2018 World Series of Poker

Event #31: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 1
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Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥j♦10♦10♣9♠4♣2♦
Prize
$105,629
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$418,500
Total Entries
310
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 310
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Event #31: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Day 1 Completed

Six-time Bracelet Winner Jeff Lisandro Near the Top on Day 1 of $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Tim Duckworth
Tim Duckworth
Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro

Day 1 of the Event #31: $1,500 Seven Card Stud has concluded with Farhad Mobassery and Ron Brown sharing the chip lead over the remaining approximately 82 players.

310 players would take a seat throughout the day, and with it would see last year's numbers surpassed as a prize pool of $418,500 would be created that will see the final 47 players guaranteed a $2,250 payday, while $105,629 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet will be awaiting whoever can ascend to the top.

Leading those players are Farhad Mobassery and Ron Brown, who bagged 80,800 and 79,300 to claim the top two spots. Right behind them is stud specialist and six-time bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro who bagged 70,200. Still in contention includes the likes of Bertrand Grospellier, Brandon Shack-Harris, Adam Friedman, Frankie O'Dell, Ben Yu and Carol Fuchs.

Defending champion Tom Koral never appeared to get the ball rolling today. A plethora of other stud game enthusiasts and fellow WSOP bracelet holders would also find themselves on the rail as the likes of Lawrence Berg, Matt Grapenthien, Calvin Anderson, Yuval Bronshtein, David Bach, Mike Leah, Humberto Brenes, Barry Greenstein, Max Pescatori, and previous winner of this event Richard Ashby were all unable to find a bag at the end of the day as roughly 82 players survived into Day 2.

Play resumes at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) on Friday, June 15, with the PokerNews Live Reporting team providing all the live updates of the Day 2 action. So stay tuned to PokerNews.com for the continued Event #31 coverage, along with all the 2018 World Series of Poker updates.

Tags: Farhad MobasseryJeff LisandroRon Brown

Day 2 Seating and Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp
Yori Epskamp
Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Amazon4041Frank AtheyUnited States41,200
Amazon4043Shirley RosarioUnited States16,000
Amazon4044Ben YuUnited States20,500
Amazon4045John VolpeUnited States12,800
Amazon4046Pete ChenTaiwan44,200
Amazon4047Donald CoakleyUnited States2,400
Amazon4048Darren ShebellUnited States21,800
      
Amazon4051Chris FergusonUnited States48,500
Amazon4052Scott BohlmanUnited States25,000
Amazon4053Christopher BarensUnited States26,400
Amazon4055George AlexanderUnited States44,900
Amazon4056Bradley BermanUnited States18,700
Amazon4057Dzmitry UrbanovichPoland25,800
Amazon4058Gabriel RamosUnited States41,700
      
Amazon4061Ashton GriffinUnited States31,200
Amazon4062Rodney SpriggsUnited States16,300
Amazon4063Michael MooreUnited States30,500
Amazon4064Bertrand GrospellierFrance41,400
Amazon4066Leveo SperottoUnited States22,800
Amazon4067Tom McEvoyUnited States1,200
Amazon4068Kevin IacofanoUnited States20,300
      
Amazon4071Frank GaglianoUnited States8,300
Amazon4072Vincent NewlandUnited States19,200
Amazon4073Brandon Shack-HarrisUnited States18,900
Amazon4075Carol FuchsUnited States32,600
Amazon4076Georgii BelianinRussia8,000
Amazon4077Paul SextonUnited States18,500
Amazon4078Daniel LoweUnited States19,200
      
Amazon4121Paul SokoloffCanada39,200
Amazon4122John TamaiCanada6,100
Amazon4124Joel TushnetUnited States43,500
Amazon4125Esther RossiUnited States37,900
Amazon4126Julien MartiniFrance50,900
Amazon4127Elias HouraniUnited States30,000
Amazon4128Sandeep VasudevanUnited States53,700
      
Amazon4131Derek BlenmanUnited States21,600
Amazon4132Frankie O'DellUnited States19,000
Amazon4133Anthony FarrellUnited States17,700
Amazon4134Walter TwardusUnited States17,800
Amazon4135Adam FriedmanUnited States30,500
Amazon4136Jose TroniloUnited States28,200
Amazon4137Perry FriedmanUnited States34,300
Amazon4138Sherry ByrdUnited States23,600
      
