The World Series of Poker paid tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Jerry Buss. The Los Angeles Lakers owner was a regular at the WSOP for many years. The tribute took place before the $2500 Seven-Card Stud event, one of his favorites.
Photographs by Danny Maxwell and Joe Giron
After hearing of some commotion going down on Table 375, our PokerNews reporter headed over to see what all the controversy was about.
Apparently Roland Israelashvili sat down and played a hand through to seventh street before losing. He then asked his opponent - who was also sitting next to him - how many chips you started with.
After being told it was 7,500 - or three times your buy-in - Israelashvili commented that he paid $5,000 for his seat.
On closer inspection of his ticket, it appeared as though Israelashvili was registered for an upcoming $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo tournament and not the seven-card stud one he had just played a hand in.
Israelashvili was escorted out of the tournament area to correct the ticketing mistake while the stack that he had already played was put back in the well since that seat was still yet to be sold.
Level: 2
Limits: 25/100
Ante: 25
A few more players have trickled since the commencement of level two.
One of which is Roland Israelashvili - who after the controversy that happened on table 375 - has registered for the correct event and now is seated on the opposite side of the room.
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500 | |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
Nacho Barbero completed first to act before his opponent raised to 200. Barbero called, and then proceeded to call bets on fourth and fifth before raising sixth and betting out on seventh.
Barbero: 
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With Barbero's opponent going into the tank for a few moments, he would eventually opt to fold while Barbero raked the pot to move back to starting stack while flashing the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,300
-200
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-200 |
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On fifth street we found David Singer raising his opponent's 200-chip bet. Singer's opponent called and checked dark (although not possible until sixth street was dealt) before Singer tapped the table behind.
Before the dealer had a chance to deal seventh, Singer's opponent blind-bet out 200 and once Singer looked over his cards, he folded his hand while slipping to 2,100 in chips.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,100
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-5,400 |
Both Andre Akkari and Chris Tryba called a completion and a bet from their opponent before fifth street saw Tryba take the lead after the action was checked to him. Tryba's opponent raised to push Akkari out before Tryba made it three bets to go. His opponent made it four before Tryba called.
On sixth street - now faced with another 200 bet - Tryba called and stated, "it makes no sense for you to raise a full house on fifth to push an opponent out." Seventh saw Tryba call another bet as both player's boards read as follows.
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Tryba's opponent tabled his 
for queens-full and Tryba mucked his hand while slipping to 5,800 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,800
-1,700
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-1,700 |
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After folding four hands in a row, David Singer completed all-in for his last 75. Both the bring-in and a third player called the additional 50 before checking fourth and seventh streets while fifth and sixth saw bets of 200.
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The original bring-in tabled his for fives-full to eliminate Singer.
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Busted |
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The 200-odd players are now heading on a 15-minute break.
