MK - Folded to MJ in the big blind.
36. d PR - Folded to VA in the big blind.
37. d MJ - PR raises and all fold.
38. d VA - MJ raises, MK calls, PR re-raises, MJ calls, MK re-raises and all call. F: Kd 9h 5h. All check. T: Kh. PR bets and all fold.
39. d MK - Folded to MJ in the big blind.
40. d PR - MJ limps, VA raises and MJ calls. F: 6c 8s 9d. VA bets and MJ folds.
41. d MJ - PR raises and all fold.
42. d VA - MJ raises with 2d 3h Kc Kh and VA calls with 8d Jc 2s 3s. F: 8h 9h 7d. MJ bets and VA calls. T: Qd. MJ bets and VA calls. R: Td. VA bets and MJ calls. VA scoops.
43. d MK - VA raises and is called by PR and MJ. F: 9s 2c 3c. All check. T: 4c. PR bets and all fold. PR shows As 5c 3s 9h. VA shows K K.
44. d PR - MK raises with 3s 4c 4s 5s and VA calls with Ad 9d As Kc. F: 2h Kd 3d. MK bets, VA raises and MK calls. T: 2d. VA bets and MK calls. R: 7d. VA bets and MK calls. Split pot.
45. d MJ - PR raises with Ac As 3c 9h and MK calls with 3s 4s 6c 7d. F: 9d 6h 2d. PR bets and MK calls. T: 5h. MK bets and PR calls. R: Js. MK bets and PR calls. Split pot.
46. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: Ks 3s 3d. VA bets and PR folds.
47. d MK - PR raises and all fold.
48. d PR - MK raises with As Js 5c 6s. and MJ calls with Ac 3h 3c 5d. F: 3s Td Qd. Both check. T: 5h. MJ bets, MK raises, MJ re-raises 1,000 all-in and MK calls. R: 2d. Split pot.
49. d MJ - VA and MK limp. F: Ah Jc 6c. VA bets and MK calls. T: Th. VA bets and MK calls. R: 6d. VA bets and MK folds. MK shows 8c Kc 2h 3s.
50. d VA - VA raises, MK re-raises, PR and VA call. F: Kh Ac Jh. MK bets PR raises, VA calls, MK re-raises and all call. T: 3c. MK bets and VA calls. R: 4d. MK bets and VA calls. MK has As Ad 8d 9c and VA has 8h 6c 3d 6h. Split pot.
51. d MK - VA raises with 5s 6c 4s 8h and MJ calls with Td 4d As Ks. F: 4h 3c Jc. VA bets and MJ calls. T: 9s. Both check. R: 7c. VA bets and MJ calls. VA scoops.
52. d PR - MJ calls 1,000 all-in with 8s 4h Td Qd and is heads-up with VA who has 6d 6s Kd Jd. Board: 5d Kc Ah 2h 9c. Split pot.
53. d MJ - VA raises and all fold.
54. d VA - MJ calls 2,500 all-in with Js Qc 2h 4d and is heads-up with PR who has 3h Jh Ks 9c. Board: As 6d 8s 8d 3c. Split pot.

    *** Break from 5:43 PM until 6:43 PM. VA wins the $500 chip race off. Limits increase to 4,000/8,000 with 2,000/4,000 blinds.

55. d MK - MJ is all-in for 3,000 in the big blind with 5s Kd 7d 9h and is called by PR with 9s 9c 8h 7h. Board: 3d Td Qs 4d Qd. MJ scoops.
56. d PR - PR raises and VA calls. They check down a Board of Qc Qs 2s 6c Jh. PR shows Js Kd 8c 9d and VA mucks.
57. d MJ - Folded to MK in the big blind.
58. d VA - VA raises and all fold.
59. d MK - MJ is all-in for 4,000 in the big blind with 5h 6s 5c 3h. MK raises with As Ad Jc Ac and PR calls with 7d Td 9c Ts. They check down a Board of 3s Kh 4s 5d 4d. MK scoops side pot and MJ scoops the main pot.
60. d PR - MJ raises with Ah Jh 3d Ks and VA calls with Qh 5h Ts 4c. MJ bets 4,000 all-in in the dark. F: Kh 9h 6d. VA calls. T: 7s. R: 3s. VA scoops.

