Shmerling Busts Two

The full action until the {10c}:::6s:::5h:::Js:::6d river is unclear, but the outcome saw Nissim Alfassi and Aleksandr Lebedev heading to the rail after Yossef Shmuel Shmerling showed :::5c:::5d for a full house. Alfassi had mucked his cards already and Lebedev held :::Ac{10s} for tens and sixes.

Shmerling has just shy of 200,000 chips now and becomes a contender for the lead after Day 1b.

Yossef Shmuel Shmerling	195,000	119,000
Nissim Alfassi	0	-19,000
Aleksandr Lebedev	0