Rodawig Leads The Way Into Day 3; Hellmuth and Seidel Lurking
Welcome to Day 3 of PokerNews' coverage of Event #33. the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship. A starting field of 168 is left with just 18 players, but only 16 will make the money and only one will emerge with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Leading the way into Day 3 is Eric Rodawig with 695,000, but a skilled bunch is hot on his heels. David Benyamine, Ali Eslami, Antony Lellouche, Joe Tehan, John Racener, Ted Forrest, Phil Laak...you getting the picture? An elite field of poker's finest are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth currently sits seventh is chips. Will this be the first non hold'em WSOP event that Hellmuth conquers? Then there is Erik Seidel. His 2011 has been one for the record books. Will he add another bracelet to his collection?
Here are the table and seat assignments:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 279 | 1 | Ali Eslami | 415,000 |
| 279 | 2 | Eric Rodawig | 695,000 |
| 279 | 3 | Erik Seidel | 126,000 |
| 279 | 4 | Antony Lellouche | 373,000 |
| 279 | 5 | --empty-- | -- |
| 279 | 6 | Christopher George | 350,000 |
| 279 | 7 | --empty-- | -- |
| 279 | 8 | Justin Smith | 86,000 |
| 285 | 1 | --empty-- | -- |
| 285 | 2 | Bill Chen | 113,000 |
| 285 | 3 | Joe Tehan | 372,000 |
| 285 | 4 | --empty-- | -- |
| 285 | 5 | Felipe Ramos | 331,000 |
| 285 | 6 | Mikhail Savinov | 101,000 |
| 285 | 7 | Chris Tryba | 75,000 |
| 285 | 8 | Phil Laak | 193,000 |
| 291 | 1 | Ted Forrest | 280,000 |
| 291 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 291 | 3 | Cyndy Violette | 53,000 |
| 291 | 4 | John Racener | 321,000 |
| 291 | 5 | Jon Turner | 44,000 |
| 291 | 6 | Phil Hellmuth | 332,000 |
| 291 | 7 | David Benyamine | 448,000 |
| 291 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
Play begins at 3pm local time, about 20 minutes from now, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day for all of the action as it unfolds!