Allen Kessler went all-in on sixth street and Barry Greenstien called.
Allen Kessler: 
/
/
Barry Greenstein: 
/
/
Kessler's two pair held up, and "Chainsaw" is still alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | -3,000 |
|
18,000 | 3,200 |
Heads up from the off, James Maguire showed /
and Chris Ferguson /
. Maguire bet, Ferguson called. An 
for Ferguson, a for Maguire. Furguson led out, Maguire raised, and Ferguson called. Ferguson picked up the 
, Maguire the 
for a pair of eights showing, the latter betting, the former making the call.
Ferguson: //
Maguire: //.
A seventh-street bet from Maguire got a fold from Ferguson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 20,700 |
|
12,000 | -13,600 |
It's not been a good first level for Vasili Lazarou. Down from 20,900 at start of play, he found himself all in for just a couple of thousand against Scott Niebling. Cards were all up as Lazarou was all-in, and his two pair was ahead, one card to come:
Lazarou: 
(no flush draw)
Niebling: 
(no flush draw).
The crucial seventh street came down, a for Niebling and a for Lazarou: no change. The latter is still in, still very short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,500 | 17,700 |
|
4,800 | -16,100 |
Jean Gaspard is at the 50,000-chip mark and Jacob Brundage is barely hanging on.
Jean Gaspard: /
/
Jacob Brundage: /
/
Brundage fired a sixth-street bet and Gaspard called, and the action checked through on the river. Gaspard showed the 
, and Brundage mucked, and is down to 3200 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
3,200 | -9,200 |
Paul Mangine began the day as one of the short stacks in the room, with 12,400. He's up to 20,000 early in Day 2, however, getting all of his chips in and showing the winning 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 7,600 |
Joshua Mountain started the day third in chips, and he's already added to that total in one of the first hands of the day.
Joshua Mountain: /
/
Ylon Schwartz: /
/
Farhad Mobassery: /
/
The three players arrived on sixth street with the open two pair coming in for Mountain. He put in a bet with his favorable hand, and Schwartz and Mobassery folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,500 | 3,000 |
|
34,000 | -3,100 |
|
8,800 | -3,000 |
Senh Cong just dropped Shannon Petluck's stack to the point where it's flashing red for low fuel.
Cong: /
/
Petluck: /
/
Petluck, first to act, bet, and Cong called (2,000). After the final down card, Petluck bet again, and Cong immediately called, showing his third six, the . Petlock mucked.
Elsewhere, Anthony Zinno busted Seiko Kudo to bump his stack up to average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000 | 5,800 |
|
26,000 | 8,100 |
|
6,500 | -3,600 |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Limits: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
The Day 2 field of 103 players is ready to go and the cards are in the air. This event will play through ten 60-minute levels today.
Day 2 of Event #20: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud sees 103 players return out of a total field of 285. Just under half will be paid, with 43 players guaranteed a payout from the $384,750 prize pool. The winner, who will claim the first Stud bracelet of the 2019 WSOP and $93,766, will have to fight through a highly-decorated field of veterans of this game variant for three more days.
Starting today in the top ten stack-wise are David Singer (69,000) Daniel Negreanu (56,900), Julien Martini (56,100) and Perry Friedman (54,400), all of whom already hold at least one WSOP bracelet. Last year’s runner-up Jeff Lisandro is still in the running, as are Rep Porter, Scott Seiver, Dan Heimiller, Chris Ferguson (fourth in this event last year), Eli Elezra and Barbara Enright.
Ten one-hour levels are scheduled for today; live reporting recommences with the action at 2.00 p.m.
