Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
Day 1 Completed
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$681,500
Entries
145
Level
26
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
7,000
Day 1 In the Books: Bryn Kenney Leads The Way
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
It was a long, action packed night here at the Rio as Day 1 of Event #10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud played out. 145 players entered the event, up from last year’s total of 126, though it should be noted that last year’s version of this tournament was a $10,000 entry. Of the 145 entrants, 91 remain, and Bryn Kenney leads the way with 59,000 chips. The two players who fought heads up for the bracelet last year, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (10,300) and Steve Landfish (31,100) were at the same table most the day, and both will return tomorrow.
The big hand for Kenney occurred when he knocked out two well known stud specialists: Chad Brown and Jen Harman.
Harman: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Kenney: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Brown: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Tom McCormick: (x-x) / 
fold
Did you get all that? Ok here we go. When we got to the table, Brown and Harman were all in on third street against Kenney and McCormick. Kenney proceeded to bet the whole way until McCormick folded on sixth street. Kenney showed 
in the hole and caught the 
on the river to make aces up. Brown couldn't catch another king or three on seventh street to fill up, while Harman showed just the 
for a pair of queens before mucking her hand and heading to the rail.
Not everyone was as lucky as the aforementioned players. Stud expert Chris Tryba was one of the earliest causalities of the day. He was joined on the rail by Dan Kelly, Chris Klodnicki, Justin “Boosted J” Smith, Robert and Michael Mizrachi, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu, amongst others.
There’s still a proverbial who’s who of poker pros that are still in contention for the bracelet. Jason Mercier ended the day with 32,900 chips. He will be double dipping tomorrow, as he has 50,000 in the $1,500 re-entry event. Andy Bloch is still in contention for back-to-back bracelets with 24,800 in chips. Cory Zeidman is in contention for his 2nd bracelet of the young summer with 24,700 in chips, and in addition to Grospellier, two more champs of this event, Freddie Ellis (36,000) and Chris Reslock (23,400), are still alive.
The remaining players will come back tomorrow at 2 p.m. for Day 2 of the event. The goal will be to play down to the final table, but they will stop after 10 levels of play if they haven’t reached the final eight by then. Until then, thanks for staying tuned to Pokernews, and goodnight from Las Vegas!
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | 46,000 |
|
54,900 | |
|
54,200 | 39,200 |
|
53,800 | 38,800 |
|
53,400 | |
|
47,700 | 32,700 |
|
46,900 | 31,900 |
|
45,700 | |
|
45,200 | |
|
43,600 | |
|
41,800 | 13,800 |
|
|
36,200 | |
|
36,000 | |
|
36,000 | |
|
35,700 | 20,700 |
|
35,600 | 22,600 |
|
34,000 | 12,000 |
|
33,700 | 18,700 |
|
32,900 | 17,900 |
|
32,300 | |
|
32,300 | 10,300 |
|
31,200 | |
|
31,100 | 13,600 |
|
31,000 | 7,000 |
|
30,400 |
Late Eliminations
There's less than a minute left in the day, and we regret to inform you that Justin Bonomo and Mori Eskandani have both been eliminated just shy of Day 2. We're headed out to the tournament floor to get some chip counts, so stay tuned for those and our end-of-Day-1 recap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
28,000 | 14,000 |
|
24,200 | 11,200 |
|
24,000 | 9,000 |
|
17,400 | -600 |
|
13,000 | 1,600 |
Ellis Holding Strong
In 2009, Freddie Ellis won this event at the experienced age of 77. Here we are three years later and Ellis, who is somewhere around 80 using simple math, is continuing to show his worth in Stud. While the field is littered with 20-somethings, Ellis seems as energetic as someone half his age.
We caught the action in a recent hand on fifth street when Ellis fired out a bet and received a call from Josh Arieh. Sixth street saw Arieh take the lead with a pair of fours and he bet accordingly. Ellis double checked his hand and opted to lay it down. It wasn't much, but it gave us an excuse to let you know that the former champ is still in contention for his second title in four years.
Ellis: (x-x) / 
Arieh: (x-x) / 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000 | -1,500 |
|
13,000 | 3,000 |
Where in the World is Phil Ivey?
It's not easy to overlook Phil Ivey, the man many consider the best poker player in the world. Even so, that's exactly what we did when his table broke. After realizing we hadn't seen him in awhile, we scoured the room in search of the eight-time bracelet winner but to no avail. The only logical conclusion is that Ivey has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Goodbye, Mr. Su
Stephen Su was all in on the first three cards and watched David Oppenheim and David Williams both check the turn. Oppenheim proceeded to bet fifth and sixth, Williams called, and then both men checked seventh.
Su: / 
Oppenheim: 
/ 
Williams: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Su ended up with two pair, nines and tens, but it was no good against the kings and queens of Oppenheim.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | |
|
Busted |
Negreanu Knocked Off
Negreanu: (x-x) / / (x)
Zeidman: (x-x) / 
Sigel: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Daniel Negreanu came in for a raise, and got calls from Cory Zeidman, Mike Sigel, and two other players. Negreanu bet again on fourth, and was only called by Sigel and Zeidman. Negreanu was all in on fifth street after Zeidman led out, and Sigel raised it up. Zeidman called, and called bets from Sigel on sixth and seventh street. Sigel showed 
in the hole for a straight, and Zeidman showed for trips before mucking. Negreanu showed aces and sixes before he hit the rail, and tweeted the following:
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu I ran pretty terrible in the Stud, finally picked up AA made aces up and lost to a straight. That was very disappointing but I played well.
June 04 2012
At a different table, we saw that John D'Agostino has also busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Limits: 500/1,000
Ante: 100