Event #23: $2,500 Seven-Card Stud Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-13-2013 18:01 UTC-7

Grospellier Takes One

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Level 12 : 300/1,200, 300 ante

Bertrand Grospellier had the bring-in and Daniel Negreanu completed. One player called, as did Grospellier before all three players checked fourth. Grospellier fired out 2,400 on fifth after it was checked to him, and that was enough to win the pot.

Grospellier: /
Negreanu: / (folded on fifth)
Opponent: / (folded on fifth)

"Take it buddy. Easy game!" added Negreanu as Grospellier raked in the pot to move to 16,200 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	68,400 -8,100	-8,100

Bertrand Grospellier	16,200 4,200	4,200

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Daniel Negreanu

06-13-2013 17:49 UTC-7

Chen Bests Former World Champion

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Level 12 : 300/1,200, 300 ante

Bill Chen: / /
Freddie Ellis: / /

Charles Balistreri brought it in with a deuce, Chen completed, and only Ellis called. Chen bet out on fourth street, Ellis called, and then Chen check-raised the 2009 Stud World Champion on fifth street. Ellis called.

Chen proceeded to bet out on sixth and seventh, and Ellis called him down.

"Ace-king flush," Chen said, revealing .

Ellis shook his head, and one-by-one he showed for an ace-high flush draw turned two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddie Ellis	38,000 -22,000	-22,000

Bill Chen	32,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Bill Chen Freddie Ellis

06-13-2013 17:38 UTC-7

No Spade

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Level 12 : 300/1,200, 300 ante

Joseph Esposito: / /
Freddie Ellis: / /
Scott Seiver: / /

Esposito was all in on third street when we arrived, and Ellis proceeded to check-call bets from Seiver on fourth, fifth, and sixth street. Both players checked on seventh, and Seiver showed for a pair of tens. Ellis had that beat with for a pair of queens, and Esposito won the main pot with for eights-up.

"I was telling myself 'no spade, no spade,'" Seiver siad to Ellis after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddie Ellis	60,000 7,000	7,000

Scott Seiver	25,000 -3,000	-3,000

Joseph Esposito	4,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Freddie Ellis Joseph Esposito Scott Seiver

06-13-2013 17:34 UTC-7

Munley Heading Back to Kansas

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Level 12 : 300/1,200, 300 ante

Bill Munley made his way to the PokerNews desk to inform us that he had been eliminated.

"I'm out kid!" stated a saddened Munley.

Explaining that he started with aces and made aces-up, he would run into his opponent's trip tens by fifth street. Unable to spike an ace or a seven, Munley was eliminated and found his way over to the PokerNews blogging desk.

However before Munley made his way off the tournament floor he had a message for his boys back home, "tell them I'm on my way back to Kansas and the HOSE game at Mohegan Sun Poker Nose Down!"

Player	Chips	Progress
William Munley	Busted

Tags: Bill Munley

06-13-2013 17:31 UTC-7

VIDEO: Bet Raise Fold Premiere!

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Level 12 : 300/1,200, 300 ante

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06-13-2013 17:27 UTC-7

Big Stacks for the Big Dogs

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Level 12 : 300/1,200, 300 ante

As we slowly start approaching money, a quick look around the room sees these players as the big dogs with most of the chips.

Obviously Adam Friedman is top dog, but the names mentioned have more then a few bracelets between them ... Akkari (1), Puchkov (1), Ellis (1), Kassela (2) and Mizrachi (3).

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	136,500 35,300	35,300

Andre Akkari	79,000 55,000	55,000

Konstantin Puchkov	69,000 26,000	26,000

Michael Mizrachi	63,000 25,000	25,000

Frank Kassela	57,000 27,000	27,000

Freddie Ellis	53,000 -1,000	-1,000

Level: 12

Limits: 300/1,200

Ante: 300

06-13-2013 17:14 UTC-7

Zintel Busts Kravchenko and Micon

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Level 11 : 300/1,000, 200 ante

Rudolf Zintel: / /
Bryan Micon: / /
Alexander Kravchenko: / /

We caught up with the action on fifth street, where after a series of bets and raises, Kravchenko was all in and Micon only had 600 chips behind. Micon and Zintel both checked on sixth, and on seventh Zintel bet enough to put Micon all in. He called.

Zintel showed for a flush, and the only downcard we saw from Micon was the . Kravchenko mucked his hand so quickly after flashing his holdings, that we only caught the . Both players were eliminated, while Zintel rocketed up to 50,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudolf Zintel	50,000 34,000	34,000
Alexander Kravchenko	Busted

Bryan Micon	Busted

Tags: Alexander Kravchenkom Bryan Micon Rudolf Zintel

06-13-2013 17:14 UTC-7

"That Happens to Good Players"

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Level 11 : 300/1,000, 200 ante

The action passed to Bill Munley and he completed to 1,000. Next to act was Daniel Negreanu and he three-bet.

"Just seeing if you got it!" stated Negreanu before he was bet with a four-bet to 3,000. Negreanu called and paired up on fourth and instantly double bet.

Munley: / (folded on fourth)
Negreanu: /

"Well that happens to good players." stated Munley in reference to Negreanu catching another queen as he folded his face up.

Negreanu tabled his to prove he had trips and let out a few laughs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	55,500 -3,500	-3,500

William Munley	9,500 -2,500	-2,500

Tags: Bill Munley Daniel Negreanu

06-13-2013 17:03 UTC-7

Friedman Ticks Into Six Figures

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Level 11 : 300/1,000, 200 ante

Catching the action on fifth street we found Adam Friedman betting into his opponent. Making the call, Friedman's opponent would call another 2,000-chip bet on sixth before Friedman checked seventh street dark.

Friedman: / /
Opponent: / /