2013 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $2,500 Seven-Card Stud
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j108j3710
Prize
$145,520
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
246
Level Info
Level
25
Limits
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

A Few Late Arrivals

Level 2 : 25/100, 25 ante

A few more players have trickled since the commencement of level two.

One of which is Roland Israelashvili - who after the controversy that happened on table 375 - has registered for the correct event and now is seated on the opposite side of the room.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 7X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Keith Sexton us
Keith Sexton
7,500
7,500
7,500
Jack McClelland us
Jack McClelland
7,500
7,500
7,500
Poker Hall of Famer
David Williams us
David Williams
7,500
7,500
7,500
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
7,500
7,500
7,500

Level: 2

Limits: 25/100

Ante: 25

Controversy on 375

Level 1 : 25/75, 25 ante
Roland Israelashvili
Roland Israelashvili

After hearing of some commotion going down on Table 375, our PokerNews reporter headed over to see what all the controversy was about.

Apparently Roland Israelashvili sat down and played a hand through to seventh street before losing. He then asked his opponent - who was also sitting next to him - how many chips you started with.

After being told it was 7,500 - or three times your buy-in - Israelashvili commented that he paid $5,000 for his seat.

On closer inspection of his ticket, it appeared as though Israelashvili was registered for an upcoming $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo tournament and not the seven-card stud one he had just played a hand in.

Israelashvili was escorted out of the tournament area to correct the ticketing mistake while the stack that he had already played was put back in the well since that seat was still yet to be sold.

Tags: Roland Israelashvili

WSOP Tribute to Dr. Jerry Buss

The World Series of Poker paid tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Jerry Buss. The Los Angeles Lakers owner was a regular at the WSOP for many years. The tribute took place before the $2500 Seven-Card Stud event, one of his favorites.

Photographs by Danny Maxwell and Joe Giron

Jack Effel reading at the Jerry Buss TributePoker Pro Chad Brown pays tribute to Dr. Jerry Buss. A portrait of Buss on the table in foreground.A portrait of Dr. Jerry Buss sits on the table next to an honarary stack of chips for $2500 Seven Card Stud Event at the WSOP.Portrait & ChipsChad Brown speaking at the Jerry Buss TributeCrowds listening to the memorial at the Jerry Buss TributeAllen Kessler checking out the Jerry Buss TributeA moment of silence for Dr. Jerry Buss.LA Lakers Kobe Bryant pays tribute to Dr. Jerry Buss on a video screen in the Amazon Room at the WSOP.Phil Ivey taking in the Jerry Buss TributePoker Pro Phil Ivey is seated at the table with the honarary photo and chip stack for Dr. Jerry Buss.Phil Ivey sits next to the Jerry Buss Tribute - tournament officials put out a stack in his honour

Lazy Quads for Negreanu

Level 1 : 25/75, 25 ante

Daniel Negreanu completed before a new arrival at the table on his immediate left bumped it up. Negreanu just called, before calling a bet on fourth before he bet out on fifth. His opponent raised, Negreanu made it 450 and was called before his lone bet on sixth was called as both player's boards read as follows.

Negreanu: {X-}{X-} / {7-Spades}{9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades} / {X-}
Opponent: {X-}{X-} / {Q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades} / {X-}

On seventh Negreanu bet out 150, his opponent made it two bets, Negreanu responded with a three-bet before it eventually got capped.

"Had it the whole time!" stated Negreanu as he rolled over his {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}/{Q-Spades} for quad nines.

His opponent shook her head and tabled her {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}/{6-Hearts} for a full house.

"Welcome to the World Series!" Negreanu added as her opponent sat there in disbelief.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
10,200
2,700
2,700

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

"We playing Stud Hi-Lo?"

Level 1 : 25/75, 25 ante
Cory Zeidman
Cory Zeidman

Cory Zeidman completed with the {A-Spades} and found one caller.

Zeidman caught a low card and bet again before cheekily uttering, "we're playing stud hi-lo right?"

His table mate Cyndy Violette laughed as Zeidman was obviously referencing to his bracelet win in Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo last year for $201,559.

Tags: Cory ZeidmanCyndy Violette

More Arrivals

Level 1 : 25/75, 25 ante

And the notables continue to be spotted throughout the orange section here in the Amazon room.

Player Chips Progress
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
7,500
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
7,500
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
7,500
Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
7,500
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
7,500
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
David Bach us
David Bach
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
7,500
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Aaron Steury us
Aaron Steury
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
7,500
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
7,500
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
7,500
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner

A Few of the Players

Level 1 : 25/75, 25 ante

With the tournament located snuggly in the back corner of the Amazon room, here is the first round of players that have been spotted.

Player Chips Progress
Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
7,500
7,500
7,500
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett
7,500
7,500
7,500
Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Cory Zeidman us
Cory Zeidman
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Freddie Ellis us
Freddie Ellis
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
George Danzer de
George Danzer
7,500
7,500
7,500
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
7,500
7,500
7,500
Ted Forrest us
Ted Forrest
7,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 6X Winner

Plan for the Night

Level 1 : 25/75, 25 ante

The plan for tonight's tournament is that the players will endure 8 levels lasting 60-minutes each before they bag and tag for the night.

Each player is starting with 7,500 in chips and so far there are 25 tables in use with another few set up for the long list of late registrations that we are expecting.