Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-01-2009 18:55 UTC-12

First Table Break!

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Finally, after five-and-half hours of play, we've had our first table break. Unfortunately, it was table #232 -- the table of jolly Russian-speakers. They've been scattered to the four corners of the tournament. Let's hope they get back together before the end of the tournament.

136 players remain.

06-01-2009 19:12 UTC-12

Everyone's a Comedian!

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The new table of comedy is Table 244. Daniel Negreanu recently ran out of the room at full speed to use the bathroom. He came running back in time not to miss the next hand.

"Did you wash your hands?" Shawn Sheikhan asked.

"Yep! They're all wet," replied Negreanu.

"Prove it to us," Matt Glantz dared him. "Lick your hands."

After the laughs died down, Negreanu completed a {K-Hearts}

and was called by an older player named Freddie Ellis who had the {J-Diamonds}

. Ellis took over the betting lead the rest of the way, drawing a board of (X-X) / {J-Diamonds}

/ (X). Negreanu's board came (X-X) / {K-Hearts}

/ (X).

At the river, Elllis peeked at his cards, then said, "I'm gonna respect you and check."

"I gotta see what I've got," replied Negreanu.

"Be careful even if you've got something."

Negreanu looked at his own river card, then said, "Well this is probably stupid but I'm gonna bet."

"I call," said Ellis.

"Kings up."

"Kings and jacks," Ellis announced proudly.

"I know," Negreanu replied sheepishly. "That's why it was stupid."

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Matt Glantz Shawn Sheikhan

06-01-2009 19:24 UTC-12

Elezra Makes Big Laydown?

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It was all Eli Elezra until sixth street. He was the aggressor the whole way until David Benyamine made an open pair of eights, (X-X) / {4-Spades}

, and bet out. Elezra called with (X-X) / {A-Clubs}

. At the river, Benyamine bet again. Elezra thought it over and then open-mucked {A-Diamonds}

, a pair of aces. Benyamine opened {6-Spades}

in the hole for sixes full of eights!

Tags: David Benyamine Eli Elezra

06-01-2009 19:28 UTC-12

It's Z's World

[user66118]

We just caught the tail end of a big pot at Table 237 between Steve Zolotow and Al Barbieri. Walking up after the final card was out, we saw Zolotow turn over trip kings. Barbieri had a jack showing on board, and he rolled over his first two down cards, revealing two more jacks that had been hiding in the pocket, leaving his seventh card face-down.

"What do you got?" asked Zolotow, who was a little impatient for Barbieri's liking. "I don't know. I'm sweating it," he said, as he very slowly squeezed his last card. He needed to pair any of his cards to make a winning full house (or quads), but it appeared he missed as he slapped his cards onto the table face-down.

Barbieri wanted one more look though; he gathered his seven cards into his hands as if playing Rummy, giving them one last long staredown before once again slapping them down on the table and shaking his head.

With his bigger trips, Zolotow raked in the pot worth about 18,000 chips. He has climbed up to 44,000, bumping Sugar Bear down to 28,000.

Tags: Al Barbieri Steve Zolotow Sugar Bear

06-01-2009 19:29 UTC-12

Break It Down!

[user75032]

Players are on their last break of the night. See you in twenty minutes.

06-01-2009 19:50 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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We've made it to the last two levels of the night.

Level: 7

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-01-2009 19:57 UTC-12

How to Win at Stud

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Chris Brown and Rodeen Talebi gave their table a good chuckle. Brown called all the way with (X-X) / {J-Spades}

against Talebi's (X-X) / {2-Spades}

. Each player then checked the river. Brown turned over {10-Diamonds}

for a pair of threes, which just barely edged out Talebi's pair of deuces.

Tags: Chris Brown Rodeen Talebi

06-01-2009 19:59 UTC-12

The Chainsaw is Out of Gas

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Allen Kessler is the latest victim of the tournament. Hasan Habib was the executioner. Kessler was all in with {7-Diamonds}

; he found himself against Habib's {K-Clubs}

. Neither player improved from there.

Tags: Allen Kessler Hasan Habib

06-01-2009 20:12 UTC-12

Bach Gets the Spoils from War with Raymer

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Most pots in this tournament are now being contested heads-up. Gone are the three- and four-way pots that were more common in the early levels when limits were small.

A recent pot was heads up between David Bach and Greg Raymer. Raymer had the betting lead on every street, but checked to Bach each time. It was finally at the river, with Bach showing (X-X) / {2-Clubs}

/ (X) to Raymer's (X-X) / {5-Diamonds}

/ (X), that Bach's bet got Raymer off of his hand.

Tags: David Bach Greg Raymer