Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-28-2017 17:47 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Owais Ahmed	12,500 12,500	12,500

Matthew Grapenthien	12,000 4,500	4,500
Martin Staszko	11,000 3,500	3,500
Tom Koral	9,500 2,000	2,000

Barbara Enright	9,200 1,700	1,700

Mike Leah	8,800 1,300	1,300

Wesley Hickey	8,200 4,100	4,100
Randy Ohel	8,000 500	500

Naoya Kihara	7,600 -300	-300

Joe Tehan	6,600 6,600	6,600
Aron Dermer	6,000 6,000	6,000
Greg Raymer	5,400 -100	-100

Andrey Zaichenko	5,000 -1,000	-1,000

Valentin Vornicu	2,800 -4,700	-4,700
James Hoeppner	Busted

Day 1 Photos

Yori Epskamp

Photos ©Melissa Haereiti

06-28-2017 17:55 UTC-7

Martin Staszko Takes One with a Flush

Valerie.Cross

Level 3 : 200/400, 50 ante

Staszko: //
Opponent: //

The action was on fourth street and Staszko called a bet from his opponent. On fifth street, his opponent bet with a pair of kings showing and Staszko called. On sixth street, Staszko's opponent checked and he bet. His opponent called.

On seventh street, the first player checked and Staszko checked back. His opponent showed for two pairs, but Staszko had a flush to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Staszko	12,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Martin Staszko

06-28-2017 18:06 UTC-7

Owen Pounding

Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 200/400, 50 ante

Wirsing: / / - fold
Nguyen: / - fold
Owen: / /

Men Nguyen was the bring-in, Adam Owen completed, Kevin Wirsing called, Men Nguyen made it two bets, and everyone called. Owen checked to Wirsing on fourth who bet. Both Nguyen and Owen called.

On fifth, Owen caught a second ace and bet, Wirsing called, and Nguyen folded. Owen kept pounding on sixth and seventh street and Wirsing folded on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Men Nguyen	12,000 1,000	1,000

Adam Owen	7,300 -1,200	-1,200

Tags: Adam Owen Kevin Wirsing Men Nguyen

Level: 4

Bring In 75 - Completion 250

06-28-2017 18:28 UTC-7

Raymer Eliminated by Leah

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante

Mike Leah has knocked out Greg Raymer to rise to 17,000 in chips. Leah started out with while Raymer began with a buried pair of sevens.

Leah caught both a queen and a trey during the rundown while Raymer never improved beyond his starting pair. The 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion, who was playing almost directly under his World Championship banner in the Amazon room, handed Leah the fossil for knocking him out and headed out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	17,000 8,200	8,200

Greg Raymer	Busted

Tags: Greg Raymer Mike Leah

06-28-2017 18:32 UTC-7

More Counts; Max Pescatori Joins

Valerie.Cross

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante

The field just got tougher as Max Pescatori has joined. This very accomplished seven-card stud player has four WSOP bracelets, including one from the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event in 2015.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	19,500 12,000	12,000

Yuval Bronshtein	12,100 4,600	4,600

Chris Vitch	10,700 3,200	3,200
Cyndy Violette	10,300 10,300	10,300

Natasha Mercier	9,300 -1,700	-1,700
Jeff Lisandro	8,800 5,500	5,500

J.J. Volpe	7,900 7,900	7,900
Max Pescatori	7,500 7,500	7,500

Benny Glaser	5,600 -600	-600

Todd Brunson	5,000 5,000	5,000

Rodney Spriggs	4,500 -3,000	-3,000
Allen Kessler	4,500 -3,000	-3,000

John Monnette	3,200 -7,600	-7,600

Tags: Max Pescatori

06-28-2017 18:40 UTC-7

Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	27,000

Rod Pardey Sr.	13,500 6,200	6,200
Martin Staszko	11,000 -1,500	-1,500
Chris Tryba	11,000 3,000	3,000

Matt Grapenthien	10,500 -1,500	-1,500

Jason Stockfish	8,500
Peter Eichhardt	8,000 -3,000	-3,000

Tom Koral	7,500 -2,000	-2,000

Marcel Luske	6,200 3,000	3,000
Betrand Grospellier	6,000
Adam Friedman	5,500

Barry Greenstein	4,500 -1,700	-1,700

Barbara Enright	4,500 -4,700	-4,700

Alex Luneau	3,500 -2,500	-2,500

06-28-2017 18:42 UTC-7

Josh Gibson's Pair is Good

Valerie.Cross

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante

Gibson: //
Nguyen: //
Owen: //

On sixth street, these three players put in 500 and, on seventh street, Gibson checked, Nguyen checked, and Owen checked back. Gibson tabled for just a pair of aces and that was good enough to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Men Nguyen	14,000 2,000	2,000

Adam Owen	8,000 700	700
Josh Gibson	7,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Adam Owen Josh Gibson Men Nguyen

06-28-2017 19:04 UTC-7

Naoya Kihara Eliminated

Valerie.Cross

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante

Bracelet winner Naoya Kihara was just eliminated from the tournament.

According to players at the table, Kihara got the rest of his chips in on fifth street with / against his opponent's /. Kihara made trip nines, but it was no good on the end against his opponent's full house, fives full of threes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	Busted

Tags: Naoya Kihara