Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-11-2022 12:24 UTC-7

Phil Ivey Second in Chips to Start Day 2 of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

Jeff McMillan

Day 2 of the third championship event of the 2022 WSOP, Event #22: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship will get underway at 2 p.m. local time with 41 players out of a field of 85 still in the hunt. Registration is still open until the start of play, so it is possible that a few more hopefuls will hop in with a fresh 60,000 stack at Level 11 of play.

The field is littered with big names including the largest stacks. Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier is on top of the pile with 262,000. He registered late in Day 1 and spun his stack up rapidly into the chip lead.

Phil Ivey enters the day second in chips with 256,500. The ever-popular figure at the WSOP, Ivey is traditionally one of the best seven card stud players around so this may be one of his best shots to break his eight year WSOP Bracelet drought and take home bracelet number eleven.

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 are two more WSOP bracelet winners in Yueqi Zhu with 237,000 and Randy Ohel with 228,000. Another bracelet winner amongst the top ten stacks is Kevin Gerhart who enters seventh in chips with 205,000

Outside of the big stacks, several known players are still alive on Day 2, including the defending champion of this event, Anthony Zinno, who has 68,000. He will be looking to spin his stack up and go for the back-to-back achievement.

Adam Friedman (153,000}, Brian Rast (108,000) and Todd Brunson (46,000) are also among the big names still remaining on Day 2 as well as recent 10k Dealer's choice champion, Ben Diebold (112,000)

The levels elongate on Day 2 to 90 minutes. The plan for Day 2 is to play seven 90-minute levels, with 10-minute breaks after each level and some extended breaks when decided upon and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 14 (~8:30). After that, the few fortunate enough to survive the day, will bag up and advance to Day 3.

PokerNews will be on hand tomorrow to cover all the Day 2 action.

Tags: Adam Friedman Anthony Zinno Ben Diebold Bertrand Grospellier Brian Rast James Paluszek John Lytle Kevin Gerhart Leonard August Phil Ivey Randy Ohel Todd Brunson Yueqi Zhu

06-11-2022 15:05 UTC-7

Katz Cruising

Mike Patrick

Level 11

Cary Katz:
Chris Tryba: /

After Bertrand Grospelier and Vasili Lazarou folded on fifth street, Cary Katz and Chris Tryba were left heads up after Tryba bet fifth and Katz called.

On sixth street, Tryba continued betting with three spades and a pair of fives and Katz again called now showing four to Broadway.

Action slowed with a pair of checks on seventh street and Katz announced "three pair" and showed pairs of kings, queens, and jacks, with the kings and queens playing for two pair to take down the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasili Lazarou	223,000 223,000	223,000
Cary Katz	210,000 150,000	150,000
Chris Tryba	136,000 34,500	34,500

Bertrand Grospellier	125,000 -137,000	-137,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Cary Katz Chris Johnson Vasili Lazarou

06-11-2022 15:28 UTC-7

Gerhart Rolls Up Into Chip Lead

Mike Patrick

Level 11

Kevin Gerhart: //

Kevin Gerhart Just alerted the PokerNews reporting team to a hand that's seen him rocket into the chip lead, sending Peter Gelencser home and putting Hasan Kural on a short stack.

Gerhart says he began with rolled-up fives and was able to get three bets in four-ways on third street, another bet on fourth, then get a raise in on fifth street as the big bets started, with each of his opponents sticking around to face another bet on sixth.

Finally on seventh street with Gerhart still betting, all three of his opponents folded and he earned a huge pot to put him into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	350,000 145,000	145,000

John Lytle	110,000 -80,000	-80,000
Peter Gelencser	Busted

Tags: Hasan Kural Kevin Gerhart Peter Gelencser

06-11-2022 16:12 UTC-7

Diebold Wins Family Pot

Jeff McMillan

Level 12

Kevin Gerhart: / folded fourth street
Thomas Taylor: / folded fourth street
Yueqi Zhu: / folded fourth street
John Lytle: / folded sixth street
Brandon Cantu: / folded sixth street
Oxana Cummings: /
Ben Diebold: /

Every player at the table entered the pot as fourth street was dealt for a true family pot.

Brandon Cantu bet 5,000 on fourth street. Ben Diebold raised to 10,000 and said "let's see if we can get some people out of here". Which he did as, Kevin Gerhart, Thomas Taylor and Yueqi Zhu all folded. John Lytle and Oxana Cummings called and Cantu also called the raise to bring four players to fifth street.

On fifth street, Diebold bet with the lead and all three of his opponents called.

On sixth street, it checked to Cummings who bet, Cantu folded, Diebold called and Lytle also folded to make it a heads up pot going into seventh street. Diebold check-called the bet from Cummings on seventh.

Cummings said she only had a pair and Diebold tabled the for aces up which won the family pot leaving Cummings short who would bust shortly afterwards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	340,000 -11,000	-11,000

Ben Diebold	275,000 111,000	111,000

Thomas Taylor	261,500 -3,500	-3,500
Yueqi Zhu	205,000 -57,000	-57,000

Brandon Cantu	170,000 39,000	39,000

Oxana Cummings	Busted

Tags: Ben Diebold Brandon Cantu John Lytle Kevin Gerhart Oxana Cummings Thomas Taylor Yueqi Zhu

06-11-2022 16:55 UTC-7

Cantu On Right Side of Another Cooler

Mike Patrick

Level 12

Brandon Cantu: //
Ben Diebold: //

After losing that recent huge pot to a mega-cooler, Brandon Cantu was on the right end of one to double up through Ben Diebold.

