2012 World Series of Poker

Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk84272
Prize
$201,559
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$839,700
Entries
622
Level Info
Level
29
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Queens and a Low for Bjorin

Even though he had the high hand, Cory Zeidman checked sixth street and allowed Chris Bjorin to fire out a bet. Zeidman made the call and then checked in the dark headed to seventh street. Again Bjorin bet and Zeidman made a quick call. "Queens with a low," Bjorin said as he rolled over his hand. It was good as Zeidman shook his head and mucked.

Bjorin: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} / {Q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} / {3-Diamonds}
Zeidman: (x-x) / {5-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{6-Hearts}{Q-Spades} / (x)

Player Chips Progress
Cory Zeidman us
Cory Zeidman
WSOP 1X Winner
1,250,000 -290,000
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
WSOP 2X Winner
850,000 200,000

Tags: Cory ZeidmanChris Bjorin

Down and Back for Bjorin

Chris Bjorin
Chris Bjorin

Chris Bjorin brought it in with the {2-Spades}, then called the completion from Brandon Shack-Harris and his {A-Diamonds}.

Shack-Harris pulled a {2-Clubs} and bet fourth, and Bjorin called a bet after drawing the {5-Diamonds}. On fifth, Shack-Harris bet again on the {5-Hearts}, and Bjorin folded after the {Q-Clubs} provided no help. That dropped him down around a half-million chips.

On the next hand, it was Shack-Harris bringing it in with the {4-Spades}, but he'd not factor in the hand as Bjorin and Cory Zeidman mixed it up.

Zeidman: (x-x) / {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {2-Clubs}
Bjorin: (x-x) / {6-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {A-Hearts}

Action checked through fourth street, and Zeidman made a leading bet on fifth. Bjorin called, then paired up on sixth and made a bet of his own. Zeidman folded without incident, and Bjorin recouped the losses from the prior hand.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
WSOP 2X Winner
650,000 15,000

Tags: Chris BjorinCory Zeidman

Level: 27

Limits: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Shack-Harris vs. Bjorin

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Brandon Shack-Harris
Brandon Shack-Harris

We just watched two consecutive pots between Chris Bjorin and Brandon Shack-Harris.

In the first, we joined up on sixth street as Shack-Harris was raising a Bjorin bet.

Shack-Harris: (x-x) / {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {10-Spades} {6-Spades} / (x)
Bjorin: (x-x) / {10-Clubs} {2-Spades} {8-Spades} {5-Diamonds} / (x)

Bjorin called the raise on sixth street without much incident, but the seventh street bet was a little tougher. He tanked for longer than we're used to seeing him tank, then tucked and mucked. That moved Shack-Harris up over the 700,000-chip ark.

One hand later, Bjorin completed with the {4-Clubs}, and Shack-Harris raised with the {7-Clubs}. Off they went.

Shack-Harris: (x-x) / {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {3-Clubs} / (x)
Bjorin: (x-x) / {4-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {10-Spades} / (x)

Shack-Harris bet his lead on fourth, then check-called a bet on fifth. Sixth and seventh went check-check.

Bjorin rolled over {J-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {4-Spades} / {4-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {10-Spades}, and the winning sevens up helped erase his losses from the previous hand.

Tags: Chris BjorinBrandon Shack-Harris

Yarron Bendor Eliminated in 4th Place ($58,518)

Yarron Bendor
Yarron Bendor

Chris Bjorin brought it in and then called when Yarron Bendor completed. The turn saw Bendor bet and Bjorin call, and then fifth street gave Bjorin the lead. He led out, prompting Bendor to say, "I need miracles," before calling off his last 30,000.

Bjorin: {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} / {6-Spades}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} / {4-Spades}
Bendor: {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} / {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades} / {8-Clubs}

Bjorin improved to two pair on seventh, and Bendor knew he was drawing dead even before looking at his last card.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
WSOP 2X Winner
1,150,000 160,000
Yarron Bendor us
Yarron Bendor
Busted

Tags: Yarron Bendor

Bendor Gets it In

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante

Yarron Bendor brought it in with the {2-Hearts}, and Cory Zeidman completed with the {8-Clubs}. Bendor raised it back, and the resulting action left him all in for this last 123,000.

Bendor: {A-Hearts} {4-Clubs} / {2-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} / {10-Hearts}
Zeidman: {8-Diamonds} {5-Spades} / {8-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {3-Hearts} / (x)

Bendor couldn't scoop the pot, but he was ahead for the low with Zeidman still sweating his last card. He needed to make his seven-low to earn the knockout, but a {Q-Spades} river was blank.

Chop it up.

Tags: Cory ZeidmanYarron Bendor

You'll See a Faded Sign at the Side of the Road That Says, "15 Miles to the Love Shack-Harris"

Brandon Shack-Harris fired out a bet on sixth street and was called by Cory Zeidman. The same action occurred on seventh street, and Shack-Harris showed an 7-6-5-2-A low. Zeidman just shook his head, mucked and said, "I had a good eight." Scoop for Shack-Harris.

Zeidman: (x-x) / {4-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{10-Clubs} / (x)
Shack-Harris: {5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} / {A-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} / {10-Spades}

Player Chips Progress
Cory Zeidman us
Cory Zeidman
WSOP 1X Winner
930,000 -170,000
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
WSOP 2X Winner
400,000 200,000

Tags: Brandon Shack-HarrisCory Zeidman

Level: 26

Limits: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 7,000