With the action on sixth street, Chris Ferguson had fives out and he checked to Zachary Richards, who had just paired his deuces in addition to having two other wheel cards on his board. Richards bet and Ferguson called, and the same applied for seventh street.
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Richards announced, "Full house," rolling over his . Ferguson flashed his before mucking.
Kenny Hsiung was down to his last 1,400 and he completed with the . Two seats over, Danny Scott called with the but Randy Ohel doubled the price with the out. Hsiung called off and Scott stuck around, too.
Ohel then barreled each street, receiving four calls from Scott as the side pot increased. All players then showed two-pair hands in the showdown.
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Danny Scott: / /
Randy Ohel: / /
Hsiung held in the hole but Ohel had for aces and deuces. Scott briefly showed for kings and sevens, and the large pot went to Ohel while Hsiung departed.
Joseph Couden was getting his remaining stack in on seventh street when we got to his table as he and Andrew Yeh were in a raising war with the following boards:
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Yeh: / /
"I have a boat," Couden said.
"You have a boat?" Yeh asked with surprise.
Couden showed for jacks full of nines, and Yeh sent him 14,700.
Former WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem is rolling early here on Day 2. He just saw fourth street against two players and had Doug Saab bet into him with up. Hachem had and just called, and his board continued to develop strongly, so he bet on fifth and sixth.
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Saab continued calling, and Hachem bet dark on the end. Saab called, and Hachem said he had a straight, showing without even rolling over his river, which turned out to be a .
Jean Gaspard came back with just 15,000 and his run ended early into the first level of Day 2. Gaspard conceded his chips to the 2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem.
The key hand started with Hachem completing with the and Gaspard, who had the out, raised. Hachem three-bet and Gaspard called.
Gaspard bet fourth street and received a call. Hachem hit open fours on fifth street and regained the betting lead, firing on fifth and sixth. Gaspard called both of Hachem's bets and then moved all in on the river. Hachem called to try to score the knockout.
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Joe Hachem: / /
Gaspard showed for two pair, nines and deuces. Hachem, however, had aces in the hole with for a higher two-pair to end Gaspard's tournament run.
It's time for another day of split-pot, seven-card action as Event #40: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better returns for Day 2 with 141 players remaining out of a starting field of 595.
Things get rolling at 2 p.m. at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, and when the first card is dealt, it will be Jeff Madsen everyone is looking to catch at the top of the counts. The four-time bracelet winner bagged up more than 10 starting stacks on a productive Day 1 run that saw him narrowly finish ahead of Jeff Mitseff, Cole Jackson and the controversial Chris Ferguson.
The plan for Day 2 is to play another 10 levels, with a one-hour dinner break scheduled for roughly 8:30 p.m. once six levels have been played.
With 90 places paid and 141 players left, the tournament should hit the money in the first half of the day, before the dinner break. Players min-cashing in the event will be paid $2,242, but everyone has their eyes on the first-place prize of $173,228. Keep your eyes on PokerNews throughout the day to see who can best position themselves to make a run for that cash and the gold bracelet.
Event #40: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
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