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.
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.
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.
, 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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