Break Time
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The players have reached the first 20-minute break with little fanfare. The green (T25) chips are being colored up and raced off at this break.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #10: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$394,807
Entries
150
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Glantz Boosted to 35k
Matt Glantz: (X) (X) / 
Seat 5: (X) (X) / 
Shawn Buchanan: (X) (X) / 
Glantz had the option to bring in or complete, and opted for the later, getting a call from the player in Seat 5 as well as Shawn Buchanan. Both opponents called Glantz's bet on fourth street, with only the player in Seat 5 opting to do so on fifth street. Both players checked sixth street, and Glantz took the hand down with a bet on seventh street.
Brown's Two Small Pair Good Enough
Brown: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Arieh: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Josh Arieh started with a pair of queens, but his constant bets were not enough to deter Chad Brown from trying to draw out. Brown limped behind Huck Seed on third street, then was the only player to call Arieh's completion. Brown check-called fourth street, check-called fifth street, then called sixth and seventh streets after Arieh took the betting lead. Arieh flashed two queens and a third card at showdown; Brown showed 
in the hole for two pair, sevens and treys.
East Coast Versus West Coast
Greg Raymer is always good for a few quotes. There's a woman at Raymer's table that Raymer thought he recognized. He asked her if she was from the east coast of the U.S.; she responded that she's from the San Diego area. Raymer was surprised, because he recognized the woman and because most stud players are based on the east coast.
The woman responded that she primarily plays stud online and that she had played this event last year. She and Raymer (who formerly lived in Carlsbad, California) then began to discuss some of the San Diego-area card rooms.
Raymer's point has merit, however. More than most tournaments you see at the World Series of Poker, this tournament has a very heavy "east coast bias" to it.
Schwartz Takes One Down
Ylon Schwartz: / 
/ 
Greg Mueller: (X) (X) / 
Opponent: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Ylon Schwartz might still be riding good after making the final table in Event #4. He's off to a good start today after filling up and getting called all the way through this hand against his opponent. Mueller was involved through to fourth street, but got out of the way and saved himself some chips.
Stupid Game
Many tournamnt players, fresh from a bad beat that knocked them out of the tournament, will tell you what a stupid game poker is, if only you'll stop to listen. Today Ted Forrest, Daniel Negreanu and David Grey are talking about a different stupid game.
"That will be the most meaningful perfect game in baseball," said Negreanu, referring yesterday's non-perfect perfect game pitched by Armando Gallaraga of the Detroit Tigers.
"You mean an umpire can't reverse his call?" Forrest asked. He seemed genuinely surprised.
Grey said no. Negreanu then added, "Baseball's a stupid game."
Kings Up for Buchanan
Shawn Buchanan: / 
/ 
Max Pescatori: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Buchanan started off the hand by completing, getting a call from Pescatori. Buchanan bet on fourth and fifth street while Pescatori made the calls. On sixth street, Pescatori raised Buchanan's bet, and Buchanan called. Finally on seventh street, Pescatori bet and mucked after Buchanan called and showed kings and tens.
Buchanan is now up to 35,000, while Pescatori has slipped to 27,000.
One for the Team
Team PokerStars is well-represented in this pro-heavy field. Chad Brown, Daniel Negreanu, Alexander Kravchenko, Barry Greenstein and Greg Raymer are all hoping to be the one to take down a small field and win their first bracelet of the 2010 WSOP. "Everyone's favorite cheery American" (as my colleague danafish would say) Friend of PokerStars Bill Chen is also here, as is PokerStars Team Online player -- and Player of the Series for the 2010 SCOOP -- George Lind. That gives the team seven spots of the 130-odd in the field, with perhaps a few more to show up soon. Can any of them make the final table? Negreanu has already noted how tough his starting draw is, with several stud specialists at the table. We'll see how it goes.
How Hard Can it Be?
Chris Amaral has been loudly wondering why the Rio staff has been having such a hard time getting game one of the NBA finals on TV. Amaral, who is decked out in Celtics garb clearly wants to watch his team take on the Lakers. "You'd think they'd have it ready and not have to find out what channel it's on," said Amaral.
The Chainsaw Starts His Engine
We all love Allen Kessler the way you love a kooky uncle. But Kessler does have a knack for complaining. He griped about the structure of the triple draw event; now he's complaining about some of the stacks that are being anted off at the "first flight" of tables. So far nobody has come to claim those stacks (two are at Kessler's table) and Kessler has said, "If they pick up those stacks, it's ridiculous."
We'll see what happens. Most likely the seats behind the stacks will be occupied soon enough (if they're not already).