Event #14: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 2023 World Series of Poker

Jun 07, 2023

Coleman First to Three Million After Battle of Paired Door Cards

Mike Patrick

Level 21

Maxx Coleman: XxXx/A♥A♦4♣5♥/Xx
George Alexander: XxXx/7♣7♠8♥Q♥/Xx
Brian Yoon: XxXx/2♠J♣ - folded fourth street

Maxx Coleman completed Brian Yoon's bring-in and was called by George Alexander. Yoon defended his bring-in and the trio saw fourth street.

Both Coleman and Alexander paired their door cards, with Coleman leading out with his aces and Alexander calling. Yoon bowed out at this point.

Coleman then checked on fifth and called a bet from Alexander, and then checked again on sixth. This time Alexander checked back.

On seventh street, Coleman bet and after a bit of thought, Alexander released his hand, sending a pot to Coleman that puts him over three million chips.

Tags: Brian Yoon George Alexander Maxx Coleman

Jun 07, 2023

Leonard August Eliminated in 7th Place ($46,484)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21

Brian Yoon: A♦2♠/A♠9♠A♥8♥/4♥
Leonard August: Q♠Q♦/K♥2♦10♦6♥/8♣

Leonard August completed and then called when Brian Yoon made it two bets.

August called bets from Yoon on fourth and fifth street, at which point Yoon showed an Ace and a Deuce without realizing that August still had a few chips behind. On sixth street Yoon bet and August called to put himself at risk.

Yoon's trip aces were enough to win the pot and send August to the rail in seventh place.

Tags: Brian Yoon Leonard August

Jun 07, 2023

Max Hoffman Eliminated in 8th place ($36,847)

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Mike Patrick

Level 21

Max Hoffman: 10♠4♠3♣/4♣10♥6♦3♦
Ben Diebold: Q♣Q♥7♠/10♦5♣7♦K♥
Maxx Coleman: XxXxXx/8♥K♦3♠2♥
Brian Yoon: XxXx/2♠Q♠9♣ - folded fifth street
Leonard August: XxXx/8♠9♦10♣ - folded fifth street

After being left with just one T-5,000 chip, Max Hoffman ante'd it and was at risk from the get-go. He would face four potential executioners who went to fourth street, where Ben Diebold bet and got called by Brian Yoon, Maxx Coleman, and Leonard August.

On fifth street, Diebold bet again, this time shedding Yoon and August, leaving him heads-up with Coleman for the side pot after he called.

The players then checked sixth and seventh streets, with Diebold showing two pair, queens and sevens. Coleman mucked, as did Hoffman who showed two pair, fours and threes, then headed to the rail in eighth place.

Tags: Ben Diebold Brian Yoon Leonard August Max Hoffman Maxx Coleman

Jun 07, 2023

Shak Holds on to Cross a Million

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Mike Patrick

Level 20

Dan Shak: Q♥Q♠Xx/Q♦4♦6♦3♦
Leonard August: A♠10♠Xx/9♠2♣4♠2♦
Brian Yoon: XxXxXx/8♦6♠4♥J♠
George Alexander: XxXx/5♣ - folded bring-in

Dan Shak completed and got called by Leonard August and Brian Yoon. Shak bet fourth and fifth streets, shedding neither player by the big bet rounds.

On sixth street, August took the betting lead with a pair of deuces but checked. Yoon checked as well, but Shak continued betting. Both opponents still called and the trio went to seventh street.

On the end, each player checked with Shak revealing his trip queens, while August showed a missed flush draw and Yoon mucked his hand to send the pot to Shak, who now sits with over a million chips.

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Shak George Alexander Leonard August

Jun 07, 2023

Johannes Becker eliminated in 9th place ($29,738)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19

Ben Diebold: A♠A♥/J♥J♦7♥6♦/6♠
Johannes Becker: 10♠10♥/2♠J♠Q♥3♦/8♠
Brian Yoon: XxXx/2♠ - Folded on third street

Johannes Becker brought in and Brian Yoon called. Ben Diebold completed and Becker made it two bets to go which got a fold from Yoon.

Becker called bets from Diebold on fourth and fifth street.

On sixth street Becker called one more bet from Diebold to put himself all in and at risk.

"I hope you don't have deuces" Diebold said, revealing two aces. Becker showed two tens and was behind. Seventh street offered no improvement and Becker hit the rail in 9th place.

