Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-02-2009 10:35 UTC-12

Here's Johnny!

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Johnny Chan is still a lurking presence in this World Championship event (although all of his electronic devices seem securely stowed today). He took down a 15,000-chip pot that was three-ways to sixth street, beating out Tad Jurgens at showdown with a lowly pair of tens. Jurgens had an open pair of fives on his board but mucked when he saw Chan's hand.

Tags: Johnny Chan Tad Jergens

06-02-2009 10:23 UTC-12

Plunder for Pescatori After All

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It was a fairly disgusting end to today's tournament for Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi. He started the hand with rolled-up queens and found a customer in the short form of Max "the Italian Pirate" Pescatori. By fifth street, Pescatori had not improved on his split tens, but he caught a second pair of treys on sixth street. Mizrachi had not improved on his queens but was still comfortably in the lead.

With probably about 30,000 or 40,000 in the pot, they went to the river, with Mizrachi all in. Pescatori pulled a third ten to make tens full, leaving Mizrachi looking for a pair of his own to stave off elimination. He didn't find it, finishing the hand with trip queens. Pescatori dragged the pot to increase his count to 71,000; Mizrachi is out.

Tags: Max Pescatori Michael Mizrachi

06-02-2009 10:13 UTC-12

Whoops!

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Brian Mizok led the betting on every street against Brandon Adams. Third street. Fourth street. Fifth street. Sixth street. And the river. Every time, Mizok fired out a bet. Every time, Adams called. At showdown, Mizok showed {K-Clubs}

with

in the hole for a pair of jacks. Adams calmly turned over {7-Clubs}

, cards that matched nicely with a board of {10-Clubs}

to give Adams two pair and the winner.

Tags: Brandon Adams Brian Mizok

Level: 10

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-02-2009 10:01 UTC-12

Setback for Oppenheim

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David Oppenheim, a player who has final-tabled this event each of the last two years, started the day as the chip leader. So far he hasn't been able to add to his chip lead. Oppenheim was the short-straw player in a recent hand against Sam Grizzle. Grizzle called third and fourth streets, then took the betting lead on fifth and sixth. At the river, this is how it shaped up:

Oppenheim: (X-X) / {Q-Hearts}

/ (X)
Grizzle: (X-X) / {6-Clubs}

/ (X)

Both players checked the river, with Grizzle producing {10-Hearts}

from the hole for a pair of sixes. Improbably they were enough to take down the pot.

Grizzle is up to 61,000 in chips. Oppenheim is down to 88,000 but still cruising comfortably.

Tags: David Oppenheim Sam Grizzle

06-02-2009 10:00 UTC-12

Kostritsyn v. Sigel

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Alexander Kostritsyn completed with the {Q-Clubs}

, and Michael Sigel put in the third bet showing the {9-Spades}

.

Kostritsyn: (X-X) / {Q-Clubs}

/ (X)
Sigel: (X-X) / {9-Spades}

/ (X)

On fourth, Kostritsyn led right back out with his queen-nine. Sigel called. On fifth, Sigel picked up the ace but checked it over before calling another Kostritsyn bet. Sixth and seventh streets both saw Sigel take the lead again, with the Russian calling both bets.

Showdown
Kostritsyn: ( {5-Diamonds}

) /

/ (

)
Sigel: ( {A-Spades}

) /

/ (

)

Kostritsyn's queens up were no good againt Sigel's aces up, and the pot goes to the bigger two pair.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Michael Sigel

06-02-2009 09:54 UTC-12

Amaral Bangs the Table, Gets His Card

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A big pot between Nick Schulman, Katja Thater and Chris Amaral turned out badly for Schulman. He had the betting lead on sixth street, with a huge pile of chips already in the pot, and led out 2,400. Thater folded three open clubs, bringing action around to Amaral. He cut 2,400 chips off his stack, knocked them hard against the table and then tossed them in the pot.

At the river, the boards were:

Amaral: (X-X) / {5-Diamonds}

/ (X)
Schulman: (X-X) / {Q-Hearts}

/ (X)

"You need one of these?" Schulman asked Amaral, pointing at his treys. Amaral responded by betting out. Schulman squeezed each of his cards in turn and then called. Amaral turned over {A-Spades}

in the hole for aces and kings and the winning hand.

Tags: Chris Amaral Nick Schulman

06-02-2009 09:49 UTC-12

Roped in By Kid Poker

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Daniel Negreanu and Hoyt Corkins were at it again, and again Negreanu came out on top of their skirmish. With more than 25,000 chips piled in the center of the table, Negreanu ran down a king-high club flush to take down the pot. After several winning battles with Corkins, Negreanu has crept back out of the danger zone with 36,000 chips.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Hoyt Corkins

06-02-2009 09:45 UTC-12

Aces Aplenty

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Phil Ivey completed the bring-in with the {8-Clubs}

. Soheil Shamseddin came along with the {2-Hearts}

, and it was heads up.

Ivey: (X-X) / {8-Clubs}

/ (X)
Shamseddin: (X-X) / {2-Hearts}

/ (X)

On fourth street, Shamseddin checked, Ivey bet, and Shamseddin put in a check-raise. Ivey called the extra bet. On fifth, sixth, and seventh streets, Shamseddin kept firing bets, and Ivey kept calling him down.

Shamseddin turned over his first two down cards, showing {A-Hearts}

. "I don't know what I have in here," he said, pointing to his last card laying face-down on the felt. It didn't seem to matter as Ivey was already in the process of folding his cards while Shamseddin flipped over the {A-Spades}

, his full house plenty good to win the pot.

Tags: Phil Ivey Soheil Shamseddin

06-02-2009 09:38 UTC-12

Dangerous Times for Negreanu

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With limits now at 1,200 and 2,400, anybody at 12,000 chips is legitimately short. Daniel Negreanu isn't there yet, but he doesn't have much wiggle room. He did just pick up a small pot from Hoyt Corkins after Corkins completed the {A-Hearts}

and Negreanu raised the {10-Hearts}

. When Negreanu caught the {A-Spades}

on fourth street, Corkins quickly surrendered.

Negreanu is on about 20,000 chips.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Hoyt Corkins