2013 World Series of Poker

Event #39: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk2953j
Prize
$184,590
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$753,300
Entries
558
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 15

Limits: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Dinner Break

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The players are on a 60-minute dinner break. Here are a few of the bigger stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Vengrin us
Matt Vengrin
210,000
15,000
15,000
Raul Paez es
Raul Paez
173,400
18,400
18,400
Reza Golestani
Reza Golestani
130,000
-10,000
-10,000
Issa Tadros us
Issa Tadros
125,000
38,000
38,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
100,500
6,500
6,500
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
87,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Young Phan us
Young Phan
85,000
15,000
15,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
75,000
-8,000
-8,000

A Few Updated Chip Counts

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Matt Vengrin us
Matt Vengrin
195,000
57,000
57,000
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
95,000
-1,600
-1,600
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
94,000
6,000
6,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
83,000
38,000
38,000
Mikal Blomlie no
Mikal Blomlie
62,000
-2,000
-2,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
60,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jose Paz-Gutierrez bo
Jose Paz-Gutierrez
58,000
-22,000
-22,000
Yosuke Sekiya jp
Yosuke Sekiya
54,000
21,000
21,000
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
46,000
5,000
5,000
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
42,000
-37,000
-37,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Jasmine Logue
Jasmine Logue
37,000
-23,000
-23,000
Artie Cobb us
Artie Cobb
33,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Linda Johnson us
Linda Johnson
31,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
15,000
-37,000
-37,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
15,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nicholas Verkaik ca
Nicholas Verkaik
Busted

Do a Barrel Roll!

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Matt Savage: {x-}{x-} / {7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} (FOLD)
Javid Javani: {x-}{x-} / {k-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{4-Spades} / {x-}
Dave Fox: {x-}{x-} / {3-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades} / {x-}

Three bets went in on third street between the trio, and on fourth Fox bet out. Savage called, Javani raised enough to put Fox all in, and the East Coast grinder called all-in for less. Savage called as well. Javani fired out into a fairly dry side pot on fifth, and Savage begrudgingly mucked his hand.

Javani: {k-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Fox: {a-Spades}{2-Diamonds}

Fox gave a little fist pump when he saw that his aces were ahead, and he improved to aces-up on sixth street. He turned over the {6-Hearts} on seventh, leaving Javani with a coupe outs to make aces and kings or even trip kings. The {7-Spades} gave him a meaningless two pair, however, and Fox was shipped the triple up.

Here are some counts from that table:

Player Chips Progress
Barbara Enright us
Barbara Enright
87,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Matt Savage us
Matt Savage
59,000
-13,000
-13,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
45,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dave Fox us
Dave Fox
32,000
-1,000
-1,000
Javid Javani us
Javid Javani
13,500
-5,500
-5,500

Tags: Dave FoxMatt SavageJavid Javani

Kovar In Trouble

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Raul Paez: {x-}{x-} / {2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{8-Clubs} / {x-}
Michael Kovar: {x-}{x-} / {8-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades} / {x-}
John Fahmy: {x-}{x-} / {q-Spades}{j-Hearts}{2-Spades}{7-Spades} / {x-}

Paez brought it in, Kovar completed, and both Fahmy and Paez called. On fourth street, Fahmy checked, Paez bet, and both Kovar and Fahmy called. On fifth, the action checked to Fahmy again, and he bet. Both players called.

All three players checked on sixth, and on seventh Fahmy bet once again. Paez and Kovar both called.

Paez: {7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}
Kovar: {4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Fahmy: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

Fahmy won the high with queens up, Paez took the low with a live eight, and Kovar received no chips.

Player Chips Progress
Raul Paez es
Raul Paez
128,000
53,000
53,000
John Fahmy us
John Fahmy
73,000
63,700
63,700
Michael Kovar
Michael Kovar
29,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Michael KovarRaul PaezJohn Fahmy

Mike Sexton Eliminated By Young Phan

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Young Phan: {X-}{X-}/{K-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Mike Sexton: {X-}{X-}/{A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Opponent: {X-}{X-}/{6-Clubs}{J-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Spades}

We arrived at the table post sixth street and Mike Sexton was already all in. Young Phan bet seventh street and the third player in the opponent folded after a few moments.

Phan tabled {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{2-Clubs} for kings full of queens, besting Sexton's {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} to score the elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Young Phan us
Young Phan
70,000
27,000
27,000
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Mike SextonYoung Phan

Troy More Than Triples

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

David "Bakes" Baker: {x-}{x-} / {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} / {x-}
Young Phan: {x-}{x-} / {7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} (FOLD)
Layne Flack: {x-}{x-} / {6-Spades}{k-Spades}{9-Spades}{q-Hearts} / {x-}
Maxwell Troy: {x-}{x-} / {j-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades} / {x-}

When we arrived, Troy, who finished runner-up in two stud events in 2010, was already all in on fourth street. Baker bet out, Phan folded, and Flack called. Flack called two more bets on fifth and sixth, then both players checked on seventh.

Baker showed {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for aces-up, winning the side pot, but Troy scooped the main pot with {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for a flush.

Troy is still very short though with 7,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
79,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
45,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Maxwell Troy us
Maxwell Troy
7,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: David "Bakes" BakerMaxwell TroyLayne FlackYoung Phan

Level: 14

Limits: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500