Freddie Ellis completed to 12,000 and Gary Benson made it two bets to go. Ellis made the call before betting fourth to put Benson all in for his last 4,000; Benson obliged and the cards were tabled.
Ellis: /
Benson: /
With Ellis in commanding shape, he caught the on fifth as Benson found the . Ellis spiked the on sixth, and with Benson needing runner-runner, the wouldn't be what he was looking for as the completed his board while the for Ellis completed his.
For Benson's efforts, he collects $24,003 as Ellis continues to see his stack surge upwards.
On the 44th hand of the final table we found Scott Seiver completing before Freddie Ellis made the call. Matthew Ashton called all-in for his last 17,000 before Seiver bet fourth with Ellis calling before he took the lead on fifth.
Seiver called, and then bet sixth before Ellis raised to 48,000. Seiver made the call and then both players checked seventh.
Seiver: / /
Ellis: / /
Ashton: / {9c] /
Ellis tabled his for trip fives to prompt a fold from Seiver as Ashton fluashed his for jacks-up. Unfortunately for Ashton he wouldn't be able to improve on his 2nd and 3rd places this series as he headed to the rail in 7th place for a $18,266 payday.
On the 24th hand of the final table we found David Chiu completing before Adam Friedman brought-in and then two-bet. Chiu made the call before check-calling a bet on fourth before Friedman was all in on fifth with Chiu calling.
Friedman: /
Chiu: /
With Friedman in the lead, he would unfortunately see Chiu catch the to give him a straight while he himself found the . Needing only a seven to remain alive, Friedman squeezed out the and would be forced to the rail in 8th place for a $14,086 payday as Chiu scooped the pot to move to 255,000 in chips.
Adam Friedman completed and both Gary Benson and Scott Seiver made the call before Seiver bet out on fourth. Friedman folded, but Benson made the call before both players checked fifth. Seiver fired out 20,000 on sixth and seventh with Benson calling both times.
David Chiu completed and Helmut Koch called all-in for his last 15,000. Both Adam Friedman and Frank Kassela made the call before all three players checked the action down.
Chiu: / /
Koch: / /
Friedman: / /
Kassela: / /
Koch tabled his , but it would be Friedman's for two pair to capture the pot and send Koch to the rail in 9th place.
Helmut Koch completed before Michael Mizrachi made it two bets. Freddie Ellis called before Gary Benson made it three bets to go with Frank Kassela, Mizrachi and Ellis calling as Koch folded.
Benson bet out on fourth and the three players called before Ellis bet fifth and both Mizrachi and Kassela folded as Benson called. Sixth street saw Ellis fire again with Benson calling before he bet seventh and Ellis called.
Mizrachi: / (folded on fifth)
Ellis: / /
Benson: / /
Kassela: / (folded on fifth)
Ellis tabled his / for two-pair, but it would be Benson's / for kings-up that would see him scoop the mammoth pot to move into the chip lead.
Jesse Martin completed and David Chiu raised. Martin raised all-in for 22,000 and Chiu made the call as both player's board ran out as follows to seventh.
Martin: / /
Chiu: / /
With Martin trailing, he wasn't able to improve to a full house as he found the to bust in 10th place.
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the 2013 World Series of Poker for the final day of the Event #23: $2,500 Seven Card Stud!
What started with 246 players on Wednesday evening, sees just 10 players remaining all with an equal chance of writing their names in the WSOP history books and claiming the gold bracelet and $145,520 in first-place prize money. The WSOP history books will not only see a bracelet winner crowned but potentially see a player carve their name in those books as being one of the game's greats.
Chip leader already has two stud bracelets but they are both in Stud Eight-or-Better and Razz, so he can become one of the select few to own a stud bracelet in each discipline with a win here. David Chiu has four bracelets to his name with the last coming in 2005, and if he can grab his second stud one today he will join a list of players that include Daniel Negreanu, Jeffrey Lisandro, John Juanda and Stu Unger who each have five. Michael Mizrachi however can join Chiu with four, and with two Poker Player's Championships his mixed games are second-to-none over the past few years.
Freddie Ellis, Adam Friedman and Gary Benson can't be forgotten as they each have a bracelet in this game. Ellis won the Stud Championship back in 2009 while Friedman won a Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo bracelet last year. However if Benson can win the event today he will become what we believe the player with the longest gap between bracelets as he won his Stud bracelet in 1996 - 17 years ago.
Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
446
1
--empty--
--
446
2
Gary Benson
213,500
446
3
--empty--
--
446
4
Helmut Koch
157,500
446
5
--empty--
--
446
6
Michael Mizrachi
128,000
446
7
Adam Friedman
74,500
446
8
Frank Kassela
331,500
447
1
--empty--
--
447
2
--empty--
--
447
3
Matthew Ashton
277,500
447
4
--empty--
--
447
5
Scott Seiver
237,500
447
6
Jesse Martin
84,000
447
7
Freddie Ellis
26,000
448
8
David Chiu
295,000
Play is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. local time with the final 10 players playing down until the newest Seven Card Stud Championship winner is crowned. Make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we provide continuous updates of every rolled up pair, rolled down trips and double bet live from the 2013 World Series of Poker!
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/ 
/ 
on fifth as Benson found the 
. Ellis spiked the 
on sixth, and with Benson needing runner-runner, the 
wouldn't be what he was looking for as the 
completed his board while the 
for Ellis completed his.
/ 
{9c]
/ 
for jacks-up. Unfortunately for Ashton he wouldn't be able to improve on his 2nd and 3rd places this series as he headed to the rail in 7th place for a $18,266 payday.
/ 
/ 
to give him a straight while he himself found the 
(folded on fourth)
for two pair to take the pot and move into equal chip lead.
/ 
/ 
/ 
for two pair to capture the pot and send Koch to the rail in 9th place.
