2012 World Series of Poker

Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$269,037
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$996,400
Entries
212
Level Info
Level
30
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better

Day 1 Completed

Chris Tryba Leads After Day 1

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Chris Tryba (Event 7) is the Day 1 chip leader
Chris Tryba (Event 7) is the Day 1 chip leader

After eight levels of play, Day 1 of Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better is in the books. A total of 212 players ponied up $5,000 to play today, generating a prize pool of $996,400. The top 24 players will receive a minimum of $9,675, each member of the final table is guaranteed $27,012 and the winner will take home a whopping $269,037.

Chris Tryba, who already has two top-seventeen finishes in Stud events at the 2012 World Series of Poker, leads the remaining 137 players with 63,600 chips, but biting at his heels are Phil Ivey, Bryan Devonshire, Abe Mosseri, Allen Bari, Chad Brown, Todd Brunson and his father Doyle Brunson.

There were a few notable players who were unable to make it through the day, including Maria Ho, Matt Glantz, Jeffrey Lisandro, Jon Turner, Shaun Deeb and Jon Aguiar.

For "Texas Dolly", this was his first event played at the 2012 WSOP. The 10-time bracelet winner has been very public on Twitter about why he’s playing so few events and it was great to see him back in action. When he first sat down at the beginning of Level 5, Nolan Dalla announced his presence over the P.A. system, and the Godfather of Poker" received a well-deserved round of applause. Perhaps he can run his stack up on Day 2 tomorrow, and take a shot at Phil Hellmuth’s record of eleven WSOP gold bracelets.

Ivey locked up his first cash of the 2012 WSOP earlier today when he won his table in Event 14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout, and he’s also got a large stack in this event. He won a massive, four-way pot with quad sixes during one of the first levels of play. Ivey started the hand rolled up, and was dealt the fourth sixth on fifth street. Nobody qualified for the low, and Ivey scooped the whole kit-n-kaboodle. Tomorrow, he'll once again be double dipping with two events, which was been common this WSOP.

Day 2 begins at 2:00 PM local time tomorrow. Be sure to check back on PokerNews.com for all of your up-to-the-minute updates from the 2012 WSOP. Good night from Vegas!

Tags: Chris Tryba

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
63,600 -9,400
Brian Twete us
Brian Twete
54,800
David Grey us
David Grey
54,700 9,700
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
WSOP 4X Winner
50,500
Andrew Finkernagel us
Andrew Finkernagel
48,900
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
47,300 6,300
Tuan Vo us
Tuan Vo
46,300
Drew Scott ca
Drew Scott
46,200
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
WSOP 3X Winner
45,900 9,900
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
45,800 5,800
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
44,400 5,400
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
43,500 33,500
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
43,100 -3,400
Nikolai Yakovenko ru
Nikolai Yakovenko
40,800 26,300
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
40,100 -7,900
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
39,900 20,150
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
WSOP 1X Winner
38,900 -600
John Bunch us
John Bunch
36,800
Stephen Su us
Stephen Su
36,800 20,800
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
36,700 5,700
Daniel Shak
Daniel Shak
36,500
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
36,400 -5,600
Viacheslav Zhukov ru
Viacheslav Zhukov
35,800
Igor Sharaskin ru
Igor Sharaskin
35,800
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
35,000 20,000

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On The Up-and-Up

Player Chips Progress
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
73,000 5,000
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
46,500 6,500
David Grey us
David Grey
45,000 23,500
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
42,000 24,500
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
41,000 11,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
40,000 23,500
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
WSOP 1X Winner
39,500 25,500
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
39,000 23,000
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
WSOP 2X Winner
39,000 1,000
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
WSOP 3X Winner
36,000 19,000
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
35,000 15,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
33,500 3,900
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
32,000 13,000
Doyle Brunson us
Doyle Brunson
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
27,000 17,900

"What's Abe Got?"

"I'll bet against anybody in any event - except for Ivey."
"I'll bet against anybody in any event - except for Ivey."

During the first break of the tournament, there was a collection of players lingering around and talking about side bets. The center of attention was Abe Mosseri, who very confidently stated, "I'll bet against anybody in any event - except for Ivey."

Matt Glantz - who's seated at an adjacent table with a good view of Mosseri's stack - has been seen eying Mosseri's total all night, and Barry Greenstein just asked us, "What's Abe got?"

When we returned and told him that Mosseri has around 38,000 chips, Greenstein muttered unhappily under his breath.

Player Chips Progress
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
WSOP 2X Winner
38,000 24,600

Tags: Abe MosseriMatt GlantzBarry Greenstein