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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 2
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
408
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 408
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Greg Raymer: (XXX) / 
Steven Albini: 
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We got to the table in time to see Greg Raymer call bets from Steven Albini on fourth and fifth streets; both players checked on sixth. Albini bet again on seventh and Raymer sighed deeply. He tanked for a while and eventually made the call.
"Flush, and an eight low," announced Albini, presumably in training for next week's stud hi/lo event.
Raymer mucked, and was left with just 800.
A few hands later and Raymer got his last 500 chips in. He had kings up by seventh street, and a pair of deuces to go with them, but his opponent turned over an unforgiving quad tens, and we are down a Team PokerStars Pro, and the last American one at that.
The hopes of Team PokerStars will now be resting on Pat Pezzin (Canada) and Alex Kravchenko (Russia).
Mikhail Smirnov: 
(X) / 
Oleg Shamardin: (XXX) / 
Edwin Biber: 
(X) / 
Mikhail Smirnov was all in on fourth street, and Oleg Shamardin was all in by fifth or sixth. When it came to showdown, Biber flipped aces in the hole - it all went rather quickly so we didn't catch whether it a full house or just trips. Either way, Shamaridn mucked. Smirnov seemed to be enjoying himself rather more.
"Ahh ha ha, you are very lucky, man," Smirnov said as he revealed that he'd got his chips in with rolled up tens. Again, we couldn't quite catch the seventh card.
Either way, Shamardin and Smirnov both hit the rail. Biber collected both their stacks and moved up to 35,000.
A raising war broke out between Leonard Lombardo and John Ross which saw the last of Ross' chips in on third. Here's how the boards ran out:
Ross: () / 
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Lombardo: (
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/ (X)
Ross had buried aces but needed to spike a river to make two pair to better Lombardo's split jacks which made jacks and nines.
That hand put Ross up to 10,000 however those chips didn't last long as he was eliminated soon after.
We're not sure what happened, but our Multitabler Of The Day, Esther Rossi, has succumbed. She will be presumably consoled by the fact that she can now give her full attention to the Ladies' World Championship next door in the Pavilion Room.
In an interesting hand, Said Elsanafiri has collected a big pot at the expense of Alexey Tkachenko.
Tkachenko led the betting he whole way showing a pair of aces, depsite Elsanafiri raising on both fourth and fifth streets. On sixth and seventh, Elsanafiri thought better of raising again and decided to just call down.
Tkachenko: () / 
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Elsanafiri: (
) / 
/ (X)
Tkachenko showed aces and kings but Elsanafiri had tens in the hole for a set to take down the pot. He's up to 40,000 with Tkachenko at 16,000.
Tom Dwan: 
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Jon Turner: / 
It was a short-lived recovery for Tom Dwan.
The last of his chips went in on fifth street when he bet and then called all in to a raise from Jon Turner. The rest of the cards were dealt and Dwan failed to improve on his pair of kings. He headed for the door without even a min-cash to his name. Turner however managed to improve to a full house, and moved into the chip lead on 57,000.
Pat Pezzin: / 
Jason Estock: {
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Pat Pezzin completed and Jason Estock raised. Pezzin just called, but the rest of Estock's chips went in on fourth or fifth street and all the cards were turned over as the dealer dealt sixth and seventh.
At the end of it all Estock could only boast the pair of eightsthat had been his first two down cards. Pezzin's two pair was more than enough to secure the pot, and he moved on up to 24,000 while Estock hit the rail.
Catching the action on fourth street, Tommy Hang led out with a bet before Ernest Buckley raised it up. Hang called before taking the lead on fifth and sixth street where his last chips were sent into the middle.
Hang: (
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/ (
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Buckley: () / 
/ ()
Buckley had buried kings but Stud is often a race to two pair and Hang got there on the river with nines and fives to double to 11,000. Buckley is still in good shape with 30,000.
Level: 10
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