Event #15: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Christopher George: ( )( ) /      / ( )

Vladimir Schmelev: ( )( ) /      / ( )

On fifth street is where all the money went in. Schmelev bet first and then George raised all in for 9,000 more. Schmelev made the call. On sixth street, George hit a wheel and went on to scoop the pot from Schmelev and double up to 190,000. Schmelev dropped to about 160,000.

Christopher George (X)(X) /  [Qs   / (X)

Steve Zolotow (X)(X) /      / (X)

John Juanda (X)(X) /      / (X)

Zolotow had the bring-in, George completed, Juanda called and Zolotow called. On fourth street the action was checked to Zolotow, who bet. George raised all-in for 33,000 and both Juanda and Zolotow called. Juanda check-called Zolotow's fifth street bet and both players checked on sixth. Zolotow check-called one more bet on the river.

Juanda turned over two fives for trips and won the high half of the side pot while Zolotow showed a 7-6 low for the low half of the side. George took the high side of the main pot, showedin     for a flush and Zolotow collected the low half of the main.

George is still fighting away with a bit over 50,000 in chips.

Allen Kessler brought in with the   and then Gary Benson completed with the  . Blair Rodman called with the   up and then Kirill Rabtsov called with the   up. Kessler also called.

On fourth street, the dealer dealt Rabtsov the  , Kessler the  , Benson the   and then Rodman the   in that order. Benson started by checking and then Rodman followed suit. Rabtsov fired a bet with the only decent looking board out of the four and everyone folded.

"That's the first time he's dealt out so many bricks," commented Frank Kassela.

Sergey Altbregin: ( )( ) /     

Toto Leonidas: ( )( ) /     

Leonidas was all in on sixth street before the last card was dealt face down to each player. First, Leonidas peeled back his card slowly and revealed the   to give him aces and sevens. Altbregin then peeled back the   and wound up making a heart flush out of his hand. Leonidas was eliminated and the first player to hit the rail, earning just over $28,000 for his finish.

Kirill Rabtsov: (X)(X) /      / (X)

Sergey Altbregin: (X)(X) /      / (X)

Rabtsov brought in and Altbregin completed. Rabtsov made the call. On fourth, both players checked before Rabtsov bet fifth and Altbregin called. On sixth, Rabtsov bet again and Altbregin called before both players checked seventh.

Rabtsov flashed the    , but lost to Altbregin's    .

Alexander Dovzhenko    /      /  

Christopher George    /      /  

Dovzhenko was all-in on third street against George, who rivered two pair to scoop the pot and send his opponent to the rail on the bubble.

Our 16 survivors are now all guaranteed at least a $28,221 payday.

Toto Leonidas (X)(X) /      / (X)

Alessio Isaia (X)(X) /      (X)

Isaia check-called a bet from Leonidas on fourth street, then led out on fifth when he made an open pair of aces. Leonidas called. Isaia led again on sixth street and and Leonidas called all in.

Isaia showed trip aces for high, Leonidas made an 8-7-5-3-2 low and they split the pot. Leonidas is still alive with 110,000.

After a player with the   brought in, Dario Minieri completed with the   up. Frank Kassela called with the   and then the bring-in player folded.

On the next street Kassela added the   and Minieri the  . Minieri check-called a bet from Kassela. On fifth street, Kassela added the   and Minieri the  . Minieri checked, Kassela bet, and Minieri folded.

The youngster is down to 90,000 chips, which is just three big bets. Kassela increased his lead to 620,000.

If you think final tables on the final day of a tournament go for a long time, try going from 18 players to a winner. Along with that, Event No. 15: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship isn't even in the money yet, meaning a good amount of time will be spent on the money bubble.

With 18 remaining, the players are seated on three separate tables to start the day, which begins at 3:30 p.m. local time. The complete seating chart can be found [URL="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/event-15/post.146290.htm"]here[/URL] or you can simply look below. The chip leader entering the final day is Frank Kassela, who bagged up 515,000 big ones last night. Hot on his heels is Sergey Altbregin who finished with 497,000. No one else is within 100,000 chips of those two, but nothing one scooped pot can't change.

Also remaining in the field are big names Steve Zolotow, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Allen Kessler, Chip Jett and Marco Johnson. You can't forget about Gary Benson either, who holds one stud gold bracelet from back in 1996. As we also mentioned last night, Vladimir Schmelev is continuing his impressive 2010 World Series with another deep run in this event. If he can grind his way to the final table, he should be able to take over the top spot for Player of the Year.

We're about 45 minutes away from the start of things so stay tuned to PokerNews as we'll be bringing you all the action from the floor once underway.