Jon Turner was the bring in with the and he completed. Next to act was Phil Hellmuth and he raised with the showing. Action folded around to Turner and the rest of his chips got into the middle.
Turner: /
Hellmuth: /
Turner's next three up cards came to give him kings up. Hellmuth's came , giving him outs to a flush, straight, low, pretty much the world. He peaked at his seventh street card, determining it was either the or . He flashed it to Turner first who was dejected to see the , giving Hellmuth trips. Turner was not saved by his on seventh street and is out in 18th place.
Welcome to Day 3 of PokerNews' coverage of Event #33. the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship. A starting field of 168 is left with just 18 players, but only 16 will make the money and only one will emerge with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Leading the way into Day 3 is Eric Rodawig with 695,000, but a skilled bunch is hot on his heels. David Benyamine, Ali Eslami, Antony Lellouche, Joe Tehan, John Racener, Ted Forrest, Phil Laak...you getting the picture? An elite field of poker's finest are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth currently sits seventh is chips. Will this be the first non hold'em WSOP event that Hellmuth conquers? Then there is Erik Seidel. His 2011 has been one for the record books. Will he add another bracelet to his collection?
Here are the table and seat assignments:
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
279
1
Ali Eslami
415,000
279
2
Eric Rodawig
695,000
279
3
Erik Seidel
126,000
279
4
Antony Lellouche
373,000
279
5
--empty--
--
279
6
Christopher George
350,000
279
7
--empty--
--
279
8
Justin Smith
86,000
285
1
--empty--
--
285
2
Bill Chen
113,000
285
3
Joe Tehan
372,000
285
4
--empty--
--
285
5
Felipe Ramos
331,000
285
6
Mikhail Savinov
101,000
285
7
Chris Tryba
75,000
285
8
Phil Laak
193,000
291
1
Ted Forrest
280,000
291
2
--empty--
--
291
3
Cyndy Violette
53,000
291
4
John Racener
321,000
291
5
Jon Turner
44,000
291
6
Phil Hellmuth
332,000
291
7
David Benyamine
448,000
291
8
--empty--
--
Play begins at 3pm local time, about 20 minutes from now, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day for all of the action as it unfolds!