2011 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j595666
Prize
$331,639
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,184,400
Entries
126
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Heads Up Match Attains "Gruelling" Status

After losing several pots in a row and dropping down as low as 700,000, Bertrand Grospellier just picked another pot to put him back over the million chip mark.

Landfish: {x-}{x-} / {3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} / {x-}
Grospellier: {x-}{x-} / {10-Spades}{K-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs} / {x-}

Grospellier raised and Steve Landfish made the call, the Frenchman fired on fourth before it went check-check on fifth. On sixth, Landfish bet and Grospellier called with the same action on seventh.

Landfish shook his head and showed a three, Elky flipping {A-Spades}{K-}{Q-} for kings to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
2,650,000
-405,000
-405,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
1,130,000
405,000
405,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierSteve Landfish

Landfish Recovers

Level 23 : 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante
Heads Up: Bertrand Grospellier & Steve Landfish
Heads Up: Bertrand Grospellier & Steve Landfish

Landfish: {q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} / {7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades} / {K-Spades}
Grospellier: {x-}{x-} / {5-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} / {x-}

Steve Landfish raised and Bertrand Grospellier made it two bets, which Landfish called. Landfish check-called a bet on fourth street before check-raising on fifth, then betting out on sixth and seventh. ElkY called down these bets but couldn't beat Landfish's queens up for the pot.

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierSteve Landfish

And Loses it Just Like That

Landfish: {X-}{X-} / {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{Q-Spades} / {X-}
Grospellier: {X-}{X-} / {9-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} / {X-}

Steve Landfish brought in and called after Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier completed. On the next three streets, Landfish bet and Grospellier called each time. Both players checked seventh and Landfish showed {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for two pair which was good as ElkY mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
2,100,000
520,000
520,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
1,680,000
-520,000
-520,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierSteve Landfish

ElkY Gets the Chip Lead

You've heard the term "running like God" but "running like ElkY" is definitely something better.

Landfish: {x-} / {10-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{6-Clubs} / {x-}{x-}
Grospellier: {x-}{x-} / {4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{5-Spades} {x-}

Steve Landfish raised and Bertrand Grospellier made the call with the action repeating itself on fourth street, on fifth Landfish bet his open tens but ElkY raised and Landfish made the call before check-calling on sixth and seventh. ElkY turned over {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} for fives full of sevens - Landfish apparently said he had a flush.

Landfish: {x-}{x-} / {4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{K-Clubs} FOLDED
Grospellier: {x-}{x-} / {10-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{A-Spades}

Landfish called the completion, a bet on fourth before firing on fifth when Grospellier checked but when the latter made open aces and bet on sixth, Landfish sighed and folded to more French cheers.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
2,200,000
800,000
800,000
Profile photo of Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
1,580,000
-800,000
-800,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierSteve Landfish

Here Comes ElkY

Landfish:{X-}{X-} / {7-Clubs}{K-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} / {X-}
Grospellier: {X-}{X-} / {6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{A-Spades}{9-Diamonds} / {X-}

Steve Landfish brought in and called after Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier completed. Landfish bet fourth and ElkY called as both players checked fifth. The action was the same on sixth as it was on fourth.On seventh, Landfish bet again but this time ElkY came back with a raise and after some thought Landfish made the call. We missed the exact cards but can confirm that ElkY showed two pair, aces up, while Landfish showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{10-Spades} for two pair, kings up, before he mucked.

With Event #20 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em having just finished on the secondary feature table nearby, the noise has evaporated from there and transferred to here as the rail got really into it when ElkY won that pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
2,380,000
-320,000
-320,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
1,400,000
320,000
320,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierSteve Landfish

Level: 26

Limits: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 15,000

ElkY Back Over the Million Mark

Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier

Landfish: {x-}{x-} / {7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades} FOLDED
Grospellier: {x-}{x-} / {6-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

Grospellier brought in and Landfish completed before the Frenchman made it two bets, Landfish upped to three and Grospellier made it four. The Frenchmen then bet every street including sixth when his 100,000 bet left him with just 10,000 back. Landfish thought for a minute and finally folded to this bet.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
2,700,000
-600,000
-600,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
1,080,000
600,000
600,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierSteve Landfish

Did ElkY Have It?

Grospellier: {X-}{X-} / {6-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Landfish: {X-}{X-} / {6-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{K-Spades} FOLDED

Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier brought in and called after Steve Landfish completed. Both players checked third and Landfish bet fourth when he paired up with kings. ElkY raised and after quite a bit of deliberation and several sips of water, Landfish believed that ElkY had it and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
3,300,000
-230,000
-230,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
480,000
230,000
230,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierSteve Landfish