Lemke was on the button with Ad8c and limped in. Quoss, AsQd, made it 360,000 and Lemke immediately made a move on the pot by pushing all in. Quoss made the instacall and the cards were turned over. Lemke was a huge dog, but things got very interesting with a flop of 9hJs10h. If either of the player hit their kicker card, the other one would hit a straight. The turn card was exactly what Quoss did not want to see as a Qc hit, pairing him up but also giving Lemke the straight. A harmless Jd fell on the river and Lemke scooped up the pot and the championship.

Event 16, the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Tournament, was packed with big names throughout, but one rose to the top in Jeff Lissandro. He had been putting on a clinic the entire tournament and managed to ride the wave through to the end. He bested a field of 359 players to earn his second bracelet (both coming in 7 Stud events) and $124,959. Here is a recap of the final hand.

Lisandro had the force bet with a 5d showing and Pardey completed the wager with a Kh showing. Lisandro immediately came over the top and got the call from Pardey. Lisandro got a Ks on 4th street to Pardey’s 8s. Lisandro bet after a check from Pardey. Pardey check raised to go all in and LIsandro called. Lisandro was holding a AK which made Pardey turn ghost white. The hand was meant to go Lisandro’s way as he ended up with a flush when all 7 cards were dealt out. Pardey walked with $77,230 for second place.

In other tournaments…

Event 17, Ladies NL Hold’em World Championship, has reached its final table and there will be no movie stars or big names getting the jewelry this year. Lisa Parsons would seem to be the player with the most experience with two previous cashes. When all is said and done, we are going to have yet another first time bracelet winner. Lori Bender leads the way with 643,000 in chips.

The World Championship Omaha HL/8 or Better, Event 18, fell a little short of a final table, but will play through to a winner on Tuesday Night. John Monnette has a significant chip lead with 1,141,000 in his stack, almost double that of the rest of the field. However, he has his work cut out for him as he still has a hungry Daniel Negreanu in the field along with Annie Duke, Daniel Alaei and Toto Leonidas to name a few. This definitely ranks as one of the stronger fields that we have seen get this far in a tournament.

Events 19 and 20 had just gotten underway on Monday and a now familiar name is at the top of one of the leader boards. Brock Parker has taken the momentum from upsetting Daniel Negreanu in the Limit Hold’em event Sunday night. He is currently at 138,900 and in 6th place. There are still plenty of monsters left in the field and with almost 200 players remaining, anything can happen here.