Event 16 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 11

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-07-2009 11:30 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

06-07-2009 11:07 UTC-12

Break Time

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Players are on their first twenty-minute break of the day.

06-07-2009 11:03 UTC-12

Your Dose of Thor Hansen

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We finally found a hand for Thor Hansen. After Gary Benson brought it in with the {4-Diamonds}

and Hansen completed the {10-Clubs}

, William Buckley raised the {8-Diamonds}

. Benson folded and Hansen made the call.

Hansen had the lead on fourth and fifth streets and bet both of them. On sixth street, Buckley took over the betting lead and check-called a bet, bringing the two players to the river with these boards:

Buckley: x-x / {8-Diamonds}

/ x
Hansen: x-x / {10-Clubs}

/ x

They both checked, with Hansen's {10-Diamonds}

(a pair of tens) taking the pot.

Tags: Thor Hansen

06-07-2009 10:55 UTC-12

Elezra Getting Short; Rechnitzer Has More Room

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Sometimes short stacks can make things interesting. Gerard Rechnitzer started the day with just 2,700 in chips but he's up to 26,500 after beating Eli Elezra in a recent pot. Elezra bet sixth street and seventh street showing x-x / {J-Diamonds}

/ x and Rechnitzer called each bet.

"You win," said Elezra once Rechnitzer called. Rechnitzer anyway showed down {Q-Spades}

in the hole for a pair of queens. Elezra mucked, slipipng to 13,000 chips in the pocess.

Tags: Eli Elezra George Rechnitzer

06-07-2009 10:37 UTC-12

Grizzle Gets Some Back

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Sam Grizzle, no longer serving his penalty for... whatever it was, is back mixing it up at his table. He was in a three-way pot with John Juanda and Chris Reslock on sixth street. The boards were:

Juanda: x-x / {A-Clubs}

Grizzle: x-x / {Q-Clubs}

Reslock: x-x / {4-Spades}

Grizzle led out with a bet that Reslock raised, folding Juanda. Grizzle called. Both players checked the river, with Grizzle revealing two diamonds in his pocket {7-Diamonds}

to match the three on his board. Reslock flashed the {4-Diamonds}

(trip fours) and remarked that he had a pair and a spade draw on sixth street.

After the hand, Juanda was down to 39,000, Reslock was down to 16,500, and Grizzle was up to 29,000.

Tags: Chris Reslock John Juanda Sam Grizzle

06-07-2009 10:27 UTC-12

Stack Consolidation

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It shouldn't ever be a surprise, but it'a always impressive to see. In the first one hour and twenty minutes of play today, we've already lost 25 players -- a quarter of the field.

Jason Mercier seems to be slowly falling into the danger zone of players who might join the ranks of the eliminated on the rail. His stack is down to about 20,000 from the 40,000+ that he started with today.

Tags: Jason Mercier

06-07-2009 10:17 UTC-12

The Battle of the Ace-High Flushes

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Brutality for David Bach's opponent. Bach bet fifth street and called a bet on sixth street. Everything went haywire on the river, with Bach showing x-x / {A-Hearts}