Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Day 1 Completed

06-05-2022 01:32 UTC-8

Labandeira Bags Big in Day 1 of Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

It was an exciting day of Stud action at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas in Day 1 of the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud. A day that saw a field of 329 smash the previous field from 2021 and create a prizepool of $439,215. At the end of fifteen levels of play, approximately 100 players advanced to Day 2.

Leading the pack of seven-card enthusiasts as the bell tolled at the end of the night was Manuel Labandeira of Madrid, Spain, who bagged up 281,500. He was spotted towards the last few levels of the night with a large amount of chips and was able to cross the finish line of the day as the leader.

Other big stacks to finish with over 200,000 included Daniel Weinman with 233,000 and WSOP Bracelet winner Kenny Hsiung with 204,500. Close behind, just a bit short of the 200,000 mark, was James “Mailman” Paluszek with 175,500.

There were several well-known players who bagged with some momentum. Alex Livingston had a solid day and ended with a few decent pots to finish with a healthy amount of 145,500. Likewise Tamon Nakamura also finished the day on the upswing with a stack of 139,500.

Some other well-known players to bag but on the shorter end of the chip count spectrum were Phillip Hui (60,000), Barry Greenstein (40,000), Ray Henson (31,500), and Hollywood actor James Woods (55,000) who lost a few big hands in the last level of the night.

Day 2 will get underway at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow in Bally’s and will return to action in Level 16. PokerNews will be on-site all day long to capture all the action as the remaining players look to make a run at Day 3.

Tags: Manuel Labandeira

06-05-2022 01:31 UTC-8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Room/Table/Seat	Player	Count
Bally's / 667 / 1	Aaron Kupin	30,000
Bally's / 667 / 2	Ghassan Ali	51,000
Bally's / 667 / 3	Evan Shaughnessy	66,500
Bally's / 667 / 5	John Arcano	32,000
Bally's / 667 / 6	Scott Adaska	58,000
Bally's / 667 / 7	Joseph Bowers	30,000
Bally's / 667 / 8	Kevin MacPhee	104,000

Bally's / 668 / 1	Jon Kyte	78,000
Bally's / 668 / 2	Kenneth Brazer	10,000
Bally's / 668 / 3	Manuel Labandeira	281,500
Bally's / 668 / 4	Jorgio Castro	1
Bally's / 668 / 6	Christopher Tsiolis	126,000
Bally's / 668 / 7	Anthony Fay	99,500
Bally's / 668 / 8	Michael Rocco	30,000

Bally's / 669 / 1	Elias Hourani	31,500
Bally's / 669 / 2	Patrick Nixon	24,500
Bally's / 669 / 3	Rafael Lebron	87,500
Bally's / 669 / 4	Frank Athey	133,000
Bally's / 669 / 5	Joshua Heinzl	56,000
Bally's / 669 / 6	Hojeong Lee	63,500
Bally's / 669 / 7	Salah Levy	104,000

Bally's / 670 / 1	George Rechnitzer	83,000
Bally's / 670 / 3	Thomas Taylor	154,000
Bally's / 670 / 4	Kent Novick	19,000
Bally's / 670 / 5	Gordon Pike	105,500
Bally's / 670 / 6	Philip Hayes	92,500
Bally's / 670 / 7	John Evans	117,500
Bally's / 670 / 8	Oxana Cummings	165,000

Bally's / 671 / 1	Patrick Megna	114,000
Bally's / 671 / 2	John Cernuto	33,000
Bally's / 671 / 3	Scott Herrmann	77,500
Bally's / 671 / 4	Raymond Henson	31,500
Bally's / 671 / 5	Alexander Jung	21,000
Bally's / 671 / 6	Mori Eskandani	20,500
Bally's / 671 / 7	Kyle Montgomery	64,000
Bally's / 671 / 8	Brad Ruben	82,500

Bally's / 672 / 1	Ashly Butler	71,500
Bally's / 672 / 2	DID NOT REPORT 1	67,000
Bally's / 672 / 3	Alan Myerson	23,000
Bally's / 672 / 4	Fabian Bump	57,000
Bally's / 672 / 5	Phillip Hui	60,000
Bally's / 672 / 6	Andrew Kelsall	32,000
Bally's / 672 / 7	Matthew Harn	11,500
Bally's / 672 / 8	Eugene Parenti	30,500

Bally's / 673 / 1	Matthew Aronowitz	139,000
Bally's / 673 / 2	Tamon Nakamura	139,500
Bally's / 673 / 3	Elhindi Albarazi	60,500
Bally's / 673 / 4	Russell Watson	48,000
Bally's / 673 / 5	Christopher Claassen	36,000
Bally's / 673 / 6	William Mcmahan	87,500
Bally's / 673 / 7	Frank Brannan	33,500
Bally's / 673 / 8	Tom Schneider	137,000

Bally's / 674 / 1	James Woods	55,000
Bally's / 674 / 2	George Shahrezay	94,500
Bally's / 674 / 3	Kai Landry	11,000
Bally's / 674 / 4	James Scott	67,000
Bally's / 674 / 5	Barry Greenstein	40,000
Bally's / 674 / 6	Andy Bloch	161,000
Bally's / 674 / 7	Timothy Mcbride	166,000
Bally's / 674 / 8	David Singer	156,500

