Event #10: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Day 1 | 2010 World Series of Poker

06-03-2010 21:09 UTC-7

You Can't Beat Nines?

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Kirk Morrison: (X) (X) / {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} {k-Spades} {3-Hearts} / (X)
Alan Boston: (X) (X) / {q-Hearts} {10-Spades}
Amnon Filippi: (X) {9-} / {9-Spades} {j-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {6-Hearts} / (X)

Kirk Morrison had to bring in and along with Amnon Filippi, called a raise from Alan Boston. Boston checked on fourth street, with Morrison agreeing to go along for the ride, and Boston deciding to fold. On sixth street Filippi check-called a bet from Morrison, and both players checked through the rest of the hand.

When all the cards were distributed Filippi said "one pair," and Morrison mucked. Boston chimed in, saying to Morrison, "You can't beat nines?"

Tags: Alan Boston Amnon Filippi Kyle Morrison

06-03-2010 21:16 UTC-7

Ted Forrest NOT Eliminated

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If Ted Forrest wins this tournament, he better tip a dealer named Kojo very, very heavily.

We came by Forrest's table as the river was being dealt. Forrest was all in against Keith Sexton. Sexton had apparently already told Forrest that he had three jacks. Forrest told Sexton that he had two pair.

Somehow, as the river cards were being dealt, Kojo the dealer skipped Forrest, delivered a river card to Sexton and dropped the stub onto the burn cards. Forrest then asked where his river card was.

A floor was summoned, who ruled that Sexton should keep the river card that was supposed to have been Forrest's. The stub would be reshuffled along with the burn cards, and then Forrest would receive a new river.

"It would be really sick if that card fills me up," said Forrest. It turned out that Sexton received an 8, a card which did not fill Sexton up.

"It would be even sicker if this card fills me up, said Sexton. His board showed {2-Spades} {2-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} . He squeezed his river and then looked at Sexton as if to say, "Sorry." He opened {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds} in the hole for nines full of deuces. Predictably, Sexton exploded in anger.

"Jesus Christ! I can't even win a pot and then you gotta do that!" He shouted at Kojo that Kojo needed to pay attention to what he was doing. Sexton also was unhappy with the floor ruling.

"I agree with you Keith," said Forrest. "I happened to benefit from it but I think it sucks. But Kojo, I'm going to try to win the tournament now."

"I hate poker for sh*t like this," said Sexton.

"THAT's why you hate poker?" asked David Grey. The table then started discussing how, at least online, there are no dealer errors. That prompted Forrest to state his wish that Full Tilt Poker would use a "real deck" the way PokerStars does.

"How can Dustin Wolfe beat me heads-up playing limit hold'em online every single time? The worst player in the world should win some. I won't even play him online anymore. Live is a different story." Forrest felt that some people have learned how to "time the algorithm" online, or at least have a good feel for it.

That conversation caught the attention of Perry Friedman, sitting one table behind. "Unless you can outsmart quantum randomness, it's impossible to time it," said Friedman. "If you hit the button at the exact same millisecond in a parallel universe, you'd get a different card."

Forrest didn't seem so certain about that, but it's hard to argue Friedman's knowledge of the FTP software. Whatever the story, Forrest is still in the tournament due to Kojo's error. He has 15,800, and a very pissed off Sexton has about 36,000.

Tags: David Grey Keith Sexton Perry Friedman Ted Forrest

06-03-2010 21:16 UTC-7

Negreanu Takes One on Seventh Street

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Ted Forrest: (X) (X) / {9-Hearts} {q-Diamonds} {q-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} / (X)
Daniel Negreanu: (X) (X) / {a-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {k-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} / (X)
Alexander Kravchenko: (X) (X) / {6-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {3-Spades}
Seat 3: (X) (X) / {2-Hearts} {j-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {5-Clubs} / (X)

Forrest raised on third street and led the betting all the way through sixth street. However, when they got to seventh street, Negreanu bet, and both Forrest and the player in Seat 3 folded.

Tags: Alexander Kravchenko Daniel Negreanu Ted Forrest

06-03-2010 21:21 UTC-7

Seat Open!

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There was a question whether anyone would bust before dinner. The answer is yes. Matt Hawrilenko was the first player eliminated. Despite the pain of being first and burning $10,000 in less than four hours, he seemed to take it well. He stopped by Barry Greenstein's table on his way out and joked that he was planning to play a lot of tournaments this summer -- just not to cash in any of them.

"Thanks for making me look good," replied the Bear, who had been as short-stacked as Hawrilenko at one point.

Shortly after Hawrilenko, Erick Lindgren and Cyndy Violette both hit the rail as well.

Tags: Matt Hawrilenko Erick Lindgren Cyndy Violette

06-03-2010 21:25 UTC-7

Juanda Can't Let it Go

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John Juanda: (X) (X) / {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {q-Spades} / (X)
Tim Phan: {7-Clubs} {a-Clubs} / {q-Clubs} {k-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {k-Spades} / {5-Clubs}

A player had brought in and and a raise was made before action got to Juanda where he three-bet. Phan called, the player who made the bring in folded, and the original raiser called.

On fourth, fifth and sixth street, Juanda bet and Phan called. It was Phan's turn to bet when he made a flush on seventh street. Juanda, sensing he was beat, threw a chip towards Phan as though he knew he was beat, but couldn't bring himself to fold.

Juanda's instincts were correct. He couldn't beat Phans' king-high flush, and is down to 26,300, while Phan climbed to 28,100.

Tags: John Juanda Tim Phan

06-03-2010 21:27 UTC-7

Final Entrants and Prize Pool

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When all of the registrations were tallied, 150 players signed up for this event. That's a slight improvement over the 142 who played last year. 16 players will make the money, with a minimum-cash worth $24,901. The player who wins the tournament will receive the top prize of $394,800 -- and of course a WSOP gold bracelet.

A full breakdown of the prize pool is available under the Payouts tab.

06-03-2010 21:32 UTC-7

Mueller Boats to 63,000

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Greg Mueller: {2-Diamonds} {j-Clubs} / {2-Hearts} {3-Spades} {2-Spades} {5-Clubs} / {j-Hearts}
Seat 2: (X) (X) / {k-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {q-Clubs} {10-Hearts} / (X)
Brandon Adams: (X) (X) / {8-Spades} {10-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {6-Hearts} / (X)

Greg Mueller, a player in Seat 2, and Brandon Adams got mixed up in a pot that saw Mueller walk away the victor. Action was raised twice on third street, checked on fourth street, with Mueller making a bet and getting two calls on fifth street.

On sixth street, Mueller bet and was raised by the player in Seat 2. Adams folded, but Mueller made the call and raised his opponent's bet on seventh street, where he got the call and the chips.

Tags: Brandon Adams Greg Mueller