Event #40: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-18-2022 19:12 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	104,000 7,000	7,000

Kevin Gerhart	99,000 45,000	45,000

Brian Hastings	69,000 69,000	69,000

Andrew Yeh	68,500 68,500	68,500

Dario Sammartino	66,000 66,000	66,000

Daniel Negreanu	56,000 4,000	4,000

Owais Ahmed	55,500 55,500	55,500

Mike Gorodinsky	53,400 6,600	6,600

Katherine Fleck	50,500 18,500	18,500
Matt Savage	36,500 36,500	36,500
John Racener	32,300 32,300	32,300

Mark Gregorich	17,500 58,700	58,700
Salah Levy	12,000 12,000	12,000

Monnette and Baker Divide the Pot

Terrance Reid

Level 5

David "ODB" Baker : /
Christina Hill: / - folded seventh street
John Monnette: /

Action picked up on seventh with three players looking at their final card. David "ODB" Baker bet the street. Christina Hill made the fold but John Monnette tossed in the call.

Baker showed his three low diamonds for the sixty-five low and pair of threes, but Monnette's pair of queens took the high.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	77,000 3,000	3,000

Christina Hill	66,000 26,000	26,000
David "ODB" Baker	43,500 43,500	43,500

Tags: Christina Hill David "ODB" Baker John Monnette

06-18-2022 19:37 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts

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Terrance Reid

Level 5

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Tryba	154,000 74,500	74,500

Yuval Bronshtein	121,000 24,000	24,000

Eric Kurtzman	98,000 17,500	17,500
Glenn Cozen	94,000 28,000	28,000
Allen Kessler	91,100 5,100	5,100
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	80,500 2,800	2,800
Marco Johnson	74,500 15,500	15,500

Michael Rocco	65,200 16,200	16,200

Chad Eveslage	62,800 1,400	1,400

Chip Jett	47,200 39,800	39,800
Robert Campbell	45,500 10,000	10,000

Donny Rubinstein	45,000 7,500	7,500
Qinghai Pan	43,800 2,200	2,200

Norman Chad	32,800 34,700	34,700
Vasu Amarapu	23,500 59,500	59,500
Salah Levy	Busted
Jason Papastavrou	Busted

Level: 6

Ante - 300
Bring In - 500
Limits - 1,500-3,000

06-18-2022 19:37 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	126,000 66,000	66,000

David Funkhouser	108,300 74,300	74,300

Peter Gelencser	102,000 3,000	3,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	93,500 33,500	33,500

Andrew Brown	78,000 23,000	23,000

Eric Rodawig	64,000 11,500	11,500

Yueqi Zhu	62,100 1,900	1,900

Frankie O'Dell	58,200 3,800	3,800

Thomas Taylor	53,000
Benny Glaser	52,000 8,000	8,000

Roland Israelashvili	47,200 20,800	20,800

Steven Albini	43,400 23,600	23,600

Ziya Rahim	42,300 700	700
Daniel Idema	40,300 3,700	3,700

Randy Ohel	38,300 3,200	3,200

Phillip Hui	35,000 25,000	25,000

Hellmuth Controversy: Poker Brat's Chips Swiped on Break

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Chad Holloway

Level 6

Controversy struck the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #38: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship when Phil Hellmuth went on break only to discover his chips had been swiped by defending champion Farzad Bonyadi, who wasn't at-fault in the incident.

On break, as the tournament dwindled down to 21 players, the staff broke the fourth table, leaving just three remaining tables. When the "Poker Brat" returned, he noticed his chips were gone and that they had somehow ended up in Bonyadi's possession.

Immediately after the situation arose, the WSOP staff approached the table to investigate. There was no doubt that Hellmuth had a stack in play before leaving the table, but it wasn't clear the exact size of his stack. The surveillance camera was reviewed to determine the size of Hellmuth's stack, which the 16-time bracelet winner estimated was more than 130,000.

While the investigation occurred, PokerNews spoke with Hellmuth to hear his side of the story.

Click here to read the entire story!

06-18-2022 19:54 UTC-8

Pescatori Wins His All In and a Side Bet to Go With It

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Terrance Reid

Level 6

Max Pescatori: /

Four players arrived at seventh street as Max Pescatori went all in for 1,600, just over half a big bet for the level.

The player immediately on his left announced "bet," and tossed in a single over-sized chip. Players began to discuss if that chip meant a call of the 1,600 or a full bet of 3,000, and just what the player's options would be hypothetically in that situation.

"He should be able to make it 1,600, 3,000, or 4,600," chimed in Yuval Bronshtein.

"He can never make it 3,000 there, you want to bet?" offered Pescatori.

Pescatori and Bronshtein settled on a wager as they called the floor over to clarify.

The floor made clear that, "because the all in is over half the big bet, you can not make it 3,000. A raise would be 4,600." The floor enforced a call in this particular instance.

"If you were running bad this World Series I wouldn't take it," said Pescatori. "But....," he drifted with a smile. "And I have a full house," which was good enough for the high portion of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuval Bronshtein	114,000 7,000	7,000

Max Pescatori	24,000 15,500	15,500

Tags: Max Pescatori Yuval Bronshtein

06-18-2022 19:57 UTC-8

Ohel Battling Back

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Mike Patrick

Level 6

Randy Ohel: /
David Funkhouser: / - folded sixth street

Randy Ohel has been battling through a short stack most of the day, but recently got some chips back from tablemate David Funkhouser.

After Funkhouser defended his bring-in to Ohel's completion, the players checked fourth street.

On fifth, with a pair of threes now on board versus Ohel's three low clubs, Funkhouser check-called a bet from Ohel.

However on sixth street, as Ohel picked up a fourth baby club, Funkhouser opted to check-fold his hand, awarding the chips to Ohel.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Funkhouser	101,000 7,300	7,300

Randy Ohel	49,600 11,300	11,300

Tags: David Funkhouser Randy Ohel

06-18-2022 20:02 UTC-8

Matusow Hops in the Field

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Terrance Reid

Level 6

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow jumps in to the field at level six with 20 big bets and looks to run up a stack for Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Mike Matusow

06-18-2022 20:16 UTC-8

Albini Gets it Done on Seventh

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Terrance Reid

Level 6

Steven Albini: //
Glenn Cozen: //

Action picked up on fourth street with Steven Albini betting and Glenn Cozen making the call.

Both players hit a four on fifth street and action repeated, Albini bet and Cozen called.

Cozen checked when he hit a pair of fives on sixth street, Albini checked behind.

On seventh, Cozen checked again, but Albini made a bet on the final street. Cozen thought for a bit and folded to ship the pot to Albini.

Player	Chips	Progress
Glenn Cozen	105,500 11,500	11,500
Daniel Negreanu	76,000 20,000	20,000

Norman Chad	34,000 1,200	1,200
Steven Albini	30,300 13,100	13,100

Tags: Glenn Cozen Steven Albini

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Monnette and Baker Divide the Pot

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Hellmuth Controversy: Poker Brat's Chips Swiped on Break

Pescatori Wins His All In and a Side Bet to Go With It

Ohel Battling Back

Matusow Hops in the Field

Albini Gets it Done on Seventh