Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day 2 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$827,200
Entries
88
Level
26
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000
Download MyStack Today!
PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.
You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.
Click here to download the My Stack app for iPhone, or click here to download the My Stack app for Android.
John Monnette Leads Final 29 Players into Day 2 of Stud Championship
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for Day 2 of Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship!
One of the final events of this year's WSOP saw 88 players take to the felt for the Stud Championship which would be one more than last year's instalment of the event. These 88 players would create a prize pool of $827,200 that would ensure the final 14 players a guaranteed $14,667 payday, while $245,451 and the WSOP gold bracelet will await up top for whoever is the last standing.
Day 1 was played at an incredibly fast pace in comparison to most of the $10,000 buy-ins that have run this year, and consequently just 29 players remained at day's end. Leading those players was John Monnette who finished with 371,000 in chips, and, after already pocketing a bracelet this year in the $10,000 2-7 Single Draw Championship, he'll be looking to add another along with 2017 WSOP Player of the Year honors where he currently sits in third place behind Ryan Hughes and John Racener.
Perry Friedman (363,500) and Shaun Deeb (343,000) are the only other players above the 300,000-chip mark while Chris Tryba (285,500), Chris Vitch (257,000), Andre Akkari (245,500), and Eric Wasserson (201,000) round out the chip counts with players over 200,000 in chips. Also still in contention include multiple WSOP bracelet winners Chris Ferguson (189,000), David Bach (169,500), Jason Mercer (156,000), Brandon Shack-Harris (52,000), and Ben Yu (35,000).
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing continuous live updates of all the action from Day 2 of the Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship when play resumes at 2:00 p.m. (PDT). So stay tuned right here as we look to catch every set of rolled-up trips, split pair, and seventh street outdraw live from the 2017 WSOP and Event #72.
Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Day 2 Seating Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 17 | 1 | John Monnette | United States | 371,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 2 | Chris Vitch | United States | 257,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 3 | Dan Zack | United States | 163,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 4 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 145,000 |
| Amazon | 17 | 5 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 165,500 |
| Amazon | 17 | 6 | Mike Wattel | United States | 81,500 |
| Amazon | 17 | 8 | Ben Yu | United States | 35,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 1 | Randy Ohel | United States | 180,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 343,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 3 | Bertrand Grospellier | France | 91,500 |
| Amazon | 18 | 4 | Shirley Rosario | United States | 82,500 |
| Amazon | 18 | 5 | Cliff Josephy | United States | 60,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 6 | Jean Gaspard | United States | 85,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 7 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 201,000 |
| Amazon | 18 | 8 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 23,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 1 | Perry Friedman | United States | 363,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 2 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | 191,500 |
| Amazon | 19 | 3 | Alex Luneau | France | 57,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 4 | Chris Tryba | United States | 285,500 |
| Amazon | 19 | 5 | Harry Thomas | United States | 78,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 6 | Todd Brunson | United States | 27,000 |
| Amazon | 19 | 7 | David Bach | United States | 169,500 |
| Amazon | 20 | 2 | Jason Mercier | United States | 156,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 3 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 96,500 |
| Amazon | 20 | 4 | Ryan Miller | United States | 91,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 5 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 245,500 |
| Amazon | 20 | 6 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 189,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 7 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 52,000 |
| Amazon | 20 | 8 | David Benyamine | United States | 177,500 |
Level: 11
Bring In 2,000 - Completion 5,000
Play Underway
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are now in the air for Day 2 of the $10,000 Stud Championship.
Gaspard Gone
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
With less then 60 seconds elapsed in this level, Jean Gaspard and his short stack of just under one big bet has been eliminated by fellow short stack Talal Shakerchi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 10,000 |
|
Busted |
Brunson Triples, Luneau Wins Side Pot
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
A short stacked Todd Brunson found himself all in on an earlier street as he, Alex Luneau, and Sean Mirrasouli's boards read as follows on seventh street:
Brunson: 
/ 
/
Mirrasouli: / 
/
Luneau: / 
/
On seventh, Mirrasouli checked and Luneau bet 10,000. Mirrasouli folded and Luneau tabled his 
for a flush.
"No good!" announced Brunson as he tabled his 
for a full house.
As Brunson tripled to 85,000, Luneau took a small side pot and dropped to 33,000 while Mirrasouli dropped to 140,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | -51,500 |
|
85,000 | 58,000 |
|
33,000 | -24,000 |
Miller Takes from Akkari
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ryan Miller completed and Andre Akkari raised. Miller called, and then proceeded to call bets on fourth and fifth street before taking the lead on sixth as Akkari called.
Miller: / 
/
Akkari: / 
/
On seventh, Miller bet and Akkari mucked while dropping to 210,000 as Miller Moved to 120,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | -35,500 |
|
120,000 | 29,000 |
Bach on the Rise
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Tryba completed and David Bach called. Tryba bet fourth before Bach raised and Tryba called.
On fifth, Bach took the lead and led out for 10,000 before Tryba raised. Bach made it three bets to go and Tryba called.
On sixth, Bach again led out, and again Tryba raised. Bach clicked it back up to three bets and Tryba called.
Tryba: / 
/
Bach: / 
/
On seventh, Bach bet out and Tryba released his hand.
Bach revealed his 
for nines full and the pot, as his stack motored up to over 250,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
254,000 | 84,500 |
|
176,000 | -109,500 |
Open Kings for Mercier
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Ferguson called the bring-in and Jason Mercier completed to 5,000. Ferguson called, and on fourth when Mercier paired and bet 10,000, Ferguson released his hand.
Ferguson: /
Mercier: / 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | -19,000 |
|
160,000 | 4,000 |