2017 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 1
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Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk1010742
Prize
$96,907
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$402,300
Entries
298
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 298
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Allen Kessler Eliminated by Joseph Capello Just Before Break

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante
Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler

Cappello: {X-}{X-}/{J-Clubs}{10-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}/{X-}
Kessler: {X-}{X-}/{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{2-Hearts}/{X-}
Akkari: {X-}{X-}/{3-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts}/{X-}

Allen Kessler was all in when he completed on third street, and Joseph Cappello and Andre Akkari were heads-up on the side.

Akkari folded when Cappello bet on seventh street, and Cappello showed {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} for two pair, aces and jacks. Kessler's {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} was no good.

Cappello indicated that he had aces in the hole while Kessler had buried tens to start the hand. Kessler was eliminated, and Cappello is now sitting with the chip lead.

Tablemate Andrew Barber joked after the hand about Cappello's chip stack, "I've never seen anyone win the tournament on Day 1 before."

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cappello
43,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted

Tags: Allen KesslerAndre AkkariJoseph Cappello

Naoya Kihara Eliminated

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante
Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara

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 {X-}{X-}/{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{9-} against his opponent's {X-}{X-}/{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. 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
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Naoya Kihara
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Naoya Kihara

Josh Gibson's Pair is Good

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante

Gibson: {X-}{X-}/{Q-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{10-Diamonds}/{X-}
Nguyen: {X-}{X-}/{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}/{X-}
Owen: {X-}{X-}/{K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}/{X-}

On sixth street, these three players put in 500 and, on seventh street, Gibson checked, Nguyen checked, and Owen checked back. Gibson tabled {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} for just a pair of aces and that was good enough to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Men Nguyen vn
Men Nguyen
14,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen
8,000
700
700
Profile photo of Josh Gibson us
Josh Gibson
7,000
7,000
7,000

Tags: Adam OwenJosh GibsonMen Nguyen

Counts

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Rod Pardey Sr. us
Rod Pardey Sr.
13,500
6,200
6,200
Profile photo of Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
11,000
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
11,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Grapenthien us
Matt Grapenthien
10,500
1,500
1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Stockfish us
Jason Stockfish
8,500
Profile photo of Peter Eichhardt se
Peter Eichhardt
8,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Koral us
Tom Koral
7,500
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
6,200
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Betrand Grospellier fr
Betrand Grospellier
6,000
Profile photo of Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
5,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
4,500
1,700
1,700
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Barbara Enright us
Barbara Enright
4,500
4,700
4,700
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Alex Luneau fr
Alex Luneau
3,500
2,500
2,500

More Counts; Max Pescatori Joins

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante
Max Pescatori
Max Pescatori

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
Profile photo of Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
19,500
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
12,100
4,600
4,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Vitch us
Chris Vitch
10,700
3,200
3,200
Profile photo of Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
10,300
10,300
10,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Natasha Mercier lb
Natasha Mercier
9,300
1,700
1,700
Profile photo of Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
8,800
5,500
5,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of J.J. Volpe us
J.J. Volpe
7,900
7,900
7,900
Profile photo of Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
7,500
7,500
7,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
5,600
600
600
WSOP 8X Winner
Profile photo of Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
5,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Rodney Spriggs us
Rodney Spriggs
4,500
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
4,500
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
3,200
7,600
7,600
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Max Pescatori

Raymer Eliminated by Leah

Level 4 : 250/500, 50 ante

Mike Leah has knocked out Greg Raymer to rise to 17,000 in chips. Leah started out with {A-}{Q-}{3-} 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
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
17,000
8,200
8,200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Greg RaymerMike Leah

Level: 4

Bring In 75 - Completion 250

Owen Pounding

Level 3 : 200/400, 50 ante

Wirsing: {X-}{X-} / {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} / {X-} - fold
Nguyen: {X-}{X-} / {2-Spades}{Q-Spades}{7-Diamonds} - fold
Owen: {X-}{X-} / {A-Spades}{2-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{6-Spades} / {X-}

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
Profile photo of Men Nguyen vn
Men Nguyen
12,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen
7,300
1,200
1,200

Tags: Adam OwenKevin WirsingMen Nguyen

Martin Staszko Takes One with a Flush

Level 3 : 200/400, 50 ante
Martin Staszko (from a previous event)
Martin Staszko (from a previous event)

Staszko: {X-}{X-}/{10-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{2-Spades}{J-Spades}/{X-}
Opponent: {X-}{X-}/{8-Spades}{K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}/{X-}

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 {8-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} for two pairs, but Staszko had a flush to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
12,500
1,500
1,500

Tags: Martin Staszko