The action was picked up on fourth street in a hand between David Halpern, Amir Nematinia, and Shane Douglas.
David Halpern: 7♠6♠ / 5♣J♥8♦5♠ / 5♦
Amir Nematinia: A♣3♠ / 3♦4♣3♣6♣ / 4♥
Shane Douglas: K♥Q♦9♥ / A♥A♦Q♥J♦
Douglas was the aggressor the entire way with his open aces on fourth, and both opponents called.
On fifth, Nematinia made trips while Halpern picked up an open-ended straight draw and low draw. Nothing changed on sixth and both players called Douglas's bet, with Halpern now all-in for 7,000 with his draws.
On seventh, Douglas led for a final time and Nematinia just called with a few chips behind after making a full house.
Halpern bricked his draws and was eliminated while Nematinia's full house was good enough to scoop a pot over 180,000 against the two pair of Douglas.
Action was picked up on fourth street in a three way pot.
Tom Koral: XxXx/2♦Q♦8♦Q♣/Xx
John Ruggieri: XxXx/3♦6♥A♣7♠/Xx
Maury Barrett: XxXx/A♥K♣10♠6♣/Xx
After a bet and a call in front of him, Tom Koral raised and both Maury Barrett and John Ruggieri called.
Action checked around to Koral who bet all in on fifth street and both players called with action checking down on the following streets.
Ruggieri tabled 7♣6♠3♠ for sevens up, Barrett tabled A♠K♠2♣ for aces up, but it was Koral's J♦J♣9♦ for a flush that was good for the pot and the triple up.
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the 2024 World Series of Poker. There were 611 entries yesterday for a chance at WSOP gold and only 157 return today.
It is currently a three horse race at the top of the leaderboard. Jon Turner bagged the chip lead with 329,000. but he is followed closely behind by Denis Strebkov (327,500) and Christian Roberts (321,000).
Jon Turner
Strebkov and Roberts accumulated large stacks toward the end of Day 1, but it was Turner who made a surge in the final level of the day to earn the title of Day 1 chipleader.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Bets
1
Jon Turner
United States
329,000
33
2
Denis Strebkov
Russia
327,500
33
3
Christian Roberts
Venezuela
321,500
32
4
Leandro Ruy
Brazil
266,000
27
5
Travis Pearson
United States
257,000
26
6
Barry Grime
United Kingdom
254,500
25
7
Robert Quiring
United States
195,000
20
8
Thomas Taylor
Canada
190,500
19
9
Ryutaro Suzuki
Japan
187,000
19
10
David Emmons
United States
183,500
18
One storyline of interest is that of Phil Hellmuth, the 17-time bracelet winner, maintained a solid stack throughout the day yesterday including a hand in which he made a straight flush. The Poker Hall of Famer enters the day 17th out of 157 with 161,000 and looks to make another deep run in an event in which he does not yet have a bracelet.
With many old school legends winning bracelets this year, including John Hennigan, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Scott Seiver, and most recently Daniel Negreanu, perhaps it is Hellmuth's turn to make a deep run as he works towards number 18.
The players return today at 1 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Event Center. The action returns in Level 16 with limits at 5,000/10,000. The remaining contenders will play ten 60-minute levels today.
Be sure to stay with the Pokernews team as we provide updates throughout the day and for all events at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
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