Thursday, June 9, 2011 3:14 PM Local Time
...and chop.
Viacheslav Zhukov raised with the button, George Lind defended his big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked. The turn was the , and Lind led out. Zhukov called.
The river was the , Lind led out, Zhukov raised, and Lind got the rest of his chips in the middle!
Lind: - Low
Zhukov: - High
Chop suey.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 3:10 PM Local Time
| Viacheslav Zhukov | 4,700,000 | -200,000  |
| George Lind | 1,300,000 | 100,000  |
Thursday, June 9, 2011 3:07 PM Local Time
Level: 30
Blinds: 80000/150000
Ante: 0
Thursday, June 9, 2011 3:06 PM Local Time
...and a chop.
The pot was raised preflop, and the flop came down . Viacheslav Zhukov bet out, George Lind raised, and Zhukov called. The turn was the , and the two got into a raising war until Lind was all in.
Lind:
Zhukov:
The hand looked like a chop, but Lind could scoop with a three on the river for a wheel. The was a brick however, and it was indeed a choped pot.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 3:01 PM Local Time
Viacheslav Zhukov raised preflop, George Lind three-bet, and Zhukov called.
Lind led the betting the whole way, firing out bullets on every street of the board. When Zhukov called the last shell, the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Lind:
Zhukov:
Lind can only get a quarter of this pot for half of the low half, and he's been reduced to about 1.2 million as Zhukov scoops up the other 75% of that pot.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:57 PM Local Time
George Lind raised with the button, Viacheslav Zhukov defended his big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked. The turn was the , and Zhukov led out. Lind made it two bets, Zhukov made it three bets, and Lind tank-folded, giving Zhukov a decisive chip lead.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:52 PM Local Time
Viacheslav Zhukov raised before the flop, and George Lind made the call to see a flop.
It came out , and Lind check-called a bet. He did the same following the turn and river, committing a total of 840,000 chips to this pot. Zhukov had it; he turned up , and his quads were the nuts.
Lind is down to about 2.7 million now, and that gives Zhukov the lead with the other 3.305 million
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:47 PM Local Time
George Lind raised with the button, and Viacheslav Zhukov called from the big blind. The flop fell , and Zhukov check-called a bet from Lind. Both players checked the on the turn, and Zhukov check-called another bet after the came on the river.
Lind opened for a jack-high straight, and scooped the pot.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:43 PM Local Time
Viacheslav Zhukov raised the button, George Lind three-bet from the big blind, and Zhukov called to see a flop.
It came , and Lind led out with a bet. Zhukov raised now, and Lind was the one calling to see the turn. Lind called another bet there, and the dropped on the river. Lind took the lead back now with a bet of his own, and Zhukov very quickly mucked his hand.
Lind is pressing now, up to about 3.9 million to Zhukov's 2.1 million.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:39 PM Local Time
George Lind raised with the button, and Viacheslav Zhukov made the call. The dealer fanned , Zhukov led, and Lind called. Both players checked the on the turn, and the river brought the . Zhukov led, Lind mucked, and the Russian was shipped the chips.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:36 PM Local Time
| George Lind | 3,510,000 | 110,000 |
| Viacheslav Zhukov | 2,550,000 | -50,000 |
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:36 PM Local Time
On a flop, George Lind called a bet from Viacheslav Zhukov, and both men checked the turn. Zhukov checked again following the river, and Lind made the bet. He was called after some time, and his was good for the pot as Zhukov mucked.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:33 PM Local Time
George Lind raised with the button, Viacheslav Zhukov called out of the big, and the flop came down . Zhukov check-called a bet, and the turn was the . Both players checked.
The river was the , and Zhukov led out. Lind released, and Zhukov was shipped the pot.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:29 PM Local Time
Steve Billirakis was all in for 75,000 from the big blind, and Viacheslav Zhukov limped in from the button. George Lind took a cheap flop from the small blind, and the two of them had live action as Billirakis was all in.
The board ran out with Lind checking the whole way. Zhukov bet the river finally, and Lind laid it down.
Billirakis could only show for two pair, and it would get him nothing. Zhukov tabled , and his trip kings are the hand that sends Billirakis off.
It's another impressive WSOP final-table run for Billirakis, but this one has come up just short. Third-place money is good for nearly a quarter-million dollars, but it looks to be little consolation as a mopey Billirakis leaves the stage to a round of applause.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:22 PM Local Time
Viacheslav Zhukov raised the button, and Steve Billirakis defended his big blind with a call.
The flop came , and Billirakis checked. When Zhukov bet, he spent a long while in the tank before apparently making the decision this was the one. He eventually called, and he'd act quicker on the last two streets. Billirakis check-called bets on the turn and river, the last bullet costing him nearly all of his chips.
We saw Billirakis holding the , but he waited to see Zhukov's hand first. It was , and it was good enough to scoop the whole thing. Billirakis spent a moment staring in vain at his four cards before placing them on the felt face-down and shaking his head.
He's got just 50,000 chips left.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:14 PM Local Time
Steve Billirakis opened from the small blind, and Viacheslav Zhukov called from the big. One bet was all Billirakis needed on the flop, ending the hand with a quick Zhukov fold.
Thursday, June 9, 2011 2:07 PM Local Time
Level: 29
Blinds: 60000/120000
Ante: 0
Thursday, June 9, 2011 1:52 PM Local Time
Welcome back to what we would hope would be the final day of Event #11, the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship. We're here an extra day, and it actually figures to be a short one. With the limits going to 120,000/240,000, there are only about 25 big bets in play.
George Lind has the lion's share of those chips, sitting atop the counts with 2.86 million. He's looking for his first gold bracelet, and that's one less than the man with the short stack today. Steve Billirakis was the youngest player ever to win a WSOP title at the age of 18 years and a couple minutes. He took down the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em Championship in 2007, good for a half-million dollars and a spot in the history books. He's looking for bracelet number two today, but he's on the bottom of the pack with just 740,000 -- about three big bets -- to start the day. This is his 14th WSOP cash, and he'll move over $2 million in career earnings regardless of his finish today.
The third in the party is Russian Viacheslav Zhukov, a man with just one career cash to his credit. It was a good one, though, a victory in the €3,000 6-max NLHE event at EPT Kyiv. This is his first taste of a WSOP final table, and it's guaranteed to be his largest cash yet. Will it come with a bracelet? It may well; Zhukov is hot on Lind's heels with 2.465 million chips with which to finish the battle.
We're just about 10 minutes away from our starting time, and it shouldn't be too long before hand out another bracelet at the 2011 WSOP.
Don't wander off.