Less than 200 players remain in today’s $1,000 Stud Eight-Or-Better event, and play has just ended for the night.
Some notable names still left in the field and going into Day 2 are…Jean Gaspard, Chris Gregorian, Tony Ma, Dan Heimiller, Allen Kessler, Doyle Brunson, Cyndy Violette, Scotty Nguyen, Chris Reslock, Jeffrey Lisandro, Mel Judah, and David Plastik.
Play will resume tomorrow at 3 p.m., so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com to follow all of the action as it unfolds.
Notable Chip Counts
Ron Ware
22,000
Doyle Brunson
15,000
Chris Reslock
13,000
Scotty Nguyen
8,600
Tony Ma
8,100
Dan Heimiller
7,300
David Plastik
7,000
Chris Grigorian
7,000
Jeff Lisandro
6,500
Chad Brown
6,500
Mel Judah
5,300
Allen Kessler
4,800
Chris Amaral
4,700
Cyndy Violette
1,300
Fri Jun 29 02:00:00 -0700 2007
Level 7 Update
Level 7 has come and gone and Level 8 is now underway. The remaining 280 players have just undergone a stakes increase to $300-$600 with a $75 ante and a $100 bring-in. The tournament staff is busy coloring up the $25 chips while some of the players are busy putting in work.
Jean Gaspard had gone on a tare during the last level and has amassed a stack of chips that is approaching $8,000, nearly twice the average stack. Gaspard was showing a board of 10 2 J on fifth street when he bet into Russ Salzer’s J K 6. Slazer fired back with a raise, but Gaspard made it three bets to go and after some hesitation, Salzer made the call. Gaspard hit the 2 on sixth street while Salzer hit the 4. Gaspard continued to bet out on sixth street as well as the river and Salzer made both calls. Gaspard turned over A J 2 for the full house and Salzer quietly threw his hand into the muck.
Chris Amaral sent Eric Lynch to the rail in Level 7 when Lynch failed to improve his hand by the river. Amaral was showing a pair of kings against Lynch’s four cards to low, when both players capped the action to sixth street. Lynch failed to make a low hand, or any hand for that matter and Amaral scooped the pot with kings-up.
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The remaining 334 players have just gone on a short fifteen minute break. When they get back from break they will be entering Level 7 where the betting limits will increase to $200-$400 with a $50 ante and a $50 bring-in.
Just a few hours ago if that, Doyle Brunson was on his last leg, but now he’s kicking a** and taking names. His chip stack is well over $6,000, and he has the player to his left to partially thank for that. Showing a board of A 2 3 4, and in that order, the player in seat no. 3 was betting the entire time until sixth street. He decided to check to Brunson who bet out with a board of 7 8 K Q. Brunson bet the river and to everyone’s surprise, the player in seat no.3 just called. Brunson turned over 5 3 2 for the king-high flush and seat no. 3 throws his hand into the muck. Everyone was shocked not to see a split pot with that kind of a board, especially after calling Doyle down while he’s showing a flush on the table. Brunson scoops the pot and shoots the dealer a smile while he stacks his chips in awe.
Daniel Negreanu on the other hand wouldn’t be so lucky, getting eliminated just minutes before the break. Negreanu had just been telling Chris Reslock that he hadn’t played a single hand in over two hours. “I went from $1,500 to $325.” says Negreanu. Reslock replies, “Well, that would be a hell of a comeback.” It would only be a few hands later that Negreanu would make his final stand, but there was definitely no comeback. Negreanu got it all in with a board of 6 7 8 9 against his opponent’s A 2 5 4 board. The player in seat no. 2 turned over 6 Q 3 for the wheel and the low pot while the player in seat no. 8 turned over a six-high straight for the high hand. Negreanu flipped over 6 4 2, all bricks. Negreanu was eliminated just as the players were going on break.
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Roughly 488 players remain in today’s Stud Eight-Or-Better event, give or take a few empty seats and that puts the average chip stack at $2,727. Level 5 has come to an end, and the players are now entering Level 6 where the betting limits have increased to $150-$300 with a $25 ante and a $50 bring-in.
Due to the large amount of eliminations, the Players Pavilion is slowly condensing its tables and the latest round of redraws has made for some very interesting ones. Table no. 87 now plays host to Barry Greenstein, Chris Reslock and Davidson Matthew. Matthew and Reslock got involved in a good heads-up pot right after the last level change, and here’s how it went down. Matthew was showing a board of J 6 7 10 5, no that’s not a typo, but rather the dealer turned the last card up by mistake and after calling the floor person over, Reslock was told to expose his river card as well. Reslock turned over the J to accompany a board of 3 3 10 4. After all of the confusion both players decided to just check around and Matthew showed A 5 for a pair of fives to trump Reslock’s pair of threes. Neither player made a low hand while it was obvious that they were both drawing to one, and as a result Matthew scooped the pot.
After the redraw, Table no. 135 began to gather spectators while Eric Lynch took his new seat next to Ted Forrest and Chad Brown. It’s not quite clear as to whether or not Ted Forrest was really trying to double up or just go home early, but after two hands in a row he was no closer to one or the other. Chad Brown had been betting the entire time while Forrest was just check-calling him down with a board of J 5 4 3. Brown was showing a board of A 3 8 Q when he turned over J 7 6 for a queen-high flush, and a disappointed Ted Forrest turned over A 3 2 for the wheel. Forrest didn’t get to scoop and had to settle for the split while the dealer counted off the pot and shipped half to each player.
