EVENT #185/9 to 5/10/97
WORLD SERIES OF POKER
SEVEN CARD STUD $5,000
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY - $440,000 PRIZE MONEY TO DATE - $8,484,000
ENTRIES IN THIS EVENT - 88 TOTAL ENTRIES TO DATE - 3,534
Daily Report Final Table
1stMel JudahLondon, England $176,000
2ndVasilis LazarouLas Vegas, NV$101,200
3rdRalph LevineLas Vegas, NV$52,800
4thFreddy DeebLong Beach, CA$30,800
5thMickey SeagleHumble, TX$26,400
6thBruno MicchiardiTurin, Italy $22,000
7thSkip WilsonWest Chester, OH$17,600
8thT. J. CloutierDallas, TX$13,200

Daily Report
Las Vegas, May 10, 1997. About half the sky over Las Vegas was blue and sunny today, while the rest was cloudy. There was a light breeze most of the day and the temperature sign on top of the Horseshoe read 98 degrees at 3:00 PM. My car thermometer read 95 degrees when I was driving home around 8:30 PM.
I haven't checked it out in the play-by-play data yet, but Jack McClelland reported that Mel Judah survived at least 16 all-in situations before winning today's $5,000 7 Card Stud Event #18.

On one of Mel's all-in situations, Vasilis Lazarou announced that he was going to do the last card drawing out this time and eliminate Mel. Mel told the Dealer to "Give him the 2 of hearts", and the dealer did indeed give Vasilis the 2 of hearts to keep Mel in the tournament.

Don Larrimore, the ace reporter for Binion's Daily Tournament write ups advises me that eleven of the first seventeen tournament winners were foreign born. I guess today makes 12/18.

"www.wsop.com"

After fooling around with downloading and installing plug ins and getting error messages and trying again etc., I finally found out from one of the technicians that you must be using Windows 95 to see the video feeds. My old Windows 3.1 won't cut the mustard. Bummer.
Smoking Survey: T. J. Cloutier, Freddy Deeb and Ralph Levine comprised one of the largest smoking contingents seen so far at a 1997 WSOP Final Table.
Kim Scheinberg earned praise from Doyle Brunson for her gritty performance in today's $5,000 Limit Holdem early going, but the likes of Doyle, Thomas Chung and Erik Seidel at her table were too much to overcome.
TARGET, the rec.gambling.poker satellite, for a satellite, for the $10,000 main event at this year's WSOP saw Jeff Siegal, Ray Didonata, Clark Olson and Rob Fagen best about 36 other entrants to continue on the path towards a Final Event seat. Hopefully this will be the year that a TARGET winner gets into the big show.

I managed to give Clark Olson a double through on the first hand of TARGET when his pocket aces had little trouble with my AK. As I see it, I finished at least 5th in TARGET, and maybe higher, if some of the four winners don't eventually cash in the main event. My computer game booby prize could be the only positive return anyone gets from TARGET. Also, I wasn't too disappointed with an early (make that read very early) bust out, because it let me get some needed sleep and re-enforced my resolve to stay away from tournaments.

PENALTY BOX

Three penalties have been assessed during the last 24 hours.

The WSOP Floorpeople are strictly enforcing the rules, with zero tolerance. Although no official list of violators is maintained, Steve Morrow, Head Assistant Tournament Co-ordinator, advises me that all of the following have received a 20 minute penalty during the 1997 WSOP. Most of the penalties were for using abusive language or throwing cards.
Huck SeedJohnny ChanUnknownBlair Rodman
Phil HelmuthJohn BonettiUnknownPaul Ladanyi
J. J. VolpeNhut TranJeff Chapman
Tom SullivanUnknownUnknown

Binion's still had some of their 1997 WSOP commemorative coins ($20 + tax) available today. As long as they are available, I will purchase a coin(s) for anyone who will pick them up COD from me in Las Vegas sometime in the near future. I don't want to get into the mailing business though. They don't have a whole lot of them left.

SINGLE TABLE SATELLITES

(Becky Kerber and Barbara Lotief)

$145 buy-in 7 Card Stud single tables satellites for the Ladies was the featured satellite today. These are eight handed, players start with $400 in chips, and the winner gets a non transferrable $1,060 LAdies 7 Card Stud seat plus $20 acash.

