2019 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 2
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
654324a
Prize
$93,766
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$384,750
Entries
285
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 285

Double for Elezra, Who Likes a Sweat

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra

Having lost a big pot earlier to Scott Seiver (in which Seiver ended up showing down hole card three-of-a-kind eights, a surprise to himself with his four-flush draw), Eli Elezra's stack dwindled into the emergency zone. He started betting showing {x-}{x-}/{q-Clubs} against Joshua Mountain with {x-}{x-}/{2-Clubs}, and didn't stop until he moved all-in on sixth street. Neither did Mountain stop calling, despite Elezra telling him that there was no shame in it, and then announcing to the table, "This guy never folds!"

Elezra: {x-}{x-}/{q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Mountain: {x-}{x-}/{2-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Spades}{a-Hearts}

The dealer dealt the rivers face up, to go with the revealed {q-Diamonds}{10-Spades} of Elezra and {2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} of Mountain, but the latter's {5-Diamonds} final card couldn't help vs. Elezra's trip queens.

A tablemate requested that the last card always be dealt down. Elezra agreed, saying, "There's no way I'm not going to sweat it! I love sweating. I paid $1,500 for this tournament, I'm going to sweat it."

The very next hand, Mountain lost a 100,000+ pot to Scott Seiver, meaning this last level has been pretty expensive for him.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joshua Mountain us
Joshua Mountain
200,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
110,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Eli ElezraJoshua MountainScott Seiver