Level: 18
Bring In 2,000 - Completion 8,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$780,200
Entries
83
Level
27
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 83
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Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Todd Brunson completed with the 
and Ben Yu and Matt Grapenthien joined him to fourth street.
Brunson bet with suited connectors and both of his opponents called. He paired his eight on fifth and barreled. Only Yu called this time and Yu himself caught a pair of eights on sixth. The betting round was checked and Yu fired on the river. Brunson contemplated his decision for about a minute and then tossed in calling chips only to learn that he was up against tens up.
Ben Yu: 
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Todd Brunson: 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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310,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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130,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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833,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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555,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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335,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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235,000
82,000
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82,000 |
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140,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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134,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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55,000
24,000
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24,000 |
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Since the redraw for the last two tables, Ben Yu and Yaniv Birman are sitting next to each other. They are in the epicenter of the vast majority of the pots, tangling with each other. Oftentimes, they make it all the way to the river. That was the case in the following hand.
Todd Brunson completed, Yu made it two bets and Birman fired a three-bet. Only Yu called and called on all following streets. Birman turned up trip kings, biting into Yu's stack again.
Ben Yu: / 
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Yaniv Birman: 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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175,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu was all in on third street, facing off against James Obst. Negreanu started with a pair of eights but Obst was ahead with jacks.
James Obst: 
Daniel Negreanu: 
Obst made a six-high straight on the river and Negreanu was drawing dead, peeling a meaningless . He walked away in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The field is now one off of the money and the two tables will play hand-for-hand until a player is eliminated.
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Joseph Cappello: /
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James Obst: /
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James Obst made it three bets on third street and Joseph Cappello called. Cappello led on fourth and Obst called. Both players checked fifth street and Cappello led again on sixth. Obst called and called again on seventh street.
"House," announced Cappello as he turned over the 
and Obst mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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335,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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92,000
178,000
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178,000 |
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Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Todd Brunson led out on fourth street with queen-deuce and Ben Yu called. Yu hit a king on fifth and checked to Brunson who fired again. Yu opted for a check-raise and Brunson called.
Yu kept the betting lead for the rest of the hand, betting on sixth and seventh. Brunson called both bets.
Todd Brunson: / 
Ben Yu: / 
Yu opened two pair, kings and eights and Brunson couldn't top it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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275,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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170,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Ben Yu and Yaniv Birman tangled in a big pot. We caught the action on fifth street where it looked like a two-bet street.
Birman then fired on sixth and seventh. Yu called the first bet but decided to raise on the river and Birman called.
Yu showed aces up but Birman had that beat with trip queens.
Ben Yu: 
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Yaniv Birman: 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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490,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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160,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Seiken | 220,000 |
| 2 | Michael McKenna | 1730,00 |
| 3 | Al Barbieri | 50,000 |
| 4 | Todd Brunson | 245,000 |
| 5 | - Empty - | - |
| 6 | Ben Yu | 255,000 |
| 7 | Yaniv Birman | 400,000 |
| 8 | Matt Grapenthien | 555,000 |
| 1 | James Obst | 270,000 |
| 2 | Jesse Martin | 703,000 |
| 3 | Jordan Siegel | 79,000 |
| 4 | Perry Friedman | 272,000 |
| 5 | Laith Salem | 425,000 |
| 6 | Joseph Cappello | 185,000 |
| 7 | Lars Gronning | 153,000 |
| 8 | Daniel Negreanu | 107,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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703,000 | |
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555,000 | |
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425,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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400,000
139,000
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139,000 |
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272,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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270,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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255,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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245,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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220,000
117,000
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117,000 |
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185,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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173,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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153,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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107,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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79,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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50,000
7,000
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7,000 |
