Event 37 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-19-2009 23:34 UTC-12

Day 3 Seating Assigments and Chip Counts

[user22113]

Cards will be in the air at 1:00pm.

(Table154)
Seat 6: Abe Mosseri - 950000
Seat 7: Jeff Lisandro - 786000
Seat 3: Doyle Brunson - 525000
Seat 2: Lyle Berman - 333000
Seat 5: Frank Mariani - 267000
Seat 8: Justin 'Boosted J' Smith - 237000

(Table155)
Seat 1: Farzad Rouhani - 494000
Seat 8: Yan Chen - 476000
Seat 2: Perry Friedman - 378000
Seat 4: Scotty Nguyen - 298000
Seat 6: Mike Wattel - 96000
Seat 7: Anthony Rivera - 92000

06-20-2009 07:36 UTC-12

The Final Day of Event #37

donpeters

Who's walking away with the bracelet today?

We're back at the Rio for the conclusion of Event #37, $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better... and what a day we're expecting!

Over 160 players took to the felt just a couple days ago, and now only twelve remain with an opportunity to take home the coveted bracelet and $431,656 first prize.

Abe Mosseri sits atop the star-studded leaderboard with an amassed 950,000 in chips, but snapping at his heels is multi-bracelet winners Jeff Lisandro (786,000) and Doyle Brunson (525,000).

Crowd favorites Scotty Nguyen (298,000), Perry Friedman (378,000), and Lyle Berman (333,000) and young guns Justin "Boosted J" Smith (237,000) and Anthony Rivera (92,000) are all in contention to capture their first bracelet of the 2009 WSOP.

With the cards in the air at 1:00 PM local time, make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for every ante, bring-in, wired pair, and split pot live from Event #37!

06-20-2009 07:59 UTC-12

The Forty-Plus Club

[user25067]

"How old are you?" called Lyle Berman across the room to Scotty Nguyen.

"46," said Nguyen.

"And what about you, Jeff?" asked Berman of Lisandro. He mouthed what looked like "43."

"Wouldn't it be crazy if the whole final table was forty-plus?" Berman wondered aloud.

It may be a stud cliche, but our twelve remaining players certainly have an...elevated... median age than most of the final tables we've seen this year.

06-20-2009 08:00 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal

[user25067]

Cards are in the air.

Level: 19

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-20-2009 08:11 UTC-12

Wattel Can't Fade a Chop

donpeters

Mike Wattel arrived a few minutes late to the start today and lost some chips from the blinds and antes. He just found himself all in on fifth street against Anthony Rivera. Rivera had four to a low and Wattel had two pair. On sixth street, Wattel filled up, but Rivera was able to complete his low on seventh and rake in half of the pot.

Tags: Anthony Rivera Mike Wattel

06-20-2009 08:24 UTC-12

Smith Wakes To Play a Hand

donpeters

In between hands, Justin "BoostedJ" Smith has been putting his head down on the table and taking little naps. He did pop up to play out this hand.

Friedman: (X-X) {3-Hearts}

(X)
Mosseri: (X-X) {4-Hearts}

(X)
Smith: (X-X) {5-Clubs}

(X)

On fourth and fifth street, Abe Mosseri bet and both players called. On sixth, Mosseri checked to Smith. He fired a bet and was all in for 25,000 total. Friedman called and then Mosseri raised. Friedman called that as well. On seventh, both Mosseri and Friedman checked.

Friedman announced an eight low and a pair of deuces, rolling over {A-?}

. Mosseri showed a pair of queens with {Q-?}

. Smith rolled over {J-?}

for a straight and a seven low to scoop the entire main pot.

Mosseri - 850,000
Friedman - 300,000
Smith - 270,000

Tags: "BoostedJ"Abe Mosseri Justin Smith Perry Friedman

06-20-2009 08:26 UTC-12

Wattel Getting the Best of Berman

[user25067]

Doyle Brunson (X)(X) {2-Clubs}

Mike Wattel (X)(X) {7-Diamonds}

Lyle Berman (X)(X) {5-Spades}

Doyle Brunson had the bring-in, Mike Wattel completed, Lyle Berman called and Brunson called as well. Wattel made the high board on fourth street and led out, both Berman and Brunson coming along. On fifth, Berman made an open pair of fives, but Wattel started to bet out before Berman could act. He took his bet back, Berman bet, Brunson folded, and Wattel raised. Looking just sick about it, Berman mucked his cards, Wattel taking down the sizeable pot. After starting as the short stack, he's now up to 325,000 while Berman is down to 152,000.

06-20-2009 08:29 UTC-12

Lyle Berman Eliminated in 12th Place ($33,668)

[user25067]

Lyle Berman (X)(X) {8-Diamonds}

(X)
Anthony Rivera (X)(X) {4-Clubs}

(X)
Yan Chen (X)(X) {K-Clubs}

Anthony Rivera completed on third street, Yan Chen called, and Lyle Berman raised. Both players called. River led out on fourth, Chen mucking his hand and Berman making the call. On fifth and sixth Rivera led and Berman called. Rivera bet seventh street, elicting a frown from a clearly frustrated Berman. He folded and Rivera took down the pot, leaving Berman with only 60,000.

Berman succumbed on the next hand and exited in 12th place.

06-20-2009 08:34 UTC-12

Lisandro and Nguyen Chop Up Mosseri

[user25067]

Jeff Lisandro (X)(X) {7-Clubs}

(X)
Abe Mosseri (X)(X) {2-Clubs}

(X)
Scotty Nguyen (X)(X) {J-Diamonds}

(X)

Just as Lyle Berman was being eliminated, a large three-way pot was underway on Table 154. Jeff Lisandro checked seventh street, Scotty Nguyen bet, Abe Mosseri called, Lisandro raised, and both Nguyen and Mosseri called the additional bet.

Lisandro showed {7-Hearts}

for sevens full of nines while Nguyen revealed {A-Hearts}

for an 8-6 low. Mosseri mucked while Lisandro and Nguyen split the pot.