Event #64: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-01-2018 16:59 UTC-8

Latest Additions to the Field

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	50,000

Dan Shak	50,000
Calvin Anderson	50,000

Felipe Ramos	50,000
Scott Bohlman	50,000

Roland Israelashvili	50,000

Alex Livingston	50,000

James Alexander	50,000
Mike Watson	50,000

07-01-2018 17:05 UTC-8

Gregorich Gets the Best of Leah

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Adam Lamers

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Mark Gregorich: / /
Mike Leah: / /

Five players were still alive heading to fourth street but after Mike Leah led out with a pair of eights showing and Mark Gregorich put in two bets, the rest of the table folded.

Leah, however, stuck around and check-called Gregorich on fifth, sixth, and seventh. Gregorich turned over for trip deuces and a six low. Leah tabled for two pair and a missed straight flush draw. Gregorich scooped the pot and Leah fell below half of his starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Gregorich	58,500 7,500	7,500
Mike Leah	24,000 6,100	6,100

Tags: Mark Gregorich Mike Leah

07-01-2018 17:08 UTC-8

The Prince Survives... Barely

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Sam Cosby

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jean Gaspard was all in already by sixth street and had been called by Jesse Martin and Roland Israelashvili.

Jean Gaspard: //
Roland Israelashvili: //
Jesse Martin: //

Martin and Israelashvili checked it down on the final street and all three players turned up their hands. Martin showed while Israelashvili showed for two pair but no low. Gaspard was holding for a better two pair and that would earn him a quadruple-up, as one other player in the hand had folded on an earlier street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	68,000 3,000	3,000

Roland Israelashvili	51,000 1,000	1,000

Jean Gaspard	6,500 13,500	13,500

Tags: Jean Gaspard Jesse Martin Roland Israelashvili

Level: 4

Bring In 300 - Completion 1,000

07-01-2018 17:27 UTC-8

Updated Counts and Some Fresh Entries

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Sam Cosby

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie O'Dell	81,300 31,300	31,300

Robert Campbell	68,000 23,500	23,500

Eric Rodawig	61,000 11,000	11,000

Tom Koral	58,500 8,500	8,500

Yehuda Buchalter	57,400 600	600
Phil Hui	55,000 5,000	5,000
Shirley Rosario	54,300 1,300	1,300
James Obst	53,000 2,500	2,500

Jimmy Fricke	50,000
Talal Shakerchi	50,000
Katherine Fleck	50,000
Michael Noori	50,000

Andre Akkari	50,000

Carol Fuchs	49,300 700	700

Konstantin Puchkov	42,600 9,900	9,900

Yueqi Zhu	37,000 13,000	13,000

Brian Hastings	27,500 22,500	22,500

07-01-2018 17:31 UTC-8

Obst Gets a Fold from Seidel

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Erik Seidel: / /
James Obst: / /

James Obst held the betting lead throughout the hand but opted to check-call a bet from Erik Seidel on fourth and fifth streets.

Obst led out with a bet on sixth which left Seidel a little puzzled. He thought for a minute and then turned his cards face down and into the muck, sending the pot to Obst.

In the next hand, Obst went heads-up with Mike Matusow. Matusow's board read and he led out on fifth, sixth, and seventh. Obst called each time with showing and the two players chopped the pot.

"I missed," Matusow said after Obst called on seventh. Obst just had a pair of queens for the high but Matusow only had a pair of fours. He showed / for the low hand but could not improve on his high hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	61,500 8,500	8,500

Erik Seidel	33,500 16,500	16,500

Tags: Erik Seidel James Obst Mike Matusow

07-01-2018 17:50 UTC-8

O'Dell Keeps Firing

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Brian Hastings: / /
Frankie O'Dell: / /

Heading to fifth street, Frankie O'Dell and Brian Hastings were left heads-up in the hand. Hastings currently held the betting lead and check-called a bet from O'Dell.

O'Dell picked up the lead with an ace on sixth, and led into Hastings who made the call. On seventh, O'Dell threw in one more bet and Hastings quickly pitched his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie O'Dell	88,500 7,200	7,200

Brian Hastings	40,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Brian Hastings Frankie O'Dell

07-01-2018 17:52 UTC-8

Another Big Scoop for Vitch

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Sam Cosby

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Chris Vitch completed with his and Anthony Zinno made it two bets with his . With the , Mike Leah called and Vitch called Zinno's raise as well.

Chris Vitch: //
Anthony Zinno: //
Mike Leah: / - fold on fifth

On fourth street, Leah led out with a bet. Vitch called and Zinno made it two bets. Leah and Vitch both called again.

On fifth street, Leah and Vitch checked. Zinno bet and Leah let go of his hand. Vitch had other plans, he check-raised to two bets, and Zinno called.

On sixth, Zinno checked, Vitch bet, and Zinno called. Zinno check-called one more bet on seventh street. Vitch showed down his and that was good to earn him the scoop, pushing him close to 80,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Vitch	77,500 20,500	20,500

Anthony Zinno	33,400 16,600	16,600

Mike Leah	22,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Chris Vitch Mike Leah

07-01-2018 17:57 UTC-8

Livingston Leaves Shakerchi on Crumbs

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Alex Livingston: / /
Talal Shakerchi: / /

Alex Livingston showed strength with a bet on fourth and Talal Shakerchi made the call. Shakerchi picked up a pair of deuces on fifth but still elected to check-call a bet from Livingston.

The action was the same on sixth and on seventh. Livingston rolled over for a rivered flush and a seven low. Shakerchi sent his cards flying into the muck and was down to just 2,000 chips.

"Rebuy," one player at the table suggested. Should Shakerchi lose his remaining chips, he will have the option of reentry up until the start of play on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	48,500 12,500	12,500

Talal Shakerchi	2,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Talal Shakerchi

07-01-2018 18:00 UTC-8

Seidel Recovers Some Chips From Ohel

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Sam Cosby

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Randy Ohel called a raise to two bets from Erik Seidel on third street.

Randy Ohel: //
Erik Seidel: //

Ohel checked on fourth then called a bet from Seidel. Ohel check-called again on fifth. On sixth, Ohel check-called another bet form Seidel.

On seventh, Ohel checked. Seidel bet. Ohel called. Seidel showed down his and that would be good enough to earn him the pot, chipping him back up over 40,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	48,300

Erik Seidel	43,500 10,000	10,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Randy Ohel