2010 World Series of Poker

Event #15: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qqj77
Prize
$447,446
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,598,000
Entries
170
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Just Another Chop

Christopher George: (X)(X) / {5-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} / (X)
Tommy Vedes: (X)(X) / {9-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{K-Clubs} / (X)

Vedes check-called bets on every street from George. When it was time to show down, George tabled the {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a low and a pair of fives. Vedes held the {A-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades} in the hole and had a better pair of aces with no low. Another pot was chopped up as we move into the last 20 minutes of play for the night.

Tags: Tommy VedesChristopher George

Seventh Street Up

Jeffrey Lisandro
Jeffrey Lisandro

Jeffrey Lisandro: (X)(X) / {6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} / ({2-Hearts})
Steve Zolotow: (X)(X) / {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} - fold
Scott Clements: (X)(X) / {3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} / ({J-Spades})
Gus Hansen: (X)(X) / {9-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{4-Clubs} / ({K-Hearts})

We picked up the action on fifth street where everyone checked around. On sixth street, Clements bet, Hansen raised, Lisandro called, Zolotow tank-folded and then Clements called as well. On seventh street, the dealer dealt Lisandro's card face up instead of down. The floor was called and it was ruled that because Lisandro was first to the left of the dealer and received the first card, the other two players in the hand would get their seventh-street cards face up as well. After all the cards were dealt out, Clements and Hansen checked to Lisandro. The defending champion fired a bet and only Hansen called.

Lisandro turned up the {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a flush draw that turned into two pair, kings and fives. Hansen couldn't beat it and mucked, dropping to 47,600. Lisandro improved to 43,000. Clements was left with 52,200.

Tags: Gus HansenJeffrey LisandroScott ClementsSteve Zolotow

Down Goes Raymer

Raymer eliminated
Raymer eliminated

Greg Raymer: (X)(X) / {6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{K-Spades} / (X)
Dan Kelly: (X)(X) / {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} / (X)
Mickey Seagle: (X)(X) / {6-Spades}{8-Clubs}{J-Spades}{5-Clubs} / (X)

Raymer was all in and when the cards were turned up, he showed the {8-Spades}{7-Spades}-X for just a pair of eights. Kelly showed the {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Diamonds} for two pair, tens and sevens. Seagle held the {5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} in the hole for a pair of fives and a low. Raymer was not only chopped up in the pot, he was chopped out of the tournament. Kelly's up to 95,000 and Seagle's on 52,000.

Raymer always gives out an autographed fossil to the player who busts him. Two players happened to bust him in this hand and Raymer said, "Well, I only have one fossil, but both of you knocked me out."

"Just owe one of them a fossil, how about that?" suggested Kessler.

Tags: Dan KellyGreg RaymerMickey Seagle

Til the End of Time

Instead of pausing the clock in the last level with 10 minutes left on the clock and drawing a card to see how many hands will be played out, the tournament staff has informed the players that they will just play out the level. They told the players that because this isn't a flop game, the rules are different. That said, there's 10 more minutes left in the day.

Day 1 Complete - Ivey and Harman among the big stacks

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

For many of the 170 players who entered tonight's $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo event, the cards in front of them were little more than an afterthought. A distraction. The best they could do to keep their minds off the tens or even hundreds of thousands in prop bets they stood to lose should Tom Dwan win his first WSOP bracelet tonight.

As our Stud-8 players completed their last hand of the night, Dwan was all-in for the last of his chips and as his Q-6 went up against Simon Watt's pocket nines, about half a dozen players from this tournament sprinted across the room to watch the board run out. When Watt's nines held, Negreanu and Matusow came running back to bag their chips flailing their arms and squealing like little kids as they narrowly avoided financial ruin.

Oh, as for the tournament we're supposed to be covering here? Approximately 112 of our 170 starters are bagging and tagging their chips and will return for Day 2 tomorrow at 3 p.m. Although bracelet winners Greg Raymer, Matt Hawrilenko, Annie Duke, Ted Forrest, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Todd Brunson found themselves on the rail during the early levels, the field is still chock-full of poker luminaries, two of whom are sitting pretty near the top of the leaderboard. Phil Ivey ended the evening with about 109,800 in chips and right behind him is the tiny but mighty Jennifer Harman, who ended the night with 93,500. Also still in contention is defending champion Jeffrey Lisandro who has 40,500 in chips.

Join us again tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time as we play down to a final table. For all of us at PokerNews, thanks for following along. Good night and good luck from Las Vegas.

Event #15: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship

Day 1 Completed

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
121,500
45,500
45,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
116,600
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
109,800
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Christopher George us
Christopher George
103,500
-1,500
-1,500
Run It Once
Profile photo of Sirous Jamshidi us
Sirous Jamshidi
103,100
Profile photo of
93,500
Profile photo of Francisco Hernandez
Francisco Hernandez
89,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
88,700
700
700
Profile photo of Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
87,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kirill Rabtsov
Kirill Rabtsov
82,200
Profile photo of Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
78,900
-11,100
-11,100
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
77,200
-4,800
-4,800
Profile photo of Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
76,700
8,700
8,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of George Lind us
George Lind
76,700
Profile photo of Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
76,400
39,400
39,400
Profile photo of Marc Karam ca
Marc Karam
75,800
Profile photo of Bruce Yamron us
Bruce Yamron
74,600
25,600
25,600
Profile photo of Glenn Cozen us
Glenn Cozen
74,600
Profile photo of Dennis Seagle
Dennis Seagle
72,500
Profile photo of Eric Rodawig us
Eric Rodawig
71,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Larry Scott Bernstein us
Larry Scott Bernstein
71,400
Profile photo of Brandon Adams us
Brandon Adams
66,600
35,600
35,600
StakeKings
Profile photo of Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
66,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of David Bach us
David Bach
65,500
46,500
46,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ray Dehkharghani us
Ray Dehkharghani
65,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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