Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day 1 Completed
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$885,875
Entries
96
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
85
Players Left
41
"Elky" and Ivey Lead the Way After Day 1 of Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Level 10
Day 1 of the third championship event of the 2022 WSOP, Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship has ended after ten 60-minute levels of play. The day attracted 85 entries, which far surpassed last year's amount of 62. At the end of the day, just under half remained as 41 players found a bag.
A field that attracted a lot of big-name players ended with Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier on top of the heap with 262,000. He registered late in the day with only a couple of levels left and was able to spin his stack up very quickly to be in pole position.
Right on his heels in second place to end the night was none other than Phil Ivey, who bagged up 256,500. The ever-popular figure at the WSOP, Ivey, had a stellar Day 1 as he just continued to build momentum as well as his stack before he took his customary exit from the tournament area before the chips were bagged.
Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertrand Grospellier | France | 262,000 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | United States | 256,500 |
| 3 | Yueqi Zhu | China | 237,000 |
| 4 | Randy Ohel | United States | 228,000 |
| 5 | James Paluszek | United States | 220,500 |
| 6 | Brian Liberman | United States | 206,500 |
| 7 | Kevin Gerhart | United States | 205,000 |
| 8 | Leonard August | United States | 196,000 |
| 9 | John Lytle | United States | 191,000 |
| 10 | Vasilis Lazarou | Greece | 182,500 |
Third and fourth place in the counts were two more WSOP bracelet winners in Yueqi Zhu with 237,000 and Randy Ohel with 228,000. James Paluszek rounded out the top five chip counts as he bagged up 220,500.
Outside of the big stacks, several known players advanced to Day 2, including the defending champion of this event, Anthony Zinno, who had a slow end to the night but was still able to find a bag with 68,000.
Adam Friedman (153,000}, Brian Rast (108,000) and Todd Brunson (46,000) were among the big names still remaining as the dust settled at the end of the day. And also of note, the only two women in the event both advanced to Day 2; Oxana Cummings (48,000) and Christina Hill (40,000).
Registration for this event is still open until the start of Day 2, which will get underway at 2 p.m. local time, so expect a few more players to find their way into the action at the start of the day when play resumes at Level 11.
PokerNews will be on hand tomorrow to cover all the Day 2 action.
Seat Draw For Day 2
Level 10
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 138 | 2 | Hasan Kural | United States |
| Paris | 138 | 3 | Anthony Deangelo | United States |
| Paris | 138 | 4 | Julien Martini | France |
| Paris | 138 | 7 | David Lieberman | United States |
| Paris | 138 | 8 | Brian Rast | United States |
| Paris | 139 | 2 | Jack McClelland | United States |
| Paris | 139 | 3 | Thomas Taylor | Canada |
| Paris | 139 | 5 | Jake Schwartz | United States |
| Paris | 139 | 6 | Anthony Zinno | United States |
| Paris | 139 | 7 | Phil Ivey | United States |
| Paris | 139 | 8 | Ian O'hara | United States |
| Paris | 140 | 1 | Chad Eveslage | United States |
| Paris | 140 | 3 | Todd Brunson | United States |
| Paris | 140 | 4 | Marco Johnson | United States |
| Paris | 140 | 5 | Joao Vieira | Portugal |
| Paris | 140 | 6 | Brian Lieberman | United States |
| Paris | 140 | 8 | James Paluszek | United States |
| Paris | 141 | 1 | Kevin Gerhart | United States |
| Paris | 141 | 2 | Shane Douglas | United States |
| Paris | 141 | 3 | John Lytle | United States |
| Paris | 141 | 4 | Oxana Cummings | United States |
| Paris | 141 | 7 | Benjamin Diebold | United States |
| Paris | 141 | 8 | Yueqi Zhu | United States |
| Paris | 142 | 1 | Eric Kurtzman | United States |
