Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-06-2013 17:47 UTC-7

Matusow Scoops; Mosseri & Zaichenko in Trouble

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Mike Matusow: / /
Andrey Zaichenko: / /

After Abe Mosseri brought it in with the , three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Mike "The Mouth" Matusow completed with the . Andrey Zaichenko, who was showing the , then raised and drove Mosseri from the hand. Matusow made the call and then bet when Zaichenko checked fourth.

The Russian made the call and then check-called bets on both fifth and sixth. Both players checked on seventh and Matusow said, "Two pair." He then flipped the for fives and deuces. Zaichenko peered at his cards one last time, gathered them up and then tossed them to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	22,000 10,000	10,000

Abe Mosseri	4,300 700	700

Andrey Zaichenko	4,200 15,800	15,800

Tags: Mike Matusow Abe Mosseri Andrey Zaichenko

06-06-2013 17:46 UTC-7

Table 425 Counts

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Paul Volpe was eliminated in a three-way pot against Jon Turner and Mike Leah. Leah made a flush against Volpe, who was dealt rolled up aces. Neither player made a low, and Volpe hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	85,000 38,100	38,100

Sergey Rybachenko	66,000 41,300	41,300
Francis Mariani	53,000 24,600	24,600
Matthew Kelly	47,000 8,000	8,000
Jon Turner	42,500 26,900	26,900
Steve Sung	22,000 2,800	2,800

Paul Volpe	Busted

06-06-2013 17:36 UTC-7

Table 430 Counts

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Verenko	48,000 11,000	11,000

Ilya Gorodetskiy	45,500 1,500	1,500
George Fotiadis	45,500 4,700	4,700
Roy Thung	40,000 19,500	19,500
Brock Parker	31,000 18,600	18,600
Eugene Katchalov	19,000 3,000	3,000

Todd Brunson	17,000 21,500	21,500

06-06-2013 17:35 UTC-7

Negreanu vs. Hastings

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Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Daniel Negreanu: / /
Brian Hastings: / /

We happened upon the action on fifth street when both Brian Hastings and Daniel Negreanu checked. The former then put out a bet on sixth, Negreanu called and the action repeated itself on seventh.

Hastings tabled the for a straight and eight-seven low, while Negreanu held the for a seven-five low. Even though they chopped that pot, both men are down from the last time we checked in on them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	68,000 8,000	8,000

Daniel Negreanu	23,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Brian Hastings Daniel Negreanu

06-06-2013 17:30 UTC-7

More Shots from the Day 2 Field

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Chad Holloway

Eric Rodawig, winner of this event 2 years ago

06-06-2013 17:29 UTC-7

Richey Eliminates Mercier

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Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jason Mercier: / /
Brett Richey: / /

Jason Mercier has been playing two tournament all day. Of course he has been playing ours, but he has also been going deep in Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em. Since making the final three tables in the latter event, Mercier's attention for the Stud 8 diminished a bet.

After being moved to Table 427, Mercier got involved in a hand against Brett Richey just before the level went up. We picked up the action on fourth street when Mercier check-called a bet before leading out for his remaining chips on fifth. Richey called, both players turned up their cards and sixth and seventh were run out.

Mercier: /
Richey: /

Mercier had a pair of queens, but it was no good against Richey's aces and eight-seven low. With that, Mercier was eliminated and literally bolted back to his table in Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Richey	14,000 5,000	5,000
Jason Mercier	Busted

Tags: Brett Richey Jason Mercier

Level: 12

Limits: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

06-06-2013 17:24 UTC-7

Table 429 Counts

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hasan Habib	56,000 9,700	9,700

Matthew Ashton	53,000 21,700	21,700

Dylan Linde	31,000 600	600

Fu Wong	28,000 19,200	19,200
Luis Santoni	23,000 5,000	5,000
Justin Bonomo	15,000 17,700	17,700

Chris Reslock	6,000 15,500	15,500

Andy Bloch	900 11,100	11,100

06-06-2013 17:18 UTC-7

Kelly & Shchemelev Chop Mercier's Chips

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Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Jason Mercier: / /
Matthew Kelly: / /
Vladimir Shchemelev: / /

We picked up the action on sixth street when Vladimir Shchemelev fired out a bet and both Jason Mercier and Matt Kelly called. Shchemelev slowed down with a checked on seventh, Mercier followed suit and Kelly took the opportunity to bet. Shchemelev called and Mercier got out of the way.

Shchemelev:
Kelly:

Shchemelev's kings and nines were good for the high while Kelly's eight-six took the low. Mercier was the big loser in the hand and dropped to just 5,700 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Kelly	55,000 20,100	20,100
Vladimir Shchemelev	46,500 1,500	1,500
Jason Mercier	5,700 27,300	27,300

Tags: Matthew Kelly Jason Mercier Vladimir Shchemelev

06-06-2013 17:10 UTC-7

Table 428 Counts

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Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Woodward	76,000 17,300	17,300
Cory Zeidman	59,000 31,200	31,200

Max Pescatori	46,000 4,900	4,900

Naseem Salem	45,000 4,200	4,200
Matt Lefkowitz	42,000 8,300	8,300
Tony Cousineau	28,000 11,000	11,000
Bill Mullins	12,000 1,800	1,800