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

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 11:30 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 11

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-07-2009 11:37 UTC-12

During the last hour, Fabrice Soulier quietly climbed up the chip counts to overtake the chip lead from Dutch Boyd. Soulier was at it again just back from break. He eliminated a short stack by making three jacks. That pot pushed Soulier to 103,000, the first player to cross the century mark.

Tags: Fabrice Soulier

06-07-2009 11:41 UTC-12

Grizzle at it Again

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Sam Grizzle's been moved to a new table, Brasilia #181. Players there include "Miami" John Cernuto, John Juanda and David Levi. Levi was the antagonist in a pot with Grizzle, with Levi leading all the way to sixth street. Both players checked sixth and seventh streets. Levi showed down {A-Clubs}

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to take down the pot with a pair of aces.

Levi is sitting comfortable with 72,000. Grizzle, meanwhile, hasn't been able to do much today but hover around 30,000.

Tags: David Levi Sam Grizzle

06-07-2009 11:50 UTC-12

Checking in on the Champ

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Last year, the bracelt in this event was contested between Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri and Mike Rocco. Rocco proved the victor after a lengthy heads-up battle.

No sign of Sugar Bear here on Day 2, but Rocco is in the field with a stack of 30,000 chips. That's just slightly above the 27,000-chip average stack. It's still a long way to the final table (heck, it's a long way to the money) but we'll keep an eye on Rocco to see if he can make another deep run.

Tags: Mike Rocco

06-07-2009 11:52 UTC-12

Grinder Running Out of Gears

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It's not looking good for Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi. He's down to just 3,000 chips after Dutch Boyd made two pair, nines and deuces, to take a sizable pot off of Mizrachi. Mizrachi's board was x-x / {K-Hearts}

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Tags: Dutch Boyd Michael Mizrachi

06-07-2009 11:58 UTC-12

Mizrachi Eliminated

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It didn't take long. Just a few hands after being crippled by Dutch Boyd, Michael Mizrachi was all in on third street against Helmut Koch. Mizrachi started {K-Diamonds}

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against Koch's {k-Hearts}

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. Koch made an open pair of tens going into the river; Mizrachi paired his king. On the river, Koch pulled a second pair, sixes. Mizrachi squeezed out his last card but couldn't find a second pair of his own.

Mizrachi, who earlier told Sam Grizzle that he was playing for the bracelet, will have to try his luck in other events during this WSOP.

Tags: Helmut Koch Michael Mizrachi

06-07-2009 12:10 UTC-12

Recent Elimination

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Eli Elezra (wearing a fantastic hat) has joined the gallery on the rail. No joy in this tournament for Elezra; his 2009 WSOP bracelet quest will have to wait for the Limit Omaha Hi/Lo championship that just started on the other side of the room.

06-07-2009 12:23 UTC-12

The Bubble Approaches

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We're on the last table to be eliminated before the money bubble bursts. Eight more players will leave this tournament without any money. The rest of the field will earn at least $2,400. The latest player to go home empty-handed is 2008 bracelet winner Rep Porter.