What began two days ago will come to an end today as the final 16 players of a 145-player field compete for their share of a $681,500 prize pool in Event #10 Seven Card Stud. The field is comprised of quality players, including our chip leader, 2009 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro. That year he won three bracelets in Stud variations, so labeling him the early favorite wouldn’t be
Other players in contention for the $190,826 first-place prize include John Monnette, Cyndy Violette, Mike Sexton, Eugene Katchalov, Perry Friedman, Nick Schulman and Bryn Kenney.
Here’s a look at the entire lineup here at the start of Day 3:
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chips
1
Jeff Lisandro
276,500
2
Eugene Katchalov
207,000
3
John Monnette
188,000
4
Huu Vinh
179,000
5
Max Pescatori
170,500
6
Bryn Kenney
170,000
7
Raymond Dehkarghani
169,000
8
Perry Friedman
160,500
9
Tim Finne
133,000
10
Lee Goldman
124,500
11
Mark Dickstein
105,000
12
Cyndy Violette
88,000
13
Yuval Bronshtein
72,500
14
Mike Sexton
62,000
15
David Rosenau
43,600
16
Nick Schulman
14,000
Today, one of the above players will add their name to this prestigious list of winners.
Past Seven Card Stud Championship Results
Year
Winner
Entrants
Earnings
2012
???
145
$190,826
2011
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
126
$331,639
2010
Men “The Master” Nguyen
150
$394,807
2009
Freddie Ellis
142
$373,751
2008
Eric Brooks
158
$415,856
2007
Chris Reslock
180
$258,453
2006*
Benjamin Lin
182
$256,620
2005*
Jan Sorensen
192
$293,275
*Buy-in was $5,000
Day 3 action is set to kick off at 2 p.m., which is about an hour from now, so join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations as we play down to a winner in Event #10 Seven Card Stud.
A short-stacked Nick Schulman was all in on third while Mark Dickstein and Jeff Lisandro competed for a side pot. Lisandro ended up check-calling a bet on the turn before folding to Dickstein's lead-out bet on fifth.
Dickstein held two pair and was way out in front. Schulman managed to pair his ace on sixth, meaning he was drawing live headed to seventh, but the would be no help. Schulman finished in 16th place and will take home $12,035 for his effort.
After Bryn Kenney brought it in with the , Huu Vinh completed and Perry Friedman called. Mike Sexton then sprung to life with a raise, Kenney folded and both Vinh and Friedman called. The turn saw Sexton led out with a bet, both his opponents called, and then he committed his last 10,000 on fifth street. Again Vinh and Friedman called before the former fired out a bet on sixth and drove out the latter.
Sexton: / /
Vinh: /
Friedman: (x-x) / / (x)
Sexton got it in with kings but fell behind when Vinh made two pair on sixth. Sexton was drawing live on seventh, but the blanked and he was eliminated in 15th place for $12,035. Ironically, Sexton also finished in 15th place in Event #4 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better earlier in the series.
Mark Dickstein brought it in with the and watched as Cyndy Violette completed. John Monnette then put in a raise, Dickstein called and Violette three-bet. Both Monnette and Dickstein called before the former double-bet the turn. Dickstein got out of the way while Violette called off.
Monnette: / /
Violette: / /
Violette was behind Monnette's two pair, but she managed to pull ahead on fifth street with jacks and tens. Unfortunately for her, Monnette would catch the improbable seven on seventh to fill up and send her home in 11th place.
Eugene Katchalov completed with the and Dickstein called with the showing. The latter then called a bet on the turn before taking the lead and betting out on fifth. Katchalov made the call and then bet when Dickstein checked sixth.
Dickstein woke up with a check-raise, Katchalov called and then Dickstein bet seventh. Katchalov made the call, leaving himself just 4,000 behind.
Katchalov: (x-x) / / (x)
Dickstein: /
Dickstein's full house was good as Katchalov mucked. On the very next hand, Katchalov put 3,000 in for the ante and committed his last 1,000. Fittingly, it was Dickstein who would finish him off and send him to the payout desk in ninth place.
A series of raises saw Raymond Dehkharghani all in on third and at risk against Tim Finne.
Dehkharghani: / /
Finne: / /
Dehkharghani's sevens were in the lead when the money went in, but he feel behind when Finne paired his queen on the turn. Neither fifth nor sixth streets were overly exciting, but seventh, which gave Finne two pair, left Dehkharghani in need of the case seven on the river to survive. He squeezed it out and it was four-across and a club, but it turned out to be the useless . With that, Dehkharghani exited in eighth place for $22,332.
Bryn Kenney completed with the , and Huu Vinh called along showing the .
Kenney: (x-x) / ...
Vinh: (x-x) / ...
Kenney bet his lead on fourth street, then check-raised all in on fifth. Vinh quickly called the remainder, and Kenney was at risk. The down cards were upped, and the boards ran out like this:
Kenney: / /
Vinh: / /
Vinh's jacks up were plenty good, and he's sent Kenney off in seventh place. That's good for $27,062 as a consolation prize, but his first bracelet will have to wait for now.
After John Monnette completed, Mark Dickstein put in a raise. Monnette not only called that bet, he called one on the turn before raising Dickstein's bet on fifth street. The latter called off and was ahead with a pair of tens, though he needed to dodge the overs and flush draw of Monnette.
Monnette: / /
Dickstein: / /
Unfortunately for Dickstein, his opponent hit his flush on seventh and his run came to an end in sixth place.
After action was brought in, short-stacked Jeff Lisandro completed and received a call from Perry Friedman. The 2009 WSOP Player of the Year then led out on the turn only to call off when Friedman raised.
Lisandro: / /
Friedman: / /
Lisandro was ahead with nines when the money went in, but he needed to dodge Friedman's gut-shot straight draw, which became a double-gutted straight draw on fifth street. Sixth gave Friedman more outs, but it was the on seventh that would give him the straight and send the five-time bracelet winner to the rail. Lisandro misses out on his sixth bracelet, which would have been his fifth in Stud variations, but he left with a $41,789 consolation prize for his fifth-place finish.
After growing short stacked yet again, Perry Friedman completed only to have John Monnette put in a raise. Friedman committed himself with a three-bet and Monnette made the call.
Monnette: / /
Friedman: / /
Neither player held a pair when the money went in, and it'd take until sixth street before one was made. Unfortunately for Friedman, it was Monnette who made sevens to take the lead. Seventh street provided no surprises and Friedman took his leave in fourth place to a nice round of applause.
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, Huu Vinh completed and Perry Friedman called. Mike Sexton then sprung to life with a raise, Kenney folded and both Vinh and Friedman called. The turn saw Sexton led out with a bet, both his opponents called, and then he committed his last 10,000 on fifth street. Again Vinh and Friedman called before the former fired out a bet on sixth and drove out the latter.
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and watched as Cyndy Violette completed. John Monnette then put in a raise, Dickstein called and Violette three-bet. Both Monnette and Dickstein called before the former double-bet the turn. Dickstein got out of the way while Violette called off.
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showing. The latter then called a bet on the turn before taking the lead and betting out on fifth. Katchalov made the call and then bet when Dickstein checked sixth.
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