The very next hand and Forrest would get the rest of his money in the pot on sixth street with a board of 2 8 9 4 against his opponent’s 5 10 7 J. Forrest turns over A 4 3 for the low end while his opponent tabled A K 7 for the high hand. Two hands in a row and Ted Forrest barely managed to walk away with half the pot.
He wouldn’t be so lucky on the third hand, and apparently for Forrest, the third time is not a charm. This time Forrest calls down the player in seat no. 2, showing a board of 5 9 K 3 when his opponent turns over 10 8 4 to compliment his board of 10 A 9 9, scooping the pot with two pair as Forrest was unable to make a low hand. After this hand Ted Forrest is down to his last $200.
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Players have just returned from dinner and will be entering Level 5 where the betting limits will increase to $100-$200 with a $25 ante and a $25 bring-in.
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Notable Chip Counts
Todd Brunson
5,300
Scotty Nguyen
5,200
Cyndy Violette
5,200
Tony Ma
4,600
Chris Reslock
4,400
Jeff Lisandro
4,000
Thomas Wahlroos
3,600
Norman Chad
3,200
Phil Gordon
2,800
Daniel Negreanu
2,800
Chip Jett
2,800
Ted Forrest
2,500
David Plastik
2,200
Barry Greenstein
2,200
Annie Duke
2,200
Mel Judah
2,000
Barbara Lewis
2,000
Chad Brown
1,800
Sabyl Cohen
1,700
Minh Nguyen
1,600
Jennifer Harman
1,400
Doyle Brunson
1,305
Shannon Elizabeth
1,300
Gavin Smith
1,300
Chris Grigorian
1,300
"Miami" John Cernuto
900
Perry Friedman
250
Thu Jun 28 21:20:00 -0700 2007
Dinner Break
Players have just gone on dinner break and will return to the beginning of Level 5 where the betting limits will increase to $100-$200 with a $25 ante and a $25 bring-in.
The official numbers have been released and Event no. 46 has gathered a total of 688 players, creating a total prize pool of $607,880. Sixty-four players will get paid with 64th place receiving $2,067 while our champion will receive the 1st place prize of $147,713.
The players in today’s $1,000 Stud Eight –Or-Better event are spread out amongst the Amazon Room and the Players Pavilion, each area filled with pros, and some are doing much better than others. Scotty Nguyen got involved in a big four-way pot with a board of J 4 3 2 when the player in seat no. 6 bet the river with a board of A J A 9. The player in seat no. 2 raises the pot with a board of 7 A Q 4, and the player in seat no. 4 calls two bets cold with a board of A 2 4 6. The player in seat no. 6 calls when the action gets back to him and Scotty Nguyen re-raises to three bets. Everyone calls and Nguyen shows K 9 4 for the king-high flush but the player in seat no. 2 turns over K 10 8 for the better flush; king-queen high. The player in seat no. 4 turns over 5 5 J for the A-6 low and Scotty Nguyen gets no part of the pot that he three-bet on the river, expecting to win the high hand with.
The tent seemed to be fairing some better luck for the pros as Gavin Smith and Thomas Wahlroos managed to take a few split pots right before the level change. Showing a board of K K 5 J, Smith bets the river and the player in seat no.7 calls with a board of 7 3 7 8. Smith turns over K Q 8 for trip kings while seat no.7 shows A 3 6 for the A-8 low. Smith settles for half the pot and makes a nice profit with his set of kings.
Thomas Wahlroos also managed to split a nice pot with a board of 10 5 4 6 against his final opponent’s board of 3 7 A 10. Wahlroos took the betting lead from the beginning, raising on the bring-in and continuing to bet to the river. The player in seat no. 3 went the full distance while the other two players dropped out on fifth and sixth street. Wahlroos bets the river and turns over J 4 3 for the jack-high flush while his opponent turns over 10 8 2 for the A-8 low.
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With only a $5 ante and $30-$60 betting limits, the $2,000 starting stacks will be large enough that it will be very unlikely for anyone to bust this early in the tournament. With that in mind, gigantic hands do not come down ofter. It seems that in a split-pot limit game such as this, a tournament is a war of attrition and cannot be won in any one battle. Some soldiers have entered the fray late, including Ted Forrest, Chad Brown and Scotty Nguyen. Forrest joined Mike Wattell and Barbara Lewis, making for a tough stud table.
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The $1,000 seven card stud eight or better event got underway on schedule at 5 p.m. With such a small buy-in for a WSOP bracelet event, the field is surprisingly large for a non-hold'em game. Official numbers have yet to be released, but will be posted as soon as they are made available.
Stacked Tables
Some stacked tables stood out early on, including:
Table 97 -
Rolf Slotboom
James Van Alstyne
Cyndy Violette
Table 105-
Eric Lynch
Jean Gaspard
Table 19-
Melissa Hayden
Rafe Furst
Working Overtime
A number of players are playing their second tournament of the day. Shannon Elizabeth, Thomas Wahlroos, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Harman, and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson all busted from the $5,000 short handed hold'em event earlier in the afternoon.
Greenstein's Wheel Can't Scoop
With a board of A 3 4 2 Barry Greenstein bet after seventh street. His opponent, who was showing Q Q 6 2, raised. Greenstein reraised and his opponent just called. Greenstein revealed the (5) for the wheel, but his opponent revealed the (8 8 8) for a rivered full house. Greenstein won the low with a 5-4-3-2-A, but was surely hoping to scoop the whole pot.
The $1,000 seven card stud eight or better event is set to get underway at 5 p.m. Last year this event drew 788 players, creating a large prize pool for such a small buy in and building a first place prize of $172,091 for winner Pat Poels. Make sure to check in on the action every hour here at Cardplayer.com.
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