Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-12-2018 16:08 UTC-8

Deuce on Fifth Scares Williams

Jan Kores

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Mike Matusow: /
James Williams: / - fold
Nicholas Kiley: / - fold

Nicholas Kiley was the bring-in and James Williams and Mike Matusow called. Matusow hit an ace on fourth and led out, earning a fold from Kiley. Williams had two low cards out and called, but when Matusow spiked a deuce on fifth, Williams didn't even let him fire as he instantly mucked. Matusow flashed the in return.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	58,000 10,000	10,000

James Williams	35,000 16,500	16,500

Tags: James Williams Mike Matusow Nicholas Kiley

06-12-2018 16:17 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	98,500 13,000	13,000

Esther Rossi	79,700 54,900	54,900
Matt Savage	79,200 7,800	7,800
Timothy Frazin	79,000 39,000	39,000
Shirley Rosario	72,500 29,500	29,500
Frank Kassela	71,000 19,500	19,500

Joel Tushnet	68,000 54,300	54,300
James Opie	67,000 30,000	30,000
Brian Hastings	62,200 7,700	7,700

James Woods	49,000 9,500	9,500
Mike Matusow	45,000 13,000	13,000

Jeff Madsen	23,500 9,500	9,500

Ben Yu	21,100 1,100	1,100

Calvin Anderson	14,000 8,000	8,000

06-12-2018 16:18 UTC-8

Elezra Gives Up on Fifth

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Jan Kores

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Eli Elezra: / - fold
James Nelson: /
Third player: / - fold

James Nelson brought in and Eli Elezra's right-hand neighbor completed. Elezra called with a deuce and so did Nelson.

Elezra caught another wheel card on fourth street and fired, earning a call from Nelson. The other player was dealt a king and left the party.

Both Elezra and Nelson hit a ten on fifth street with Nelson pairing his board. Nelson bet out and Elezra briefly evaluated the situation before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Nelson	105,000 54,100	54,100
Eli Elezra	93,000 5,500	5,500

Tags: Eli Elezra James Nelson

Level: 14

Bring In 500 - Completion 2,000

06-12-2018 16:31 UTC-8

Chop Can't Call the River Bet

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Jan Kores

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Javid Javani: / /
Dmitry Chop: / /

With action caught on fifth street, Dmitry Chop had three spades on his board while Javid Javani hit a pair of threes. Each player had 6,000 in front of them from previous betting rounds. Both players checked on fifth.

Sixth street strengthened both boards with a third wheel card. They checked again.

Javani fired on the river and Chop shook his head. He started moaning about Javani's bet.

"You look like you really wanna call," Javani said.

Chop finally folded and Javani turned up the . "This was my river card," and eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javid Javani	42,000 10,200	10,200
Dmitry Chop	41,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Dmitry Chop Javid Javani

06-12-2018 16:39 UTC-8

Goddard Gets Chopped Up

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Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Max Hoffman: /
Aristide Carozza: /
Brian Goddard: /

Aristide Carozza held the betting lead throughout the entire hand but opted to check with Hoffman having four cards to a straight on his board. Hoffman took advantage of that and bet on every street. Both Carozza and Goddard called and Hoffman was the only player with a low hand.

That left the other half of the pot to be decided between Carozza and Goodard. Goddard first tabled two pair, jacks and tens, but Carozza had a bigger two pair with aces and kings to earn himself half of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Hoffman	141,000 1,000	1,000
Brian Goddard	55,500 17,500	17,500
Aristide Carozza	39,200 20,300	20,300

Tags: Brian Goddard Max Hoffman Aristide Carozza

06-12-2018 16:44 UTC-8

Hand-for-Hand Begins

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Jan Kores

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The tournament staff now informed the players that a hand-for-hand mode has been installed with the clock showing 94 players remaining. Some of the short stacks near the bubble are listed below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Woolard	19,500 200	200
Ronit Aharoni	16,000 4,100	4,100
Charles Polk	15,000 36,600	36,600
David Halpern	11,500 25,600	25,600

Ray Medlin	11,000 6,700	6,700
Kenneth Po	11,000 1,800	1,800
Joseph Cannon	10,900 16,100	16,100
Dan Matsuzuki	10,000 21,300	21,300

Calvin Anderson	9,600 4,400	4,400

Steven Wolansky	9,500 25,900	25,900

06-12-2018 17:01 UTC-8

Calvin Anderson Bubbles the $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo Event

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Jan Kores

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Calvin Anderson (as seen in a previous event)

One of the most accomplished mixed-games players in the world, Calvin Anderson, was on a nub during the stone bubble. He was all in on fourth street, having a pair of threes along with two other wheel cards.

Anderson was up again Andrei Kaigorodtcev who had pocket eights in the hole and one low card out.

The action was frozen as the tournament floor staff waited for all other tables to finish their hands in progress. Kaigorodtcev cut out 8,100 in the meantime, matching Anderson's total.

Then they completed their seven-card hands:

Calvin Anderson: / /
Andrei Kaigorodtcev: / /

Anderson spiked a great card on fifth street, but he bricked the rest and failed to make a low. He didn't improve his pair of treys either, and Kaigorodtcev locked the whole pot with two pair.

Anderson left his seat while the 90 remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,246.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Kaigorodtcev	30,000 4,700	4,700
Calvin Anderson	Busted

Tags: Andrei Kaigorodtcev Calvin Anderson

06-12-2018 17:07 UTC-8

Bad Seat Change for Kassela

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Adam Lamers

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

George Rechnitzer: / /
Frank Kassela: / /

George Rechnitzer held the betting lead throughout and fired away on every street. Frank Kassela was just recently moved to his table, two spots to the left. Kassela was his only opponent and made the call on every street.

Rechnitzer turned over the for trip queens and Kassela showed the for trip threes. Neither player held a low hand and the pot was shipped to Rechnitzer.

"Thanks for the seat change," Kassela joked with the floorman. "That was the biggest pot I lost all day."

Player	Chips	Progress
George Rechnitzer	93,000 55,500	55,500
Frank Kassela	53,600 17,400	17,400

Tags: George Rechnitzer Frank Kassela

06-12-2018 17:12 UTC-8

Madsen Scoops Sotiropoulos

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Jan Kores

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jeff Madsen: /
Georgios Sotiropoulos: /

With action caught on sixth street, Jeff Madsen was betting into what already looked to be a big pot. Georgios Sotiropoulos called and then called another bet on the river.

"Flush," Madsen announced, showing for a flush and no low. Sotiropoulos couldn't catch any piece of the pot and mucked his hand.