    *** Miami John Cernuto finishes 4th at 6:02 PM.

61. d PR - PR raises and all call. F: Tc 3s 7d. PR bets and MK calls. T: Qc. Both check. R: Jd. MK bets and PR folds. PR shows 2h 5h Ad 9s.
62. d VA - VA raises and all call. F: Jh Ah Th. VA bets and PR calls. T: Js. Both check. R: Jd. PR bets and VA calls. PR shows Ad Jc Qs 6c and VA mucks.
63. d MK - Folded to VA in the big blind.
64. d PR - PR raises with Kh TD 3s 5s and MK calls with Qh Tc 8c 9s. They check down a Board of 2c 6c 3h 5h 2s. PR scoops.
65. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: As 9h Ts. VA bets and PR folds.
66. d MK - PR raises and all fold.
67. d PR - All limp. F: Ad 6s 4d. All check. T: 5c. All check. R: Kd. VA bets with Qd Jd Qh 9c and PR calls with 2s 7s 7h 6d. Split pot.
68. d VA - MK raises and PR calls. F: 2c 3d Kh. PR bets and MK calls. T: 9c. PR bets and MK folds. PR shows 2d 6d Kc 9s.
69. d MK - PR and VA limp. F: 4h 9s Jc. VA bets and PR folds.
70. d PR - PR raises and all call. F: 9h 4c 3s. PR bets, VA raises and PR calls. T: 6s. Both check. R: 7c. VA bets with Ad 5d Td Tc and PR calls with 6c Kc As Jd. VA scoops.

    Approximate Chip count

    PR 160,000
    VA 160,000
    MK 15,000

71. d VA - VA raises with 3h 5d Ts Qs, MK re-raises with As 5s 2d Td, VA re-raises and MK calls 1,000 all-in. Board: Kd Jc Qh Ad 3d. MK scoops.
72. d MK - Folded to VA in the big blind.
73. d PR - VA limps, MK raises and VA calls. F: Ad Tc 9s. Both check. T: Jh. VA bets and MK folds.
74. d VA - Folded to PR in the big blind.
75. d MK - MK raises and VA calls. F: 8h 4s 3d. MK bets and VA folds.
76. d PR - PR raises and MK calls. F: Qs Kh 8d. PR bets and MK folds.
77. d VA - MK and PR limp. F: 9s 6s Ks. PR bets and MK folds.
78. d MK - MK raises with Ah 4h 4s 5c and VA calls with Js 3d Qd 7h. F: Jh Kd 2c. VA bets and MK calls. T: 5d. VA bets and MK calls 6,000 all-in. R: Jc. VA scoops.

    *** Morris Kessler finishes 3rd at 6:21 PM.

    Chip count

    VA 168,000
    PR 165,000

79. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: Qs Ts Th. PR bets and VA calls. T: 5c. PR bets and VA calls. R: 9h. PR bets and VA folds.
80. d PR - Both limp. F: 2c Kh Ah. VA bets and PR calls. T: 6s. VA bets and PR folds.
81. d VA - VA limps, PR raises and VA folds.
82. d PR - PR limps, VA raises and PR calls. F: 3s 3c Kc. VA bets and PR calls. T: 2d. PR bets and VA folds.
83. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: 9d 8s 7s. VA bets, PR raises and VA calls. T: Qd. PR bets and VA calls. R: Td. Both check. PR shows 9s 9h Qs Js and VA mucks.
84. d PR - Both limp. F: 2c 4c Jh. Both check. T: Qc. VA bets and PR folds.
85. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: 5h 8d Qh. VA bets and PR calls. T: 8s. PR bets and VA folds.
86. d PR - PR raises and VA folds.
87. d VA - VA raises with 3h 4h 6c Kc and PR calls with 5h 8c Js Qc. F: 6d 9d Kd. Both check. T: 7h. Both check. R: 2h. VA bets and PR calls. Split pot.
88. d PR - PR raises and VA calls. F: Th 9d 7d. PR bets and VA calls. T: 7c. PR bets and VA calls. R: Qh. VA bets, PR raises and VA calls. PR shows 7s 7h Ah 5c and VA mucks.

