Level: 25
Limits: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 7,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$780,200
Entries
83
Level
27
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Play Resumes
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
The cards are back in the air.
Birman Chips Up Right Out of the Gate
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Yaniv Birman completed and Jesse Martin raised. Birman called and then called bets on fourth and fifth street.
Martin bet on sixth street and Birman raised. Martin called.
Yaniv Birman: 
/ 
/
Jesse Martin: / 
/
Martin check-called another bet on seventh street, and Birman announced "Straight," tabling 
for a ten-high straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
||
|
329,000
-353,000
|
-353,000 |
|
||
Salem on the Short
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Jesse Martin had the bring-in wih the 
and Lee Salem completed showing the . The action folded back to Martin, and he made it two bets to go.
Salem folded, and in the process, dropped to 108,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
||
|
108,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
Queens-Up for Yu
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Ben Yu completed and Yaniv Birman made it two bets. Yu called, and then called a bet on fourth.
On fifth, Birman bet 60,000, and Yu raised to 120,000. Birman called, and then called bets from Yu on sixth and seventh.
Yu: / 
/
Birman: / 
/
Yu tabled his 
for queens-up, as Birman showed his 
and then mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,860,000
-390,000
|
-390,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,150,000
331,000
|
331,000 |
|
||
Salem Doubles Through Yu
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Ben Yu brought in and Lee Salem completed. Yu bet on fourth street and Salem raised all in for 66,000 total. Yu called.
"Do you have three deuces?" asked Salem.
Ben Yu: 
/ 
/
Lee Salem: 
/ 
/
Salem made a pair of his own on sixth street, and Yu would have to catch on seventh street to eliminate his opponent.
Yu caught a 
rendering Salem's 
meaningless and the latter won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
210,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Birman Surges Up with Jacks-Full
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Catching the action on fifth street, Yaniv Birman bet out 60,000 and Matt Grapenthien raised to 120,000.
Birman made it three bets to go, and Grapenthien called. On sixth, Birman bet, and Grapenthien called.
Birman: / 
/
Grapenthien: / 
/
On seventh, Birman bet and Grapenthien called.
Birman tabled his 
/ 
, and Grapenthien tapped the table and then flicked his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,325,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
|
|
||
|
135,000
-465,000
|
-465,000 |
|
|
||
Martin Takes From Chip Leader Birman
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Matt Grapenthien completed, Yaniv Birman raised and Jesse Martin made it three bets. Grapenthien folded and Birman called.
Both players checked fourth street. Martin check-called on fifth street and bet on sixth street. Birman called.
Yaniv Birman: / 
/
Jesse Martin: / 
/
Martin bet on seventh street and Birman called.
"Three eights," said Martin, showing 
and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
730,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
||
Trip Again for Martin
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Jesse Martin had the bring-in and Ben Yu completed. Martin called, and then led out on fourth street with Yu calling.
Yu took the betting lead on fifth and Martin called, as both players then checked sixth.
Martin: / 
/
Yu: / 
/
On seventh, Yu bet out and Martin raised. Yu called, and when Martin tabled his for trips, he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,025,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
810,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
||
Grapenthien Doubles Up
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Jesse Martin: /
Matt Grapenthien: / - folded on fourth street
Matt Grapenthien completed and called a raise from Jesse Martin. Grapenthien folded to a bet from Martin on fourth street.
The very next hand Yaniv Birman completed and Matt Grapenthien raised all in for 43,000. Birman called.
Yaniv Birman: 
/ 
/
Matt Grapenthien: / 
/
Grapenthien was ahead all the way. "That's a scary card," he said, when Birman caught an ace on sixth street. Birman drew a on seventh street, with Grapenthien's inconsequential.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,960,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
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