Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 3 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-13-2018 17:12 UTC-8

James Sievers Eliminated in 10th Place ($11,724)

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

James Sievers called Jesse Martin's bet on sixth street and had just 6,000 left. Martin bet the end and Sievers said he had to call no matter what.

Martin: /
Sievers: /

Sievers peeled over a and slammed it down, lamenting his poor luck and saying Martin outdrew him three times.

Remaining players are drawing seats for the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	600,000 90,000	90,000

James Sievers	Busted

Tags: Jesse Martin James Sievers

06-13-2018 17:18 UTC-8

Unofficial Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

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Jan Kores

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Seat	Player	Chips
1	Peter Brownstein	500,000
2	Benjamin Dobson	860,000
3	Jesse Martin	585,000
4	Tom McCormick	700,000
5	Tim Finne	600,000
6	Georgios Sotiropoulos	240,000
7	PJ Cha	50,000
8	Richard Monroe	267,000
9	James Nelson	510,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Dobson	860,000 258,000	258,000
Tom McCormick	700,000 50,000	50,000
Tim Finne	600,000 70,000	70,000
Jesse Martin	585,000 15,000	15,000

James Nelson	510,000 160,000	160,000
Peter Brownstein	500,000 130,000	130,000
Richard Monroe	267,000 273,000	273,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	240,000 85,000	85,000

PJ Cha	50,000 10,000	10,000

06-13-2018 17:30 UTC-8

Cha Scoops and Survives

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

PJ Cha put his remaining chips in on the first round with and Richard Monroe raised on his left with . James Nelson came along and called bets on the next two streets before they checked sixth.

Cha: //
Monroe: //
Nelson: //

They checked again on the end and Cha showed for just his open aces. They were good though, as Monroe had for kings and Nelson mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Nelson	390,000 120,000	120,000
Richard Monroe	340,000 73,000	73,000
PJ Cha	115,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: PJ Cha James Nelson Richard Monroe

06-13-2018 17:31 UTC-8

Take 15

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Players are on break.

Level: 25

Bring In 7,000 - Completion 25,000

06-13-2018 17:57 UTC-8

Martin Gets "Interesting Runout"

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Five players saw fourth street for the minimum but a Tim Finne bet with thinned the field to just he and Jesse Martin, who paired tens on fifth and then got trips on sixth after they checked.

Finne: /
Martin: /

Finne smiled and folded to a bet.

"Interesting runout," he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	710,000 125,000	125,000

Tim Finne	500,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Tim Finne Jesse Martin

06-13-2018 18:02 UTC-8

Sotiropoulos Doubles with Rolled Up Jacks

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Jan Kores

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

In a three-bet pot pre, Georgios Sotiropoulos tangled with Peter Brownstein. Sotiropoulos then raised and four-bet shoved on fourth and Brownstein called.

Sotiropoulos showed that he started with a rolled up set of jacks and Brownstein was unable to make more than two pair with no low.

Georgios Sotiropoulos: / /
Peter Brownstein: / /

Sotiropoulos stack was counted at 174,000 so he vaulted to roughly 400,000 with his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	400,000 160,000	160,000

Peter Brownstein	265,000 235,000	235,000

Tags: Georgios Sotiropoulos Peter Brownstein

06-13-2018 18:10 UTC-8

PJ Cha Eliminated in 9th Place ($11,724)

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

PJ Cha completed with the and got a ton of action. James Nelson called with the , Benjamin Dobson raised with the , Tim Finne called with the and Cha called. He got the last 20,000 or so in on fourth, and Dobson bet fifth but ceded the betting lead to Finne when the latter made open kings on sixth.

Dobson: /
Finne: /
Cha: /
Nelson: /

Nelson finally gave up his hand but Dobson stuck around. Finne bet again on the end and Dobson called with for a seven-low. Dobson had for quads and we didn't see Cha's hand but he couldn't beat anyone so he headed out in ninth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Dobson	1,325,000 465,000	465,000
Tim Finne	550,000 50,000	50,000
James Nelson	275,000 115,000	115,000
PJ Cha	Busted

Tags: PJ Cha Tim Finne -Benjamin Dobson

06-13-2018 18:28 UTC-8

Aces Up for McCormick

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Jan Kores

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Tom McCormick: /
Peter Brownstein: /

Peter Brownstein called and Tom McCormick completed. Bring-in James Nelson joined the contest and Brownstein called as well. McCormick bet on fourth to get rid of Nelson but Brownstein stuck around.

McCormick barreled on fifth and Brownstein called again before catching a pair of sixes on sixth, which was checked. McCormick placed in one more shell on the river and Brownstein paid him off and mucked after he heard: "Aces up."

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom McCormick	690,000 190,000	190,000
Peter Brownstein	170,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Peter Brownstein Tom McCormick

06-13-2018 18:39 UTC-8

Peter Brownstein Eliminated in 8th Place ($15,271)

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Richard Monroe bet fourth street into two opponents with and both called. Monroe bet again on fifth and James Nelson tanked and mucked but Peter Brownstein raised his last 24,000 and Monroe called.

Monroe: /
Nelson: / (folded on fifth street)
Brownstein: /

Brownstein was up against a set of kings but had a nice draw with a gutter and four to a low. The gave him outs for high if Monroe didn't fill up on the river after getting the on sixth. Brownstein squeezed out his last card.

"You win," he said, leaving what would turn out to be the face down.

Monroe filled up with the for good measure.