    *** Approximate Chip count

    PR: 270,000
    VA 65,000

89. d VA - VA raises, PR re-raises and VA calls. F: 9c Qd 7d. VA bets and PR calls. T: 2s. VA bets and PR calls. R: Js. VA bets and PR folds.
90. d PR - Both limp. F: Ah Tc 6d. PR bets and VA folds. PR shows 6 6.
91. d VA - VA limps with 6h 7s 3c Jc, PR raises with Tc 6c As 2d and VA calls. F: 3s 4h Th. PR bets and VA calls. T: 2c. PR bets and VA calls, R: 8h. Both check. PR scoops.
92. d PR - Both limp. F: 4h 2d Jc. Both check. T: 9h. VA bets and PR calls. R: Js. VA bets and PR calls. PR shows Ac 9c 4d 8c and VA mucks.
93. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: 5h 6h 7d. VA bets and PR folds. PR shows A A A.
94. d PR - PR raises with Tc Jc 9d 5h and VA calls with Kc Ks 6c Td. F: 8h 2h 8d. Both check. T: Jh. Both check. R: As. Both check. VA scoops.
95. d VA - VA raises with As 2h 9h 2d and PR calls with Ah 4h 4c Js. F: 7h 8h Kh. VA bets, PR raises and VA calls. T: 5h. PR bets, VA raises and PR calls. R: 4d. VA bets and PR calls. Split pot.
96. d PR - PR limps, VA raises and PR calls. F: 3s 8d 2d. VA bets and PR folds.
97. d VA - Both limp. F: 5h 9s Jh. PR bets and VA folds.
98. d PR - PR shows 9 9 9 and folds.
99. d VA - VA raises and PR folds.
100. d PR - PR folds.
101. d VA - VA raises with Ah 3c Qh 5s and PR calls with 4s 4c 9s 8h. F: Qd 8s 6s. VA bets and PR calls. T: 4d. VA bets and PR calls. R: Qs. VA bets and PR calls. Split Pot.
102. d PR - PR raises with Ad 4s 6c Jd and VA calls with 9c 8d 3h 4h. F: 8c 7h Tc. VA bets and PR calls. T: 6s. VA bets and PR calls. R: Ts. VA bets and PR calls. Split pot.
103. d VA - Both limp. F: 3s Qh Tc. VA bets and PR calls. T: 8h. Both check. R: Ac. PR bets and VA calls. PR shows 2s 4h 9s Th and VA mucks.
104. d PR - PR limps, VA raises and PR calls. F: 5d 6h 6d. VA bets and PR calls. T: 2c. VA bets and PR folds.
105. d VA - VA limps, PR raises and VA calls. F: Qc 5s 9c. VA bets and PR calls. T: Jh. VA bets and PR folds.
106. d PR - Both limp. F: 7h Jc 6s. PR bets and VA calls. T 2c. Both check. R: Kh. VA bets and PR calls. VA shows Kc Jh Td 8s and PR mucks.
107. d VA - Both limp. F: 8d 9c 9d. VA bets and PR calls. T: Kd. Both check. R: 4d. Both check. PR shows As 8c 2h Jh and VA mucks.
108. d PR - PR limps, VA raises and PR calls. F: Kd 2c 8c. PR bets and VA calls. T: Jh. PR bets and VA folds.
109. d VA - VA raises with Ad 6c As Tc and PR calls with 2d 4d 5c 7d. F: 8d 3s 5s. VA bets and PR calls. T: 5d. VA bets and PR calls. R: Ts. VA bets and PR calls. PR scoops.
110. d PR - PR folds.
111. d VA - VA raises with Ah 5h 4c 9h and PR calls with Qs Qh 6s Kd. F: 6h 2c Ts. VA bets and PR calls. T: Td. Both check. R: 7c. VA bets and PR calls. Split pot.
112. d PR - PR raises with As 8s 7d Ks and VA calls with 4s 6d 9d Ac. F: 5h 8c Jd. PR bets and VA calls. T: Tc. Both check. R: Ah. Both check. Split pot.
113. d VA - Both limp. F: Jd 6s 2d. VA bets and PR folds.
114. d PR - Both limp and check down a Board of 8h 3c Jc 7c 5d. VA shows 9s 9d Qh 4s and PR mucks.
115. d VA - Both limp and check down a Board of 9c 3c Jd Kc 7d. PR shows Kh Qs 4h 8d and VA mucks.
116. d PR - PR raises and VA calls. F: 7h Ah 7s. PR bets and VA folds.
117. d VA - VA raises, PR shows 3 3 3 and folds.
118. d PR - Both limp. F: 8s Ad 9d. PR bets and VA folds.

     *** Approximate Chip count

     PR 290,000
     VA 45,000

119. d VA - VA raises with Ad 9d 2h Kh and PR calls with Ah Th Tc 3d. F: 7h 5d 9h. VA bets, PR raises, VA re-raises and PR calls. T: 7s. Both check. R: 3s. VA bets and PR calls. Split pot.
120. d PR - PR raises and VA folds.
121. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: 8d Kd 8s, Both check. T: 2d. PR bets and VA folds. PR shows 2s 2c.
122. d PR - PR limps, VA raises and PR calls. F: Ac 9d Js. VA bets and PR folds.
123. d VA - Both limp. F: Jd Jh 4s. PR bets and VA folds.
124. d PR - PR raises and VA folds. PR shows A 2.
125. d VA - VA raises and PR calls. F: Tc 4d 3h. VA bets, PR raises and VA calls. T: Qh. PR bets and VA calls. R: 3s. PR bets and VA folds. PR shows 4 4. VA has 6,000 left.
126. d PR - PR raises with Jh 8h Kd 9d and VA calls 2,000 all-in with 5d 6d Kh Qd. Board: 4h 6h 3c Tc 9c. PR scoops.

     *** James Van Alstyne finishes second and Paul Rowe wins the $3,000 Limit Omaha High/Low 8 or better Championship at 7:12 PM.