As of 8:00 PM tonight, around twenty $10,000 No-Limit single table satellites had been held today. Ten players buy-in for $1,010 each and receive $4,000 in chips. Blinds start at $50 and $100.

SUPER SATELLITES

(Patty Hughes and Rudy Lotief)

Tonight's No-Limit Super Satellite which started at 8:30 PM is the next to last one. Tonight, by adding the Final Table area, they were able to start with 15 ten handed tables competing for $10,000 Final Event seats and cash. Buy-ins are $220 for $200 in chips, and re-buys can be made for $200 during the first hour of play. Blinds start at $5/10 and increase every 20 minutes.

There was a very, very long line for a long time when they started taking sign-ups (around 5:30 PM, I think) and there were many who had to settle for alternate status.

Another Super Satellite for Sunday's Ladies 7 Card Stud Event was held this afternoon at 5:00 PM. A $50 buy-in got $200 in chips, and $40 re-buys could be made during the first hour. The winners get $1,060 seats plus cash.

$10,000 CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANTS

Updated through Friday night 9 May 1997

Entrant #16, Sephen Kaufman and Entrant #39 David Welch both withdrew from this year's final Event, and rolled their entries over into next year's final Event. Their slots were taken by a couple of yesterday's satellite winners.

I had no idea that roll overs to next year were allowed.
1.Nevada Stupak2.Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
3.Chuck Thompson4.Ken Flaton
5.Ken Buntjner6.Mo Fathpour
7.Amadeo Parado8.Laurence Clenau
9.Jay Reisler10.Joseph Winston
11.Keith Taylor12.Andre Boyer
13.Kev Nettles14.Tormod Roren
15.Kenneth Davis16.Don Pittman
17.Marko Trapini18.Steve Kim
19.Sam Merchant20.Andrew Black
21.Anthony Guerriero22.George Gerus, Sr.
23.MacDonald Kempf24.Ron "Carolina Express" Stanley
25."Midnight" Pete Haugan26.Jack Fox
27.John Hendrix28.Dave Crunkleton
29.Jim Brown30.Mike Pilkington
31.Martin Comer32.Samir Khoveis
33.Gary Benson34.David Roepke
35.Don Holt36.J. C. Pearson
37.Tommi Han38.Phuc Bao
39.James Harman40.Ken Jacobs
41.Pete Dixon42.Bruce Van Horn
43.Bill Fain44.Myron Rosenbaum
45.Robert Henry Kojfer46.David Rubin
47.Jim Mascher48.Al McCoy
49.Mallie Hoyer50.Angus Hill
51.Herb Potter52.Allen Barker
53.Dr. Max Stern54.Robert Dale Ellis
55.Peter Lameureaux56.Milt Myers
57.Ken Sahek58.Cal Dykes
59.Alex Horowitz60.Thomas Sparks
61.Monte Kouz62.Phil Helmuth
63.Jack Keller64.Patrick Bruel
65.Louis Asmo66.Dan Fairly
67.Jerre Juhl68.John Strzemp
69.Tibor Tolni70.Gustavo Weiss
71.Melissa Hayden72.Paul Ladanyi
73.John Spadavecchia74.Ivin Mladen
75.Tom McEvoy76.Peter Brehm
77.Minh Ly78.Bill Gazes
79.Praviz Roudi80.Humberto Brenes
81.Pascal Perrault82.Joel Chaseman
83.Marsha Waggoner84.Randy Holland
85.Maria Stern86.Tom Jacobs
87.David Ulliot88.Noel Furlong
89.Brad Daugherty90.Phil Brodrick
91.Thomas Chung92.Vic Kramer
93.John Feranjesh94.Billy "Crocodile" Argyros
95.Alan Brodsky96.Jas Perdesi
97.Fred David98.Edward Stevens
99.Charles Wight III100.Michael Davis
101.Marcus Soloweiczyk102.Jim Ward
103.Matt Lefkowitz104.Buddy Bonnecaze
105.Mike Laing106.Robert Eccleston
107. Bruce Korman108.Mickey Appleman
109.Berry Johnston110.Bobby Hof
111.John Galbraith112.John Esposito
113.Thomas Franjesh114.Jason Gray
170.Surinder Sunar238.Johnny Chan

HELP !!!!

