2014 World Series of Poker

Event #61: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
89jk
Prize
$268,473
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
102
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Hellmuth Sees Everything, Trust Him

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

"Did I ante?" asked Matt Grapenthien to the table, unsure if he tossed in his ante or not.

"You didn't ante," quickly responded Phil Hellmuth.

"No, I just wanna know, did I ante?" Grapenthien asked again.

"No, you didn't. You didn't ante," Hellmuth repeated.

"No, but that's why I asked," responded Grapenthien.

"I see everything," Hellmuth said. "Trust me, I see everything."

Grapenthien was then informed that he indeed did not ante, so he tossed in the chips to do so.

"You see," finished Hellmuth.

Tags: Matt GrapenthienPhil Hellmuth

Hennigan Makes a Cameo

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

"Hennigan!" yelled out Jesse Martin from the table over to John Hennigan who was on the rail abut 25 feet away. Hennigan didn't hear him, though, so Martin tried again. "John!"

"What?" responded Hennigan with a turn of his head.

"Eat your heart out!" yelled Martin with a big smile on his face, pointing out that he was still alive in the event.

"He won the $50K," Phil Hellmuth tried to point out to Martin.

"It's a f***ing joke, Phil," said Martin with some laughter.

"If there was any justice in poker, I would be here as well," said Hennigan as he came closer to the rail.

"You're a pretty good H.O.R.S.E. player, but you gotta work on this game some more," commented Todd Brunson to Hennigan.

Tags: John HenniganJesse MartinPhil HellmuthTodd Brunson

Yu Gets The Hellmuth Sign of Approval

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Ben Yu
Ben Yu

Ben Yu completed with the {A-Clubs} showing and Jesse Martin called with the {9-Hearts} up. On fourth street Yu caught the {A-Hearts} and Martin folded right when Yu bet.

"I got'em! I got'em! I got'em!" Yu said as he waved his aces in the air while making this shape: /\ with his fingers, reenacting the epic hand between Beth Shak, Phil Hellmuth and Brett Richey during the 2007 WSOP.

"The kid's just dancing, he won three pots in a row," Hellmuth said.

"I was doing the thing Beth Shak did at that final table," Yu responded.

"Dang it, that's just so good! You're so clever," Hellmuth said, as he realized what was going on.

Hellmuth gave Yu a fist bump, as a sign of approval, and a very giddy Yu stacked his newly won chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Yu
390,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Ben YuBeth ShakBrett RicheyJesse MartinPhil Hellmuth

Will Grapenthien Be Barbecued?

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

"That's good for your reputation," commented Phil Hellmuth after Matt Grapenthien won a hand with a full house in which he raised Hellmuth on third street with a pair of threes and then beat out Steve Landfish in a big pot.

"Buddy, you better not show up light again or they'll barbecue you!" Hellmuth finished.

Tags: Matt GrapenthienPhil HellmuthSteve Landfish

Hellmuth Had It

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth: {X-}{X-} / {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Henry Orenstein: {X-}{X-} / {3-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Spades}fold

After Hellmuth completed the bet on third street and Orenstein called, Hellmuth fired bets on fourth street and fifth street. Orenstein only called on fourth, then folded on fifth to give Hellmuth the pot.

"I had it," said Hellmuth after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Hellmuth
410,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
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Henry Orenstein
140,000
-35,000
-35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Phil HellmuthHenry Orenstein

Brunson Shows Hellmuth Respect

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth: {X-}{X-} / {8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}fold
Todd Brunson: {X-}{X-} / {5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{6-Spades}

Hellmuth check-called a bet on fourth street, and then checked to Brunson on fifth. Brunson bet, and Hellmuth gave it up, but Brunson was kind enough to show him the {A-Clubs}{5-Spades} from his down cards.

"I showed you respect, Phil," said Brunson. "I didn't three-bet you."

Tags: Phil HellmuthTodd Brunson

Hellmuth Can't Believe It

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Ben Yu: {X-}{X-} / {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} / {X-}
Phil Hellmuth: {X-}{X-} / {5-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds} / {X-}
Todd Brunson: {X-}{X-} / {8-Spades}{J-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} / {X-}

Picking up the action on fourth street, Yu and Hellmuth checked, then Brunson fired a bet. Yu and Hellmuth both called.

On fifth street, action checked around, and then on sixth street Yu led with a bet. Hellmuth called, and Brunson called.

On seventh, Yu and Hellmuth checked, and Brunson bet. Yu tanked for a little bit, then folded, and Hellmuth began to talk.

"Oh man, I hope you have trips," he said. "This is such a sick hand, I don't even want to pay it off."

"I guess you could have trips," said Hellmuth as he tossed in the call. Brunson showed the {9-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Spades} for a spade flush, and Hellmuth showed the table that he had made a straight.

"I can't f***ing believe it," commented Hellmuth, staying down at his losing straight. "Almost a straight flush."

Hellmuth went on a little more, talking about how it was a cooler of a hand. Brunson added that if it was a cooler, they both would've made a straight flush. Hellmuth fired back by saying something about later on when the chips really go in during a big pot, he'll really have it and Brunson will pay him off.

At any rate, Brunson climbed to over 1.1 million in chips as Hellmuth dipped back a bit to 320,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Todd Brunson
1,125,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Ben Yu
345,000
-38,000
-38,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Phil Hellmuth
320,000
-90,000
-90,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

Obst Talks The Talk

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

On fourth street Steve Landfish had a pair of fours showing and he bet, James Obst raised. Landfish three-bet and Obst called. On fifth Landfish bet and Obst called. On sixth and seventh the same process repeated itself.

Landfish: {X-}{X-} / {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{3-Clubs} / {X-}
Obst: {X-}{X-} / {7-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} / {X-}

"Flush," Landfish announced and Obst sighed deeply when he saw {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{5-Clubs} being turned over.

"And you berate other players for how they play their hand?" Obst said.

The Australian, who's usually very quiet and to himself, referred to an earlier hand which Landfish did not recall.

"The hand with threes," Obst said, and both Phil Hellmuth and Matt Grapenthien remembered that one. Obst clearly wasn't happy with Landfish's play and the Aussie ends the day with a lot less than he had in mind.

Tags: James ObstMatt GrapenthienPhil HellmuthSteve Landfish