| Paris | 142 | 2 | Adam Friedman | United States |
| Paris | 142 | 4 | Vasili Lazarou | Greece |
| Paris | 142 | 5 | Chris Tryba | United States |
| Paris | 142 | 6 | David Prager | United States |
| Paris | 142 | 7 | Bertrand Grospellier | France |
| Paris | 143 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy |
| Paris | 143 | 2 | Kane Kalas | United States |
| Paris | 143 | 3 | Leonard August | United States |
| Paris | 143 | 6 | Randy Ohel | United States |
| Paris | 143 | 7 | Joel Tushnet | United States |
| Paris | 143 | 8 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel |
| Paris | 144 | 1 | Kristijonas Andrulis | Lithuania |
| Paris | 144 | 2 | Noah Bronstein | United States |
| Paris | 144 | 3 | David Singer | United States |
| Paris | 144 | 4 | Maxx Coleman | United States |
| Paris | 144 | 5 | John Monnette | United States |
| Paris | 144 | 8 | Christina Hill | United States |
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
262,000 | 38,000 |
|
256,500 | 51,500 |
|
237,000 | 44,000 |
|
228,000 | 66,000 |
|
220,500 | 80,000 |
|
206,500 | 206,500 |
|
205,000 | 146,000 |
|
196,000 | 151,000 |
|
191,000 | 72,500 |
|
182,500 | 27,500 |
|
181,000 | 181,000 |
|
175,000 | 40,000 |
|
166,000 | 27,000 |
|
158,000 | -34,000 |
|
153,000 | 33,000 |
|
129,500 | -35,500 |
|
127,000 | 36,000 |
|
126,000 | 19,500 |
|
119,000 | 57,000 |
|
115,500 | -4,500 |
|
115,500 | -84,500 |
|
112,000 | 47,000 |
|
108,000 | 42,000 |
|
101,500 | 101,500 |
|
97,000 | -123,000 |
Schwartz Last Man In
Level 10
Just before the night comes to an end, Jake Schwartz has joined the field, looking to quickly spin up a stack or carry some chips into Day 2 on Saturday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
"Elky" Stacking High
Level 10
Craig Chait: 
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Bertrand Grospellier: 
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Shane Douglas: 
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folded sixth street
Craig Chait was all in on sixth street and, Bertrand Grospellier bet which got Shane Douglas to fold.
Grospellier had the lead with tens and nines while Chait had nice looking up cards but the hole cards left a lot to be desired. He slowly peeled the river to see it was a blank to send him out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
224,000 | 82,000 |
|
32,000 | -99,000 |
|
Busted |
Late Night Eliminations
Level 10
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted |
Monnette Eliminates Gregorich
Level 10
Mark Gregorich: 
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John Monnette: 
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Mark Gregorich was extremely short-stacked, then all-in and ahead with a pair of nines against John Monnette by seventh street, but Monnette had a world of outs with multiple overcards and a double gutshot straight draw.
Monnette flipped up his seventh street card, which was the 
, giving him a straight and leaving Gregorich drawing dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 106,000 |
|
Busted |
Straight Sets O'Hara Up Well
Level 10
Ian O'Hara: 
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Dario Sammartino: 
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On sixth street, Ian O'Hara bet with a pair of nines showing, Dario Sammartino called. O'Hara bet again on seventh which Sammartino called.
O'Hara tabled the goods with the straight to the jack as Sammartino shook his head and mucked in frustration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | 22,000 |
|
115,000 | 17,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 10
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
192,000 | 65,500 |
|
|
155,000 | 111,800 |
|
145,500 | 27,500 |
|
|
142,000 | 82,000 |
|
|
140,500 | 63,500 |
|
|
120,000 | 77,000 |
|
92,000 | 4,000 |
|
89,000 | |
|
85,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
66,000 | 27,000 |
|
|
65,000 | 5,000 |
|
40,000 | -22,000 |
|
21,000 | -23,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |