Twenty-two years after his last bracelet, four-time WSOP winner and 1996 Main Event champion Huck Seed is in pole position to triumph once again on poker’s grandest stage.
Seed currently leads the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, heads-up against Slovenian standout Blaz Zerjav.
Min Zhang opened from middle position, Ryan Wolfson in the hijack three-bet all in for 160,000 and Zhang called.
Ryan Wolfson: A♣10♥ 
Min Zhang: A♥5♥
Wolfson kept the lead all the way through a board of 9♣9♠J♠6♠2♦ and doubled up.
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540,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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380,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Xiaoyao Ma opened up the action from the cutoff with a raise to 80,000. Anatoly Nikitin then shoved from the button for 320,000, and Ma made the call.
Anatoly Nikitin: A♥10♠
Xiaoyao Ma: K♣8♣
Nikitin held on the J♠A♣5♠5♦9♣ board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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740,000
260,000
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260,000 |
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615,000
395,000
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395,000 |
Alex Lynskey got his last 220,000 into the middle with Jeffrey Hong trying to bust him.
Alex Lynskey: A♠2♠
Jeffrey Hong;:8♥8♠
Lynskey was one of the shortest stacks in the tournament and needed an ace or some spades to get his stack back up to over ten big blinds.
The A♦8♦3♠ flop was a disaster for Lynskey as Hong flopped a set of eights. The rest of the board ran out K♣3♣ and Lynskey hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,900,000
200,000
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Fabian Gumz on the button found himself at risk against Jeffrey Hong in the hijack.
Fabian Gumz: A♦10♣
Jeffrey Hong: Q♦Q♥
Hong hit a full house on Q♠8♠6♠3♥6♥, leaving no chance for Gumz who was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,700,000
855,000
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855,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Scott Baumstein opened the action with a raise to 245,000 from under the gun. He left just 5,000 behind. Colin Dentan then shoved from the small blind, and Baumstein flicked in his last chip.
Scott Baumstein: Q♦J♣
Colin Dentan: K♠J♥
The king in the window spelled trouble for Baumstein, until the full K♥10♠9♠ revealed that he had the absolute nuts. Dentan was drawing slim, however picked up outs with the K♦ turn. The river 10♣ filled him up, and Baumstein couldn't believe how unlucky he'd got.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,000,000
450,000
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450,000 |
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Jonathan Azoulay got his last 60,000 into the middle preflop with Venkat Chivukula making the call to try and bust him.
Jonathan Azoulay: K♠J♦
Venkat Chivukula: Q♣J♠
Azoulay looked likely to double if his king-jack could hold. The board ran out A♦K♣J♥9♦Q♦ to give both players two pair, but Azoulay's two pair was better, earning him the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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900,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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130,000
390,000
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390,000 |
