Wsop Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-Or-Better

[FCP Bob 1,323]

Event #13 of the 2013 WSOP is the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better tournament and Day 1 just ended with Daniel having an above average stack.

 

Updates are available from Poker News and Daniel is sending his usual Twitter updates.

 

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Daniel's Twitter Updates

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 8h

@dnchips end 200-400 with 15,825

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 6h

@dnchips end 300-600 with 13,175 started with 15k this game is my favorite by a wide margin. Stud 8

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 3h

@DNChips 16,800 end 400-800 last two hours we play 500-1000. Been card dead but enjoying folding! Love this game

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 1h

Ended day 1 of $5k Stud 8 with 40,200 average is about 23k 139 players left. Bracelet coming. #DNegsSwagger

 

Day 2 Tweets

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 2h

@dnchips 38,900 end level 10 WSOP Stud 8 championship next level is 1k-2k avg is about 30k

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 40m

@DNChips 48700 end level 12 was down to 11k table change then heater avg is 43k 1500-3000 next

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 6h

@dnchips 35,200 end level 14 avg is 65k 48 players left top 24 in the money 2500-5000 limit after dinner

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 5h

@dnchips ugly few hands down to 3k then a lucky triple back to 10k

 

Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPoker 4h

@dnchips dang that was frustrating. Finished 42nd paid 24 just didn't run well today in lots of key pots. $1500 HORSE tomorrow

[FCP Bob 1,323]

Woodward Leads as 130 Advance to Day 2

 

 

The first $5,000 buy-in non-hold’em event of the 2013 World Series of Poker, Event #13: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, kicked off today as 210 players (down two from 2012) packed the Orange Section of the Amazon to play eight one-hour levels. By the end of the night, 130 players remained with Matt Woodward and his stack of 59,700 leading the way.

 

Others still in contention with decent stacks include Yuval Bronshtein (57,200), Ilya Gorodetskiy (56,300), Gavin Smith (51,900), Matt Lefkowitz (50,300), David Bach (49,700), Toby Hausen (49,300), Sanjay Pandya (49,000), Kevin Vo (48,500), Mike Leah (46,900), Michael Chow (45,900) and Maria Ho (44,000).

 

The day began with a number of notables in the field including legendary Stud champion and four-time WSOP bracelet winner Artie Cobb; bracelet winner Cheech Barbaro; 2012 WSOP Event #4 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better champ Cory Zeidman; and noted poker theorist David Sklansky. Of those only Barbaro failed to advance.

 

Speaking of players to go, George Danzer was the first elimination of the day, though he wouldn't be the last. Among those to hit the rail on Day 1 were Frank Kassela, John Monnette, Chris Tryba, Greg Raymer, Mike Gorodinsky, Alexander Kostritsyn, Calvin Anderson, Scott Seiver, Chino Rheem, Layne Flack, Vanessa Selbst and Phil Ivey just to name a few.

 

Day 2 action will kick off at 2:00 p.m. PST on Thursday, so join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations from the premiere Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better event of the summer.

[FCP Bob 1,323]

Daniel's table draw for Day 2 sitting right next to Mike Matusow. I hope the other players at that table bring their ear plugs with those two together.

 

Daniel Negreanu 40200 Amazon / 420 / 1

Mike Matusow 19300 Amazon / 420 / 2

Brendan Taylor 34000 Amazon / 420 / 3

Richard Chiovari 37500 Amazon / 420 / 4

Tobias Hausen 49300 Amazon / 420 / 5

Paul Volpe 31300 Amazon / 420 / 7

Jose-Luis Velador 42100 Amazon / 420 / 8

[FCP Bob 1,323]

Bronshtein Leads Final 20; Rodawig Seeks Second Title in Three Years

 

 

What started with 130 players here on Day 2—the remnants of a 210-player field—is now down to the final 20. The man best positioned to capture the World Series of Poker gold bracelet and accompanying $266,503 first-place prize is none other than Yuval Bronshtein, who finished as the chip leader with 433,000. With that said, players like Eric Rodawig (323,000) and David "Bakes" Baker (226,000) are looking to claim the Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better title for themselves.

Actually, Rodawig is seeking to capture the title for a second time. Two years ago he won Event #33: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship by defeating Phil Hellmuth in heads-up play. Not only did he deny the great Hellmuth his then 12th bracelet, he also took down his first piece of gold and the accompanying $442,183 prize.

Rodawig did not return to defend his title in 2012 due to a friend's wedding, and this marks the first time he's played a Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament since 2011. If he could capture the title again, it'd be a truly remarkable feat. As the second biggest stack remaining he's got a legitimate shot of making that happen.

Day 2 began with a flurry of eliminations including those of Mike Noori, Hellmuth, Artie Cobb, Mike Sexton, Jason Mercier, Barry Greenstein,Daniel Negreanu and the defending champ, Adam Friedman.

With 25 players remaining, the money bubble was in effect, and it didn't take long to burst. Here's the hand that burst it.

Naseem Salem: / /

Eric Rodawig: / /

Salem completed, Rodawig raised, and Salem called. Rodawig bet-called on fourth, then the action was fast and furious on fifth and sixth, but in the end Salem was all in with two pair queens and eights. Rodawig hit an ace on seventh, so his hand was , and Salem bricked on his full house draw, exiting on the stone bubble.

Over the course of the next hour or so four more players hit the rail including Sam Feinberg (24th), Tom Schneider (23rd), Eugene Katchalov(22nd) and Francis Mariani (21st), each taking home $9,583.

While many notable fell, there are still quite a few still in contention including Gavin Smith (204,500), Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (156,000), Joe Tehan (145,000), Timothy Finne (137,000), Mike Leah (120,000), Eli Elezra (88,000), Tony Cousineau (59,000) and Brian Hastings (55,500).

The third and final day will kick off at 2 p.m. PDT on Friday. Join us then as we look to crown the Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better champion!