Amazon4141Danny ScottCanada11,000
Amazon4142Ann BloomUnited States12,500
Amazon4143DID NOT REPORT 1United States1
Amazon4144Stephen RiversUnited States61,200
Amazon4145Steven AlbiniUnited States23,400
Amazon4147Jeff JeromeUnited States13,700
Amazon4148Robert CampbellAustralia44,700
      
Amazon4151Eben KurtzmanUnited States37,400
Amazon4152Jordan SiegelUnited States32,000
Amazon4153Jonn KeiUnited States9,000
Amazon4154Jameson PainterUnited States34,100
Amazon4155Barbara EnrightUnited States19,000
Amazon4156Kevin DuffyUnited States3,600
Amazon4157DID NOT REPORT 2United States1,600
Amazon4158Andrew Van DervolgenUnited States33,200
      
Amazon4211Mark RadojaCanada65,500
Amazon4212Gerard RechnitzerUnited States51,500
Amazon4213David LeviUnited States19,400
Amazon4214Alan MyersonUnited States18,000
Amazon4215Cory ZeidmanUnited States22,700
Amazon4216Warren ColmanUnited Kingdom44,200
Amazon4217Maxwell TroyUnited States38,800
Amazon4218Farhad MobasseryUnited States80,800
      
Amazon4221Robert FerdinandUnited States27,900
Amazon4222Edward WeichUnited States29,100
Amazon4223Roy WeissUnited States40,100
Amazon4224Jeff LisandroAustralia70,200
Amazon4225Jeffrey KalickaUnited States8,000
Amazon4226Al BarbieriUnited States30,000
Amazon4227Ronnie BrownUnited States79,300
Amazon4228William MunleyUnited States21,400
      
Amazon4231Sakura SugawaraUnited States31,800
Amazon4232Katherine FleckUnited States14,600
Amazon4233Yordan PetrovBulgaria14,400
Amazon4234Mark BarileUnited States28,600
Amazon4235Marc TushnetUnited States1,100
Amazon4236Scott ColeUnited States58,000
Amazon4237Roy ThungUnited States26,000
Amazon4238Yosuke IwataUnited States9,600

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Yori Epskamp
Yori Epskamp
Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

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Four More Hands

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Four more hands will be dealt before the remaining players will bag for the night and return for Day 2 tomorrow at 2:00 P.M. local time.

"Nut Low" Two Pair Good For Vasudevan

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Sandeep Vasudevan and two other players checked down every street.

Sandeep Vasudevan: {2-Clubs}{2-Spades} / {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{a-Clubs}{7-Spades} / {8-Hearts}
Opponent: {X-}{X-} / {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{10-Hearts}{q-Clubs} / {X-}
Opponent: {X-}{X-} / {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{8-Hearts} / {X-}

"Nut low two pair" announced the dealer in reference to Vasudevan's two pair of twos and threes. They were good enough to defeat both opponents.

Tags: Sandeep Vasudevan

Updated Chip Counts

Tim Duckworth
Tim Duckworth
Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

O'Dell Gets Violette to Fold on Seventh

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Frankie O'Dell made it two bets on fourth and then proceeded to bet all the way through sixth with Cyndy Violette check-calling down.

Frankie O'Dell: {X-}{X-} / {7-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{k-Hearts} / {X-}
Cyndy Violette: {X-}{X-} / {6-Spades}{a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} / {X-}

O'Dell again bet 1,200 on seventh and Violette pondered it over for a full minute before conceding the hand.

Tags: Cyndy VioletteFrankie O'Dell

Pescatori Eliminated by Athey

Tim Duckworth
Tim Duckworth
Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Following a completion by Frank Athey, Max Pescatori was all in for 3,000 and Athey called.

Each player's boards ran out as follows:

Pescatori: {Q-Spades}{2-Clubs} / {2-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} / {X-}
Athey: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} / {K-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{Q-Clubs} / {X-}

When both Athey and Pescatori failed to improve on seventh street, Pescatori was eliminated early in the final level of the night.

Tags: Frank AtheyMax Pescatori

Some of the Chip Leaders

Tim Duckworth
Tim Duckworth
Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
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