2022 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$248,254
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$885,875
Entries
96
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 3
Players Left
1

Gaspard Shows "Straight"

Level 19
Jean Gaspard
Jean Gaspard

Jean Gaspard: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}{4-Spades}{7-Spades}/{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}
Adam Friedman: {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}/{x-}{x-}{x-}

Action was picked up on sixth street as Adam Friedman bet and Jean Gaspard called. On seventh street, Gaspard bet and Friedman tossed in the call.

"One, two, three ,four, five" said Gaspard as he spread {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} amongst his cards. There was a slight pause before Friedman mucked and the pot was pushed toward Gaspard. But a couple of seconds later Ben Diebold pointed out that Gaspard had only shown a pair of fours. Friedman was bewildered and asked if that was really the case, presumably meaning that he had had fours beat.

"I thought I had a straight," said Gaspard with a bit of a chuckle.

"Yeah I was looking for it too but I didn't find it" said Diebold.

Friedman asked the dealer if he had seen his hand to which the dealer said no. With Friedman's hand long into the muck there was nothing that could be done.

"You think I did that on purpose" continued Gaspard as he laughed a bit, trying to keep the mood light. But it did not seem like Friedman was amused.

"It definitely wasn't a straight" added Yuval Bronshtein as Gaspard stacked his chips as the table tried to move on from the awkward situation.

Player Chips Progress
Jean Gaspard us
Jean Gaspard
WSOP 1X Winner
1,460,000 185,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
1,420,000 -195,000

Tags: Adam FriedmanBen DieboldJean GaspardYuval Bronshtein

Yueqi Zhu Eliminated in 8th Place ($28,258)

Level 18
Yueqi Zhu
Yueqi Zhu

Yueqi Zhu: {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}/{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{j-Spades}/{9-Clubs}
Yuval Bronshtein: {k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}/{k-Hearts}{9-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}/{x-}

Yueqi Zhu was forced all in on fourth street by a bet from Yuval Bronshtein and the cards were flipped over. Bronshtein led with a pair of kings vs a pair of tens from Zhu.

The runout would not improve Zhu and he became the first elimination of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
925,000 88,000
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Yueqi ZhuYuval Bronshtein

Can Friedman Find His Fifth Bracelet in $10,000 Stud Championship?

Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

With almost double the amount of chips (2,385,000) as his closest opponent and over 40 percent of the total chips in play, a fifth World Series of Poker bracelet is well within the grasp of mixed game superstar Adam Friedman on Sunday in Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship.

To close it out though, he’ll still have to defeat a star-STUDded final table full of mixed game wizards, including 2016 WSOP $10,000 Dealer’s Choice champion Jean “Prince” Gaspard, who comes in with that second-place stack of 1,231,000 chips, and Yuval Bronshtein, who has several deep Stud 8 or Better runs at the WSOP, but his best previous finish in this event was back in 2010 when he placed 15th.

While he may be at the bottom of the leaderboard with just four big bets to start the day, Phil Ivey and his 174,000 chip stack can’t be overlooked. The second of Ivey’s ten WSOP bracelets came in the 2002 $1,500 Seven Card Stud event back in the Binion’s Horseshoe days.

Also of note in the field is maybe a lesser-known name in James Paluszek, who finished 25th in this year’s $1,500 Stud event and has a 6th place finish in the $10,000 Stud championship to his name from 2008.

$10,000 Seven Card Stud Final Table Seat Draw

SEATPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIP COUNTBIG BETS
1Adam FriedmanUnited States2,385,00059
2James PaluszekUnited States235,0005
3Ben DieboldUnited States375,0009
4Jean GaspardUnited States1,231,00030
5Yuval BronshteinIsrael837,00020
6Phil IveyUnited States174,0004
7Marco JohnsonUnited States236,0005
8Yueqi ZhuUnited States231,0005

The eight hopefuls will return to the Bally’s Event Center at 2 p.m. local time with visions of the gold bracelet and the $248,254 first prize dancing through their heads. Play resumes with 90-minute levels starting at Level 18 with limits of 20,000 and 40,000.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand until a champion is crowned, so keep it right here for all the action from this and every event at the 53rd World Series of Poker from its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Adam FriedmanBen DieboldJames PaluszekJean GaspardMarco JohnsonPhil IveyYueqi ZhuYuval Bronshtein