Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-01-2009 17:41 UTC-12

By the Numbers

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One hundred forty-two players put up the $10,000 buyin for this Seven-Card Stud World Championship, generating a total prizepool of $1,334,800. The final two tables will all be guaranteed a payday, with 16th place being worth $21,343. To the man or woman who manages to collect every chip in play will go $373,744 along with the coveted shiny gold bracelet.

The full breakdown of the prize money can be found in the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab on the right side of the page.

06-01-2009 17:42 UTC-12

Drinking on the Job

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Well, it's not all bad for Pawel Andrzejewski. Despite drawing probably the toughest table in the field, he's found a silver lining. Coming back from the dinner break, the players at Andrzewjewski's table were surprised to see a bottle of Veuve Clicquot wheeled into the room along with eight glasses. Champagne was poured for everyone at Andy Bloch's table in celebration of his 40th birthday. The champagne was "Compliments of Jeffrey Pollack", the commissioner of the WSOP.

06-01-2009 18:05 UTC-12

Movin' on Up

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Tony G is on the move here early in Level 5. In the 30 minutes since the dinner break, he has chipped his way up from about 24,000 to 42,000, mostly courtesy of the Professor, Howard Lederer.

06-01-2009 18:09 UTC-12

Alex K.-on-Alex K. Violence

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Howard Lederer has a bemused expression on his face. He's got two Russian to the left of him and a Russian and a Lithuanian to the right of him. Those four guys are having a great time laughing it up, while Lederer, Chris Ferguson and an otherwise-occupied Johnny Chan don't seem as amused.

But this is poker after all, so even despite the comraderie it's all business. Alexander Kravchenko and Alexander Kostritsyn (two of the three aforementioned Russians) butted heads on fifth street. Kravchenko bet out (X-X) / {10-Spades}

, then called a raise from Kostritsyn's (X-X) / {6-Spades}

. Kostritsyn led sixth street and the river, with Kravchenko calling each time. Kostritsyn showed {6-?}

in the hole for three pair; Kravchenko beat that when he caught the {4-Diamonds}

on sixth street to make an eight-high straight with {7-Diamonds}

as his first two hole cards.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Alexander Kravchenko

06-01-2009 18:17 UTC-12

Buss Runs Over the Cowboy

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We pick up a multi-way pot on one of the near tables, number 245. The player in Seat 5 called the bring-in bet, and Hoyt Corkins and Jerry Buss followed along with the call as well. On fourth street, Seat 5 bet, Corkins raised, Buss called, and the original bettor folded, making it heads up the rest of the way.

Corkins: (X-X) {8-Hearts}

(X)
Buss: (X-X) {Q-Clubs}

(X)

On fifth and sixth streets, Buss check-called bets from Hoyt Corkins, 1,000 each. Both players checked seventh street. Corkins revealed {9-Spades}

in the pocket, giving him a naked pair of tens. Buss could do better, showing {2-Clubs}

for queens up. After dragging in that pot, the owner of the Lakers is up to 37,000, while Corkins has slipped back to a respectable 43,000.

Tags: Hoyt Corkins Jerry Buss

06-01-2009 18:19 UTC-12

Perry Friedman Eliminated

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We just saw Perry Friedman stand up, shake the hands of the players at his table, and head for the rail. It looks like his day is done. We're finally starting to get to the point in the tournament when players are becoming legitimately short-stacked; looking for the eliminations to quicken at the next level (in ten minutes).

Annie Duke twittered that she had a $1 last longer with Friedman, which he promptly paid with a signed one-dollar bill.

Tags: Perry Friedman

06-01-2009 18:29 UTC-12

Dueling Trips

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Well, Bill Chen gets props for trying. He started with split sevens and caught another on fourth street for trips, then led the betting on every street against Rob Hollink. At the river, Chen still hadn't improved and couldn't have been thrilled to see Hollink raise him with (X-X) / {4-Diamonds}

/ (X). Chen called and was shown the bad news: Hollink started rolled up {4-Hearts}

, then filled up with a river {6-Clubs}

. It was a brutal beat for Chen.

Tags: Bill Chen Rob Hollink

Level: 6

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-01-2009 18:39 UTC-12

Movin' on Up

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It was kings up for Andy Bloch and kings up for Eli Elezra. In the battle of second pairs, Andy's was "king" -- his sixes trumped Elezra's fours to take down a pot worth 12,000 and pump Bloch's stack to 58,000. Elezra is at about 22,000.

Interestingly, Barry Greenstein posted to Twitter that he is very impressed with the play of the "unknown" at that table, Pawel Andrzejewski. Remember, in addition to Greenstein, Bloch and Elezra, the rest of the table line-up is Yuval Bronshtein, David Benyamine, Jen Harman and Nick Schulman. Greenstein wrote, "Everyone at my table is a well-respected player, except for an unknown Polish kid, and he's better than most of them."

Tags: Andy Bloch Eli Elezra

06-01-2009 18:39 UTC-12

The Italian Job

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The Italian Duo is still in tact over on Table 236. Max Pescatori and Dario Minieri have been seated next to each other since the start of play, and they appear to be having a good time. The two men are laughing and joking with each other during and in between hands, occasionally table talking in their native language. Pescatori is sitting on just about 27,000, while Dario has climbed back up to 19,500 after an early slide.

Tags: Dario Minieri Max Pescatori