Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-07-2008 19:01 UTC-7

Time for a Nap

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Players are now going for a 20-minute break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-07-2008 19:23 UTC-7

Hello Dolly!

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The Godfather of poker, Doyle Brunson just joined us in today's $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Championship. He is seated at table 9 with Scotty Nguyen.

06-07-2008 19:28 UTC-7

Seidel Arrives

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Another late arrival into this event is Erik Seidel, who recently busted out of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event and who now has taken his seat on the same table as Jerry Buss.

Tags: Erik Seidel

06-07-2008 19:36 UTC-7

Bach's Symphony will no longer play in today's event. We don't have the hand he was eliminated on but Bach stopped by the PokerNews booth saying, "I was one of the chip leaders in the first couple of events, and now I am the first one out."

While we are not sure whether he is indeed the first player out, he is indeed one of the first players out of today's event. At least now he can rest up for tomorrow's events.

Tags: David Bach

06-07-2008 19:37 UTC-7

Raymer Takes A Hit

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On 6th street, Greg Raymer fired out a bet showing {2-Diamonds}

and was raised by a player holding {7-Diamonds}

. Raymer and a third player both made the call as they went to the river.

Raymer checked, the player fired another bet which was called by both players. Raymer's opponent showed ( {7-Spades}

) (

) for rolled-up sevens and a rivered full house, which was too good as Raymer falls to about 17,800.

Tags: Greg Raymer

06-07-2008 19:41 UTC-7

Official Numbers Are In

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We officially had 158 entrants in today $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship event creating a prize pool of $1,485,200.

First place will capture a coveted WSOP bracelet and $415,856 in prize money.

06-07-2008 19:41 UTC-7

Players Upset with Dealers

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In seven-card stud, it is the job of the dealer to call out potential hands and also whenever pairs hit the board. All around the room several players are getting upset when the dealer is calling out "possible straight," "possible flush," or "pair of kings."

Of course, this likely will not change. This is part of the dealer's job.

Interestingly enough, in stud-8, dealers are not allowed to call out possible hands.

06-07-2008 19:44 UTC-7

Welcome to Stud

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David Grey just made a statement that is both indicative of stud and even limit poker in general.

"It's hard to win when you don't end up with the best hand. It's not like no-limit."

A lot of players will find it hard to push other players around. When it only costs one bet to try and catch your hand, a lot of players will make that extra call, even if they know for a fact they are behind. When the betting limits go up and the bet sizes represent a bigger portion of their stack, typically this type of thinking will change. Until then, hang on for a bumpy ride.

06-07-2008 19:48 UTC-7