Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-05-2022 19:50 UTC-7

Castro Rivers Small Pair to Stay Alive

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Jorgio Castro: /
Alex Livingston: /

Action was picked up on fourth street, Alex Livingston bet and was called by Jorgio Castro. On fifth street, Livingtson bet again and Castro raised to put himself at risk, Livingston called.

Livingston had only a pair of deuces heading the the river, so Castro needed to pair any of his cards to stay alive. He slowly peeled the river card which was the to pair his three and barely pip the deuces to remain in the hunt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	1,035,000 195,000	195,000

Jorgio Castro	170,000 -31,000	-31,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Jorgio Casteo

06-05-2022 20:07 UTC-7

Eskandani Felted By Quads

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Mori Eskandani: /
Manuel Labandeira: /

On sixth street, Mori Eskandani raised all in over a bet from Manuel Labandeira who called. Seventh street was dealt and the cards were turned over.

Labandeira tabled quads with the to shred Eskandani's hand and send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Labandeira	430,000 160,000	160,000
Mori Eskandani	Busted

Tags: Manuel Labandeira Mori Eskandari

06-05-2022 20:12 UTC-7

Holder Didn't Hold Against Vornicu

veunstyle72

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Kevin Macphee / - folded on seventh street
Valentin Vornicu //
Paul Holder //

Paul Holder's small stack was in the middle of the table on the fourth street, with both Kevin Macphee and Valentin Vornicu who checked the fifth and sixth street.

On the last street, Vornicu bet and Macphee folded.
Vornicu just showed for a set and with Holder couldn't beat that.

He ended his tournament with a 29th-place finish for $3,018.

06-05-2022 20:24 UTC-7

Set Of Queens not enough

veunstyle72

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Kenny Hsiung //
Thomas Taylor//

Action was caught with Kenny Hsiung betting on the sixth and seventh street. Thomas Taylor snap-called on the last bet with but it was not enough to beat for Hsiung, who made a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hsiung	800,000 160,000	160,000

Thomas Taylor	260,000 -124,000	-124,000

06-05-2022 20:41 UTC-7

MacPhee Hits River Ace Despite Aces in Henson's Hand

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Raymond Henson:
Kevin MacPhee: /

Valentin Vornicu departed from the hand early after a two-bet and a three-bet. Kevin MacPhee found himself all in and trailing as he had buried queens while Henson had buried aces.

The river card was dealt and MacPhee tabled the case ace the to win the pot dramatically with two pair to greatly hurt Henson's stack as he flipped over his defeated cards quickly following the bad beat and Macphee staved off elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacPhee	280,000 -36,000	-36,000

Raymond Henson	125,000 -176,000	-176,000

Tags: Kevin MacPhee Ray Henson Valentin Vornicu

06-05-2022 20:53 UTC-7

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will return to play at about 9:40 p.m. local time.

With the elimination of James Paluszek right as the players were heading to dinner, the three table redraw will occur immediately when play returns after dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	1,240,000 205,000	205,000

Kenny Hsiung	870,000 70,000	70,000

Hojeong Lee	820,000 460,000	460,000
Brad Ruben	500,000 268,000	268,000

Oxana Cummings	451,000 186,000	186,000
John Evans	447,000 -68,000	-68,000
John Racener	430,000 152,000	152,000

Thomas Taylor	410,000 150,000	150,000
Valentin Vornicu	366,000 159,000	159,000
Kevin MacPhee	335,000 55,000	55,000

Matthew Aronowitz	305,000 201,000	201,000
Daniel Scroggins	291,000 11,000	11,000
Daniel Weinman	285,000 145,000	145,000

Elhindi Albarazi	263,000 73,000	73,000
Jason Gola	233,000 -202,000	-202,000

Raymond Henson	181,000 56,000	56,000
Mitchell Putterman	142,000 -122,000	-122,000
Edward Sass	124,000 -116,000	-116,000
Manuel Labandeira	123,000 -307,000	-307,000
David Singer	104,000 -182,000	-182,000
Matt Grapenthien	100,000 -5,000	-5,000

Andy Bloch	69,000 -93,000	-93,000
Salah Levy	64,000 -16,000	-16,000
Jorgio Castro	29,000 -141,000	-141,000
James Paluszek	Busted

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Level: 22

Limits: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

06-05-2022 21:55 UTC-7

Three Table Redraw

Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
670	1	Oxana Cummings	United States	451,000
670	2	David Singer	United States	104,000
670	3	Daniel Weinman	United States	285,000
670	4	Edward Sass	United States	124,000
670	5	Alex Livingston	Canada	1,240,000
670	6	Jorgio Castro	United States	29,000
670	7	Jason Gola	United States	233,000
670	8	Brad Ruben	United States	500,000
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676	1	John Evans	United States	447,000
676	2	Elhindi Albarazi	United States	263,000
676	3	Andy Block	United States	69,000
676	4	Thomas Taylor	Canada	410,000
676	5	Matt Grapenthien	United States	100,000
676	6	Daniel Scroggins	United States	291,000
676	7	John Racener	United States	430,000
676	8	Manuel Labandeira	Spain	123,000
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677	1	Salah Levy	United States	64,000
677	2	Kevin MacPhee	United States	335,000
677	3	Matthew Aronowitz	United States	305,000
677	4	Ray Henson	United States	181,000
677	5	Valentin Vornicu	United States	366,000
677	6	Mitchell Putterman	United States	142,000
677	7	Kenny Hsiung	United States	870,000
677	8	Hojoeng Lee	United States	820,000