Jeffery Welch seemed to have drawn a really nice board on this hand against Cheryl Bradley, but Bradley's board looked like she could easily beat him. Let's take a look.
Welch: (x)(x) / - fold
Bradley: (x)(x) /
Bradley bet out on fifth street with her pair of aces and Welch called. Welch picked up a very nice card on sixth to give him a very, very draw-heavy board in view. Bradley, though, added trips on her board and kept firing. Welch showed the from his hand for a made straight and a flush draw, but folded fearing quads or a full house from Bradley.
Jonathan Duhamel was just forced to give one up to Jeffery Welch after folding on sixth street despite having a paired board.
Duhamel: (x)(x) / - fold
Welch: (x)(x) /
Welch was the one who fired the bet on fourth street when we picked up the action and Duhamel called. On fifth street, Duhamel showed he best hand with a pair of fours and fired a bet. Welch called. Duhamel bet again on sixth, but this time Welch raised. Duhamel took a minute to think and then folded his hand.
We picked up the action on fifth street where Esposito bet and George raised. Ungurean called all in for 1,500 and then Esposito called the raise to see sixth street. On sixth, Esposito check-called another bet from George before both of them checked seventh street.
For the side pot, George showed for a pair of aces. Esposito showed for a pair of jacks. George won the side pot, but then lose to Ungurean's flush as he showed the from his down cards.
Alexander Kuzmin started the day with the shortest stack in the room of 3,200 chips and hasn't shown up to Day 2 yet. He's now down to 1,800 in chips and may be out of here soon without actually playing a hand.
Donnie Peters
Chau Giang third in chips heading into Day 2
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of Event 7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud. Yesterday saw 367 players come out for the event and the first eight levels of play concluding. At the end of the night, 110 of them remained. The top three stacks are Rogerio Sousa with 41,000, Kevin McGuinness with 36,700 and Chau Giang with 35,800.
With defending champion Eugene Katchalov not playing this event, we've been guaranteed a new champion. That winner will receive $126,363. The top 40 spots will be paid out and we'll aim to reach a final table today.
Play for Day 2 will kick off at 2:00 PM, so stay tuned for the coverage.
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from his hand for a made straight and a flush draw, but folded fearing quads or a full house from Bradley.
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for a pair of aces. Esposito showed 
for a pair of jacks. George won the side pot, but then lose to Ungurean's flush as he showed the 
from his down cards.