Cantu and Diebold got four bets each in on third street, then Cantu led fourth and fifth, receiving calls from Diebold.

After Cantu bet again on sixth, Diebold raised, and Cantu put his final 17,000 chips in the middle.

Cantu had aces in the hole for eights full of aces, while Diebold had started with rolled-up tens but now needed to improve.

Cantu was unable to pair up on seventh for a better full house, while just for fun, Cantu was dealt the final eight in the deck to make quads and double up to 100,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	365,000 -25,000	-25,000

Brandon Cantu	100,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Ben Diebold Brandon Cantu

06-11-2022 18:42 UTC-7

Elky Eliminated

Mike Patrick

Level 13

Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier: //
Cary Katz: //

Down to just 17,000 chips, Day 1 leader Bertrand Grospellier raised Cary Katz's bring-in.

Action folded around to Katz who then raised and "Elky" put the rest of his chips in.

After the cards ran out, Katz's pair of fives pipped Grospellier's pair of threes, and the Day 1 chip leader was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	145,000 67,000	67,000
Bertrand Grospellier	Busted

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Cary Katz

06-11-2022 18:58 UTC-7

Straight Flush Crushes Two Flushes

Jeff McMillan

Level 13

Brian Lieberman: /
Yueqi Zhu: /
Yehuda Buchalter: /

Action was picked up on sixth street where Yehuda Buchalter bet, Brian Lieberman called with four to a straight flush showing and Yueqi Zhu came along also.

Zhu checked seventh street, Buchalter bet 12,000. Lieberman raised to 24,000 which got Zhu to stand up and go into the tank. He thought it out for quite some time while standing before sitting and throwing in the chips in a manner that looked like a painful and reluctant call. Buchalter got out of the way.

"Got the straight flush?" asked Zhu.

"Yep," said Lieberman and tabled the for the straight flush.

Zhu tossed over his own ace-high flush and voiced his frustration. "I can never get a break!" he said as he shook his head and explained his reasoning for calling.

Buchalter claimed that he had folded a king-high flush to put the cherry on top of the crazy hand, where all three players had flushes by fifth street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Lieberman	445,000 100,000	100,000
Yueqi Zhu	63,000 -155,000	-155,000

Yehuda Buchalter	56,000 -67,000	-67,000

Tags: Brian Lieberman Yehuda Buchalter Yueqi Zhu

06-11-2022 19:24 UTC-7

Diebold Dominating

Mike Patrick

Level 14

Ben Diebold: /
Todd Brunson: /

Ben Diebold raised on third street and was called by Todd Brunson. Diebold then bet fourth street and was called, but then checked on fifth street, prompting a bet from Brunson.

Diebold then check-raised Brunson but still received a call.

Diebold bet sixth and seventh with Brunson calling down.

Diebold showed trip jacks on the end, while Brunson showed kings and eights for a losing two pair.

In a hand shortly after, Diebold won a pot from Jean Gaspard to vault him over 600,000 chips and solidly into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	660,000 164,000	164,000

Jean Gaspard	354,000 -86,000	-86,000

Todd Brunson	96,000 -102,000	-102,000

Tags: Ben Diebold Jean Gaspard Todd Brunson

06-11-2022 20:45 UTC-7

Katz Eliminates Brunson

Mike Patrick

Level 14

Todd Brunson: //
Cary Katz: //
Kane Kalas: / - folded third street
Adam Friedman: / - folded bring-in

On third street, Cary Katz raised Adam Friedman's bring-in and was called by Kane Kalas. Todd Brunson then made it two bets and Friedman folded his bring-in. Katz then made it three bets to go and Kalas folded. Brunson made the call and was getting very short-stacked.

On fourth street Brunson called another bet from Katz, and after Katz bet again on fifth, Brunson got the last of his chips in the middle.

Katz held two pair with queens and jacks, while Brunson only had queens with a king overcard.

Brunson wouldn't be able to improve his hand and he was eliminated just before the dinner break, leaving 17 players in the field, with only two more eliminations until the money is reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	620,000 -20,000	-20,000

Kane Kalas	342,000 -3,000	-3,000
Cary Katz	235,000 70,000	70,000
Todd Brunson	Busted

Tags: Adam Friedman Cary Katz Kane Kalas Todd Brunson

06-11-2022 22:10 UTC-7

Ivey Back from the Brink

Mike Patrick

Level 15

Phil Ivey: /
Adam Friedman: /

After losing a recent pot that dropped him under 70,000 chips, Phil Ivey has gotten healthier again thanks to a pot with Adam Friedman.

Picking the action up on fifth street, Friedman bet with a pair of sixes on board and was called by Ivey. After Friedman double paired his board on sixth he bet again, but Ivey was undeterred and called.

Friedman then checked seventh street and Ivey went into the tank. Ultimately he decided to check.

Friedman declared "queens and jacks", showing jacks in the hole to improve his two pair.

Ivey however showed his aces in the hole for a better two pair with another deuce in the hole as well to take the pot and boost his stack back to 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	690,000 -190,000	-190,000

Phil Ivey	200,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Phil Ivey