Event #34: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud

Day 1 Completed

06-16-2014 02:30 UTC-8

Steve Sung Leads the Pack

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

The first day of Event #34: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud has wrapped up play and it is Steve Sung who has come out on top of the chip counts after winning a big pot late in the evening with a full house. A total of 345 players came out to try their hand at the only Seven-Card Stud Hi tournament of the year at the 2014 WSOP. Sung would end play with a stack of 69,000 and he was followed closely by Will Thompson (67,500), and recent New Orleans WSOP Circuit Main Event winner Bryan Campanello (63,300) who joked that he was "playing like a world champion."

Other notables to survive include Brian Hastings (58,500), John D'Agostino (55,100), Bryn Kenney (45,000), Marcel Luske (38,500), Daniel Negreanu (31,000), Cyndy Violette (30,000), Phil Laak (22,000), Robert Mizrachi (17,600), and Barry Greenstein (11,800). Two of the more interesting stories of the day were the tales of music mogul Steve Albini who would end the day with a healthy stack of 43,800 and 1983 Ladies' Seven Card Stud winner Carolyn Gardner who finds herself with a comfortable stack of 53,800.

Reigning champion of the 2013 $2,500 Seven-Card Stud tournament, David Chiu, was eliminated early on along with other notables that included Phil Ivey, Jeff Lisandro, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Eli Elezra, Jeff Madsen, John Monnette, Bertrand Grospellier, Barbara Enright, and Fabrice Soulier.

The remaining 60 players will return at 2 p.m. later today with their eyes on the $118,785 first place prize. As always, PokerNews will be there to bring you all the coverage. Tune in and see who becomes the next Seven-Card Stud Champion!

Tags: Barry Greenstein Bertrand Grospellier Brian Hastings Bryan Campanello Bryn Kenney Carolyn Gardner Cyndy Violette Daniel Negreanu David Chiu Eli Elezra Fabrice Soulier Greg Mueller Jeff Madsen Jeffrey Lisandro John D'Agostino John Monnette Marcel Luske Michael Mizrachi Phil Ivey Phil Laak Robert Mizrachi Steve Sung Ted Forrest

06-16-2014 02:13 UTC-8

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Sung	69,000 4,000	4,000

William Thompson	67,500 67,500	67,500
Bryan Campanello	63,300 31,300	31,300

Brian Hastings	58,500 46,000	46,000

John D'Agostino	55,100 23,100	23,100
Carolyn Gardner	53,800 4,800	4,800

Mallory Smith	45,100 45,100	45,100
Bryn Kenney	45,000 8,000	8,000

Steven Albini	43,800 43,800	43,800

James Nelson	42,700 42,700	42,700
Scott Bohlman	42,500 42,500	42,500

Nabih Helmi	40,600 40,600	40,600
Cyndy Violette	39,000 19,000	19,000

Marcel Luske	38,500 7,000	7,000
Vladimir Shchemelev	36,500 36,500	36,500
Aleksandr Denisov	32,900 32,900	32,900
Martin Sigel	31,900 31,900	31,900
Daniel Negreanu	31,000 -6,000	-6,000

Farshad Ben Cohen	31,000 31,000	31,000
Stephen Chidwick	30,200 7,200	7,200

Barbara Lewis	27,500 27,500	27,500
Frank Athey	27,200 27,200	27,200
Sergey Rybachenko	26,800 26,800	26,800
Alex Kravchenko	26,600 -3,400	-3,400
Filippos Stavrakis	25,000 25,000	25,000

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06-16-2014 02:05 UTC-8

Father's Day at the 2014 WSOP!

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

06-16-2014 01:54 UTC-8

Steve Sung Hits Full House to Win Huge Pot

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Steve Sung: //
Opponent #1: //
Opponent #2: //

We got to the table with a massive pot sitting in the middle and Steve Sung led out for a bet on seventh street after his two opponents checked. They both called and would muck their hands when Sung turned over [KhTk3k] for threes full of kings. That pot brought Sung's stack to approximately 65,000 and to the top of the chip counts as play is coming to a close for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Sung	65,000 65,000	65,000

06-16-2014 01:41 UTC-8

Playing Like a World Champion

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Bryan Campanello: /
Ashly Butler: /

Bryan Campanello completed and Ashly Butler raised. Campanello called. On fourth street Campanello would check-call Butler's bet. Fifth street would see the two check and on sixth street Campanello would bet. Butler folded and Campanello said "started with the best hand and ended with the best hand" as he turned over for aces and queens. Butler laughed and Campanello stuck the needle in a little bit more by saying "playing like a world champion."

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Campanello	32,000 22,000	22,000

06-16-2014 01:28 UTC-8

Chip Leaders and Chip Counts

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Will Thompson is currently sitting with the biggest stack in the room at 66,000 in chips. Alexander Denisov looks to be in second with 53,000. We'll have chip leaders and notables from the end of the day after the players have bagged and tagged.

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Thompson	66,000
Alexander Denisov	53,000
Daniel Negreanu	37,000 5,400	5,400

John D'Agostino	32,000 -2,800	-2,800
Marcel Luske	31,500 10,000	10,000
Alex Kravchenko	30,000 -4,100	-4,100
Robert Mizrachi	26,000 -4,200	-4,200

Steve Albini	25,000 1,600	1,600
Stephen Chidwick	23,000 15,000	15,000

Cyndy Violette	20,000 -8,300	-8,300

Eric Buchman	19,000 6,800	6,800

Anthony Zinno	18,000 -1,500	-1,500

Barry Greenstein	15,000 7,700	7,700

Todd Bui	12,800 -17,800	-17,800

Brian Hastings	12,500 3,700	3,700

Bryan Campanello	10,000 100	100

Phil Laak	9,500 -3,700	-3,700

Mel Judah	5,500

Max Pescatori	4,500 -5,800	-5,800

06-16-2014 01:10 UTC-8

A Blast From The Past

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Back before no limit hold 'em became the game of choice for tournament poker, there was a Ladies' Seven Card Stud tournament at the WSOP. This event ran from 1977 through 1999 before it moved away from being strictly Seven Card Stud. The winner of this event in 1983 was none other than Carolyn Gardner who would take home $16,000 that day for her win.

Gardner is here having a good time, laughing it up with the players, and stacking their chips in the process. She has 49,000 in chips with a little less than an hour left to play. She's had plenty of deep runs in Stud tournaments so she has experience on her side.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carolyn Gardner	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Carolyn Gardner

Level: 10

Ante 200 Bring In 200
Completion 800 Limits 800/1600

06-16-2014 00:41 UTC-8

Negreanu and Zinno Chased Off

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Seat 1: /
Anthony Zinno: / - folded on sixth street
Daniel Negreanu: / - folded on fourth street

With an ace showing, Daniel Negreanu raised and was called by Anthony Zinno and the player in Seat 1 who had the bring in with the . Negreanu would check-fold to Zinno's bet on fourth street but the player in Seat 1 was going to stick around. On fifth street, the player in Seat 1 led out for a bet and Zinno called. Zinno's opponent would bet again on sixth street.

"Are those all spades," asked the dealer in reference to Seat 1's hand. The dealer confirmed they were and Zinno quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	31,600 14,800	14,800

Anthony Zinno	19,500 5,600	5,600