Easy Game
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The PLO8 manual says that the best way to accumulate chips is to flop the nuts, get your stack in against a big draw, and have your hand hold up. So it was with Allen Kessler and Steve Chanthabouasy. each player put 3,500 into the pot pre-flop and were presented with a flop of 
. Kessler's bet of 6,000 was raised by Chanthabouasy to 19,600. Kessler then moved all in with Chanthabouasy quickly calling.
Kessler: 
, the nizzles
Chanthabouasy: 
, a 12-card straight draw
Kessler didn't have to sweat the river card. He promptly improved to a full house with the 
turn to leave Chanthabouasy drawing dead. Kessler's up to 142,000 while Chanthabouasy, one of the leaders at the start of the day, has fallen to 55,000.