Ernst Stoller fired bets on sixth and seventh street, getting the call from his opponent.
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Stoller's opponent mucked in frustration when Stoller showed the pocket queens for trips, and Stoller is now back up to the starting stack amount for the day.
Players at Amazon Purple #455 know they're sitting with one of poker's finest with Jeff Lisandro at the table.
Lisandro's enjoyed success across all forms of poker in his storied career, and he's always a threat in stud. The six-time bracelet winner was the runner-up in last year's $1,500 Seven Card Stud event, and a look at his career results reveals consistent success in this venerable poker variant.
Four of the Australian's six WSOP bracelets have come in stud events, including three at the 2009 WSOP. Lisandro won WSOP Player of the Year in 2009, on the back of bracelet wins in $1,500 Seven Card Stud (this very event), $2,500 Razz and $10,000 Seven Card Stud 8-or-Better. He also won a bracelet at the 2007 WSOP in the $2,000 Seven Card Stud event.
Lisandro's career tournament earnings sit at $5,626,956, and he's always a threat to add to that total when he sits in on a stud event.
Ryan Himes was one of four players in the hand, with a sizable pot on the line. Another player, along with Himes, called a seventh street bet, and the final player to act was Daniel Mogavero, who took a minute to think before finishing off the final betting round with a call.
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The pot went to Himes, who hit five consecutive running clubs to make the flush and chip up to 13,000.
There are quite a few WSOP bracelet winners in the field in the early stages of this event.
Six-time bracelet winner and stud legend Jeff Lisandro is in the field; Benny Glaser, Barry Greenstein and David Bach are all three-time bracelet winners; and two-time bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris is also in the running.
A player who is new to stud is seated to Allen Kessler's right, and the veteran poker player is graciously answering the player's questions about the betting rules of the game.
Kessler is a great player to learn from, as he's enjoyed success in stud tournaments at the WSOP and elsewhere for years. Kessler's best career finish came in the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo 8 Championships at the 2010 WSOP, where he finished second for $276,485.
The man known as "Chainsaw" is a fixture at the WSOP in general, consistently competing in stud, hold'em, omaha, mixed-game events and just about every other poker variant. Kessler finished eighth in the 2014 $50,000 Players Championship for $134,101, and finished ninth in the $10,000 Razz Championship at the 2018 WSOP for $25,564.
Barry Greenstein put in a bet on fourth street, getting calls from David Tarbet and a third opponent. Tarbet led out on fifth street and Greenstein raised, folding out the third player but getting a call from Tarbet.
The came in on sixth street for Tarbet, giving him open trips. He led out again, and this time Greenstein just called. The final card came in and Tarbet once again bet and Greenstein called. Greenstein mucked when he saw Tarbet's down card aces for a full house.