Four players saw the flop of . Abe Mosseri was first and bet, Sammy Farha called, Michael Chow raised, Tony Merksick called and then Mosseri and Farha called.
The turn brought the and Mosseri checked. Farha bet out, Chow folded after tanking, Merksick called and Mosseri called.
The river completed the board with the and Mosseri checked. Farha bet, Merksick folded and then Mosseri folded. Farha flashed just the .
Mosseri dropped even further to 205,000 in chips while Farha took over the chip lead with the pot and has 1.6 million chips now.
As we mentioned earlier, Tony Merksick seems to be picking his spots very, very well. He's up to 1.2 million after winning a small three-way pot. He, Eugene Katchalov and James Dempsey checked all the way to the river, . On the river Merksick led out with a bet that only Dempsey called. Merksick turned up , two pair eights and fives with a live ace for low. That hand got him the whole pot.
Sergey Altbregin led out a three-handed flop of . He was raised by James Dempsey and called by Rich Zhu. Altbregin, fairly short-stacked, had little choice but to call. He bet all in for 55,000 on the turn and was called by both Dempsey and Zhu. They both checked down the action in the side pot on the river.
At showdown, ALtbregin opened for two pair, kings and tens. He looked at his opponents hopefully.
"Beats me," said Dempsey.
"Beats me too," said Zhu. Zhu flashed and mucked his hand. Altbregin popped out of his chair and raised both arms in the air, clearly stoked to triple up to 665,000.
Abe Mosseri just lost some more chips and is down to about 560,000 now. When we went on dinner break, he had 1.15 million.
On the flop of , Mosseri bet and Sammy Farha called. Tony Merksick raised with both Mosseri and Farha calling. The turn added the and action checked to Merksick. He fired and only Mosseri called this time. The river completed the board with the and Mosseri check-called a bet from Merksick.
Merksick tabled the for a set of threes. Mosseri stated that he had , but never showed his hand. Merksick improved to just under a million in chips.
Sergey Altbregin is the short stack with eight to go. He re-raised pre-flop from early position after under-the-gun player Sam Farha opened with a raise. Abe Mosseri, in the big blind, called both raises cold and Farha called as well for a three-handed flop of . Action checked to Altbregin, who bet. Mosseri check-raised but couldn't drive out Farha. He called, with Altbregin calling all in behind him.
Betting was on the side between Mosseri and Farha on the turn. Mosseri bet and Farha raised, with Mosseri calling that raise and then check-calling one last bet on the river. They chopped the side, with Farha tabling for the nut low and aces and sixes for high, and Mosseri showing down for trip aces.
As for the main, Altbregin opened . He had been behind to Mosseri's trip aces, better kicker, but spiked a kicker on the river to improve to the nut high hand.
Mosseri seems to be playing every hand right now, but he keeps getting outdrawn.
Eugene Katchalov began the action with a raise. Abe Mosseri was seated to his direct left and made the call. Michael Chow called on the button and then Tony Merksick stuck in the extra bet from the big blind and it was four ways to the flop.
The flop came down and Merksick checked. Katchalov bet and then Mosseri raised it up. Chow made the call before Merksick ducked out of the way. Katchalov then called the raise.
The turn brought the and Katchalov checked. Mosseri fired a bet and then Chow made the call. Katchalov mucked his hand.
The river completed the board with the and Mosseri cut out a bet in front of his stack. Chow thought for a moment and then made the call.
"Straight," announced Mosseri, but it was no good.
Chow tabled the for a spade flush and won the pot. He moved up to one million in chips while Mosseri dropped back to 900,000.
Abe Mosseri has been using his stack to be active. He opened another pot, this time from middle position. Sam Farha, sitting in position, and big blind Rich Zhu both called.
Abe continued on a flop of and was called only by Zhu. Both players checked the turn. When the river paired treys, , Zhu checked again. He faced a tough decision when Mosseri bet. Zhu thought it over for about thirty seconds before calling.
Mosseri tabled , trip treys with no low. Zhu mucked, allowing Mosseri to scoop the pot without a low.
Only one spectator in the gallery started clapping when TD Robbie Thompson announced, "Abe will win this pot."
Sergey Altbregin was all in on the flop of with Yueqi Zhu and Tony Merksick still to act. The turn card was the and Zhu check-called a bet from Merksick. The river completed the board with the and Zhu check-called again.
Merksick turned over the for the nut low and Zhu held the for two pair, sevens and threes. They chopped up the side pot first and then Altbregin tabled the for a diamond flush and was able to scoop half of the main pot to stay alive.
Many of the final eight players in this tournament have been here before. Eugene Katchalov won the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio for almost $2.5 million. Abe Mosseri won a WSOP bracelet last year in 2-7 triple draw.
But the accolades of Katchalov and Mosseri aren't quite as fresh or interesting as those of Sammy Farha, Michael Chow and James Dempsey. Farha is a multiple WSOP bracelet winner, with both braclets coming in omaha -- a fixed-limit hi/lo split win in 2006 and a pot-limit high win in 1996. Dempsey won a bracelet this month with a win in Event 9, $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em. And Chow, of course, was the winner of Event 4, $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo.
Are we going to have our first multiple-bracelet winner of 2010 tonight?
. Abe Mosseri was first and bet, Sammy Farha called, Michael Chow raised, Tony Merksick called and then Mosseri and Farha called.
and Mosseri checked. Farha bet out, Chow folded after tanking, Merksick called and Mosseri called.
and Mosseri checked. Farha bet, Merksick folded and then Mosseri folded. Farha flashed just the 
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. On the river Merksick led out with a bet that only Dempsey called. Merksick turned up 
, two pair eights and fives with a live ace for low. That hand got him the whole pot.
and Katchalov dodged elimination to double up to 285,000 in chips. Mosseri dropped further to about 420,000 and his woes continue.
. He was raised by James Dempsey and called by Rich Zhu. Altbregin, fairly short-stacked, had little choice but to call. He bet all in for 55,000 on the 
turn and was called by both Dempsey and Zhu. They both checked down the action in the side pot on the 
and mucked his hand. Altbregin popped out of his chair and raised both arms in the air, clearly stoked to triple up to 665,000.
and action checked to Merksick. He fired and only Mosseri called this time. The river completed the board with the 
for a set of threes. Mosseri stated that he had 
, but never showed his hand. Merksick improved to just under a million in chips.
. Action checked to Altbregin, who bet. Mosseri check-raised but couldn't drive out Farha. He called, with Altbregin calling all in behind him.
for the nut low and aces and sixes for high, and Mosseri showing down 
. He had been behind to Mosseri's trip aces, better kicker, but spiked a kicker on the river to improve to the nut high hand.
and Merksick checked. Katchalov bet and then Mosseri raised it up. Chow made the call before Merksick ducked out of the way. Katchalov then called the raise.
and Katchalov checked. Mosseri fired a bet and then Chow made the call. Katchalov mucked his hand.
, trip treys with no low. Zhu mucked, allowing Mosseri to scoop the pot without a low.
with Yueqi Zhu and Tony Merksick still to act. The turn card was the 