Eli Elezra and Mike Matusow Lead the Remaining 16 Players into Day 3
Welcome to Day 3 coverage of Event #67: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.
The starting field of 151 players is down to just 16, each looking to capture a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as well as the first-place prize of $385,763.
On top of the chip counts entering Day 3 is four-time bracelet winner Eli Elezra with 1,362,000, who won that fourth bracelet earlier this summer in a $1,500 Seven Card Stud event. He is followed on the leaderboard by fellow four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow with 1,005,000. Matusow's last bracelet victory was in 2013 and it was in this variant, a $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event.
Right behind them in the counts is bracelet-winner Andrey Zhigalov with 968,000, who is looking for some redemption after just missing out on a second bracelet. He finished runner-up in the $10,000 Razz championship just three days ago. Next up is two-time bracelet winner Anthony Zinno, who just recently won that second bracelet four days ago.
Suffice it to say, whoever wins this event is going to have to earn it.
Here is the Day 3 seating lineup:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Yueqi Zhu | China | 410,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 2 | Jesse Martin | United States | 290,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Randy Ohel | United States | 147,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Mike Wattel | United States | 596,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 5 | Larry Scott Bernstein | United States | 145,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 6 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 270,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 7 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 968,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 8 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 738,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 1 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 733,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 2 | Qinghai Pan | Canada | 727,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 3 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 528,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 4 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 601,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 5 | Eli Elezra | United States | 1,362,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 6 | Jon Turner | United States | 322,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 7 | Denis Strebkov | Russia | 230,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 8 | Mike Matusow | United States | 1,005,000 |
The cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. and the plan for the day is to play the regularly scheduled seven 90-minute levels. Be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for continuous live updates on the action.