Event #64: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

07-02-2018 20:57 UTC-8

Bryce Yockey Wins Nice Pot with Pair of Eights

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Soner Osman: / - fold
Richard Sklar: / /
Bryce Yockey: / /

A trio of players got three bets in on third and Richard Sklar checked on fourth. Bryce Yockey bet 8,000, Soner Osman called, and so did Sklar.

Two checks on fifth saw Yockey bet 16,000 and once again both his opponents called.

Osman, who had 16,000 remaining, then checked sixth and Sklar bet 16,000. Yockey called and Osman folded.

Both Sklar and Yockey then checked seventh. The former showed for a pair of sevens and Yockey barely had it beat with his for a pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	425,000 103,000	103,000

Richard Sklar	130,000 59,000	59,000
Soner Osman	16,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Richard Sklar Soner Osman

07-02-2018 20:59 UTC-8

Osman Eliminated by Wang; Jamison Busts

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Soner Osman was all in for 14,000 on third street against Daham Wang.

Osman: /
Wang: /

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Osman: /
Wang: /

Wang made eights full of queens on sixth street, while Omsan had two outs with aces and fives. Wang turned over a , while Osman tabled a to bust in 26th place.

Gregory Jamison busted at one of the other tables, and the remaining 24 players are now redrawing for seats.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daham Wang	355,000 54,000	54,000
Soner Osman	Busted
Gregory Jamison	Busted

Tags: Daham Wang Gregory Jamison Soner Osman

07-02-2018 21:03 UTC-8

Seat	Table 440	Table 432	Table424
1	Yuval Bronshtein	Roland Israelashvili	Andrew Rennhack
2	David Benyamine	Joseph Michael	Richard Sklar
3	Andrew Yeh	Scott Bohlman	Mike Watson
4	Timothy Finne	Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Chris Klodnicki
5	Tom Koral	Tim Marsters	Jack Duong
6	Jesse Martin	Bryce Yockey	Dan Matsuzuki
7	Andrew Kelsall	Daham Wang	Daniel Negreanu
8	Chris Vitch	Ken Aldridge	Jerry Wong

Benyamine Eliminated by Yeh; Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Tom Koral: / - fold
Chris Vitch: / - fold
David Benyamine; /
Andrew Yeh: /
Tim Finne: / - fold

Tom Koral was the bring-in, Chris Vitch completed, David Benyamine raised, Andrew Yeh called, Tim Finne called, and Koral called.

Yeah made open aces on fourth street and bet, with only Koral sticking around to see fifth street. Yeh bet again and Koral folded.

David Benyamine; /
Andrew Yeh: /

Here were the rest of their runouts:

David Benyamine; / /
Andrew Yeh: / /

Yeah had aces up and Benyamine couldn't catch up.

There are now 23 players remaining and hand-for-hand play has started.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Vitch	695,000 7,000	7,000

Tom Koral	425,000 17,000	17,000

Andrew Yeh	180,000 114,000	114,000

Tim Finne	125,000 53,000	53,000
David Benyamine	Busted

Tags: Andrew Yeh Chris Vitch David Benyamine Tim Finne Tom Koral

07-02-2018 21:17 UTC-8

"Ace High is Good"

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Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jack Duong: / - fold
Richard Sklar: / /
Jerry Wong: / /

Jack Duong brought it in and Jerry Wong completed. Richard Sklar called and then both he and Wong called when Duong made it two bets.

Wong led out for 8,000 on fourth and both his opponents called. On fifth, Won bet 16,000, Sklar called, and Duong got out of the way.

Both players then checked both sixth and seventh streets.

"Ace high is good," Sklar said and flashed the for king high. Wong then tabled the to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Wong	295,000 91,000	91,000

Richard Sklar	95,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Jerry Wong Richard Sklar

07-02-2018 21:37 UTC-8

Wong Denting Negreanu

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu: / /
Jerry Wong: / /

Picking up the action on fourth street, Daniel Negreanu check-called a bet from Jerry Wong.

Negreanu led on fifth street, Wong called and both checked on sixth street. Negreanu checked in the dark on seventh, Wong bet, and Negreanu called after a few moments.

Wong showed for trip sevens, besting Negreanu's for jacks up to win the pot.

The following hand, Wong took more chips from Negreanu when he made a wheel against Negreanu's aces and sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Wong	370,000 75,000	75,000

Daniel Negreanu	20,000 121,000	121,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jerry Wong

07-02-2018 21:44 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Vitch	840,000 145,000	145,000

Tom Koral	535,000 110,000	110,000

Andrew Kelsall	330,000 87,000	87,000

Jesse Martin	300,000 37,000	37,000

Andrew Yeh	160,000 20,000	20,000

Yuval Bronshtein	135,000 45,000	45,000

Tim Finne	115,000 10,000	10,000

Daniel Negreanu Doubles on the Bubble

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Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Chris Klodnicki: / /
Daniel Negreanu: / /
Jack Duong: / fold

Jack Duong brought it in and the short-stacked Daniel Negreanu completed. Chris Klodnicki called and so did Duong. On fourth, Negreanu bet, Klodnicki called, and Duong got out of the way.

Negreanu paired threes on fifth and bet his last 12,000, which Klodnicki called. Negreanu had two pair but it was smaller than Klodnicki's sevens and deuces. Fortunately for "Kid Poker" he made queens up on sixth. Seventh failed to help Klodnicki and he watched the pot pushed across the table to Negreanu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	61,000 41,000	41,000

Chris Klodnicki	50,000 80,000	80,000

07-02-2018 21:46 UTC-8

Chip Counts From Table 432

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	730,000 20,000	20,000

Ken Aldridge	470,000 173,000	173,000

Roland Israelashvili	380,000 60,000	60,000

Bryce Yockey	365,000 60,000	60,000

Tim Marsters	297,000 38,000	38,000
Daham Wang	215,000 140,000	140,000
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	190,000 9,000	9,000
Joseph Michael	70,000 25,000	25,000

07-02-2018 21:53 UTC-8

Chip Counts From Table 424

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Wong	420,000 50,000	50,000

Mike Watson	370,000 1,000	1,000

Jack Duong	370,000 55,000	55,000

Dan Matsuzuki	320,000 30,000	30,000

Richard Sklar	186,000 91,000	91,000
Andrew Rennhack	52,000 32,000	32,000

Chris Klodnicki	40,000 10,000	10,000

Daniel Negreanu	32,000 29,000	29,000