We talked about Eli Elezra and Mike Matusow's last-longer bet earlier and are bringing you an update on their stacks. You can read about the bet here, and it's an interesting one that could provide a lot of laughs in the end. As it stands right now, Matusow has increased in chips from the last time we saw and Elezra has decreased.
Fresh off victory in the Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is Mayor of Struggle Town at the moment.
Although full of confidence after besting a 126-player field to take home the $331,639 first prize, Grospellier currently sits with just 4,675. And although he is currently in the Omaha-8 orbit, he is just around the corner from the game where he captured his first bracelet.
On a flop of we found Eugene Katchalov and his opponent checking the action to see the land on the turn. Katchalov fired out a bet of 800 and his opponent made the call before the on the river was checked down.
Katchalov tabled his , and when his opponent angled his cards towards the muck, Katchalov took the pot to move to 55,000 in chips.
We picked up with the action on fifth street where the unknown player bet and both Chino Rheem and Andrew Brown made the call. On sixth street, Rheem "went out on a limb" as he put it and fired a bet. Brown tanked for a minute and then folded, but the other player made the call. On seventh, Rheem bet i the dark as the dealer was spinning over his last card. His opponent raised.
"Did you just raise me?" asked Rheem. The player nodded. Rheem made the call and said, "If you rivered a seven perfect you got me."
The player turned over the to have just what Rheem didn't want to see a seven perfect. Rheem showed an for a seven-five and the mucked his hand. He was knocked back to 31,000 in chips.
For those stat wizards following the coverage that are always interested in the numbers that the World Series of Poker produce, here is a quick look at last year's numbers.
Event Snapshot of the 2010 WSOP
Bracelet Events: 57
Total Prize Pool: $187,109,850
# of Total Entries: 72,966
# of total Cashers: 7,486
# of Main event Entries: 7,319
Largest Non-Main Event Field: 4,345 (Event #3)
Largest Prize Pool: $68,799,059 (Event #57 Main Event)
Largest 1st Place PrizeL $8,944,310 (Event #57 Main Event)
# of Participating Countries: 117
Bracelet Winner From: United States (38), Canada (6), United Kingdom (5), Hungary (2), France (1), Russia (1), Norway (1), New Zealand (1), Netherlands (1), Israel (1)
Multiple Bracelet Winners: 1- Frank Kassela (2 bracelets)
Event Dates: Mat 27, 2010—July 17, 2010; November 6-8, 2010 (Main Event Final Table)
Event Location: Rio all-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
we found Eugene Katchalov and his opponent checking the action to see the 
land on the turn. Katchalov fired out a bet of 800 and his opponent made the call before the 
on the river was checked down.
, and when his opponent angled his cards towards the muck, Katchalov took the pot to move to 55,000 in chips.
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