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 |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
A short-stacked Barry Greenstein found himself all in from the get go as Shaun Deeb and Hasan Habib battled it our for a side pot. We didn't catch the action on the turn, but it appeared Deeb check-called a bet on fifth street before leading out on sixth. Habib made the call and then called a bet on sixth before both men checked seventh.
"Broadway" Deeb said confidently as he rolled over his cards.
Deeb: 
/ 
Habib: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Greenstein: 
/ {6c
Habib mucked his cards while Greenstein showed his, rapped the table and took his leave from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000 | 2,800 |
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Busted |
The first $5,000 buy-in event of the 2012 World Series of Poker, Event #6 $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Mixed-Max, will come to an end today, which is the perfect time to kick off the latest big buy-in tournament, Event #10 $5,000 Seven Card Stud.
Last year, this event featured a $10,000 buy-in and attracted 126 players, creating a prize pool of $1,184,400. The field was comprised of poker’s best, which was evidenced by a final table that included Chris Tryba (8th-$38,812), Kevin Tang (7th-$47,032), Chad Brown (6th-$57,917), Alexander Kostritsyn (5th-$72,627), John Hennigan (4th-$92,928) and Maxwell Troy (3rd-$128,341). While all of those men put in impressive performances, it was Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier and Steve Landfish who duked it out in heads-up action.
It was a lengthy match that saw Grospellier complete one of the more impressive comebacks in recent memory. You see, the Frenchman was down to less than 200,000 at the 50,000/100,000 limit, facing a nearly 24:1 deficit; nonetheless, Grospellier kept his composure and battled through to capture his first WSOP bracelet, not to mention the $331,639 first-place prize.
| Year | Winner | Entrants | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
This year’s buy-in has once again been lowered to $5,000, so we expect the field to be bigger than last years. Two Stud events have already taken place here at the Rio, but when it comes to Stud events this is the one everybody wants to win.
Action is set to kick off at 5 p.m. PST, so join us then as we bring you the latest from the floor of Event #10 $5,000 Seven Card Stud.
