Event #33: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day 3 Started
Event #33: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day 3 Started
Welcome to Day 3 of PokerNews' coverage of Event #33. the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship. A starting field of 168 is left with just 18 players, but only 16 will make the money and only one will emerge with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Leading the way into Day 3 is Eric Rodawig with 695,000, but a skilled bunch is hot on his heels. David Benyamine, Ali Eslami, Antony Lellouche, Joe Tehan, John Racener, Ted Forrest, Phil Laak...you getting the picture? An elite field of poker's finest are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth currently sits seventh is chips. Will this be the first non hold'em WSOP event that Hellmuth conquers? Then there is Erik Seidel. His 2011 has been one for the record books. Will he add another bracelet to his collection?
Here are the table and seat assignments:
Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
279 | 1 | Ali Eslami | 415,000 |
279 | 2 | Eric Rodawig | 695,000 |
279 | 3 | Erik Seidel | 126,000 |
279 | 4 | Antony Lellouche | 373,000 |
279 | 5 | --empty-- | -- |
279 | 6 | Christopher George | 350,000 |
279 | 7 | --empty-- | -- |
279 | 8 | Justin Smith | 86,000 |
285 | 1 | --empty-- | -- |
285 | 2 | Bill Chen | 113,000 |
285 | 3 | Joe Tehan | 372,000 |
285 | 4 | --empty-- | -- |
285 | 5 | Felipe Ramos | 331,000 |
285 | 6 | Mikhail Savinov | 101,000 |
285 | 7 | Chris Tryba | 75,000 |
285 | 8 | Phil Laak | 193,000 |
291 | 1 | Ted Forrest | 280,000 |
291 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
291 | 3 | Cyndy Violette | 53,000 |
291 | 4 | John Racener | 321,000 |
291 | 5 | Jon Turner | 44,000 |
291 | 6 | Phil Hellmuth | 332,000 |
291 | 7 | David Benyamine | 448,000 |
291 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
Play begins at 3pm local time, about 20 minutes from now, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day for all of the action as it unfolds!
Level: 19
Limits: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Currently we are missing Ted Forrest, Ali Eslami and Joe Tehan - one player from each table.
With the traffic on Flamingo, was it a bad day to carpool?
Jon Turner was the bring in with the and he completed. Next to act was Phil Hellmuth and he raised with the showing. Action folded around to Turner and the rest of his chips got into the middle.
Turner: /
Hellmuth: /
Turner's next three up cards came to give him kings up. Hellmuth's came , giving him outs to a flush, straight, low, pretty much the world. He peaked at his seventh street card, determining it was either the or . He flashed it to Turner first who was dejected to see the , giving Hellmuth trips. Turner was not saved by his on seventh street and is out in 18th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Phil Hellmuth
|
394,000 | 62,000 |
Jon Turner | Busted |
Justin Smith: / /
Christopher George: / /
Justin Smith raised and Chris George made it two bets, Smith called then check-called fourth. On fifth Smith led out before putting in his last 17,000 on sixth. George called and turned over two pair before bricking the river, Smith squeezed and declared, "It's 50/50..." before disappointedly showing the instead of a five.
All remaining players are in the money.
*Table | Seat | Player |
285 | 1 | Phil Hellmuth |
285 | 2 | Mikhail Savinov |
285 | 3 | Joe Tehan |
285 | 4 | Erik Seidel |
285 | 5 | David Benyamine |
285 | 6 | Cyndy Violette |
285 | 7 | Ali Eslami |
285 | 8 | Phil Laak |
291 | 1 | Ted Forrest (yet to arrive) |
291 | 2 | Bill Chen |
291 | 3 | Chris Tryba |
291 | 4 | Antony Lellouche |
291 | 5 | Christopher George |
291 | 6 | John Racener |
291 | 7 | Felipe Ramos |
291 | 8 | Eric Rodawig |
Chen: //
George: /
Chen was the aggressor until sixth street once George paired sixes. Both checked seventh street and Chen shook his head while saying, "Missed."
Chen showed for just deuces and a missed low draw while George tabled for sevens up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher George | 470,000 | 90,000 |
Bill Chen | 24,000 | -89,000 |
In the Amazon room
Chris Tryba: / /
John Racener: / /
Felipe Ramos: / /
Chris Tryba was all in for his final chips on fifth street with John Racener and Felipe Ramos calling. They checked it down, Ramos showed for aces up, Racener had for an 8-6-5-3-2 low. Tryba turned over , needing a five to scoop, another unpaired low card to take the low or the case king for the high. He bricked them all though and caught a and became the first player out in the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chris Tryba
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Busted |