Event #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-07-2021 00:36 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	95,000 63,000	63,000

Yueqi Zhu	83,000 47,000	47,000

John Lewis	82,000 82,000	82,000
David Williams	70,000 6,000	6,000

Anthony Zinno	63,000 37,000	37,000

AJ Kelsall	59,000 32,000	32,000

Dan Heimiller	57,000 25,000	25,000

Scott Seiver	56,000 23,000	23,000

Adam Friedman	51,000 27,000	27,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	45,000 6,800	6,800

Sean Yu	42,000 24,000	24,000
Cory Chaput	41,700 1,700	1,700
Frankie O'Dell	38,000 38,000	38,000

Shaun Deeb	34,000 27,500	27,500

Brekstyn Schutten	32,000 32,000	32,000
Ted Forrest	30,000 -15,000	-15,000

Leonard August	28,000 -17,000	-17,000
Eli Elezra	27,000 -35,000	-35,000

Kenneth Po	25,000 6,000	6,000
Roland Israelashvili	20,000 -28,500	-28,500
Karina Jett	15,000 15,000	15,000
Barry Greenstein	11,000 -14,000	-14,000

Last Break of the Night

Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 1,500 ante

The remaining players are now on their last break of the night. Three more levels will be played before the chips are bagged and tagged.

Level: 13

Limits: 2,000/4,000
Ante:500
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 2,000

10-07-2021 01:12 UTC-7

Hourani Takes Out Opponent

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 2,000 ante

A player was all in on sixth street with all the cards revealed and the dealer gave him his last card face down. Elias Hourani was looking to score the knockout.

Elias Hourani: //

Hourani had broadway which was the winner and the eliminated player's hand was swept away as Hourani added more to his burgeoning stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Hourani	155,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Elias Hourani

10-07-2021 01:16 UTC-7

In Memoriam: Rod Pardey Sr. (1945-2020)

Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 2,000 ante

Last year in August, two-time WSOP Bracelet Winner & Stud Legend Rod Pardey Sr. passed away at the age of 75. Pardey was considered one of the all-time greats in Seven Card Stud, with a career spanning over five decades.

Pardey notched plenty of World Series of Poker-accolades over the years, with a runner-up finish in the 2015 Super Seniors event as a highlight alongside the Stud bracelets he won in 1991 and 1994. Pardey also final tabled five other Stud events at the WSOP.

To learn more about Rod Pardey, click here.

10-07-2021 01:24 UTC-7

Spinola Gathers With Flush

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on sixth street as Jay Spinola bet and Sean Yu check-called.

After seventh street was dealt, Spinola bet again after Yu checked. Yu took a few moments to think before he called.

Jay Spinola: //
Sean Yu: //

Spinola made a flush on seventh street and collected his winnings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Yu	86,000 44,000	44,000
Jay Spinola	63,000 31,000	31,000

10-07-2021 01:33 UTC-7

Heimiller Chipping Up

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 2,000 ante

Dan Heimiller has increased his stack dramatically in the last hour or so as he was spotted taking the remnants of a fallen opponent.

His hand of was face up as his opponent's hand was tossed into the muck, and Heimiller's jacks were good enough to take the pot and end the night of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	126,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller

Level: 14

Limits: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 2,500

10-07-2021 01:52 UTC-7

Shack-Harris Gaining Steam

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 2,500 ante

On fourth street, the first player to act bet, Adam Friedman and Brandon Shack-Harris both called.

Fifth street was dealt, the first player bet again, Friedman folded and Shack-Harris raised to 10,000 which was called.

Shack-Harris bet again on sixth street and was called again and the same thing happened on seventh street.

Brandon Shack-Harris: //
Opponent: //
Adam Friedman: / - folded on fifth street

Shack-Harris collected the pot with his three tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Shack-Harris	132,000 87,000	87,000

Adam Friedman	95,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Brandon Shack-Harris

10-07-2021 02:13 UTC-7

Big Stacks

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Hourani	195,000 40,000	40,000
Maurizio Melara	185,000 185,000	185,000
Brendan Taylor	185,000

Hal Rotholz	184,000 89,000	89,000

Dan Heimiller	168,000 42,000	42,000

Michael Sopko	165,000 147,000	147,000