Event 7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-01-2012 19:54 UTC-6

Bubble Time

donpeters

When the players returned from break there was 43 left in the field. After the eliminations of Deon Bowes and Kami Chisholm, there are now 41 remaining putting the tournament on the official bubble.

Bowes was eliminated by William Thompson after Thompson made a king-high straight. Thompson moved his stack to 97,000 in chips.

Bowes: ( {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades} ) / {8-Hearts} {4-Spades} {2-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}
Thompson: ( {J-Clubs} {4-Clubs} ) / {10-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {9-Hearts}

Bowes completed on third street and Thompson raised. Action got back to Bowes and he called before both players checked fourth. On fifth street, Thompson bet, Bowes raised and Thompson called. On sixth street, Thompson checked and Bowes bet his last 1,800. Thompson called.

With one more street to come, Thompson held a made king-high straight against Bowes' pair of kings. Bowes was drawing dead and his last card was the {A-Diamonds} . Thompson finished with the {Q-Diamonds} and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Thompson	97,000 8,500	8,500
Kami Chisholm	Busted

Deon Bowes	Busted

Tags: Deon Bowes Kami Chisholm William Thompson

Level: 13

Limits: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 300

06-01-2012 19:18 UTC-6

Break

donpeters

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

With the completion of the fourth level of the day, the players are now on a 20-minute break.

06-01-2012 19:15 UTC-6

Williams Climbing the Ranks

donpeters

David Williams has swiftly moved his way up the leader board and is making some noise. He's over 90,000 now thanks to a recent pot against Nicholas Verkaik.

Williams: (x)(x) / {3-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {5-Spades} / (x)
Verkaik: (x)(x) / {8-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {2-Spades} {6-Hearts} / (x)

Williams was betting the entire way and Verkaik making the calls, but on seventh street, Verkaik folded and Williams won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	91,000 21,000	21,000

Nicholas Verkaik	26,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: David Williams Nicholas Verkaik

06-01-2012 19:04 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Tryba	100,500 1,500	1,500

Mike Baxter	89,000 48,000	48,000
William Thompson	88,500 22,500	22,500
Steve Billirakis	77,000 24,000	24,000

Devin Hanneman	74,000 49,300	49,300
Sam Grizzle	71,000 5,000	5,000

Chau Giang	64,000 14,000	14,000

Barry Greenstein	64,000 6,000	6,000

Matt Grapenthien	40,000 -3,000	-3,000

Fabrice Soulier	36,000 3,500	3,500

Vitaly Lunkin	34,000 20,000	20,000

Alan Zhang	31,400 12,400	12,400
Artie Cobb	20,500 2,000	2,000

Gylbert Drolet	18,000 -7,900	-7,900
Jesse Martin	14,000 -4,500	-4,500

Matthias Kurtz	11,000 -20,700	-20,700
David Tighe	9,000 -12,600	-12,600
Patrick Spinola	7,000 -19,900	-19,900
Don Zewin	Busted
Martin Raschkovan	Busted

06-01-2012 18:45 UTC-6

Farrell and Erfle Bust

donpeters

Both Anthony Farrell and Kim Erfle have just busted. Farrell was beaten by Sergey Pevzner's ace-king high when he couldn't hit a flush draw and ended up with only king high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kim Erfle	Busted
Anthony Farrell	Busted

Tags: Anthony Farrell Kim Erfle Sergey Pevzner

06-01-2012 18:40 UTC-6

Traniello's Two Pair

donpeters

Marco Traniello just moved up to 27,000 in chips after his two pair of nines and sevens worked out for him. He was against Steve Billirakis in the hand.

Traniello: (x)(x) / {9-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {3-Spades} / (x)
Billirakis: (x)(x) / {K-Clubs} {A-Spades} {3-Clubs} {Q-Spades} / (x)

On fourth, fifth and sixth street, Traniello led with bets and Billirakis made the call each time. On seventh street, both players checked.

Traniello showed the {7-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {6-Hearts} and Billirakis couldn't beat it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Billirakis	53,000 12,000	12,000

Marco Traniello	27,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Steve Billirakis Marco Traniello

06-01-2012 18:35 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts and Recent Eliminations

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grizzle	66,000 35,700	35,700

Huu Vinh	63,000 28,500	28,500
Barry Greenstein	58,000 8,000	8,000

Chau Giang	50,000 -6,000	-6,000

Brett Richey	27,000 12,000	12,000
Clayton Newman	Busted
Louis Foschi	Busted
Jeffery Welch	Busted
William Richardson	Busted

06-01-2012 18:34 UTC-6

Richardson Busted By Thompson

donpeters

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

William Richardson was all in on fourth street with the ( {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts} ) / {J-Hearts} {2-Spades} . He was up against the ( {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} ) / {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} for William Thompson. Here's how the boards ran out.

Richardson: ( {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts} ) / {J-Hearts} {2-Spades} {6-Spades} {6-Hearts} / ( {5-Hearts} )
Thompson: ( {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} ) / {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {A-Spades} {3-Clubs} / ( {7-Diamonds} )

Thompson's hand was best with two pair aces and queens. He won the pot and sent Richardson to the rail.

Tags: William Richardson William Thompson

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300