Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-11-2021 04:31 UTC-7

Big Names Galore Highlight Day One Survivors in $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Mike Patrick

Level 14

Following 14 levels of exciting action in Event #69: $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, a litany of star power has advanced to Thursday’s Day 2.

Chip Jett (148,000), Shaun Deeb (143,000), Mike Watson (137,000), Matt Savage (126,000), Carol Fuchs (124,000), Ryan Leng (112,500), and Nathan Gamble (105,000) are just some of the names to bag big among the surviving 141 players from the original 372 entries.

While their stacks are impressive, a late charge placed Jermaine Reid of the Bronx, NY atop the leaderboard entering day 2 with 208,500 chips. Reid is a mixed games player with three previous WSOP cashes to his name, most recently a 35th place finish in this year’s Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $3,942.

Reid and many others will enter day 2 in a solid position to claim the ultimate award of a WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $113,459 which will be awarded Friday, while Thursday will see the top 56 finishers make the money, earning at least a min-cash of $2,433.

Some in the field not fortunate enough to survive the day included Norman Chad, Benny Glaser, Jon Turner, and David Williams.

Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	Jermaine Reid	United States	208,500
2	James Hoeppner	United States	167,000
3	David Martin	Spain	166,000
4	Susan Genard	United States	165,000
5	Joseph Ranciato	United States	156,000
6	Eric Crain	United States	153,500
7	Chip Jett	United States	148,000
8	Shaun Deeb	United States	143,000
9	Mike Watson	Canada	137,000
10	Dan Colpoys	United States	133,000

Plenty of Fun Had Throughout the Day

The mood in the room was boisterous and light throughout the day with one player commenting that he hadn’t ever seen so many beers consumed in a tournament before the actual end of night “beer level”.

Brandon Shack-Harris, who has been known to rock a polar bear costume in tournaments many times was joined by friends Eric Rodawig and Benny Glaser in bear costumes, but only Rodawig was fortunate enough to survive the day.

Schedule adjustments

As the tournament began at a delayed 4:00 pm starting time because of the WSOP Main Event, a level was shaved off the day, and Thursday’s restart has also been pushed back an hour to 3:00 pm local time, when the players will return to level 15.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this and every World Series of Poker event from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Tags: Benny Glaser Brandon Shack-Harris David Williams Eric Rodawig Jon Turner Mike Watson Nathan Gamble Ryan Leng Shaun Deeb

11-11-2021 03:08 UTC-7

Rodawig is Last Bear Standing

Mike Patrick

Level 14

As the night winds down, the trio of bears in the field is down to one.

Both Benny Glaser and Brandon Shack-Harris nursed their short stacks to the best of their abilities, but their tournaments have been put into hibernation, leaving Eric Rodawig as the last bear standing in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Rodawig	90,000	-16,000
Benny Glaser	Busted
Brandon Shack-Harris	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Brandon Shack-Harris Eric Rodawig

11-11-2021 00:03 UTC-7

Kassela Eliminated by Player He Should Have Eliminated

Mike Patrick

Level 10

Just before the last break, Frank Kassela was busted from the tournament by Z Stein, who made a wheel to beat Kassela's nines and fours.

Stein alerted PokerNews to the bustout, not because of the significance of this hand, but because of one the duo played earlier in the tournament.

Stein said that Kassela had misread his hand in the earlier pot thinking he had just ace high, when in fact he had a winning flush versus Stein's aces-up. Kassela checked seventh street, leaving Stein with under one big bet, which he would have claimed had he bet and been called, which Stein said he would have.

Instead, Stein survived with 900 chips and ran it up to the point where he had Kassela covered in their most recent encounter as Stein eliminated the man whose mistake kept him alive in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Z Stein	19,800	19,800
Frank Kassela	Busted

Tags: Frank Kassela

11-10-2021 23:33 UTC-7

Gamble Enters Tournament, Calls Shenanigans

Mike Patrick

Level 9

Nathan Gamble has entered the tournament in the final possible level and was quickly involved in a hand he nearly won with the bare minimum.

Betting alternated between Gamble taking the lead on fourth street, then check-calling on fifth and sixth, before leading out again on seventh and getting called.

At showdown, the players showed:

Nathan Gamble: /
Opponent: /

Gamble actually held the lead in the hand with just a pair of deuces, until his opponent made a six-low on seventh street to chop the pot.

"So my deuces were good the whole way! Shenanigans," exclaimed Gamble as the dealer split up their chips and divided them between the players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	26,000	26,000

Tags: Nathan Gamble

11-10-2021 23:12 UTC-7

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Lara Neacy

Level 9

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Level 8

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Bad News Bears

Mike Patrick

Level 7

Bad news for anyone at the table with mixed game stars Brandon Shack-Harris, Eric Rodawig, and Benny Glaser that is.

The trio is decked out in bear costumes for the event, with Shack-Harris and Rodawig donned in the polar variety, while Glaser is rocking a black bear suit.

For now, Rodawig is the top bear with a stack of 35,000, with Glaser at a starting stack and Shack-Harris a bit behind, but there's plenty of time for him to claw back up the standings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Rodawig	35,000	15,000
Benny Glaser	25,000	25,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	15,000	15,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Brandon Shack-Harris Eric Rodawig

11-10-2021 16:02 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Mike Patrick

After several days dedicated to the Main Event, the World Series of Poker welcomes back Stud players Wednesday, as Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better kicks off.

There are a couple of unique aspects to the first day of the event. First, the late 4:00 pm local start time. The afternoon mixed game sessions have typically begun at 2 or 3 pm, but this one begins at 4:00, with players playing 15 40-minute levels, with 15-minute breaks every three levels, leading to an approximate wrap-up of the day at 3:00 am local time.

Also, the location of the event in the WSOP schedule. In previous years, the tournament was run earlier in the schedule, while this year it coincides with days 2cef, 3, and 4 of the Main Event, so it will be interesting to see how the field size is impacted, as in the previous ten years, the tournament has seen between 460 and 644 runners.

The WSOP may be expecting a smaller field, as this year’s event is scheduled for only three days, while in previous years, it has been scheduled for four.

Of note, defending champion Michael Mizrachi was currently playing in Day 1cef of the Main Event as of this writing, but he and anyone else will have the first nine levels (until approximately 10:45 pm) to late register.

Mizrachi defeated a field of 460 players in 2019 to claim his fifth WSOP bracelet and $142,801.

Whether it’s “The Grinder” or someone else claiming the title, that champion will be crowned on Friday, and PokerNews will have complete coverage of all three days right until the bracelet is awarded at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi