WSOP Event #18: Eighteen Survivors To Enter Day 3

The $10,000 PLO Hi/Lo event saw 179 players returning to their seats on
Day 2, including Phil Hellmuth, David Benyamine, Phil Ivey and many
more top pros. The play kicked off and it didn't take long for the
first victims to fall.

Ted Forrest was one of the early casualties,
followed by Doyle Brunson and Mike Sexton. Before the first break, even more pros were sent to the rail, including Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren, John Juanda and Freddy Deeb.

Meanwhile, Chino Rheem and Phil Hellmuth went up against each other
with Hellmuth's stack taking a hit. Rheem fired bullets but Hellmuth
just kept calling, all the way to the river. The board was reading ,
Rheem fired another bullet and this time Hellmuth decided to fold,
commenting how Rheem had to fire every street to get him off the pot.
Rheem showed a deuce and needled Hellmuth by saying that was good
enough.

Sammy Farha lost nearly all of his chips in a four-way pot. Jason Gray opened with a raise from middle position, Allen Kessler called and so did Jim Geary and Farha. The flop came , Farha bet and all three players called. The turn came , Farha fired another bullet and this time only Gray called. With a jack coming on the river and one more player to go, Farha fired a third bullet, but Gray replied with a raise and Farha folded, leaving himself with just 4,400 chips. Gray scooped the pot and got his stack up to 72,500. Allen Kessler took Farha's remaining chips shortly after this hand.

Chino Rheem (pictured left) was also seen packing his bags. In his last hand, he opened the pot with a raise and got called by Soheil Shamseddin, Matt Glantz and Scott Bohlman. The flop came . Glantz bet, Bohlman folded, Rheem decided to raise, Shamseddin folded and Glantz made the call. The turn brought , Glantz checked, Cheem bet, Glantz check-raised and Rheem made the call which put him all-in. The river came and Rheem turned over but his aces up weren't good enough since Glantz revealed for a flush and Chino Rheem was out.

While Rheem was packing his bags, Jeff Lisandro was celebrating his victory in Event #16. He came from the other side of the room and Barry Greenstein welcomed him, saying "Thank you! Thank you for winning that!" Lisandro's victory was an important one to Greenstein, because they have teamed up against Erick Lindgren and Daniel Negreanu. Being the more successful team, they seem to be leading in the WSOP side bet by 40 points thanks to Lisandro's new bracelet.

The day came to an end with Chris Bjorin busting out as the bubble boy. He started off in the chip lead, lost it all then worked his way up again but obviusly not high enough to make it into Day 3. He packed his bags in 19th place, with the remaining players leaving their seats for the day.

Here are the top 10 chip stacks after Day 2: