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Level: 13
Limits: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 300
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 2
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$839,700
Total Entries
622
Level
29
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 622
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Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Two more levels are in the books which means it's time for another 20-minute break. The remaining players will then return to play two more levels before going on a 60-minute dinner break.
New fans of poker know Andrey Pateychuk as one of the up-and-coming superstars of the game. He's earned himself about $2 million in the past year, winning two major titles along the way.
Chris Bjorin has that beat. The Swede has long been counted among the best players in the world, and his $5+ million in career earnings give Pateychuk something to aspire to. There's also those two bracelets that Pateychuk still lacks. So far, at least.
In any event, we just watched the two men mix it up in a good pot. It was sixth street before we walked up to these boards:
Pateychuk: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Bjorin: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Bjorin was the one doing the betting on sixth and seventh streets, and Pateychuk paid him off.
"Trips and a six-low," Bjorin announced as he showed 
/ . Pateychuk took one quick look to make sure Bjorin knows how to read a Stud/8 hand — he does — then tucked and mucked.
We've got some bad news for all you Yueqi Zhu fans out there . . . he's been eliminated from the tournament. We don't have details, but we do know he was previously seated to the left of both Chris Tryba and Amnon Filippi. We wouldn't be surprised if one of those men did the deed.
On a separate note, Tony Ma has made a very quick, and impressive, comeback. After being knocked down to just 5,000 by Frank Kassela not more than 20 minutes ago, Ma has stormed back and is sitting with a stack of 33,000!
Tony Ma was dealt the 
and brought it in only to have Frank Kassela complete with the 
. Action folded back around to Ma and he made the call.
Kassela: 
/ 
Ma: 
(X) / 
Ma proceeded to check-call bets on fourth and fifth streets, and then called a bet when Kassela led out on sixth. On the final card, Kassela bet once again and Ma made the call, leaving himself just 5,000 behind.
"Wheel," Kassela proudly said as he turned over his cards.
"How do you always have it?" Ma asked as he flashed his cards and then sent them to the muck.
A three-way pot involving Phil Ivey, David Singer, and a gentleman whose name we don't know yet.
Ivey: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Singer: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Opponent: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
We joined the action on fifth street as Mr. Opponent was the one doing the betting. He got three streets of bets in while we watched with both opponents paying off the first two. On the river, though, Singer snuck in a check-raise, and Mr. Opponent called. Mr. Ivey did not call, though, contemplating for about 30 seconds before tucking them under.
Singer's hand was the winner. He announced his flush and revealed 
/ to scoop it up.
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
We've just ticked down to 96 players remaining in Event #4.
Jon Turner was just eliminated from the tournament at the hands of Phil Ivey. We're not sure what happened as Ivey was too quick for us, unintentionally swiping up his cards before we could write down the hand. Nonetheless, the result is the same and Turner is no more.
SLOPPYKLOD Chris Klodnicki Busto stud/8. Played fantastic but experienced some bad luck. 5K mix-max tomorrow
May 30 2012