I am looking for a 1997 WSOP $10,000 Championship Event participator who will allow me to unobtrusively sweat him/her (and record for posterity, in detail, all of her/his hole cards and how he/she played them) through to victory or elimination. Jim Albrecht has sanctioned this project, and CARDPLAYER is interested in doing an article on this subject.

ALL I NEED IS A VOLUNTEER.

Reasons for Volunteering:

  1. I will emanate positive vibes to the Poker God in her/his behalf.
  2. I might distract the competition more than him/her.
  3. The Volunteer may play better than otherwise, since her/his play will become a public record.
  4. Good P. R. for the Volunteer.
  5. The knowledge that opponents may gain about his/her playing style can be manipulated to her/his advantage in the future.
  6. He/she would be making a worthwhile contribution to the Poker world, and would have a detailed memento of her/his participation in the 1997 WSOP.
Tom Sims
702-255-6146
Email: simst@nevada.edu

WSOP NOTES

Thanks to everyone for the many kind messages I have received regarding my WSOP efforts. I will get around to acknowledging all, but it may take a while.

Several have noted that my 1996 WSOP Final Table data was in a "plainer English" format than the evolving code and abbreviations I am using for the 1997 WSOP. This is true, and I am not even very pleased with the 1996 output, and I wish it weren't so, but I don't think I could have managed the volume of data, within the time constraints I have set for myself, using the limited equipment and skills that I had (have) available, if I had not adopted this type of format.

Basically, I am recording every bet and every visible card of every hand at every final table (a couple of goofs, so far) in the 1997 WSOP. I am using a micro tape recorder, and except for the two goofs, I don't believe that I have missed recording a single card or bet on any hand. The problem arises in transcribing the data from tape to Email so that I can get it to Chuck Weinstock at ConJelco. In addition to being tedious and slow, some typo errors do occur when you factor in my hunt and peck typing, the fact that very little proof reading has been done, and a sometimes less than bright eyed and bushy tailed condition by yours truly.

Some have suggested that I just do the key hands and do them in a flowier manner, but this doesn't interest me, because that is counter to my primary objective of producing a complete record of all available actions in the 1997 WSOP.

It is my current intention to massage the data at some future point, which would include making it more readable. However, this good intention may or may not materialize.

The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
WSOP Event #18: $5,000 7 Card Stud
88 Entries, $440,000 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

Final Table chip position:
1.[R] Ralph Levine - Las Vegas$109,5008
2.[V] Vasilis Lazarou - Las Vegas94,0002
3.[M] Mickey Seagle - Humble, TX59,5004
4.[F] Kassem "Freddy" Deeb - Long Beach, CA59,0007
5.[T] T. J. Cloutier - Dallas, TX52,0006
6.[J] Mel Judah - London, England34,5003
7.[B] Bruno Micchiardi - Italy16,5001
8.[S] Skip Wilson - West Chester, OH14,5005

Standard Abbreviations:
Bet [b]Big Blind [bb]
Bring in [bi]Call [c]
Check [ck]Fifth Street [5:]
First In [fi]Flop [fl]
Fold [f]Fourth Street [4:]
River [rv]Seventh Street [7:]
Sixth Street [6:]Small Blind [sb]
Show Down [sd]Third Street [3:]
Turn [t]Winner [w]
    Standard Flop Game Notations

    [K] Kevin Song Seat #1
    [Y] Yvan Lanvin Seat #2

    96. sb K - c K - ck Y - fl 9s 5h 7h - ck Y - b K - f Y - w K

    Interpretation: On hand #96 in heads-up play, Kevin Song had the small blind on the button, Kevin called and Yvan checked. The flop was the 9s 5h 7h. Yvan checked, Kevin bet and Yvan folded. Kevin won the hand.

    Standard Stud Notations

    [B] Peter Brownstein Seat #1
    [L] Linda Johnson Seat #2

    170. 3: 4h 9s - bi L 9s - c B 4h - 4: Ad Kc - b B - f L - w B

    Interpretation: On hand #170 in heads-up Razz play, the doorcards on third street in seat order were the 4h for Peter and the 9s for Linda. Linda's 9s made the bring-in bet and Peter called. On 4th street Peter got the Ad and Linda got the Kc. Peter Bet. Linda folded. Peter won the hand.