Tags: Ben Diebold Brian Yoon Johannes Becker

Jun 07, 2023

Alex Livingston Eliminated in 10th Place ($24,445)

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Mike Patrick

Level 19

George Alexander: Q♣10♣9♥/K♣Q♥J♠3♠
Alex Livingston: 10♥9♦5♠/10♠7♣A♣4♦
Maxx Coleman: XxXx/6♥ - folded bring-in

After George Alexander completed and Alex Livingston called, Maxx Coleman ceded his bring-in.

Livingston called bets on fourth through sixth streets from Alexander with both players getting extremely short.

Livingston called a final bet on seventh with so much of his stack invested and saw Alexander's winning straight.

Alex Livingston: 5♣3♥8♥/10♥J♠7♦6♠
Maxx Coleman: K♦9♦4♦/A♠7♥K♠4♠

On the following hand, Livingston was all in for his ante against Coleman and after seven cards each were dealt, Livingston needed to peel a four to fill a gutshot against Coleman's two pair of kings and fours.

Livingston couldn't get what he needed and he was ousted in 10th place to set up the unofficial final table.

Tags: Alex Livingston George Alexander Maxx Coleman

Jun 07, 2023

David "Bakes" Baker Eliminated in 11th place ($24,445)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19

Leonard August: 3♣3♥K♠/4♥K♥10♣3♦
David "Bakes" Baker: 7♠Q♥9♥/A♥J♥Q♣7♥

David "Bakes" Baker completed and August Leonard called from the bring in.

Leonard called bets from Baker on fourth and fifth street.

On sixth street Baker bet all in for the rest of his chips and Leonard made the call.

Baker had an ace-high flush but Leonard had made threes full of kings to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Tags: David "Bakes" Baker Leonard August

Jun 07, 2023

Chad Eveslage Eliminated in 12th Place ($20,472)

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Mike Patrick

Level 19

Ben Yu: 8♥8♦7♠Q♥J♦Q♣Q♦
Chad Eveslage: K♣5♥3♣/A♣5♠5♣7♣
George Alexander: XxXx/2♦10♣Xx - folded fifth street

After losing a significant pot to Maxx Coleman, Chad Eveslage got his last chips in on third street against Ben Yu and George Alexander.

Alexander stuck around for fifth street before a bet from Yu got him to fold.

Eveslage held trip fives on fifth against Yu's queens and eights, but Yu spiked a Queen on sixth to fill up, with Eveslage needing a five on seventh to survive, and as good as it can be to "run like Chad", he couldn't run well enough to spike the one-outer to survive.

Tags: Ben Yu Chad Eveslage George Alexander Maxx Coleman

Jun 07, 2023

Coleman Rockets Toward Two Million

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Mike Patrick

Level 18

Maxx Coleman: Q♦10♦10♠/8♦6♦5♦2♦
Ben Diebold: XxXxXx/9♦5♥3♣K♠
Ben Yu: XxXx/K♣6♠A♣ - folded fifth street
George Alexander: XxXx/6♥ - folded third street
Chad Eveslage: XxXx/3♠ - folded bring-in

After George Alexander called Chad Eveslage's bring-in, Maxx Coleman completed and Ben Diebold made it two bets to go. Ben Yu called as did Coleman after Eveslage and Alexander folded.

On fourth street, after Yu checked, Coleman bet and Diebold raised. Yu called, as did Coleman and a big pot was brewing.

On fifth, Yu checked again, Coleman bet once more, Diebold called and after a couple of minutes in the tank, Yu folded to leave the pot heads-up.

Sixth street saw Diebold check and Coleman continue betting. Diebold called to see seventh street.

On seventh, Diebold check-called one more bet to see Coleman's winning flush to take a large pot before break.

Tags: Ben Diebold Ben Yu Chad Eveslage George Alexander Maxx Coleman

Jun 07, 2023

Livingston Lures to Laughter

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Mike Patrick

Level 18

Alex Livingston: J♣XxXx/J♠J♦J♥A♣
Chad Eveslage: Q♥XxXx/Q♦9♦4♣K♥
Maxx Coleman: XxXx/5♥2♠ - folded fourth street

Chad Eveslage completed and got called by Alex Livingston. Maxx Coleman defended his bing-in and the trio went to fourth street.

Pairing his jack, Livingston bet, which got a fold from Coleman, but Eveslage stuck around.

On fifth, Livingston made open trip jacks, and then checked, which drew raucous laughter from his tablemates, including Evesalge, who immediately checked back.

Livingston checked again on sixth, to more snickers, and then Eveslage pump-faked a bet, which drew even more laughter. He then officially checked.

Livingston bet dark on seventh and Eveslage showed another queen before sending it to the muck, while Livingston showed a fourth jack for quads and the winner.

Tags: Alex Livingston Chad Eveslage Maxx Coleman