Event #38: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Dia 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-19 18:59 UTC-7

Obst Pulls Off a Savage Call

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Nível 15 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

James Obst and Michael McKenna tangled in a pot which saw Obst keeping the aggression until the river. McKenna had higher cards on his board and checked to Obst on fourth, fifth, and sixth. Obst fired on all streets and McKenna was calling every bet within a second.

Then he changed his plan on the river and led out.

Obst was seen whispering for himself, with his lips reading, "What?"

Then he spent some more time processing the hand and finally tossed in calling chips.

"Sixes," McKenna announced, showing / .

Obst had that beat with a pair of tens, turning up / for a great hero call.

"Nice hand, James," Yordan Petrov complimented Obst.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael McKenna	330,000 -100,000	-100,000
James Obst	210,000 91,000	91,000

Tags: James Obst Michael McKenna

2018-06-19 14:23 UTC-7

"Look at That Vicious Pot!"

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Nível 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Greg Mueller was one of the players who entered the tournament today but he was immediately involved in a large pot. Unfortunately for him, he ended up on the wrong side of a cooler.

Mueller had ace-five suited out on fourth street, betting in a spot versus Ben Yu. Yu called and Mueller kept barrelling all the way. Both players paired their boards on sixth street with Yu catching eights while Mueller hit sixes.

Mueller fired one more time on the river but Yu check-raised and Mueller knew it was a bad sign. However, he'd made an ace-high flush and couldn't escape so he threw in calling chips.

Ben Yu: /
Greg Mueller: /

"Wow," Mueller said when Yu showed him sevens full.

He flashed his cards and then continued in amazement.

"Look at that vicious pot! 150,000 pot!" he said.

Yu soared over 300,000 in chips while Muller was downed to only 28,000 and he would lose them in the following minutes.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ben Yu	315,000 35,000	35,000

Greg Mueller	Eliminado

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2018-06-19 11:58 UTC-7

Daniel Negreanu Second in Chips as Day 2 of $10,000 Seven Card Stud Resumes at 2 p.m.

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Poker's all-time leading money earner, Daniel Negreanu, will look to add to that record today when Day 2 of Event #38: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship begins at 2 p.m.

The six-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner has already had one close call this summer with a third-place finish in the $1,500 Eight Game Mix. Negreanu is in prime position to make another deep run, looking to improve on his previous best in this event which came all the way back in 2009 when he placed 10th. Negreanu returns with 212,000.

Wielding the chip lead when play resumes is Ben Yu. Yu was among the last players to join the field on Day 1 and quickly climbed the ranks, ending the day with 280,000.

Al Barbieri (208,000), Seiver (202,500), Mark Gregorich (153,000), Jesse Martin (149,000), Robert Mizrachi (142,500) and Matt Grapenthien (139,500) are just some of the cast of characters who will hit the felt when the action picks back up. Defending champion Mike Wattel is also still in the hunt for back-to-back titles. Wattel ended the night on 154,500 and will look to increase that number on Day 2.

All is not lost for anyone who wasn't able to make it to the registration line before the Day 1 came to a close as registration remains open until the start of Day 2. As noted, Day 2 begins at 2 p.m. with limits at 4,000/8,000 for the first two hours of the day.

Stay tuned to the blog as PokerNews will be on the floor providing live coverage until the last card comes off the deck and the next WSOP champion is crowned.

Tags: Al Barbieri Ben Yu Daniel Negreanu Jesse Martin Mark Gregorich Matt Grapenthien Mike Wattel Robert Mizrachi