Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-11-2018 21:22 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	23,300 8,400	8,400

Eddie Blumenthal	22,500 15,000	15,000
Shaun Deeb	18,000 8,000	8,000

Mike Ross	13,000 5,500	5,500
Kyle Miaso	12,000 4,500	4,500
Ron Ware	9,500 3,500	3,500

Mikko Hirvonen	8,000
Randy Ohel	3,000 13,700	13,700

Joey Couden	2,800

Aaron Steury	2,500 8,100	8,100

Shannon Petluck	1,300 1,000	1,000
Chris Bjorin	1,100 6,400	6,400

Bardah Survives With Chop

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ronnie Bardah called down for most of his chips in a three-way pot against Walter Treccarichi and a player with two spades and three to a low, who had the betting lead the whole way.

Bardah: /
Seat 6: /
Treccarichi: / (folded on sixth street)

Treccarichi gave it up on sixth, leaving Bardah heads up. He called, leaving 100 back, which he called off on the end. His opponent could only show down for an eight-low and Bardah had for a pair of eights to grab the high half and survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Treccarichi	5,400
Ronnie Bardah	4,600 400	400

Tags: Walter Treccarchi Ronnie Bardah

06-11-2018 21:37 UTC-8

Chen Triples, but Holley Still Riding the Wave

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Sam Cosby

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

James Chen: //
John Holley: //
Opponent: //

John Holley completed and was called by one player. James Chen then made it two bets with just 1,100 total in his stack. Holley then made it three bets and the other player called. Chen called as well creating a small side pot of 200 chips.

On fourth, Holley bet and the other player called. Holley bet again on fifth and the other player called. On sixth, Holley checked and the other player checked behind but on seventh, Holley bet and the other player decided to fold.

"Missed the low but made a pair of jacks," Holley said as he collected the side pot showing his .

Chen made a full house though with his and that meant he would earn a triple up and move over 4,000. Holley though is on a massive uptick, building up a stack of over 40,000 and he added a bit more in that pot by collecting the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Holley	44,000 1,300	1,300
James Chen	4,100 2,000	2,000

Tags: John Holley James Chen

06-11-2018 21:48 UTC-8

Hellmuth Wins a Bit of Matusow's Chips

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth each made it to fifth street, where Hellmuth paired nines and came out betting. Matusow folded despite pairing threes, as a player behind him had three to a low. That player raised and Hellmuth called. Hellmuth called sixth but check-raised on seventh.

Matusow: / (folded on fifth street)
Seat 1: //
Hellmuth: //

His opponent called and Hellmuth announced "high only" as he tabled for nines full. His opponent made a low and took half of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	8,500 2,000	2,000

Mike Matusow	6,100 1,400	1,400

Tags: Mike Matusow Phil Hellmuth

Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-11-2018 21:49 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Vengrin	26,000 20,300	20,300

Timothy Batow	25,500 18,000	18,000
Brian Brubaker	21,000 1,000	1,000

Steve Albini	16,000 2,500	2,500
Daniel Zack	13,000 5,000	5,000

Brian Hastings	12,000 8,300	8,300

Michael Gathy	6,300

Marco Johnson	5,800

Noah Bronstein	4,000 5,400	5,400

Mike Cordell	3,100 7,500	7,500

06-11-2018 22:07 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	35,000 27,500	27,500

Jesse Martin	31,200 15,700	15,700

Perry Friedman	30,000 2,500	2,500

Amnon Filippi	21,000 11,000	11,000

Calvin Anderson	20,200 18,100	18,100

Doug Lorgeree	19,900 10,900	10,900
Chip Jett	12,700 900	900
Daniel Negreanu	6,600

Joao Vieira	6,100

Matt Grapenthien	5,300 300	300

Chris Ferguson	2,700 4,800	4,800

Andrey Zaichenko	2,500 15,500	15,500

06-11-2018 22:14 UTC-8

Chad Takes On the Russian

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Sam Cosby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Mikhail Semin: //
Norman Chad: //
Tim Burt: / (folded on fourth street)
Opponent: / (folded on fourth street)

Mikhail Semin was the bring in and one player called before Norman Chad completed. Tim Burt called as did Semin and the other player as well.

On fourth, Chad bet again. This time only Semin called.

"Just me and the Russian?" Chad asked.

Chad checked on fifth and Semin checked as well.

"Just in case," Semin said.

On sixth, Chad checked. Semin put out a bet and Chad called. Then on seventh, both players checked. Chad showed his for a pair of eights, and it was good enough to best Semin who only flashed his before mucking his hand. Chad took down pot and built his stack back over the starting point.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Semin	18,500 18,500	18,500
Norman Chad	7,500 350	350

Tags: Mikhail Semin Norman Chad

06-11-2018 22:22 UTC-8

Hastings Has to Chop

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Brian Hastings picked up a scary board with three low suited cards and bet it down against an opponent on his left.

Hastings: //
Opponent: //

Hastings' final bet got called and he showed for a low. His opponent had the flush with three spades in the hole.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	8,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Brian Hastings

06-11-2018 22:25 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	28,300 15,300	15,300

Steven Wolansky	27,500

Don Zewin	22,000 16,700	16,700
Ylon Schwartz	20,000 1,000	1,000

Connor Drinan	18,000

Frankie O'Dell	18,000 8,500	8,500

James Woods	17,500 2,500	2,500
Barry Greenstein	14,500 4,500	4,500

Steve Zolotow	12,000

Bart Hanson	10,700 4,300	4,300
Jerry Wong	10,500 2,300	2,300

Mike Sexton	8,000 7,100	7,100