Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day 2 Completed
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$439,215
Entries
329
Level
30
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Entries
97
Players Left
8
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Day 2 of Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud has come to an end after ten hours of play. A day that started with 97 players out of an original field of 329, was whittled all the way down to just eight by the end of the night.
The chip leader of the final eight was Alex Livingston who bagged a commanding lead with 2,495,000, over than 800,000 more than second place. He took the chip lead in the middle of the day and never relinquished it as he kept going further and further into the lead.
WSOP bracelet winners Kenny Hsiung and John Racener finished second and third in chips with 1,605,000 and 1,160,000 respectively.
Off the pace of the million club was Thomas Taylor, who finished with the fourth biggest stack of 765,000.
Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 765,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 660,000 |
| 3 | Brad Ruben | United States | 725,000 |
| 4 | John Evans | United States | 170,000 |
| 5 | Hojeong Lee | United States | 585,000 |
| 6 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 2,495,000 |
| 7 | John Racener | United States | 1,160,000 |
| 8 | Kenny Hsiung | United States | 1,605,000 |
Brad Ruben (725,000) is still alive and could win his second bracelet of the series already, having conquered Event #4: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice just a few days ago.
An interesting story to watch tomorrow will be Daniel Weinman, who bagged 660,000. He is also alive for Day 2 of the much-anticipated Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em, which starts at 10 a.m., so he will have some multi-tabling to do if he survives in that event, until the 2 p.m. restart in this event.
Hojeong Lee (585,000) and John Evans (170,000) ended the day as the two shortest stacks.
Action of the Day
The day began with 97 and players would be eliminated at a steady place all the way down to the money where 50 players got paid. A few notable players would bust out in the money, including Barry Greenstein in 41st place, Mori Eskandani in 27th place and Tamon Nakamura in 26th.
The pace of eliminations would really ratchet up after dinner break with three tables left as the field went from three to two tables in under an hour, among those to fall in that span was start-of-day chip leader Manuel Labandeira in 20th and Raymond Henson in 19th.
From there the field would be cut down further as Valentin Vornicu was ousted in fifteenth, Matt Grapenthien exhausted his stack in 14th, Kevin MacPhee was eliminated in eleventh. The last woman standing Oxana Cummings bowed out in tenth place to bring the field to its unofficial final table of nine, and soon after Matthew Aronowitz became the final elimination of the night and bring the field to official the final table.
The remaining players will return to action tomorrow and play down to the WSOP bracelet winner and the $103,282 grand prize where PokerNews will once again be the place to be to check out all the action.
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,495,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
||
|
1,605,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
||
|
1,160,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
765,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
725,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
||
|
660,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
585,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
170,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
After a raise from Alex Livingston, Matthew Aronowitz re-raised to commit most of his remaining chips. Livingston called to create a showdown.
Matthew Aronowitz : 
Alex Livingston : 
Aronowitz started with three spades and caught another one on the fifth street, but he finally never improved his hands and was eliminated in ninth place.
Livingston is now a huge chipleader and the day will finish in a few minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,750,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 625,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 700,000 |
| 3 | Brad Ruben | United States | 350,000 |
| 4 | John Evans | United States | 370,000 |
| 5 | Hojeong Lee | United States | 700,000 |
| 6 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 2,500,000 |
| 7 | John Racener | United States | 1,050,000 |
| 8 | Matthew Aronowitz | United States | 300,000 |
| 9 | Kenny Hsiung | United States | 1,300,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,300,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,050,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
|
625,000
-385,000
|
-385,000 |
|
|
370,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
350,000
-475,000
|
-475,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Oxana Cummings: 
Kenny Hsiung: 
Oxana Cummings raised on third street, Kenny Hsiung re-raised enough to put her all in and Cummings called.
Cummings had three to a royal flush to start off well. The cards were dealt and Hsiung hit a pair of kings, Cummings looked at her river card which paired her queen but was not enough and she was eliminated in tenth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Brad Ruben: 
/
/
Alex Livingston: 
/
/
Action was picked up on sixth street as Brad Ruben bet and Alex Livingston raised, Ruben called. Livingston continued his aggression with a bet on seventh street.
"I have aces up" said Ruben as he looked at Livingston, continuing the banter the two players had been having for the last level. "I know you have trip jacks, I guess I'll just pay you" and he called.
Sure enough, Livingston tabled the for trip jacks.
"Why can't I bet a better player and fold there?" asked Ruben, the winner of his fourth WSOP bracelet just two days ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,250,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
825,000
-440,000
|
-440,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 25
Limits: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Kevin MacPhee was eliminated by Hojeong Kim in the next hand following the big lost pot to John Racener.
He was drawing dead before the river as he walked away before it was turned over and just like that the field was down to just ten players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
925,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
Busted | |
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|
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Level 24
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Scroggins: 
/
Kevin MacPhee: 
/
John Racener: 
/
Daniel Scroggins was all in for his short stack on third street. John Racener and Kevin MacPhee played out a pot as both players made a pair on fourth street. Racener bet his smaller pair, MacPhee called.
Both players checked fifth street. On sixth street MacPhee bet when he made two pair up and Racener called.
MacPhee checked seventh street and Racener bet. MacPhee went deep into the tank as the bet was for almost all of his stack. After over a minute MacPhee called. Racener tabled a full house with the , while MacPhee was unimproved on his showing two pair.
Meanwhile, Scroggins had a sweat as he revealed for two pair but his river was a blank and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,000
-445,000
|
-445,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |