Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-04-2012 20:57 UTC-6

Traniello & Cunningham Gone

Chad Holloway

The higher limits are starting to have an impact as there has been a flurry of eliminations in the last few minutes. Unfortunately we didn't catch the hands, but we can confirm that both Allen Cunningham and Marco Traniello have been eliminated from the tournament, the latter being dispatched by 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Traniello	Busted
Allen Cunningham	Busted

Tags: Allen Cunningham Marco Traniello

06-04-2012 20:52 UTC-6

More For Friedman

[user66118]

Perry Friedman is on quite a little charge here during these two levels. We joined him in a heads-up pot with Frank Kassela.

Friedman: (x-x) / {A-Spades} {5-Spades} {4-Clubs} {4-Hearts} / (x)
Kassela: (x-x) / {7-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} {9-Hearts} / (x)

Kassela was the completer on third street, and he called a raise from Friedman. Friedman got bets in on fourth, sixth, and seventh streets with Kassela check-calling.

Friedman: {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} / {A-Spades} {5-Spades} {4-Clubs} {4-Hearts}

Aces up are good for Friedman, and he's continuing his charge up the leaderboard. That pot takes him back up to about 57,000, and he's now right behind Kassela and above the chip average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	61,000 18,000	18,000

Perry Friedman	57,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Frank Kassela Perry Friedman

06-04-2012 20:48 UTC-6

Volpe Vanquished

[user66118]

Paul Volpe was down to 900 chips earlier today, but he managed to run that back up to around 15,000 or so the last time we checked. On this check-in, though, Volpe and his chip stack have disappeared, and we think it's safe to assume he's busto.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	Busted

Tags: Paul Volpe

06-04-2012 20:46 UTC-6

Trip Aces Out of Nowhere

Chad Holloway

Just before the level up we picked up the action on the turn when Jeffrey Yass check-called a bet from Shaun Deeb. This would be repeated on every street, which resulted in Deeb having the vast majority of his stack in the pot. Luckily for him, his well-disguised trip aces was good and he took down the monster pot.

Deeb: {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts} / {8-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {7-Spades}
Yass: (x-x) / {6-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {3-Spades} / (x)

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	38,000 -9,000	-9,000

Jeffrey Yass	29,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Jeffrey Yass Shaun Deeb

Level: 14

Limits: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-04-2012 20:40 UTC-6

Billirakis Bounced

[user66118]

We joined this three-way on fourth street.

Michael Sigel: (x-x) / {9-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Hearts} / (x)
Steve Billirakis: (x-x) / {9-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} / (x)
Max Pescatori: (x-x) / {K-Spades} {3-Spades} {3-Clubs} {8-Clubs} / (x)

Pescatori did the betting on fourth street, and Michael Sigel called all in. Steve Billirakis called too, and he was getting short on chips by that point, too. On fifth, Pescatori bet, and Billirakis raised to put himself all in. The rest of the boards were run out, and the hands looked like this:

Sigel: {10-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} / {9-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades}
Billirakis: {K-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {3-Hearts} / {9-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}
Pescatori: {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {2-Spades} / {K-Spades} {3-Spades} {3-Clubs} {8-Clubs}

Sigel won the main pot with his straight, and Pescatori took the side pot with his kings up. Billirakis couldn't beat either of those hands, and he's been exiled to the rail.

Sigel managed to get back close to 11,000 with that triple up, but he was eliminated just moments later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Pescatori	65,000 13,000	13,000

Michael Sigel	Busted
Steve Billirakis	Busted

Tags: Steve Billirakis Michael Sigel Max Pescatori

06-04-2012 20:35 UTC-6

Put Up Your Dukes

Chad Holloway

After Annie Duke completed with the {10-Diamonds} , Bryn Kenney raised with the {A-Clubs} . The rest of the players got out of the way and Duke not only called that bet, she called a bet on the turn as well. Then, when she took the lead on fifth, she led out and it was Kenney's turn to call. That action repeated itself on sixth before both players checked seventh.

Duke: {2-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} / {10-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {10-Clubs} {K-Hearts}
Kenney: (x-x) / {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {3-Hearts} / (x)

Duke rolled over two pair and it was good enough to win as Kenney simply mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Annie Duke	49,200 17,200	17,200

Bryn Kenney	38,700 -14,300	-14,300

Tags: Annie Duke Bryan Kenney

06-04-2012 20:29 UTC-6

Schulman's Favorite Color is Violette

Chad Holloway

Nick Schulman completed with the {Q-Spades} and was called by the player in Seat 5 and Cyndy Violette, who showed the {8-Hearts} and {9-Diamonds} respectively. All three players proceeded to check the turn before Seat 5 checked fifth street. Violette took the opportunity to fire out a bet, Schulman called and Seat 5 got out of the way.

Schulman then led out on sixth and Violette called. Seventh saw Schulman bet yet again, but this time Violette opted to give up the hand.

Schulman: (x-x) / {Q-Spades} {8-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} / (x)
Violette: (x-x) / {9-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {J-Clubs} {K-Hearts} / (x)
Seat 5: (x-x) / {8-Hearts} {9-Spades} {A-Clubs} fold

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	75,000 29,000	29,000

Cyndy Violette	43,600 -16,400	-16,400

Tags: Nick Schulman Cyndy Violette

06-04-2012 20:23 UTC-6

Traniello Finds a Pot

[user66118]

Lee Goldman completed with the {A-Clubs} , and he found action from Marco Traniello (with the {10-Diamonds} ) and Frank Kassela (with the {2-Spades} ). Goldman drew the {9-Diamonds} and check-folded on fourth street.

Traniello: (x-x) / {10-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Hearts} / (x)
Kassela: (x-x) / {2-Spades} {4-Spades} {2-Hearts} {9-Clubs} / (x)

Traniello bet fourth street and called a raise from Kassela, but he fired right back out when he paired up on fifth. Kassela called that bet and another one on sixth street before they check-checked through seventh.

Traniello showed up {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} / {10-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Hearts} , and his queens up were good.

Kassela flashed his {8-Spades} {9-Spades} and said, "Flush draw. Every spade was live, too. Not one dead spade."

Live or not, he couldn't find a fifth one, and that loss has set him back to about 43,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	43,000 -20,500	-20,500

Marco Traniello	28,000 17,500	17,500

Tags: Frank Kassela Marco Traniello

06-04-2012 20:20 UTC-6

Level 13 Counts

[user153906]

Updated counts for your viewing pleasure.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	115,700 31,700	31,700

Nacho Barbero	97,000 29,000	29,000

Victor Ramdin	85,000 -2,000	-2,000

Huck Seed	72,500 -1,500	-1,500

Alan Boston	68,000 8,000	8,000
Frank Kassela	63,500 -2,500	-2,500

Bryn Kenney	53,000 26,000	26,000

Max Pescatori	52,000 5,000	5,000

Tim Finne	51,000 51,000	51,000
Bill Chen	37,000 6,000	6,000

Perry Friedman	37,000 5,000	5,000

Michael Sigel	36,700 13,200	13,200
Jon Turner	36,500 11,500	11,500
Annie Duke	32,000 4,000	4,000

Marco Liesy	28,000 -25,000	-25,000
Philip Tom	25,000 11,000	11,000
Todd Barlow	17,600 -7,800	-7,800
Jerrod Ankenman	11,800 -15,200	-15,200

Marco Traniello	10,500 -23,500	-23,500
Steve Billirakis	9,000 -1,000	-1,000

Matt Grapenthien	Busted