Event #34: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
Day 3 Started
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$465,750
Entries
345
Level
23
Limits
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
Denisov Leads Stacked Final Six
Aleksandr Denisov will bring a sizable chip lead into today's Day 3 of Event #34: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud, but he still has plenty of obstacles to overcome on the road to his first bracelet.
Only six players remain, but three of them are millionaires multiple times over from poker. Bryn Kenney, Eric Buchman, and Alex Kravchenko may be down in the chip counts, but they all still present significant threats to Denisov, who brings 668,000 in chips into the final day. None of that trio has even half of Denisov's stack, but if any of them make a few hands and grab the chip lead, they will be tough to unseat. Still, it's Denisov with nearly half of the chips in play, with William Thompson at 415,000 sporting the second-biggest stack by far.
With only Denisov and Thompson having more than 10 big bets, we expect the action to start out fast, so be sure to tune in as soon as the cards are in the air, scheduled for 2 p.m. local time.
Level: 20
Limits: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Cards in the Air
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Final table play is underway. Twenty-two minutes remain in the level.
Nabih Helmi Eliminated in 6th Place ($18,802)
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
A short-stacked Nabih Helmi came in with just three big bets and he got them all in on fifth street with Alex Kravchenko betting into him on the very first hand.
Kravchenko: 
/
Helmi: 
/
Helmi had jacks, but he needed to improve to catch Kravchenko's aces. The 
and 
were blanks for Helmi and it was one hand out, one player out here at the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 46,000 |
|
Busted |
Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 5th Place ($25,206)
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
William Thompson completed with the 
, and Bryn Kenney called with 
. It was Kenney then taking the betting lead on the next street, and Thompson called him down.
Kenney: 
/
Thompson: 
/
Unfortunately for Kenney, Thompson made two pair on the river, and Kenney's nines were no good.
The next hand, Alex Kravchenko completed with and was raised by Bryn Kenney. Aleksandr Denisov also saw fourth street, and Kenney kept the lead there with the 
. Fifth street is when the action got crazy.
Kravchenko: 
/
Kenney: /
Denisov: /
Kenney fired again, and Denisov called. Kravchenko raised though, and Kenney made it three bets. Undeterred, Denisov called the double bet, and Kravchenko popped it up to four bets. Kenney was all in at this point, and Denisov called. Denisov called one more bet on sixth when he caught 
and Kravchenko caught 
before both players checked the river.
Kravchenko had 
for a set of fours, and Kenney had 
for tens up. He had caught a jack on sixth, no help, and he's done in fifth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
485,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Buchman's Two Pair Good
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Alex Kravchenko completed with 
, and Eric Buchman raised with 
. Kravchenko called, and Buchman bet fourth before Kravchenko fired fifth.
Kravchenko: /
Buchman: /
Buchman raised, and Kravchenko called. Buchman kept betting through the on sixth while Kravchenko got the 
. Buchman's river bet was called as well, and he showed 
for two pair to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000 | 160,000 |
|
278,000 | 114,000 |
Counts at Color Up
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Tournament staff is removing the T500 chips from the table, and here are the players' stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
320,000 | 42,000 |
|
309,000 | -359,000 |
|
|
199,000 | -111,000 |
Level: 21
Limits: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
Buchman Calls Down
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Eric Buchman completed with the up, and William Thompson made it two bets with the . Buchman made it three bets before calling Thompson's four-bet. He then called a bet on every street.
Buchman: 
/
Thompson: /
Both had two pair, but Buchman's was best.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
495,000 | -85,000 |
|
|
474,000 | 154,000 |