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

06-12-2018 14:57 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Hoffman	112,400 41,700	41,700
Frankie O'Dell	91,000 54,000	54,000

Matt Savage	87,000 40,300	40,300
Benjamin Dobson	71,700 14,500	14,500
Trent Gundrum	58,000 20,500	20,500

Frank Kassela	51,500 19,500	19,500

James Woods	43,800 900	900
J Smith	35,000 23,300	23,300
Barry Greenstein	25,500 500	500

Shaun Deeb	20,900 13,100	13,100

Day 2 Casualties

Jan Kores

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Around 50 players have busted through the first two hours of play on Day 2. Those who couldn't make it past Level 12 included Steve Zolotow, Adam Owen, Chip Jett, Rob Mizrachi, and Carol Fuchs, among others.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Holley	Busted
Gary Kosakowski	Busted
Michael Frejka	Busted
Adam Owen	Busted
Chip Jett	Busted
Edmond Vartughian	Busted
James Hoeppner	Busted
Joseph Bowers	Busted
Coralee Grebe	Busted
Kinh Dang	Busted
Robert Como	Busted

Bradley Sullivan	Busted
Abraham Levy	Busted
Daniel Idema	Busted

Steve Zolotow	Busted

Allen Kessler	Busted
Joseph Couden	Busted
Al Barbieri	Busted
Steven Metzger	Busted
Hila Elezra	Busted
Gerard Rechnitzer	Busted
Per Hildebrand	Busted
Mikko Hirvonen	Busted
James Hagan	Busted
Larry Wright (TX)	Busted

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06-12-2018 14:46 UTC-8

Elezra and Stein Chop a Massive Pot

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Eli Elezra: / /
Jan Stein: / /
Alex Livingston: / /
Scott Clements: / - fold on sixth

With four players still in the hand on sixth street and the majority of their boards fairly wet, there was bound to be a lot of action. It started with Eli Elezra who had the betting lead and led out with a bet. Jan Stein called and Alex Livingston raised. Scott Clements only had 1,000 chips remaining but elected to fold with all of the action in front of him.

Elezra three-bet and Stein four-bet all in for 9,400. Livingston opted to just call but Elezra wasn't done there as he five-bet to create a side pot with Livingston. On seventh, Elezra bet in the dark and Livingston called. Elezra turned over for a full house to take the high hand. Stein had a low hand with and Livingston was forced to muck his cards.

Scott Clements was eliminated in the next hand while Elezra took over the current chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	111,500 40,000	40,000

Jan Stein	28,200 12,200	12,200
Alex Livingston	17,100 28,100	28,100

Scott Clements	Busted

Tags: Alex Livingston Eli Elezra Jan Stein Scott Clements

06-12-2018 14:33 UTC-8

Wong and Opie Chop Abrams' Chips

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Jan Kores

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jerry Wong: /
James Opie: /
Scott Abrams: / - fold

Jerry Wong bet on fourth street with two wheel cards out, earning three callers. One of them was a player with deuces out but he gave up on fifth where Wong fired, catching a pair of fours. Scott Abrams and James Opie stuck around before Opie fired on both sixth and seventh. Wong called off for his last few hundreds on the river while Abrams couldn't pull the last call.

Opie had just a pair of nines but it was good to claim a half of the pot as Wong didn't have anything but a pair of fours. However, Wong made a low on the river and took the bottom half to stay afloat.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Opie	37,000 15,500	15,500
Scott Abrams	23,000 3,000	3,000

Jerry Wong	12,000 5,100	5,100

Tags: James Opie Jerry Wong Scott Abrams

06-12-2018 14:27 UTC-8

Second Place Is No Good for Lake

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Philip Sternheimer: / /
John Urpsis: / /
Patrick Lake: / /

Picking up the action on fourth street, Patrick Lake had the betting lead and tossed in a bet. Philip Sternheimer raised it up and John Urpsis just called. Lake three-bet and Sternheimer quickly four-bet. Urpsis still called and Lake was all in for 3,900.

Sternheimer and Urpsis checked it down afterward and tabled their cards. Sternehimer showed for a seven low and Urpsis held for a pair of aces. Lake was left with a pair of sixes and an eight low, only good enough for the second-best high hand and the second-best low hand. Sternheimer and Urpsis chopped the pot while Lake was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	67,000 500	500

John Urpsis	16,000 600	600
Patrick Lake	Busted

Tags: Philip Sternheimer John Urpsis Patrick Lake

06-12-2018 14:23 UTC-8

Kassela Hits a Heavy Board

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Jan Kores

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Frank Kassela: /
James Williams: /

Frank Kassela completed and two players came along to fourth street: James Williams, whose board hit a pair of eights, and Nicholas Kiley, who gave up after catching a nine.

Kassela bet on fourth and Williams called with his pair, getting a king on fifth. Kassela's board kept improving as he spiked yet another wheel card. He barreled and Williams figured out that it was the right time to let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	32,000 5,000	5,000

James Williams	18,500 16,300	16,300

Tags: Frank Kassela James Williams

06-12-2018 14:14 UTC-8

Matusow Scoops Hastings

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Jan Kores

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Mike Matusow: /
Brian Hastings: /
Jeff Madsen: / - fold

Brian Hastings completed and Jeff Madsen and Mike Matusow both called. The famous trio continued to fourth where Matusow paired his four. He checked and so did Hastings, but Madsen bet out, earning two calls.

Matusow and Hastings both received a six on fifth street and Matusow led out. Hastings called with a low board but Madsen paused for quite some time. Then he turned his cards upside down and sent them to the dealer.

Matusow's board double-paired and he bet again, earning one more call from Hastings. They tapped the river and Matusow showed for the open two pair and no low. Hastings didn't make a low either and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	68,000 12,000	12,000

Brian Hastings	54,500 15,500	15,500

Jeff Madsen	33,000 5,500	5,500

Tags: Brian Hastings Jeff Madsen Mike Matusow

Level: 12

Bring In 300 - Completion 1,200

06-12-2018 14:00 UTC-8

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Jan Kores

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	56,000 10,800	10,800

Georgios Sotiropoulos	50,000 50,000	50,000

Jimmy Fricke	44,000 20,900	20,900
Bruno Fitoussi	40,500 7,800	7,800
Jeff Madsen	27,500 19,600	19,600

Frank Kassela	27,000 14,000	14,000

James Woods	26,000 2,800	2,800
Barry Greenstein	25,000 5,000	5,000

Calvin Anderson	22,000 7,600	7,600

Scott Clements	21,500 8,600	8,600

Ben Yu	20,000 500	500

Carol Fuchs	3,000 20,600	20,600

06-12-2018 13:58 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Himes	94,500 22,900	22,900
Trent Gundrum	78,500 6,500	6,500

Tom McCormick	77,400 10,000	10,000
Nicholas Derke	74,000 7,600	7,600
Philip Sternheimer	66,500 10,700	10,700

David Funkhouser	53,500 12,000	12,000

Shirley Rosario	43,000 6,400	6,400
Frank Kassela	41,000 2,500	2,500

Marco Johnson	37,500 14,500	14,500

Scott Clements	30,100 2,000	2,000

Ben Yu	20,500 9,300	9,300

Barry Greenstein	20,000 5,300	5,300

Timothy Frazin	18,500 29,700	29,700
John Monnette	8,000 16,500	16,500