Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-12-2018 01:05 UTC-7

Friedman and Kessler Both Take a Small Hit from Hila Elezra

MrCleverFox

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Perry Friedman: //
Hila Elezra: //
Allen Kessler: / — Folded on fifth
Opponent: / — Folded of fifth

Allen Kessler completed and he was called by three players including Perry Friedman and Hila Elezra, who is the wife of Eli Elezra, also in the tournament.

On fourth, action checked to Elezra and she bet. All three of her opponents called. On fifth, Elezra bet again but this time only Friedman called.

On sixth street, Elezra one more time and Friedman called one more time. Friedman called one final bet on seventh street, but he was shown for a pair and a low. It was good enough to take down the pot so Friedman sent over the chips, leaving himself with right around 15,000. Elezra took down the pot and chipped up to 15,000.

Her husband, Eli, mentioned that Hila only plays one tournament every year, and she's been chugging along so far, making through the first nine levels of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Perry Friedman	15,100 2,500	2,500

Hila Elezra	15,000 15,000	15,000
Allen Kessler	8,800 -4,200	-4,200

Tags: Allen Kessler Perry Friedman

06-12-2018 00:55 UTC-7

Deeb Makes a Strong Board

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Shaun Deeb was firing against Ben Yu when we got to their table with Deeb catching good twice and making a scary board.

Deeb: /
Yu: /

Yu picked up a pair but it wasn't enough to convince him to continue as Deeb had three to a low straight flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	22,000 4,000	4,000

Ben Yu	4,200

Tags: Ben Yu Shaun Deeb

06-12-2018 00:49 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	38,000 20,500	20,500
Eli Elezra	26,000 5,500	5,500

Yueqi Zhu	25,500 17,000	17,000

Steven Loube	24,800 17,800	17,800

Joey Couden	23,000 20,200	20,200

Zachary Gruneberg	19,500 6,500	6,500
Allen Kessler	13,000 4,900	4,900

David Sklansky	12,600 12,600	12,600

Robert Mizrachi	10,500 10,500	10,500

Owais Ahmed	9,700 -850	-850

Bart Hanson	9,400 -1,300	-1,300
Kyle Miaso	6,000 -6,000	-6,000
George Alexander	3,000 -4,000	-4,000

06-12-2018 00:36 UTC-7

Savage Scoops

MrCleverFox

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Matt Savage: //
Opponent: //

Picking up the action on seventh street, Matt Savage and his lone opponent had multiple bets out in front of them. Savage decided to lead on the river with one more bet and his opponent sighed, then called.

Savage shook his head then turned over possibly thinking he was beat or chopping, but to his surprise, his opponent mucked and that allowed Savage to take down the whole pot, chipping up over 15,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Savage	16,000 8,600	8,600

Tags: Matt Savage

06-12-2018 00:34 UTC-7

Clements Loses a Bunch

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Scott Clements and David Bach were two parties in one of the biggest pots of the day. It went three ways down to the river and the amount of raising and reraising built a mountain in the middle.

It started early as fourth street saw Clements bet into a field of three opponents with . Bradley Sullivan called, a player in Seat 7 raised, David Bach cold-called and Clements made it three bets. Sullivan got out of the way and the other two stuck around.

It got even crazier on fifth street as Clements caught low and bet again, with the next player calling, Bach raising, Clements making it three bets and Bach making it four. Everyone went to sixth.

Clements: /
Sullivan: / (folded on fourth street)
Seat 7: /
Bach: /

This time, things slowed down as Bach bet and the others called. On the end, though, it got wild again as Clements bet out, the next player called and Bach raised. Clements made it three bets and the others called.

Clements had for an ace-high flush. However, Bach had a better ace-high flush with in the hole for ace-king high. The third player had made a low and he took half of the pot, so Clements came out as the player taking a big hit.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	24,000 21,200	21,200

Scott Clements	20,400 4,600	4,600

Tags: David Bach Scott Clements

06-12-2018 00:28 UTC-7

One Rises While Many Fall

MrCleverFox

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Phil Ivey has recently joined the field while the likes of Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth are nowhere to be seen among others who have fallen over the course of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	7,300

Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Mike Ross	Busted
Benny Glaser	Busted

Randy Ohel	Busted

Craig Chait	Busted

Jennifer Tilly	Busted

Shannon Petluck	Busted
Andrey Zaichenko	Busted

Viacheslav Zhukov	Busted
Valentin Vornicu	Busted
Jameson Painter	Busted
Ronnie Bardah	Busted

06-12-2018 00:14 UTC-7

Ramdin Survives With Chop

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Victor Ramdin got his remaining chips in there in a three-way pot against Calvin Anderson and one other player. Anderson bet the final two streets heads up to create a side pot.

Ramdin: /
Anderson: /
Third player: /

Ramdin's seven-perfect was good for the low and Anderson took the high with just sixes, chopping the side pot with the eight-low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	37,800 17,600	17,600

Victor Ramdin	3,800

Tags: Calvin Anderson Victor Ramdin

06-12-2018 00:10 UTC-7

Ross Squeaks Out a Double With a Wheel

MrCleverFox

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

A player completed showing a after Mike Ross brought in with the . Ross raised over the top to get it all in and the other player called. There boards ran out as follows.

Mike Ross: /
Opponent: /

Ross' opponent showed seventh first, showing the meaning that Ross would somehow have to beat two pair in order to survive. And Ross peeled his final card.