2012 World Series of Poker

Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aqj6j89
Prize
$190,826
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$681,500
Entries
145
Level Info
Level
26
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
7,000

Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

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: {10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} / {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Oppenheim: {Q-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{6-Spades} / {K-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Williams: (x-x) / {7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{J-Clubs} / (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
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
27,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Stephen Su
Stephen Su
Busted

Tags: David OppenheimStephen SuDavid Williams

Where in the World is Phil Ivey?

Phil Ivey
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
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Busted
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Phil Ivey

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) / {6-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
Arieh: (x-x) / {4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{4-Spades}

Player Chips Progress
Freddie Ellis us
Freddie Ellis
28,000
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
13,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Freddie EllisJosh Arieh

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
59,000
46,000
46,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Sigel us
Michael Sigel
54,900
Maxwell Troy us
Maxwell Troy
54,200
39,200
39,200
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
53,800
38,800
38,800
WSOP 3X Winner
David Singer us
David Singer
53,400
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
47,700
32,700
32,700
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
46,900
31,900
31,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
45,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Marco Liesy us
Marco Liesy
45,200
Matthew Kelly us
Matthew Kelly
43,600
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
41,800
13,800
13,800
Roger Smith us
Roger Smith
36,200
Anthony Ruberto us
Anthony Ruberto
36,000
Freddie Ellis us
Freddie Ellis
36,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
35,700
20,700
20,700
WSOP 6X Winner
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
35,600
22,600
22,600
WSOP 4X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
34,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
33,700
18,700
18,700
WSOP 3X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
32,900
17,900
17,900
Brandon Guss us
Brandon Guss
32,300
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
32,300
10,300
10,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
31,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
31,100
13,600
13,600
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
31,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
David Rosenau us
David Rosenau
30,400

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Day 1 In the Books: Bryn Kenney Leads The Way

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Bryn Kenney
Bryn Kenney

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) / {q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Spades} / (x)
Kenney: (x-x) / {6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} / (x)
Brown: (x-x) / {k-Clubs}{3-Spades}{k-Hearts}{3-Clubs} / (x)
Tom McCormick: (x-x) / {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs} 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 {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades} in the hole and caught the {a-Diamonds} 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 {q-Hearts}{k-Spades} 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!

Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud

Day 1 Completed