2018 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 3
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$804,600
Entries
596
Level
32
Limits
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 596
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Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Joel Tushnet: 
/ 
Eli Elezra: 
/ 
James Nelson: 
/ 
A completed pot saw James Nelson bet on fourth street, earning calls from Eli Elezra and Joel Tushnet. All players checked the following round before Elezra fired on sixth. Both of his rivals called and the river was checked.
Elezra had aces and a low while Nelson tabled two pair. They split Tushnet's chips and tackled him to last 30,000 or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Level: 24
Bring In 5,000 - Completion 20,000
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Georgios Sotiropoulos: 
/ 
Peter Brownstein: 
/ 
James Nelson: / 
Capped on third street, George Sotiropoulos, Peter Brownstein and James Nelson maxed the pot and continued battling three-way. Nelson led on fourth, Sotiropoulos raised and Brownstein called for his last 30,000. Nelson fired one more raise and Sotiropoulos called. Nelson then kept betting to the side pot, firing on every remaining street. Sotiropoulos called him down.
Sotiropoulos made kings full while Brownstein took the other half of the massive pot with his low. Nelson had only aces and sponsored his two opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
||
|
220,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
210,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Joel Tushnet was on a nub and tried to spin his way up against Georgios Sotiropoulos.
He was all in on third street, starting with / while Sotiropoulos had buried sevens with 
/ 
.
Tushnet spiked an ace on fourth street but he was rivered by Sotiropoulos who made two pair, kings and sevens.
Joel Tushnet: 
/ 
/
Georgios Sotiropoulos: / 
/
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Jesse Martin bet into two players on fifth with open sixes and Tom McCormick raised with a raggedy 
. James Sievers cold-called and Martin continued, and McCormick bet sixth as well. Again everyone called before checking seventh.
McCormick: /
Sievers: /
/
Martin: /
/
"I just couldn't put you on that," Sievers said with a sigh. "He's got his six and I've got his deuce..."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
510,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
220,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
We arrived too late to ID the cards in play, but Bentley Roberts just got scooped by Richard Monroe. Monroe made aces up and a low, while Roberts mucked his own in the hole face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
85,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Tim Finne is climbing up the leaderboard after scooping George Sotiropoulos in two hands within just a few minutes.
The first saw Finne fire into a mediocre pot on seventh street and Sotiropoulos called.
Tim Finne: / 
Georgios Sotiropoulos: / 
Finne revealed two pair and claimed the pot.
The next hand was almost the same. Finne fired on sixth street and then again on the river and Sotiropoulos called to the showdown.
Tim Finne: / 
Georgios Sotiropoulos: /
Sotiropoulos mucked again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
|
340,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
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Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Eli Elezra called on fifth street and raised all in on sixth. Peter Brownstein called.
"I have a low," Bronstein said.
"I got queens," Elezra replied.
Then they showed their respective hands:
Eli Elezra: / 
Peter Brownstein: 
/
"I need a king," Brownstein observed. He peeled his last card and it was indeed the .
Elezra bricked his river card and left the tournament in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Bentley Roberts completed in late position with the 
and Tom McCormick defended his bring-in with the . Roberts put the last 20,000 in on fourth.
Roberts: 
/
McCormick: /
Roberts ran out for a pair of threes but he was way behind when McCormick made two pair with .
"Way behind," Roberts sighed. "Jack one time."
He peeled the though and headed for payouts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
Busted |
