Event #15 Final Table
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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,598,000
Entries
170
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Chip Counts at the Dinner Break
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
882,000 | |
|
|
861,000 | |
|
800,000 | |
|
787,000 | |
|
684,000 | |
|
467,000 | |
|
316,000 | |
|
304,000 |
Dinner Break
The players are now on dinner break and will return at 9:00 p.m. See you then.
Gary Benson Eliminated in 9th Place ($43,833)
Gary Benson (X)(X) / 
Th]
/ (X)
Allen Kessler (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Frank Kassela (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Six players went to fourth street, the three above along with Kirill Rabtsov, Jen Harman and Steve Zolotow. Benson bet, Rabstov folded, Kessler raised, Harman and Zolotow folded, Kassela called and Benson reraised. Both Kessler and Kassela called. Kessler checked on fifth street, Benson bet, and both Kassela and Kessler called. Kessler bet again on sixth, Kassela called, and Benson called all-in. Both Kessler and Kassela checked the river.
"I've got kings up," said Kassela, revealing 
. Benson showed 
for queens up and Kessler mucked. Kassela took down the pot and Benson was eliminated on the final table bubble.
Kessler Doubles
Kirill Rabtsov: (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Allen Kessler: (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
On fourth street, Kessler checked, Rabtsov bet and Kessler called. On fifth street, Kessler check-raised Rabtsov's first bet and then Rabtsov made it three bets to go. Kessler made it four bets and Rabtsov just called. On sixth street, Kessler fired out 50,000 of his remaining 60,000. Rabtsov called and then the last 10,000 went in on seventh in the dark.
Rabtsov held the 
-X underneath for a pair of aces and no low. Kessler was able to scoop the entire pot with the 
for trip sevens and an 8-7-4-3-A low. Kessler's now up to 675,000 while Rabtsov dropped to 910,000.
Juanda Cuts Down Chainsaw
John Juanda (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Allen Kessler (X)(X) / / (X)
Juanda check-called a bet from Kessler on fourth street. Kessler made the high board on fifth and checked. Juanda bet and Kessler called. Kessler check-called again on sixth and both players checked the river.
Kessler showed 
for two pair threes and sixes, but Juanda turned over 
for eights and fives with an 8-7-5-4-A low to scoop the pot. He's up to 855,00 while "Chainsaw" is down to 160,000.
Kessler and Rabtsov Chop the Low, Harman Hits High
In the first pot of significance since we moved on to the ESPN stage, Allen Kessler and Kirill Rabtsov both made a 7-6-5-3-A to split the low while Jennifer Harman made kings full. She took the high, and is up to 910,000. Kessler is on 320,000 and Rabtsov is the chip leader with just over 1 million.
Level: 22
Blinds: /
Ante:
Back At It
The cards are back in the air on the main stage for the final nine players.
Redraw
Here's the line up for the final nine-handed table.
Seat 1: Jennifer Harman
Seat 2: Steve Zolotow
Seat 3: Frank Kassela
Seat 4: John Juanda
Seat 5: Gary Benson
Seat 6: Vladimir Schmelev
Seat 7: Kirill Rabtsov
Seat 8: Allen Kessler
Seat 9: Dario Minieri