03 Jun 10
WSOP Event #6: Eric Drache Takes The Lead
As the final table approaches, only eleven players manage to get past day two of the Seven Card Stud Championship - Daniel 'The Comeback Kid' Negreanu stays true to his name and manages to get away from elimination time and time again.
In a field packed with talent and a whole 101 of 142 players left on the second day, it was clear that there would be a flood of big names dropping out of the Seven Card Stud Championship. Coming into day two as the chip leader, previous favourite David Oppenheim was one of the few to ground out and get eliminated quickly.
Also one of the first players to go out was Michael Mizrachi, and what an unpleasant way to take his leave this was. He started the hand with rolled-up queens, just to see his opponent Max Pescatori improve from his split tens to a two-pair tens and treys on sixth street - and finally tens full of treys on the last card. While being very fond of Max Pescatori, the river showed Mizrachi its cold shoulder and didn't pair his board for the full house or bring
him the necessary case queen for quads - he was out.
Phil Ivey (picture on the left) also had to take his leave when he moved in with (
)
and found a caller with Soheil Shamseddin on (
)
. Even though Ivey could improve to two-pair with his board coming out as 
(
), Shamseddin was able to catch another 6 on his 
(X) board and thus eliminated him from the tournament.
)
() before suddenly exclaiming: "Oh, I got diamonds!". After confirming, 
"You got diamonds?", Chan mucked his (XX)
(X) and stated: "King was enough. I was looking for a club." - we will never know what really went on in that strange hand.
Another one to be eliminated was Mark Seif as his (JJ)QQ ran into Freddie Ellis' (AA)66 - neither player could improve. Some time later, John Juanda had to move in as severe short stack and couldn't avoid John Cernuto's Broadway - it was the same John Cernuto who took down Erick Lindgren a few hands later when the latter had to make a stand with his split kings - against Cernuto's burried aces. Although Lindgren could improve to trips, so could Cernuto and Lindgren had to go to the rails, while Cernuto now had comfortable stack.
With the levels going up, chip stacks became shorter and shorter and players started trickling faster. However, as the pace of the play picked up, one of them, Daniel Negreanu (picture on the right) notably, was able to stand the heat all the way and was living at the edge of elimination for most of the time. In spite of the obstacles, he was able to rake in the necessary pots to stay alive and will accompany us to day three of this event, with only 11 players remaining. The real short stack is Tim Phan however, going into third day with only 45,000 remaining chips.
Also one of the first players to go out was Michael Mizrachi, and what an unpleasant way to take his leave this was. He started the hand with rolled-up queens, just to see his opponent Max Pescatori improve from his split tens to a two-pair tens and treys on sixth street - and finally tens full of treys on the last card. While being very fond of Max Pescatori, the river showed Mizrachi its cold shoulder and didn't pair his board for the full house or bring
him the necessary case queen for quads - he was out.Phil Ivey (picture on the left) also had to take his leave when he moved in with (
) and found a caller with Soheil Shamseddin on (). Even though Ivey could improve to two-pair with his board coming out as (), Shamseddin was able to catch another 6 on his (X) board and thus eliminated him from the tournament.
KARLE WILSON DOESN'T SEE HIS FLUSH?
In another interesting hand, Karle Wilson was up against Johnny Chan and bet out both an 4th and 5th street before checking 6th and 7th. He soberly stated, "Kings", as he turned over ()() before suddenly exclaiming: "Oh, I got diamonds!". After confirming, 
"You got diamonds?", Chan mucked his (XX)(X) and stated: "King was enough. I was looking for a club." - we will never know what really went on in that strange hand.Another one to be eliminated was Mark Seif as his (JJ)QQ ran into Freddie Ellis' (AA)66 - neither player could improve. Some time later, John Juanda had to move in as severe short stack and couldn't avoid John Cernuto's Broadway - it was the same John Cernuto who took down Erick Lindgren a few hands later when the latter had to make a stand with his split kings - against Cernuto's burried aces. Although Lindgren could improve to trips, so could Cernuto and Lindgren had to go to the rails, while Cernuto now had comfortable stack.
With the levels going up, chip stacks became shorter and shorter and players started trickling faster. However, as the pace of the play picked up, one of them, Daniel Negreanu (picture on the right) notably, was able to stand the heat all the way and was living at the edge of elimination for most of the time. In spite of the obstacles, he was able to rake in the necessary pots to stay alive and will accompany us to day three of this event, with only 11 players remaining. The real short stack is Tim Phan however, going into third day with only 45,000 remaining chips.
| World Series Of Poker Event #6 Standings |
||
| Place |
Name | Chips |
| 1st |
Eric Drache |
785,000 |
| 2nd |
Hasan Habib |
593,000 |
| 3rd |
Freddie Ellis |
580,000 |
| 4th |
Jeff Lissandro |
524,000 |
| 5th |
Villie Wahlbeck |
472,000 |
| 6th |
Max Pescatori |
401,000 |
| 7th |
Ivan Schertzer |
368,000 |
| 8th |
Greg Mueller |
208,000 |
| 9th |
Daniel Negreanu |
191,000 |
| 10th |
Ray Dehkharghani |
141,000 |