Bally's / 675 / 1	Valentin Vornicu	103,000
Bally's / 675 / 2	Edward Sass	156,500
Bally's / 675 / 3	John Robertson	6,000
Bally's / 675 / 4	Michael Trivett	152,500
Bally's / 675 / 5	Steve Rada	49,500
Bally's / 675 / 6	Robert Turner	93,500
Bally's / 675 / 7	John Racener	129,000
Bally's / 675 / 8	Gary Slighter	128,000

Bally's / 678 / 1	Daniel Scroggins	50,500
Bally's / 678 / 2	Jeremiah Keeney	113,000
Bally's / 678 / 3	Matt Grapenthien	143,500
Bally's / 678 / 5	Nicholas Korba	14,500
Bally's / 678 / 6	Vincent Papasodero	48,500
Bally's / 678 / 7	Andrew Hasdal	99,000
Bally's / 678 / 8	Benny Glaser	22,500

Bally's / 679 / 2	Michael Moon	39,500
Bally's / 679 / 3	DJ Buckley	70,500
Bally's / 679 / 4	Scott Niebling	88,500
Bally's / 679 / 5	Mitchell Putterman	67,000
Bally's / 679 / 6	Paul-François Tedeschi	68,500
Bally's / 679 / 7	Mark Liedtke	62,500
Bally's / 679 / 8	Paul Holder	111,500

Bally's / 680 / 1	Kenny Hsiung	204,500
Bally's / 680 / 2	Jason Gola	89,500
Bally's / 680 / 3	Matthew Mortensen	64,000
Bally's / 680 / 4	Per Hildebrand	31,500
Bally's / 680 / 6	Taylor Wilson	47,000
Bally's / 680 / 7	Leonard August	149,500
Bally's / 680 / 8	Shane Douglas	71,000

Bally's / 681 / 1	Michael Moncek	110,500
Bally's / 681 / 2	Daniel Weinman	233,000
Bally's / 681 / 3	Jude Arena	203,500
Bally's / 681 / 4	Michael Huguenot	112,000
Bally's / 681 / 5	Jonathan Williams	57,000
Bally's / 681 / 6	James Paluszek	175,500
Bally's / 681 / 7	Chad Campbell	104,000
Bally's / 681 / 8	Alex Livingston	145,000

06-05-2022 01:09 UTC-8

End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Labandeira	281,500 281,500	281,500
Daniel Weinman	233,000 130,000	130,000

Kenny Hsiung	204,500 89,500	89,500

Jude Arena	203,500 182,500	182,500
James Paluszek	175,500 175,500	175,500
Timothy McBride	166,000 121,000	121,000
Oxana Cummings	165,000
Andy Bloch	161,000 161,000	161,000
Edward Sass	156,500
David Singer	156,500
Thomas Taylor	154,000 89,000	89,000
Michael Trivett	152,500 152,500	152,500

Leonard August	149,500 149,500	149,500
Alex Livingston	145,000 63,000	63,000

Matt Grapenthien	143,500 38,500	38,500

Tamon Nakamura	139,500 74,000	74,000
Matthew Aronowitz	139,000 139,000	139,000
Tom Schneider	137,000 137,000	137,000

Frank Athey	133,000
John Racener	129,000 129,000	129,000

Gary Slighter	128,000
Christopher Tsiolis	126,000
John Evans	117,500
Patrick Megna	114,000 29,000	29,000
Jeremiah Keeney	113,000

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06-05-2022 00:53 UTC-8

Three More Hands

Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The floor has drawn three more hands to be played before the players bag and tag their chips.

06-05-2022 00:40 UTC-8

Livingston Gets Call With Straight

Jeff McMillan

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Alex Livingston: //
James Woods: //

On sixth street, James Woods bet 6,000. Alex Livingston raised to 12,000 and Woods stood up to think and took almost a minute before calling the raise.

Woods checked seventh and Livingston bet, Woods again went into the tank for a slightly shorter amount of time before he called.

Livingston announced straight and tabled the as the relevant cards to complete it. Woods flashed the and said he had all the straight blockers as he then pounded his chips on the table in frustration while telling Livingston "nice hand".

Player	Chips	Progress
James Woods	93,000 11,000	11,000
Alex Livingston	82,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tags: Alex Livingston James Woods

Level: 15

Limits: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

06-05-2022 00:24 UTC-8

Athey Makes His Straight

veunstyle72

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Paul-Francois Tedeschi : //
Frank Athey : //

Paul-François Tedeschi decided to bet four times against Frank Athey and another player. This last player gave up on the 6th street.

When it was time for showdown, Tedeschi looked pretty confident, with his two pairs. But eventually, he lost his smile when Athey found a straight on the last street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Athey	133,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi	41,500 -8,500	-8,500

06-05-2022 00:23 UTC-8

Flush For Grapenthien

Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Matt Grapenthien: /
Rafael Lebron: /
Third Player: / folded on sixth street

Action was picked up on sixth street with Rafael Lebron making a bet of 5,000 that folded out one opponent and got a call from Matt Grapenthien.

Lebron checked on seventh street and Grapenthien bet. Lebron called. Grapenthien tabled the for the flush and collected the pot from the defending champion.