World Championship Seven Card Stud - Level 14
Jun 08, '08
Limit: 4,000-8,000 limit with 1,000 ante and a 1,000 bring in
Players Left: 27-158
Eliminations: Scotty Nguyen, Helmut Koch
Chip Leaders:
Vasilis Lazarou: 255,000
Barry Mullinax: 184,000
Phil Ivey: 165,000
David Moskowitz: 143,000
Tom Weideman: 133,000
Jacobo Fernandez: 128,000
David Benyamine: 125,000
Nich Schulman: 125,000
Alexander Kostritsyn: 119,000
Fu Wong: 114,000
Big Hands:
Negreanu Pulls One Out of His Hat
Three players were all in after third street: Seat 5 player, with Q
Q
4, Helmut Koch, with 10
10
2, and Daniel Negreanu in third place with 887. The cards ran out like this:
Seat 5: QQ4 - 4KJ2
Koch: 10102 - 3A x x
Negreanu: 887 - 75910
Negreanu made two pair on fourth street, only to have his opponent turn queens up. The nine of hearts gave him life on sixth street, although with one card to come he was drawing to only five remaining hearts, or one of the four eights or sevens left in the deck. The 10 on the end shipped him the pot, eliminating both his opponents. Negreanu now stands at about 80,000.
Minh Ly Approaches Felt, Reverses Direction
After Minh Ly raised with the 10, Erik Seidel three bet showing 2. The cards came out like this:
Ly: 10510A - 10J x
Seidel: 2894 - 2KK.
After Ly paired his ten on fifth street, he led out for 8,000 with only 4,000 behind. Seidel, hesitating, looked to be doing the math before electing to make the call. Turned out he was drawing dead, though, with just a paired deuce that became a meaningless two pair when he picked up a second king on the river. Ly's up to about 60,000.
Schulman Loses Big Pot to Brooks
After Eric Brooks raised to 4,000, Nick Schulman reraised to 8,000, only to have Brooks raise another time. Schulman called. The rest of the betting was similar, with Brooks leading out on every street and Schulman calling him all the way down.
Schulman: 5J89 - (mucked)
Brooks: Q45K - Q75
Brooks queens and fives were good to take down a good-sized pot, putting him up to over 120k. Schulman is approaching felthood, with less than 50,000.
Player Tags: Minh Ly, Daniel Negreanu, Helmut Koch, Nick Schulman
$10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship - Day 2 - Level 11 Recap
Jun 08, '08
Limit: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante, 500 bring in
Players Left: 50 of 158
Chip Leaders:
Vasilis Lazarou - 155,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 152,000
Chad Brown - 116,000
Daniel Negreanu - 105,000
Tom Weideman - 105,000
Brian Lieberman - 97,000
Robert Mizrachi - 86,000
Helmut Koch - 85,000
Matt Hawrilenko - 82,000
Andy Bloch - 80,000
Average Stack: 61,200
Eliminations:
Rolf Slotboom
Scott Fischman
Todd Barlow
Big Hands and Storylines:
Ivey Outduels “The Master”
Phil Ivey: A7A6
Men Nguyen: 9Q3J
Ivey was the aggressor throughout this whole hand, betting all the way from 3rd street until the end. Nguyen continued calling despite Ivey showing a pair of aces. On 7th street though, Men finally conceded defeat and folded to Ivey’s bet of 4,000. The hand chips Ivey up to 60,000 and slides Nguyen back to a mere 10,000, only half of yesterday’s starting stack.
Rolled-Up Rolf
Todd Barlow brought in with the 7 showing and Mickey Appleman completed with the 6. Rolf Slotboom called showing the K and Barlow came along for 4th street as well:
Slotboom: KJA5
Barlow: 783T
Slotboom lead out on 4th street and was quickly raised by Barlow. Appleman didn’t think much of his chances and bailed out. When the action came back around to Slotboom he 3-bet, which was matched by a 4-bet of Barlow; Slotboom capped the street. The final three betting rounds were much more straightforward: Slotboom betting out every time and every time being called by Barlow. At showdown, Slotboom unfurled (K)(K)(6) for rolled up kings. Barlow, incredulous at this twist of fate, mucked his cards. He would be eliminated shortly after.
Zeidman Meets The Dutchman
Shortly after the previous hand, Slotboom got into another big pot, this time with Cory Zeidman:
Zeidman: K59J
Slotboom: QAT2
Slotboom completed on third street and called a raise from Zeidman. Slotboom amped up the aggression thereafter though, betting and 3-betting Zeidman on 4th street, then betting again on 5th street. Zeidman was confident his hand was good and continued calling. Slotboom checked on 6th and, sensing weakness, Zeidman bet. Slotboom called and the pair saw 7th street. Slotboom against checked and Zeidman made a bet. As Slotboom deliberated, Zeidman kept goading him, telling him that there was no way that he was calling. It turns out that Zeidman is just as prescient as he is gabby, and Slotboom laid down his hand. After the hand Slotboom was left with 29,000 and Zeidman 40,000. The day would only get worse though for Slotboom, as he would be eliminated a few hands later.
Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Andy Bloch, Men Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Cory Zeidman, Phil Ivey, Helmut Koch, Matt Hawrilenko, Tom Weideman, Todd Barlow, Vasili Lazarou, Alexander Kostritsyn, European Report, Brian Lieberman
