Fresh off of his seventh-place finish in Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud, Bryn Kenney is in the field today, looking to make another deep run. Kenney had never cashed in a stud event before making that final table earlier this week, but as Eli Elezra just said: "If ElkY can win a stud tournament, anyone can."
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When we arrived at Table 360, Bryn Kenney was heads up on fifth street with a gentleman on his direct left. Kenney led out, and his opponent called. Kenney proceeded to lead out on sixth and seventh as well, and his opponent called both bets.
"I'll make a donation," he told Kenney before he tossed in the final bet.
"Kings-up," Kenney announced, turning over . His opponent begrudgingly mucked, and Kenney raked in the pot.
When we reached the table, Justin Smith led out on fourth street. Maria Ho raised, Smith re-raised, and Ho called. Smith led again on fifth, but when Ho raised this time, he just called. On sixth, Smith scaled it back even more, opting to just check-call a bet from Ho. Both players knuckled on seventh.
Smith immediately rolled over for a flush, and Ho showed before mucking.
"Trying to trap?" Dan Shak needled, smiling. "It only took you three streets to get there."
While most of our readers are familiar with the big-bet games in poker like No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha, today's Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better will be played in a limit format and one some people may not be acquainted with.
Seven Card Stud is the most popular version of stud poker and generally played anywhere between two and eight players at a time. If a player stays in until the end of a hand, he or she will receive a total of seven cards. To start, each player is dealt two cards face down followed by a third card face up. Each player would then receive three more cards face up followed by the seventh and final card face down. There is a betting round after each street and often an ante before anyone receives any cards. This version os Stud is Hi-Low and a split-pot game. The best high hand will win half the pot and the best low hand will win half the pot.
To become more familiar with the action, the betting rounds and all things Seven Card Stud, head over to the PokerNewsPoker Rules: Seven Card Stud page and check things out. Once you're ready to test your skills on the felt, you can **play poker online by checking out one of our many PokerNews offers.
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Doyle Brunson playing his first event of the 2012 WSOP.
Doyle and his son Todd Brunson are in the field today, and according to Todd, the two registered together.
ToddBrunson Todd BrunsonMy dad just signed up for the stud 8/b tournament at the same time I did. #Brunsonfirstandsecond!!!June 06 2012
Todd Brunson
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Thomas Keller
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Todd was recently in a hand with Thomas Keller, where Brunson bet on fifth street, and Keller called. Brunson led again on sixth and seventh, Keller called both bets, and Brunson turned over for a pair of kings. Keller released, and Brunson pulled in the pot.
At an adjacent table, father Doyle lost a pot.
Doyle Brunson
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A player brought it in with the showing, and Brunson completed with the . The player called, and then called a bet from Brunson on fourth street. On fifth street, Brunson slowed down, check-calling a bet from his opponent, and on sixth, the ten-time WSOP bracelet winner check-folded.
On third street, Wade Townsend brought in and Dan Shak completed the bet. action folded to Justin Bonomo and he called before it folded back to Townsend. He raised and both Shak and Bonomo called to head to fourth street.
Fourth street brought pairs to the boards of both Bonomo and Townsend. Bonomo was first to act and checked. Townsend went to bet the double amount thinking this was Stud high, but was informed he could only bet the single amount and had to pull some chips back. Shak called and Bonomo called.
On fifth street, Bonomo checked, Townsend bet, Shak raised and Bonomo folded. Townsend made the call. Then on sixth, both remaining players in the hand checked before being dealt their seventh street cards face down. Townsend then led with a bet and Shak folded.
Men "The Master" Mguyen just doubled up through Eli Elezra. All of the money got in on fifth street with Elezra holding / . Nguyen held the / .
Elezra pulled the and to finish with a pair of sixes. Nguyen added the on sixth and then the on seventh to make a straight to the eight and also a low. He scooped the pot and double up to 3,000 in chips.
Both had a good laugh on the hand and have two drinks in front of them each. Have fun, boys.
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. His opponent begrudgingly mucked, and Kenney raked in the pot.
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for a flush, and Ho showed 
before mucking.
for a pair of kings. Keller released, and Brunson pulled in the pot.
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to finish with a pair of sixes. Nguyen added the 
on seventh to make a straight to the eight and also a low. He scooped the pot and double up to 3,000 in chips.
