In other tournaments…

While the talk of the day was the $50k H.O.R.S.E. tournament, once could not overlook the bracelet that was won by Abe Mosseri in the Triple Chance No Limit Hold’em Event.  Once the event went to heads-up, he used timely aggression again and again on Masayoshi Tanaka and continued to grind away at his stack.  By the time the last hand was dealt, Tanaka had the equivalent of a bb gun in the middle if Iraq.  He can console himself with the $102,313 he takes home for second place.  Abe fattens his bank account with a healthy $166,151.

There will be one more bracelet awarded tonight in Event 54.  This one will go until late (or early depending upon how you look at it) in the morning as there are still 6 players holding onto chips and each and every one of them has over 1,000,000.  Sergey Konkin holds the chip lead with 3,500,000.

The last event that is going on is Event 56.  Lots of action in this one as it is a 6 handed tournament.  A fat $1,003,218 first place prize awaits the winner and the way it looks now, we just may have a big name pro sneak through and snatch one.  David Chiu, Shaun Deeb and Phil Hellmuth are all still alive.  The overall chip leader is Matthew Waxman with 1,150,000 in chips.

This table is actually loaded with talent as Scotty Nguyen, Jeff Lisasandro and Lyle Berman are all still loaded for bear in what should be a great final day. Abe Mosseri managed to hold onto his chip lead for one more day, but the odds are against him holding off this talented field. There are only 12 players remaining and you know every person in the room is going to be pulling for Big Papa.

Event 36 missed making the final table by 8 players. This tournament appeared as though it was on a good pace to continue down, but the brakes were hit as the money started growing and play has once again come to a grinding halt forcing the final table to play a much longer day than anticipated. Corwin Cole is the most experienced player at the table with a whopping 4 WSOP cashes, but Steven Tabb is holding the lead with just over a million chips in his stack.

Event 38 kicked off on Friday and it still has a mountain of players remaining. Phil Hellmuth made an early run as did Kid Poker, but both are nowhere to be seen on the leader board now. The overall leader is David Baker with 72,100 in chips.

There are two more events kicking off on Saturday and you can expect to see a monster field in Event 39. With only one event going yesterday, players may be a little antsy, well rested and looking for action. The second tournament of the day will be the World Championship of Pot Limit Omaha. The $10,000 buy in assures us of two things: a small field and a lot or professionals. Expect to see Negreanue, Ivey, Clements and several other big names to made a deep run in this tournaments.