Event #14: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-07-2023 23:55 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	4,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Dan Shak	2,700,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Shak Close to Taking Chip Lead

Mike Patrick

Level 24

Dan Shak: A♦8♥5♥/2♥5♦J♠2♣
Brian Yoon: XxXxXx/Q♥7♠8♠6♦

Dan Shak defended his bring-in after Brian Yoon completed and then called bets on fourth and fifth streets before pairing his door card deuce on sixth street.

Shak now led out and got called by Yoon. On seventh street, the duo played cautiously as they both checked.

Shak declared two pair and showed his fives and deuces which were enough to win the latest in a series of pots that have him close to overtaking Yoon for the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	3,900,000 -750,000	-750,000

Dan Shak	3,700,000 750,000	750,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Shak

06-07-2023 23:36 UTC-8

Shak Fights Back to Three Million

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 24

Dan Shak: XxXxXx/Q♠6♠6♥3♥
Brian Yoon: XxXxXx/A♦2♦7♥A♠

Dan Shak brought in and called when Yoon completed with an Ace.

Yoon bet fourth through sixth street with Shak making the call each time.

Yoon bet again on seventh street and this time Shak raised to two big bets. Yoon briefly thought about his decision before sliding his cards into the muck.

After Yoon folded Shak showed two queens from his down cards for queens full of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	4,650,000 -450,000	-450,000

Dan Shak	2,950,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Shak

06-07-2023 23:30 UTC-8

Yoon Back Over Five Million

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Mike Patrick

Level 24

Brian Yoon: 8♣4♣3♣/7♣5♦10♣K♣
Dan Shak: XxXxXx/A♦3♦Q♣7♥

Brian Yoon defended his bring-in, and then called bets from Dan Shak on fourth and fifth streets.

On sixth, Shak slowed down and checked, and now Yoon began betting. Shak called to see seventh street and checked again.

Yoon bet a final time, getting one more call from Shak and then rolling over his flush to take the pot as the heads-up match goes back and forth with Yoon holding a roughly 2-to-1 chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	5,100,000 400,000	400,000

Dan Shak	2,500,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Shak

06-07-2023 23:23 UTC-8

Shak Makes Trips to Shorten the Gap

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 24

Dan Shak: K♠J♣10♦/7♠8♥10♠10♥
Brian Yoon: XxXxXx/9♠Q♦5♦J♦

Dan Shak brought in and then called when Brian Yoon completed with a nine.

Yoon bet again on fourth and Shak made the call.

Both players checked fifth street. On sixth, Shak bet and Yoon called.

Shak checked seventh. Yoon said "you win" to his opponent and checked behind.

Yoon was correct as Shak tabled three tens for the winner, bringing him close to three million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	4,700,000 -1,150,000	-1,150,000

Dan Shak	2,900,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Shak

06-07-2023 23:16 UTC-8

Shak Gets Some Back

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Mike Patrick

Level 24

Dan Shak: A♠6♠4♠/10♠A♦3♦5♠
Brian Yoon: XxXxXx/7♥5♦10♦3♠

After taking the betting lead on fourth street, Dan Shak bet every street getting calls the whole way from Brian Yoon.

Yoon took a bit more time to think on seventh street, but he did make the call to see Shak show a flush that he hit on the end, saying that he still had a pair of aces from fourth street onward.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	5,850,000 -350,000	-350,000

Dan Shak	1,750,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Shak

06-07-2023 23:08 UTC-8

Yoon Extends Lead Versus Shak

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 24

Brian Yoon:XxXxXx/8♣10♥A♠8♠
Dan Shak: XxXxXx/K♥4♣6♦Q♣

Dan Shak completed with a king after Yoon brought in. Yoon elected to call.

Shak checked and called a bet from Yoon on fourth through sixth street.

On seventh street Yoon bet and this time got Shak to fold, extending his lead in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	6,200,000 600,000	600,000

Dan Shak	1,400,000 -600,000	-600,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Shak

Level: 24

Ante: 20,000, Bring-in, 20,000, Complete, 80,000.
Limits 80,000/160,000

06-07-2023 22:54 UTC-8

Shak Takes an Early Pot Heads-Up

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Mike Patrick

Level 23

Dan Shak: 10x2♠2♥/5♠10♥Q♦10♠
Brian Yoon:XxXxXx/6♣J♣Q♠J♥ - folded seventh street

Dan Shak defended his bring-in versus Brian Yoon's completion and then called bets all the way until seventh street where Yoon now checked.

Shak bet his hand and after some thought, Yoon folded. Shak showed his hole cards, saying he thought he had the best hand before catching a third ten on seventh street to make a full house.

Following this hand, the players have gone on a ten-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	5,600,000 -300,000	-300,000

Dan Shak	2,000,000 300,000	300,000

06-07-2023 22:48 UTC-8

Maxx Coleman Eliminated in 3rd Place ($140,081)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 23

Brian Yoon: XxXx/2♠A♥A♣8♦
Maxx Coleman: QxQx/Q♣5♣3♠4♣/10♠

Maxx Coleman completed with a queen and Brian Yoon defended his bring-in.

Both players checked fourth leading to Yoon making a bet on fifth which Coleman called. Yoon bet again on sixth and was called.

When Yoon bet again on 7th, an exasperated Coleman said that he started the hand rolled up and folded, revealing two queens and a ten as his down cards. Coleman was left very short-stacked about 150,000 after this hand.

Brian Yoon: A♠4♣Xx/A♥3♥J♥A♦/Xx
Maxx Coleman: 4♠4♥/6♦K♦Q♠8♥/Xx
Dan Shak: XxXx/6♣ - Folded on third street

Coleman was all in against Yoon the next hand after an exchange of bets and raises between all three players. Dan Shak had made it two bets but got out of the way as the raising war escalated.

Coleman was in bad shape with a pair of fours against Yoon's pair of Aces. Yoon hit a third ace on sixth street to leave Coleman drawing dead.