Event 7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-01-2012 00:47 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Baxter	22,000
Fabrice Soulier	19,500	12,500
Marco Traniello	19,000	15,500
David Benyamine	17,500	14,100
Jacobo Fernandez	16,500	12,000
Mario Adinolfi	16,000	-5,100
Andy Bloch	15,500	1,850

Richey Gets Back in it

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Brett Richey just won a pot keeping his hopes of gold alive. He was all in on sixth street and managed to survive.

Opponent: (x)(x) / {4-Hearts} / {3-Spades} / {A-Diamonds} / {5-Diamonds} / (x)
Opponent: (x)(x) / {7-Diamonds} / {A-Clubs} / {J-Hearts} - fold
Brett Richey: (x)(x) / {6-Clubs} / {10-Hearts} / {K-Clubs} / {9-Spades} / (x)

Brett Richey called a completion as did a player in the middle to get the action going. All three players checked on fourth street and the action got going on fifth. The player in the middle bet out, Richey raised all in and the third player re raised once more. The other player folded and Richey was all in for his tournament life in a heads up situation. Richey showed {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} for trips and his opponent tabled {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {7-Hearts} for a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Richey	6,300	3,425

Tags: Brett Richey

06-01-2012 00:26 UTC-6

Adinolfi On Top

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We picked up the action on a hand with the chip leader Mario Adinolfi on sixth street as his board read (x)(x) / {4-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} . His opponent had (x)(x) / {K-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {6-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} showing and raised after Adinolfi bet. Adinolfi tanked for a little and then called before the two players received their last card. Adinolfi checked seventh, his opponent bet and Adinolfi called.

Adinolfi's opponent showed {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} from his down cards for trip queens. Adinolfi couldn't beat it and mucked his hand, dropping back to 18,000.

On the next hand, Adinolfi was involved in another pot. After a player brought in, a second player completed with the {9-Spades} up. One player called with the {10-Hearts} up and then Adinolfi called with the {3-Diamonds} up.

After picking up the high hand on fourth street and holding it until seventh, Adinolfi drove the betting each way. One opponent called down, while the other opponent folded on fifth street.

Adinolfi: (x)(x) / }3d} {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} / (x)
Opponent 1: (x)(x) / {10-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {5-Hearts} {8-Clubs} / (x)
Opponent 2: (x)(x) / {9-Spades} {5-Spades} {6-Hearts} - fold

On seventh, Adinolfi thought it was on his opponent as he was mistaken on who had the high hand. His opponent squeezed and then checked, thinking he was up as Adinolfi said he was first. After seeing his opponent check, Adinolfi bet. His opponent mucked his hand, but the dealer stopped the action and said that both players had checked, due to the fact that Adinolfi was supposed to be first. Adinolfi shrugged and tabled the {K-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {3-Spades} from his hand for two pair and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Adinolfi	21,100	1,700

Tags: Mario Adinolfi

06-01-2012 00:18 UTC-6

Elky Takes One Out

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Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier proved himself last year as being a great Stud player when he took down the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship for $331,639. He's back this year and already doing good in this event.

Grospellier: (x)(x) / {J-Spades} / {5-Hearts} / {K-Spades} / {3-Diamonds} / (x)
Opponent: (x)(x) / {Q-Spades} / {9-Clubs} / {6-Diamonds} / {K-Diamonds} / (x)

Elky completed the action on third street and called a raise from his opponent. On fourth street Elky called another bet followed by fifth street where he lead out. His opponent went all in and the Frenchman called. Elky showed {A-Spades} {10-Spades} {J-Spades} and beat {Q-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} to knock out his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier	9,400	2,650

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06-01-2012 00:07 UTC-6

Man Down!

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

We lost a 127 players so far which brings the average stack up to 6,881 chips.

06-01-2012 00:02 UTC-6

More Counts

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We haven't seen some of the players for a long time and we are afraid they busted out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Adinolfi	19,400
Christopher George	12,000	7,500
Brett Jungblut	11,500	7,000
Jesse Martin	5,600	1,100
Vladimir Schemelev	5,500
Amnon Filippi	4,800	-1,700
Rep Porter	4,000	600
Susie Isaacs	3,000	-1,500
John Cernuto	3,000	-1,500
Daniel Idema	2,500	-2,000
Alexander Kuzmin	2,300
Cyndy Violette	2,000	-2,500
David Bach	Busted
Tony Cousineau	Busted
Ben Yu	Busted
Owais Ahmed	Busted
Dan Kelly	Busted
Mike Thorpe	Busted
Kevin MacPhee	Busted
Andrew Teng	Busted
Mike Gorodinsky	Busted
Richard Ashby	Busted
Chip Jett	Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

05-31-2012 23:38 UTC-6

Pescatori Beats Up Lunkin

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We just had a European clash between $40,000 No Limit Hold'em event winner Vitaly Lunkin and double bracelet winner Max Pescatori. Pescatori came out on top and has a very nice stack going into the sixth level of the day.

Pescatori: (x)(x) / {5-Clubs} / {8-Clubs} / {10-Hearts} / {4-Spades} / (x)
Lunkin: (x)(x) / {A-Clubs} / {Q-Clubs} / {3-Diamonds} / {J-Spades} / (x)

Pescatori raised on third street, Lunkin three-bet and the Italian pro called. On fourth street Lunkin bet and Pescatori called. Ace high was still in the lead on fifth street and Pescatori called another bet. Sixth street didn't change the action as Lunkin kept betting and Pescatori followed up with a call. When Seventh street got dealt Lunkin bet again and called Pescatori's raise. Pescatori showed {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} and with his full house he took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Pescatori	12,750	3,250
Vitaly Lunkin	4,800	-2,000

Tags: Max Pescatori Vitaly Lunkin

05-31-2012 23:21 UTC-6

They're Here

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Two of the best poker players in the world just took a seat in the tournament. Both their tables don't look too exciting but Mercier is fighting it out against Dan Shak.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	4,500
Phil Ivey	4,500

Tags: Phil Ivey Jason Mercier

05-31-2012 23:17 UTC-6

Woods Stays Alive

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Famous Hollywood actor James Woods just managed to stay alive in the tournament but he's far from being out of trouble.

Kevin MacPhee: (x)(x) / {9-Spades} / {5-Diamonds} / {2-Spades} / {3-Spades} / (x)
Woods: (x)(x) / {10-Diamonds} / {K-Spades} / {3-Diamonds} / (x)

On third street MacPhee completed the action and he moved all-in for just 125 chips. The call was made and Woods showed {Q-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} . MacPhee had {9-Hearts} {A-Clubs} and Woods picked up a {7-Diamonds} at the end against the {J-} . Woods survived this all in but he will need much more to get back in this thing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacPhee	4,800
James Woods	625	500

Tags: James Woods Kevin MacPhee