Event #48: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-24-2017 22:30 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcel Luske	160,000 104,000	104,000
Georgii Belianin	120,000 36,000	36,000
John Monnette	111,000 47,000	47,000

Viacheslav Zhukov	110,000 35,000	35,000
David Singer	110,000 28,000	28,000
Anthony Zinno	105,000 28,000	28,000

Jan Suchanek	74,000 2,000	2,000
Adam Owen	52,000 6,000	6,000
Nikolay Fal	51,000 8,000	8,000

Frank Kassela	46,000 36,000	36,000

Phil Hellmuth	26,000 21,000	21,000

Yarron Bendor	15,500 5,200	5,200
Bertrand Grospellier	10,000 21,000	21,000

Ben Yu	Busted

Duhamel Wins a Pot

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Duhamel: / /
Opponent: / /
Opponent: / — Folded on fourth street

On fourth street, Jonathan Duhamel bet, and an opponent raised. A third player in the hand folded, and Duhamel called. Duhamel bet on fifth street and got called. Duhamel check-called sixth street and then bet seventh street. His opponent called.

"Aces up," announced Duhamel, showing . He took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	70,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel

06-24-2017 22:47 UTC-8

Break

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Players are going on their final 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 9

Bring-in: 1,000

06-24-2017 23:19 UTC-8

Kassela Scoops

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Sam Cosby

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Friedman: / /
Kassela: / /
Pescatori: / /
Mercier: / — Folded

Jason Mercier completed. He was called by Max Pescatori, Frank Kassela, and Adam Friedman.

On fourth street, action checked to Friedman, who bet. Mercier folded, but Kassela and Pescatori called. Fifth street came, and this time, Kassela and Friedman checked over to Pescatori, and he bet. Both players called. On sixth, all three players checked, then checked again on seventh.

Kassela showed . Friedman flashed , showing that he didn't make a low. Pescatori drew the and showed the , showing that he, too, failed to make his low, so Kassela scooped the entire pot with his two pair up.

The table has been a load of laughs as of late, fueled by a friendly atmosphere and a couple visits from the cocktail server.

"I don't even know what I have," Kassela said.

"You have a nine-low," Mercier joked.

"Wait, I do? Let me look to make sure," Kassela said, trying to grab his cards back.

"No, no, no," Mercier said. "Don't listen to us."

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Pescatori	99,500 11,500	11,500

Frank Kassela	75,000 29,000	29,000

Adam Friedman	19,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Frank Kassela Jason Mercier Max Pescatori

06-24-2017 23:23 UTC-8

Mike Sexton and Jan Suchanek Eliminated

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Sexton: / / — All-in on third street
Fleck: / / — Folded on seventh street
Rosario: / /
Ohel: / /
Suchanek: / / - All-in on third street

Both Mike Sexton and Jan Suchanek were all in on third street for exactly 3,500.

Action continued on the side between Katherine Fleck, Randy Ohel, and Shirley Rosario. On sixth street, Ohel bet, and both Rosario and Fleck called. On seventh street, Ohel and Fleck checked to Rosario, who bet. Ohel called, and Fleck folded.

The side pot was settled first, with Ohel showing for the high and Rosario showing for the low.

Suchanek showed for a worse two pair and a worse low and was eliminated. Sexton showed for a worse two pair and no low and was eliminated, as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	165,000 103,500	103,500

Shirley Rosario	109,000 109,000	109,000
Jan Suchanek	Busted
Mike Sexton	Busted

Tags: Jan Suchanek Katherine Fleck Mike Sexton Randy Ohel Shirley Rosario

06-24-2017 23:26 UTC-8

Prize Pool Information Posted

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Sam Cosby

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

The prize pool information for this event has been posted on the tournament clock. With 125 total players registered, the prizepool has amassed a total of $1,175,000. First place will take home a whopping $320,103 along with their World Series of Poker Gold bracelet. A total of 19 players will make the money with a mincash being worth $15,102.

06-24-2017 23:46 UTC-8

Katherine Fleck Eliminated

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Fleck: / /
Luneau: / /
Ohel: / /

Katherine Fleck completed, and Alex Luneau called. Randy Ohel raised, and Fleck was all in for her last 3,500. Luneau called.

Ohel check-called on fourth street and then bet on fifth street. Luneau called. Ohel bet on sixth street and then check-called on seventh street.

Luneau showed for an eight-six low. Ohel showed , not improving his open trip tens. Fleck showed for trip threes and seemed excited to chop, but Ohel waggled his trip tens on the table, and Fleck was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Luneau	225,000 42,000	42,000
Randy Ohel	220,000 55,000	55,000

Katherine Fleck	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Luneau Katherine Fleck Randy Ohel

06-24-2017 23:50 UTC-8

Nick Schulman Eliminated, Todd Brunson Bounding

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Sam Cosby

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Schulman: / /
Brunson: / /
Racener: / /

A series of bets left Nick Schulman all in on third street for the rest of his chips. He was called by Jameson Painter, Phillip Hui, John Racener, and Todd Brunson.

On fourth street, Brunson was checked to. He bet and was called by Painter, Racener, and Hui. On fifth, Brunson bet again after picking up the betting lead. Only Racener called this time.

Brunson bet again on sixth, and Racener called. Brunson bet again on seventh, and Racener called. Brunson showed for a full house, and that was enough to get a muck from Racener. Schulman sweated his last two cards.

"I know I had ace-deuce of clubs," he said. He turned up and sweated his last card. Finally, he turned it up, but it was the , and that sent him packing from the tournament.

The big pot helped Brunson pad his already massive stack here on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	277,500 28,500	28,500

John Racener	93,000 93,000	93,000

Nick Schulman	Busted

Tags: Jameson Painter John Racener Nick Schulman Phillip Hui Todd Brunson

06-24-2017 23:54 UTC-8

Recent Updates; Justin Bonomo Eliminated

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Harman	148,000 87,500	87,500

Brandon Shack-Harris	135,000 71,000	71,000

Stephen Chidwick	120,000 103,000	103,000

Jesse Martin	120,000 63,000	63,000

Daniel Negreanu	100,000 13,000	13,000

Jameson Painter	100,000 6,100	6,100
Robert Mizrachi	45,000 40,000	40,000

Felipe Ramos	Busted

Justin Bonomo	Busted

Adam Owen	Busted