Over on table 43, the action folded to Alexander Kostritsyn who raised to 175 from the cutoff; Erik Cajelais called from the big blind, the both players checked the flop of before Cajelais check-called Kostritsyn's bet of 300 on the turn of the .
Both players then checked the river of the . "Two pair," said Cajelais, tabling . Kostritsyn had the bigger two pair with and raked in the pot.
We came in on a turn of when the cutoff put out a bet of 2,500 and was left with not very much behind. Lex then re-raised pot/put the cutoff player all in and the player quickly folded. Both strategies (saving your re-buy chips or using them all at once) seem to have their advantages, and Lex just showed us why he likes the big stack and bought in for the full 15,000 from the beginning. He is now up to around 20,000
Chad Brown called from under the gun before the player on the button raised to 200; Jason Mercier called from the small blind and Eric Froehlich folded from the big blind before Brown called to make it three-handed to the flop of .
Mericer and Brown then checked to the button who led out for 400. Mercier called and Brown folded, then Mercier check-called the button's bet after the turn of the , but quickly mucked his hand when the button tabled after he rivered a full house with the .
Mericer has taken one of his two available add-ons and is now on 11,000 in chips (16,000 including the lammers).
We stopped by Rino Mathis' table as the dealer had just finished the initial deal, but there was a slight hitch that was picked up on by the opponent in the five-seat.
"Wait - we got dealt five cards?" the player asked.
"Sorry," the dealer replied with a smile as he took the cards back. "We're playing Big-O now!"
If you're not accustomed to the $5,000 PLO/Six Handed event at the World Series of Poker, that's because this is the first year it has graced the schedule. Last year there was a $5,000 buy-in PLO event, but it was played nine handed, not six.
That event, which drew 460 players and created a prize pool of $2,162,000, saw Chance Kornuth emerge victorious to take home the $508,090 first-place prize. PLO is a popular game, so we'll have to wait and see if today's field can come close to last year's counterpart.
We came into this hand with a raise and a call preflop and David Sands putting out a bet of 850 on a flop of and the five seat calling.
The turn was a and Sands put out a pot-sized bet of 3125 leaving him only a few hundred behind. The five seat went all in and Sands put out his last few chips and turned over for a wheel draw and a low heart flush draw. The five seat showed for two pair and a better heart flush draw.
The river was a brick for Sands and he sent over all but his final re-buy chip to the five seat.
Over on table 34, the action folded to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who raised to 200 from the cutoff; the player in the small blind was the only caller, so off they went heads-up to the flop of , which both players checked before the dealer produced the on the turn.
The small blind opened for 275 and Grospellier called before both players checked the river of the . Grospellier fanned out for the straight and he took the pot down.
before Cajelais check-called Kostritsyn's bet of 300 on the turn of the 
.
. "Two pair," said Cajelais, tabling 
and raked in the pot.
when the cutoff put out a bet of 2,500 and was left with not very much behind. Lex then re-raised pot/put the cutoff player all in and the player quickly folded. Both strategies (saving your re-buy chips or using them all at once) seem to have their advantages, and Lex just showed us why he likes the big stack and bought in for the full 15,000 from the beginning. He is now up to around 20,000
, but quickly mucked his hand when the button tabled 
after he rivered a full house with the 
.
and the five seat calling.
and Sands put out a pot-sized bet of 3125 leaving him only a few hundred behind. The five seat went all in and Sands put out his last few chips and turned over 
for two pair and a better heart flush draw.
for Sands and he sent over all but his final re-buy chip to the five seat.
, which both players checked before the dealer produced the 
. Grospellier fanned out 
