After Abe Mosseri brought it in with the , three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Mike "The Mouth" Matusow completed with the . Andrey Zaichenko, who was showing the , then raised and drove Mosseri from the hand. Matusow made the call and then bet when Zaichenko checked fourth.
The Russian made the call and then check-called bets on both fifth and sixth. Both players checked on seventh and Matusow said, "Two pair." He then flipped the for fives and deuces. Zaichenko peered at his cards one last time, gathered them up and then tossed them to the dealer.
Artie Cobb: / /
Eli Elezra: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / /
An combined 17 bracelets were just eliminated from the tournament in a single hand. That's because Eli Elezra just eliminated Phil Hellmuth (13 bracelets) and Artie Cobb (4 bracelets) here in Level 10. You're no doubt familiar with Hellmuth, but if Cobb is not known to you, we recommend you check out the profile we did on him on Day 1.
In the big hand, a short-stacked Hellmuth was all in on third after Cobb completed and Elezra called. Elezra then called a bet on fourth and Cobb got the last of his chips in on fifth. We missed the sixth-street cards for Elezra and Hellmuth, but it didn't matter as they had no influence on the hand.
Cobb:
Elezra:
Hellmuth:
Elezra ended up showing tens and sevens, which bested Hellmuth deuces and fives. It was also good against Cobb, who mucked without showing his final card. Elezra scooped the healthy pot and sent both Cobb and Hellmuth to the rail.
Jamison brought it in, Altbregin completed, and Friedman, who won this event last year, called. Jamison called as well.
On fourth street, Altbregin led out and both of his opponents called. The same occured on fifth street, and on sixth street he checked for the first time. Friedman checked behind him, Jamison fired out a bet, and Altbregin called all in for a single T100 chip. Friedman called as well.
On seventh, Friedman check-called a bet, and all three hands were tabled.
Jamison:
Altbregin:
Friedman:
Jamison held a flush, Friedman a low, and Altbregin mucked his trip kings before hitting the rail.
Gary Benson: / / {x}
Phil Hellmuth: / / {x}
Eli Elezra: /
Phil Hellmuth began the day dead last in chips out of the returning 130 players, but that hasn't stopped the 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner from running up his stack on Day 2.
In a recent hand, Gary Benson brought it in with the and Hellmuth completed with the . Eli Elezra, who was showing the , raised it, both Benson and Hellmuth called and three players went to fourth.
Elezra checked, Benson bet and it was off to fifth after two calls were made. All three players checked, and then Benson checked his pair of tens on sixth. Hellmuth took the opportunity to bet, Elezra called and Benson made the call.
Benson then check-called a bet on seventh and the cards were turned up.
Benson:
Hellmuth:
Benson could only muster a pair of tens, which was bested by Hellmuth's aces and eight-seven low. It was a scoop for Hellmuth.
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #13 $5,000 Seven-Card-Stud Eight-Or-Better. We will resume play today at 2 p.m. PDT, when chip leader Matt Woodward will be one of 130 competing for a gold bracelet and a first place prize of $266,503.
The plan for the day is to either play ten levels or down to a final table, whichever may come first. Our guess it that it will be the former. Play will resume in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room, which is also hosting Event #11: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed).
Last year's champion Adam Friedman (33,600) and runner-up Todd Brunson (38,500) are still in contention for a bracelet in today's event. Other notables looking to scoop their way to victory include: Yuval Bronshtein (57,200), Ilya Gorodetskiy (56,300), Gavin Smith (51,900), Matt Lefkowitz (50,300), David Bach (49,700), Toby Hausen (49,300), Sanjay Pandya (49,000), Kevin Vo (48,500), Mike Leah (46,900), Michael Chow (45,900) and Maria Ho (44,000).
Could we have a repeat champion? Friedman seems confident:
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for fives and deuces. Zaichenko peered at his cards one last time, gathered them up and then tossed them to the dealer.
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