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

Hecklen Doubles

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Henrik Hecklen just doubled up against Karl Tretter to get back to 55,000 in chips. It wasn't easy, though, as no player had a pair until the river, and even then, Hecklen had to sweat it.

Hecklen had the best hand with ace-king high going to the river, but on seventh street, Tretter added a pair of fives. Hecklen was able to turn over a six and make a pair of sixes in order to stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
Karl Tretter us
Karl Tretter
150,000 -88,000
Henrik Hecklen dk
Henrik Hecklen
55,000 -30,000

Tags: Karl TretterHenrik Hecklen

The Hellmuth Show Continues

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Not too long after Phil Hellmuth referred to "ace burgers" against Todd Brunson, there was a hand that ended on third street that also brought about some good table talk.

James Obst completed with an eight showing, and then action folded to Hellmuth with a ten showing. He raised, then play folded back to Obst.

"Give it up, kid," said Hellmuth to Obst. "You got the dead eights."

Obst folded with a smile and showed a second eight from his hole cards, revealing that he was indeed laying down a pair of eights.

"Wow!" exclaimed Hellmuth, as he turned up two black nines from his hole cards. "That's a good fold."

The table laughed a little bit as Hellmuth continued.

"I didn't know you played that good," the 13-time gold bracelet winner said, commenting Obst's play. "No one else has made that fold to me, especially Todd," he added, citing Todd Brunson.

"But Todd... he's a genius," continued Hellmuth. "He just turns his hands into miracles!"

Tags: James ObstPhil HellmuthTodd Brunson

"Ace Burgers" with Phil Hellmuth

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Everyone loves a good Phil Hellmuth show, and there's certainly no shortage of that here in Event #61: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship with 11 players left.

There was just a recent hand where Hellmuth had completed on third before Todd Brunson raised. Action folded back to Hellmuth, and he gave it up. Brunson had a king showing and Hellmuth told him, "Go ahead, show the jack-ten underneath, Todd." Brunson did show, but it was a jack-nine buried in the hole.

"I just hope when I have the ace burgers that you don't get there with the king-jack-ten!" let out Hellmuth. "You're the only guy to beat me in hands today, Todd."

Tags: Phil HellmuthTodd Brunson

Nikolay Losev Eliminated in 12th Place ($22,378)

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Nikolay Losev
Nikolay Losev

Ben Yu just knocked out Russian pro Nikolay Losev. Yu explained to us he started with rolled up queens and Losev held {9-}{9-}{3-}. Neither player improved their hand and that means Losev hit the rail in 12th place.

Yu was briefly up to over 400,000 but he lost a pot to Jesse Martin to put him on 380,000 with 11 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
380,000 165,000
Nikolay Losev ru
Nikolay Losev
Busted

Tags: Jesse MartinBen YuNikolay Losev

A Boat For Brunson

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

As if things weren't going well enough for Brunson he just managed to make a full house against James Obst. The chip lead Brunson has managed to gather is beyond impressive and he currently has a third of all the chips in play with 13 players remaining.

On fifth street Obst bet, Brunson raised and Obst called. On sixth Brunson paired his board and bet, Obst called. On seventh Brunson bet again and Obst tanked for a bit before calling.

Brunson: {X-}{X-} / {6-Spades}{J-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} / {X-}
Obst: {X-}{X-} / {7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} / {X-}

Brunson showed {J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a full house and he took down this big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,030,000 3,000
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
370,000 -90,000

Tags: Todd BrunsonJames Obst

More For Obst

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
James Obst
James Obst

James Obst's been having a nice summer here in Las Vegas at the table and for now it looks like he's headed for the final table in this event. Obst's stack keeps increasing and he just took some chips off Matt Grapenthien.

On fourth we picked up the action when Grapenthien bet and Obst called. On fifth Grapenthien bet, Obst raised and his opponent called. Sixth street kept Obst betting and Grapenthien called. When Obst bet again on seventh Grapenthien folded.

Grapenthien: {X-}{X-} / {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} / {X-}
Obst: {X-}{X-} / {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Spades} / {X-}

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
460,000 106,000
Matt Grapenthien us
Matt Grapenthien
WSOP 1X Winner
172,000 -83,000

Tags: James ObstMatt Grapenthien

Three of a Kind for Landfish

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

On third street Richard Ashby completed and the action folded to Steve Landfish who called from the bring in. On fourth Ashby bet and Landfish called. On fifth Ashby hit a pair of aces and bet again, Landfish raised and Ashby folded.

Landfish: {X-}{X-} / {5-Clubs}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Ashby: {X-}{X-} / {J-Spades}{A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}fold

Landfish showed his {5-Hearts}{5-Spades} and with three of a kind he won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
250,000 25,000
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
WSOP 1X Winner
100,000 -40,000

Tags: Richard AshbySteve Landfish

Level: 19

Limits: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
835,000 45,000
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
354,000 75,000
Matt Grapenthien us
Matt Grapenthien
WSOP 1X Winner
255,000
Karl Tretter us
Karl Tretter
238,000 23,000
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
237,000 72,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
230,000 14,000
Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
225,000 -15,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
215,000 49,000
Henry Orenstein pl
Henry Orenstein
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
175,000 -95,000
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
WSOP 1X Winner
140,000 35,000
Henrik Hecklen dk
Henrik Hecklen
85,000 -10,000
Nikolay Losev ru
Nikolay Losev
65,000 19,000