Picking up the action on fifth street, Chad Campbell bet and Pearce Arnold called. Arnold then bet on sixth street and Campbell called.
Arnold checked on seventh street and Campbell checked back before saying he had queens. Arnold showed tens and fives to take the pot down and grow his chip lead.
Jon Kyte: /
Chad Campbell: /
Barry Greenstein: / - folded on fifth street
Jon Kyte bet on fourth street and Barry Greenstein and Chad Campbell both called. Kyte bet again on fifth street and only Campbell called.
Both players checked on sixth street and the same action took place on seventh street. Kyte tabled quads to win the high hand, while Kyte held an eight-seven low for half the pot.
Ali Eslami recapped the action to PokerNews about how he busted David McGivney on the bubble of Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.
Eslami had McGivney all in pre-draw for crumbs. McGivney made an eight-seven low, thinking he would survive the bubble. However, Eslami made trip deuces and a perfect eight-seven.
It was a cruel way to bust for McGivney, but the 71 remaining players celebrated when they were informed they had all secured a min-cash of $2,421.
Mike Matusow took a sick beat to be eliminated from the tournament when he was pipped by Domnick Sarle for both of the high and low portions of the pot.
Both players held ace-high flushes, with Sarle's queen beating out Matusow's nine for a better flush. As for the other half of the pot, Matusow's eight-five low was again pipped by the seven-five low of Sarle to send "The Mouth" out in brutal fashion.
"This is as bad as I've ever seen..." Matusow said glumly as he stood up.
Firooz Ghassemi was all-in pre-draw for 2,000 and was up against Jon Kyte.
Firooz Ghassemi: //
John Kyte: //
Kyte started off with trip sevens which meant his opponent was drawing thin from the get go. Kyte had quad sevens by fifth street and had his opponent drawing dead on sixth street.
Ghassemi exited the tournament room after his bust out was confirmed.
Day 2 of Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is almost underway and will commence at 2 p.m. PDT in the Bally's gold section. Bracelet winner Kenny Hsiung sits second in chips heading into the second day of play with a stack of 224,000.
Hsiung, a limit specialist, has already had a fantastic start to this summer's WSOP that saw him final tabling two events, Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud (5th - $22,344) and Event #20: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (8th - $8,230).
Other players who bagged big on Day 1 of the event include Pearce Arnold (244,500), Bruce Hoyt (196,000), Ali Eslami (189,500) and Chad Campbell (185,000).
Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
1
Pearce Arnold
United States
244,500
2
Kenny Hsiung
United States
224,000
3
Bruce Hoyt
United States
196,000
4
Ali Eslami
United States
189,500
5
Chad Campbell
United States
185,000
6
Angelo Mancini
Italy
171,500
7
Yuichi Kanai
Japan
167,500
8
Harris Soetikno
Australia
165,000
9
John Holley
United States
163,500
10
Claude Marbleu
France
155,000
Many of poker's biggest names are still among the 152 players remaining, including Barry Greenstein, Michael Mizrachi, Todd Brunson, Alex Livingston and Max Pescatori.
Day 2 will play for a total of ten levels with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 around 9:30 p.m. Only 71 spots will pay in the tournament with $135,260 awaiting the eventual champion.
Stay tuned for full coverage of the Day 2 stud hi-lo action as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to bring you updates.