Allen Kessler: 
Allen Kessler was heard going all in across the room. He shared the cards of his final hand after the fact.
He couldn't hit his low, and his two pair wasn't quite enough as his opponent drilled a better hand on seventh.
Kessler span up his short stack early in the day, but couldn't keep the momentum going thanks to an unfortunate seventh street for his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
John Monnette: 
/
Kane Kalas: 
/
Philip Sternheimer: /
- folded fifth street
John Monnette is off to a great start, gaining some chips off Kane Kalas in a recent hand.
Monnette defended his bring-in after Kalas raised and Philip Sternheimer called.
On fourth street, Kalas bet and was called by both opponents.
Fifth street saw Kalas continue betting, with only Monnette calling.
Monnette then called another Kalas bet on sixth, then bet seventh after Kalas finally checked.
Kalas called the bet to see Monnette turn over a seven-high straight with a seven low to scoop the pot.
Just before this hand, Monnette also scored a double elimination of short stacks Ben Yu and Ahmed Mohamed and has now boosted his stack to 250,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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71,000
71,000
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71,000 |
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52,000
8,000
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8,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Robert Campbell: 
/
Perry Friedman: /
/
Action picked up on fourth street in a heads-up pot. Perry Friedman bet and Robert Campbell made the calll.
On fifth, Campbell got the four that would have given Friedman trips. Friedman checked-called a bet from Campbell.
On sixth and seventh, action stayed the same, Campbell bet and Friedman check-called both streets.
"Two pair," said Friedman.
"Steel wheel," announced Campbell, showing his straight flush.
"That's probably going to win", said tablemate Shaun Deeb.
It did, and Campbell scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,500
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
120,000
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120,000 |
|
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Jean Gaspard: 
Phil Ivey: 
Last minute entry Jean Gaspard was just seen exiting the tournament area after a less than 15-minute day, courtesy of fellow last-minute entry Phil Ivey.
Their final boards showed Ivey with two pair, sixes and threes, while Gaspard only had a pair of threes with a missed flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Peter Gelencser: /
Todd Brunson: 
/
Action picked up on sixth street in a heads-up pot. Peter Gelencser bet with his aces showing and Todd Brunson made the call.
Gelencser checked after looking at seventh. Brunson followed up with a bet of his own, which Gelencser called.
Brunson showed his trip queens, but was bested by the trip aces of Day 1 chip leader Gelencser.
Nearby, short-stacked Renan Bruschi was seen heading to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
411,500
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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169,500
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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After surviving Day 1 on the last hand of the night by binking a nine on seventh street to make a straight and chop a pot, Allen Kessler is binking again, this time to the tune of a quadruple-up to start his day.
Kessler shared details of the hand where he went multi-way with the since departed Jean Gaspard and Chad Eveslage, with Eveslage showing a pair of threes with an eight-low on seventh street.
Kessler had 
to work with, then drilled a 
on seventh street to scoop the pot with a seven low and seven high straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000
500
|
500 |
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54,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
A final total of 137 entries is on the tournament clock, with the following players having entered at the start of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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|
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
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Level: 11
Ante - 1,000
Bring In - 1,000
Limits - 4,000- 8,000
Cards are in the air and Day 2 is officially underway.
Hungary’s Peter Gelencser leads the 64 players returning for Day 2 of Event #40: Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, with a star-studded field chasing him and more to join the field before play begins at 2 p.m. PST.
Poker Hall of Famer Todd Brunson headlines a top ten full of bracelet winners that advanced through Saturday’s first ten levels of play including Jason Gola, John Monnette, Perry Friedman, Chris Tryba, and Daniel Zack.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Gelencser | Hungary | 371,500 | 46 |
| 2 | Eric Kurtzman | United States | 359,500 | 44 |
| 3 | Jason Gola | United States | 288,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Per Hildebrand | Sweden | 218,500 | 27 |
| 5 | Ziya Rahim | United States | 213,000 | 26 |
| 6 | Todd Brunson | United States | 209,500 | 26 |
| 7 | John Monnette | United States | 196,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Perry Friedman | United States | 186,500 | 23 |
| 9 | Chris Tryba | United States | 184,000 | 23 |
| 10 | Daniel Zack | United States | 180,000 | 22 |
Plenty more big names remain in the hunt with GG Poker Ambassadors Daniel Negreanu (159,500), and Felipe Ramos (153,500) among the healthy stacks, along with Chad Eveslage (148,500), Brandon Shack-Harris (147,500), Shaun Deeb (136,500), and defending champion Brian Hastings (125,000) among those entering Sunday with healthy stacks.
Another story to watch for is how the champion in this year’s $1,500 edition of this event performs. Ali Eslami captured the bracelet in that Saturday, then hopped right into this one and spun his starting stack up to 116,500 to come back Sunday.
Registration is open until the start of Day 2 at 2 p.m. in the purple section of the Paris Ballroom, with a few more entries expected to pick up their 7.5 big bets before the entry window shuts to boost the entry total from its 127 on Day 1.
Seven 90-minute levels are scheduled for the day with ten-minute breaks after each level and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 14 (approximately 8:30 p.m.)
PokerNews will have all the action as they play into the money on what will be another exciting day at the 53rd World Series of Poker from its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
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