Event #33: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-19-2011 08:59 UTC

Three More Hands

Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Our tournament director has just informed us that each table will play three more hands before bagging up for the night. Play is scheduled to resume tomorrow at 3 p.m. PDT.

06-19-2011 09:25 UTC

End of Day 1 - Event #33: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship

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Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

John Racener - pictured in the 10-game earlier in the series.

Play has now finished for the day with around 127 players remaining from the initial 168 who started. WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener looks to be the chip leader with 95,200 just ahead of Akio Ishii (90,400).

Other players who finished strongly include: $10,000 Stud 3rd place finisher Maxwell Troy (88,000), David Benyamine (82,200), Brandon Cantu and Felipe Ramos (both 80,000 exactly) and Allen Kessler (79,500).

We lost a number of big names today including former POY and winner of this event last year Frank Kassela as well as Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brian Hastings, John Hennigan and John Juanda. The last of these having bet Jason Mercier @ 200-1 that he wouldn't win the event when Mercier was short stacked but the Team PokerStars Pro is one of the survivors going into tomorrow's restart.

All the rest will be coming back tomorrow for a 3pm start as we attempt to whittle this field as close to the final table as is possible. Join us back on PokerNews tomorrow as Day 2 of this latest Championship event plays out some more.

Sarah Grant gives you the daily update.

Event #33: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship

Day 1 Completed