$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante

$240 Omaha High/Low
Limits: 400/800

Players in the Omaha/8 event are in no hurry to run out the door. They took off on their second break of the day and 63 of the starting 77 are still in the game. Elon Diamond leads the way but it’s still anyone’s game.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Two hands into heads up play and there was a quick momentum switch. Richard Kessler and Steven Bennett were playing it slow until the board read . Kessler immediately moved all-in to really make Bennett think.

He talked through the hand and decided Kessler didn’t have an Ace and called with but found out he was wrong when Kessler tabled . The river was a blank to put Kessler in the lead.

Richard Kessler – 460,000
Steven Bennett – 306,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Man Le took two hands before getting his stack in the middle. The Richard Kessler double left him as the shortest stack and he moved all-in for his final 95,000 on the flop. He was behind with against Steven Bennett’s .

Bennett has been unable to take Le out on several occasions but did just that when the board finished . Le was gone in 3rd place for $1,774 while Bennett moved further into the lead.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 3k/6k/1k ante

All three players pushed chips around the table in a series of big hands. Each took their time atop the leaderboard with a significant double up but we almost had a winner in one huge hand.

Steven Bennett opened the action to 24,000 on the button and Richard Kessler called in the small blind. Man Le responded with a three-bet to 40,000 from the small blind and Bennett called the bet. Kessler went from a caller to a raiser when he shoved all-in for less than 100,000 which prompted Le to moved all-in over the top.

Bennett was conflicted and finally folded face up then cursed his play when Kessler showed and Le . Le hit the flop but Kessler came from behind with the turn. Kessler doubled once again on the river to get back in it.

They decided on an impromptu 10-minute break and will return shortly.

Steven Bennett – 403,000
Richard Kessler – 257,000
Man Le – 114,000

$240 Omaha High/Low
Limits: 50/100

The official numbers are in and Event 6 drew 77 entrants with the final nine set to earn a piece of the $15,400 prize pool. As keeping with the slow grind of Limit Omaha/8, 72 of the starting 77 are still in action after 2.5 hours of play.

Prize Pool:

1st – $5,390
2nd – $3,080
3rd – $2,002
4th – $1,386
5th – $1,078
6th – $847
7th – $693
8th – $539
9th – $385

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 2.5k/5k/500 ante

Paula Alibrandi was the sole holdout to playing out the final table last night and she did well to move up the payout ladder while others around her dropped out.

She made several moves to double but ran into Man Le’s live cards. She moved three-bet shoved from the small blind with and Le called the bet with . Alibrandi stayed ahead for the double on the flop but the dropped her behind.

She couldn’t find a comeback when the river came and Alibrandi was out in 4th place for $1,206.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 2.5k/5k/500 ante

Steven Bennett came back from break and almost immediately lost half his stack to Man Le. He paid off on the river when Le made Aces up to cut his stack down.

Bennett was sitting with 104,500 and put them in the middle from the big blind after Richard Kessler opened on the button. Kessler called with and was racing against .

Bennett immediately moved ahead on the flop and Kessler was unable to find a Jack on the turn or . The hand put Bennett back into contention.

$240 Omaha High/Low
Limits: 50/100

The Limit Omaha/8 tournament drew an impressive 77 entrants this afternoon. Those still in are just coming back from their first break of the day with Cortella Sergio the early front runner.

Official payout numbers to come when available.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 2.5k/5k/500 ante

Seat 1: Man Le – 197,500
Seat 3: Steven Bennett – 214,500
Seat 4: Paula Alibrandi – 60,000
Seat 8: Richard Kessler – 301,500