There are 58 players remaining in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship and Ben Yu leads the way with 126,600 chips. In total just 16 players will get paid, so they're a long way away from knowing who those players will be.
Australian poker phenom James Obst sits in second place, and he's followed by Russian Nikolay Losev in third. Former winners of this event Freddie Ellis, Henry Orenstein, and Bertrand Grospellier are each still alive while other top pros and successful stud players like Eric Buchman, Frank Kassela, and Phil Hellmuth are in the hunt as well.
Meanwhile short stacks David Singer, Gabe Kaplan, and Daniel Negreanu will look to double-up quickly to keep their hopes alive. The goal today is to play 10 levels or get down to a final table of eight players. Stay tuned for Day 2 coverage of Event #61 here on PokerNews!
After finishing second in the "Big One for One Drop." Daniel Negreanu hopped into this tournament late last night. A few pots towards the end left him crippled and he started today with very little chips.
Just now Negreanu raised on third street and Dan Shak was his only opponent left to chase out. Shak looked long and hard at his hole cards before making the call. On fourth Shak paired up and bet, and Negreanu moved all in for 3,100 total. Shak called, and the cards ran out as follows:
Negreanu: / /
Shak: / /
On sixth street Shak hit three of a kind and Negreanu was in need of hitting a jack on seventh. Negreanu squeezed his card and said, "It's paint. It's a club! Three jacks!" — then he turned over the .
Shak was extremely confused and thought he had lost, but Negreanu was just messing around. When Negreanu stood up and left Shak realized he had won the hand and said, "Oh man, I'm just way too tired."
Negreanu hit the rail and Shak sits on quite a comfortable stack.
David Williams joins the PokerNews Podcast before the start of Day 3 of Event #59 to discuss Daniel Colman winning the BIG ONE for ONE DROP, his disregard for the media, and more. Jason, Donnie, and Rich continue the discussion in the second half of the show, and also talk about the "dispute" that lead to the Macau-based players skipping the $1 million tournament.
Eric Buchman busted Chris Tryba and Jennifer Harman, who he crippled, also hit the rail in an earlier hand versus Jan-Peter Jachtmann.
On fifth street, Buchman bet with Tryba already all in. Matt Grapenthein called. Sixth street kept Buchman betting and Grapenthien calling after which seventh was dealt. This time Grapenthien check-folded when his opponent bet again.
Buchman: / /
Tryba: / /
Grapenthien: / /
Buchman showed for three of a kind sixes and Tryba showed his before hitting the rail.
James Obst and John Cernuto just played a big pot and the former managed to take it down. Jesse Martin completed after Nikolay Losev had the bring in and Cernuto raised. Obst three-bet and the action folded back to Cernuto who made the call.
On fourth street Cernuto bet with the high board and Obst called. On fifth Obst hit a pair and checked, Cernuto checked behind. Sixth street gave Obst two pair up and he checked to Cernuto's dangerous looking board. Cernuto bet and Obst check-raised, which got Cernuto to laugh.
Cernuto ultimately called and on seventh he called another bet when Obst threw out one more 6,000-chip bet.
Martin: / --fold
Cernuto: / /
Obst: / /
Obst showed for a full house and he took down this big pot.
The title of this post is brought to you by Richard Ashby.
"That's what the title should be," Ashby said with a smile after he lost a crazy hand against Phil Hellmuth.
"You know what the real write-up should be," Hellmuth said, "'Chufty plays 80% of the pots and Hellmuth folds 60% of them and plays patiently.'"
Cyndy Violette chimed in that she wasn't too happy with this table, as Ashby's aggressive style kept her options of playing pots limited.
"Are you kidding me?" Hellmuth said, "I wanna play with Chufty all day! I mean, he might win all my chips, but still," Hellmuth jokingly said.
The atmosphere at this table is friendly and jovial, but the poker action most certainly not.
We just saw Hellmuth bet on fourth street and Ashby called. On fifth street, Hellmuth bet again with a pair of kings showing and Ashby called. Sixth street gave Hellmuth three of a kind showing and when he bet, Ashby open-folded his rolled up eights.
Hellmuth: / /
Ashby: / --fold
Hellmuth, with three of a kind showing, smiled and showed the as well, as he had collected all the kings in the deck.
Fabrice Soulier has not managed to cash in this event because he just ran into Vladimir Schemelev's full house. On third street, Schemelev had the bring-in and Soulier completed. The action folded back to the Russian and he called. On fifth street, Soulier bet with a pair of queens showing and Schemelev raised. Soulier reraised and Schemelev called.
On sixth Soulier checked, Schemelev bet, Soulier raised all in and the Russian pro called.
Schemelev: / /
Soulier: / /
Soulier seemed livid after Schemelev turned over his full house and the Frenchman ultimately failed to turn his three of a kind into a bigger full house.
"This is not real!" Soulier cried out. "You play great, Vlad, you play great. You play great, just like Todd," Soulier added sarcastically.
After a pause, Soulier found out he still had some chips left and he said, "What were you thinking?" before settling down.
Ultimately, Soulier lasted two more hands before he hit the rail in 19th place.
Cummings was all in on fourth street for 2,500 with the best hand, a pair of queens. Ashby had a pair of fives on fourth, but the boards ran out in his favor to give Ashby the win with trip fives.
"Oh my gosh!" yelled out Cummings after the hand, slapping her hand down on the rail of the table. "What the hell!"
Cummings muttered a few other things under her breath about Ashby running her down after not starting with a pair, and then left to collect her payout.
"I guess you won't be getting the invite to the barbecue for her Fourth of July party," joked Steve Landfish to Ashby, who smiled as he finished collecting the pot.
On third street Steve Landfish had the bring in and Phil Hellmuth raised. Henry Orenstein raised, Jesse Martin three-bet and Landfish folded. Both Hellmuth and Orenstein called after which fourth was checked.
On fifth street Orenstein checked, Martin bet and both Hellmuth and Orenstein called. Sixth street gave Hellmuth a pair showing and he bet, Orenstein and Martin called. On seventh street Hellmuth bet, Orenstein folded and Martin raised.
"Call," Hellmuth said immediately.
Hellmuth: / /
Orenstein: / /
Martin: / /
"Flush," Martin said.
"Flush ace-queen," Hellmuth responded as he showed .
"Flush ace-king," Martin replied, as he tabled for a better flush.
Hellmuth was visibly upset, but remained calm throughout the process of losing this huge pot.
"I knew you were going to raise light," Hellmuth sighed. "Wow. What a game," he later added.
Right when two big pots were written up we lost Shirley Rosario in 15th place under unknown action. Rosario made the money with little chips and unfortunately for her she did not manage to spin it up.
Earlier this summer Rosario finished fourth in the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo tournament, and this marked her second Championship event cash. In that event Rosario cashed for $146,522, her biggest cash to date.
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