Catching the action on sixth street, Maxwell Troy bet 800 and Vincent Newland called.
Vincent Newland: 
/ 
/
Maxwell Troy: / 
/
On seventh, Troy bet out again, and Newland called.
Troy revealed his 
for trips, and Newland mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
12,700
|
12,700 |
|
32,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Level: 8
Limits: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Allen Kessler completed to 500 and Pablo Ortiz made it two bets to go. A short-stacked player called all in for his last 600, and Kessler called also.
Kessler bet fourth and Ortiz called, and when Kessler paired on fifth, he bet out 1,000 but Ortiz folded.
Kessler: / 
Ortiz: / 
Opponent: / 
"Four spades and aces!" announced Kessler before he revealed his 
in the hole.
"Ah, that ain't four spades." quipped a player.
"Oh God. I would have never played this hand if I knew that. It's just so dark in here!" Kessler added before each player's board ran out as follows:
Kessler: / 
/ 
Opponent: 
/ 
/ 
As Kessler's opponent made two pair to win the main pot, a player joked, "Hey look, you would have made the flush!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
14,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Max Pescatori has been home in Italy with family for the start of the 2018 WSOP, but he has finally made it back to the USA and has taken a seat in today's tournament.
Already, Pescatori has eliminated a short-stacked player and had tripled his starting stack to 21,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
||
Previous winner of this event - Richard Ashby - has just been spotted in the field, while winner of the bigger buy-in of this event in Bertrand Grospellier is now also in the field.
Mark Radoja was recently seen taking a seat, and with that, the field size is now over 300 players and has exceeded last year's size of 298.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | |
|
||
|
7,500 | |
|
|
||
|
7,500 | |
|
|
||
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Bill Klein called a two-bet from another player and on fourth street had put the last of his 1,500 in the middle.
Bill Klein: /
Opponet: / 
Klein revealed a 
in the hole for a pair of sevens but was in bad shape against his opponent's hole cards 
. The last streets would not improve his hand and Klein became the latest casualty on Day 1 of the $1,500 Seven Card Stud.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
On fourth street, Vincent Newland bet and Maxwell Troy called. This action was repeated on fifth street, but on sixth, Newland bet and Troy raised.
Newland called, and then both players checked seventh.
Newland: / 
/
Troy: / 
/
Newland revealed his 
for a pair of aces, and Troy mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
36,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
29,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
18,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
17,800
800
|
800 |
|
16,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
15,500
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
||
|
14,000
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,800
-2,200
|
-2,200 |
|
11,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,000
600
|
600 |
|
|
9,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
5,100
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Jordan Siegel just took second place in the Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $104,924, and he is already putting some of those winnings to use as he has just entered this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 |
