Ryan Hughes was the bring-in. John Monnette completed before Jennifer Harman made it two bets. Hughes made it three bets and both Monnette and Harman called.
Harman bet on fourth street and was raised by Hughes. Monnette called but Harman made it three bets. Hughes moved all in and both Monnette and Harman called.
On fifth, Harman and Monnette checked. Monette then bet on sixth and Harman called. They both checked seventh street.
Harman showed for two pairs. Monnette showed for an eighty-seven low. That two hands were good enough and Hughes' hand was sent into the muck and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Anthony Zinno was the bring-in, Jameson Painter called, David Bach completed, Matt Grapenthien made it two bets, Belianin made it three bets, and Zinno made it four bets. Painter folded, Bach capped it at five bets, Grapenthien folded, Belianin called, and Zinno called.
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Belianin had the on-board lead on fourth street and bet his remaining 4,000. Zinno raised and Bach called all in for his remaining few thousand.
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Zinno led with rolled up threes while his two opponents were drawing thin. Here was the rest of the runout:
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Bach caught trip kings on fifth street to overtake Zinno in the hand, but Belianin had taken the lead with jacks full of queens. Bach, however, caught running sevens to make kings full of sevens to basically triple up. Belianin's lower full house was defeated and he was eliminated while Zinno's rolled up threes finished third-best. He was down to 37,000 and busted shortly thereafter.
Richard Ashby completed. He was called by Alex Luneau and Cory Zeidman, who was the bring-in.
On fourth, Luneau checked over to Zeidman. Zeidman bet and Ashby made it two bets. Only Zeidman called.
Zeidman bet again on sixth street and Ashby just called. Both players checked on sixth street. Zeidman decided to bet on seventh, but this time Ashby raised. Zeidman called.
Ashby showed for a flush and Zeidman mucked.
Zeidman muttered frustratedly after the hand, saying something about having made aces up.
We caught up to the action on fourth. Benny Glaser bet and Mike Leah called before Brian Twete made it three bets. Glaser made it four bets and Leah called again. Twete then capped the action and Glaser and Leah called.
On fifth, Twete moved all in and Glaser completed the bet, since Twete's stack was less than the bet. Leah called.
Sixth street came and Glaser bet again, since the betting lead was passed to him after Twete. Leah called. On seventh street, both players checked.
Glaser showed for a seven-five low and ace high. Leah had for a seven-six low and queen high. Twete had the high locked up with for two pairs.
"Damn it!" Leah said, hitting the table. "Well, it's a good thing that I didn't raise sixth."
"Yeah, and you could've bet seventh too," Glaser responded.
Glaser and Twete chopped up Leah's chips, allowing Twete to survive in the tournament.
Welcome to Day 2 coverage of Event #48: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.
A total of 125 entries took part in the action on Day 1 and, after 10 one-hour levels, 48 players still remain in the hunt to capture the first-place prize of $320,193 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
On top of the chip counts entering Day 2 is three-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser with 325,500. Rounding out the top five are Mack Lee (292,500), Todd Brunson (271,000), Randy Ohel (248,500), and Richard Chiovari (246,500). Others still in the field include WSOP Player of the Year points leader James Obst (137,500), second in the POY race Mike Leah (171,000), sixth in the POY race and six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (97,500), and 14-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (70,000).
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. and the plan for the day is to play five double levels, which is likely to the get the field just into the money (19 places pay) and down to two tables.