Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud | 2012 World Series of Poker

Level: 19

Limits: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,500

06-05-2012 13:55 UTC-6

A Seven Card Stud Champion Will Be Crowned

Chad Holloway

What began two days ago will come to an end today as the final 16 players of a 145-player field compete for their share of a $681,500 prize pool in Event #10 Seven Card Stud. The field is comprised of quality players, including our chip leader, 2009 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro. That year he won three bracelets in Stud variations, so labeling him the early favorite wouldn’t be

Other players in contention for the $190,826 first-place prize include John Monnette, Cyndy Violette, Mike Sexton, Eugene Katchalov, Perry Friedman, Nick Schulman and Bryn Kenney.

Here’s a look at the entire lineup here at the start of Day 3:

End of Day 2 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Chips
1	Jeff Lisandro	276,500
2	Eugene Katchalov	207,000
3	John Monnette	188,000
4	Huu Vinh	179,000
5	Max Pescatori	170,500
6	Bryn Kenney	170,000
7	Raymond Dehkarghani	169,000
8	Perry Friedman	160,500
9	Tim Finne	133,000
10	Lee Goldman	124,500
11	Mark Dickstein	105,000
12	Cyndy Violette	88,000
13	Yuval Bronshtein	72,500
14	Mike Sexton	62,000
15	David Rosenau	43,600
16	Nick Schulman	14,000

Today, one of the above players will add their name to this prestigious list of winners.

Past Seven Card Stud Championship Results

Year	Winner	Entrants	Earnings
2012	???	145	$190,826
2011	Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier	126	$331,639
2010	Men “The Master” Nguyen	150	$394,807
2009	Freddie Ellis	142	$373,751
2008	Eric Brooks	158	$415,856
2007	Chris Reslock	180	$258,453
2006*	Benjamin Lin	182	$256,620
2005*	Jan Sorensen	192	$293,275

*Buy-in was $5,000

Day 3 action is set to kick off at 2 p.m., which is about an hour from now, so join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations as we play down to a winner in Event #10 Seven Card Stud.

Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud

Day 3 Started