    Cards were in the air at 4:07 PM with Jack McClelland and Jim Albrecht presiding. 35 minutes remain at the $500 ante, $1,000 bring-in, $3,000/6,000 limit level.

  1. 3: Tc 6c 5c Ac 8s 6h 8d 8h - bi J 5c - r M Ac - all fold - w M
  2. 3: 4d Td Js 5h Kd Ad Ks 3c - bi R 3c - r T Ad - all fold - w T
  3. 3: 6d 4h 6h 8d 4s 6c 8s 7c - bi V 4h - r B 6d - r V - f B - w V
  4. 3: Kd 9c Ac 4s 9h 7d 7c 3c - bi R 3c - r J Ac - c F 7c - f R - 4: 8d 2s - b J - r F - c J - 5: 6s Kh - ck J - b F - c J - 6: 9s 4c - both ck - 7: b J - f F - w J
  5. 3: 7h 7d 6h 8s Tc 9h 7c 8c - bi J 6h - r T 9h - r B 7h - all fold - w B
  6. 3: 4h Ks 2s 7d 8c 8d 5h 9s - bi J 2s - r M 7d - all fold - w M
  7. 3: Jc 8c 6h 6c 2h Qd Ks 8d - bi S 2h - r T Qd - r F Ks - f S - c T - 4: 7c 7s - b F - c T - 5: 5s 4h - b F - c T - 6: Ah 5h - ck T - b F - c T - 7: ck T - b F - f T - w F
  8. 3: Qc Ac 2c 6s Qs Qd Kd Kc - bi J 2c - r V Ac - f J - w V
  9. 3: 4c 9c 8d Qh 5d Ks Kc 6d - bi B 4c - r T Ks - r F Kc - f B - c T - 4: 9h 3d - ck T - b F - f T - w F
  10. 3: Kh 3c Kc 7c Ah Ad 3d Ks - bi V 3c - r T Ad - all fold - w T
  11. 3: 8h 4h 6c 7d 3h 8d Jc Qh - bi S 3h - c T 8d - c V 4h - 4: Jd 2c 9h - b V - f S r T - c V - 5: Ad 6h - ck V - b T - c V - 6: Ks 9s - b T - r V - r1500 T all in - c V - 7: V shows Jh Kh - T shows 8s Ac - 7: Jd X - T mucks - w V

    *** T. J. Cloutier finishes 8th at 4:24 PM

  12. 3: 9h Ac Kd Th Ah Tc 3c - bi R 3c - r M Th - c R - 4: 5s Td - b M - c R - 5: Kh As - ck R - b M - f R - w M
  13. 3: 4c Ts 5s 4s Kc 3h 6s - bi F 3h - r V Ts - c M 4s - f F - 4: Ks 5c - b V - c M - 5: Qh Tc - b V - f M - w V
  14. 3: 5d 4h Ks Tc 8h 2h Jc - bi F 2h - r J Ks - r2500 S 8h all in - c J - J shows Qd 8s - S shows 8d 6s - 4: Th 9s - 5: Qc As - 6: 3s Ah - 7: 6h Ts - w S
  15. 3: 9h 8c Jc Th Ts 4c 9d - bi F 4c - r M Th - c F - 4: Ah Kc - b M - c F - 5: 8h 3d - b M - f F - w M shows Qd Jd
  16. 3: 3h 5d Kc Ts 9d 2d 6h - bi F 2d - r M Ts - r S 9d - f F - r M - c S - 4: 7d Qd - b S - r M - c2500 S - M shows Ks Td - S shows 7h 9h - 5: 9c 5c - 6: Th 8h - 7: Jh 2d - w M

    *** Skip Wilson finishes 7th at 4:35 PM.

  17. 3: Td Js 8s 4d 4s 5d - bi M 4d - r B Td - all fold - w B
  18. 3: 5s 8h 3s Th 7d Td - bi J 3s - r M Th - all fold - w M
  19. 3: 3c 3s 9d Td 4c 9h - bi B 3c - r J 9d - c B - 4: 4d Ah - b J - f B shows 7 7 - w J
  20. 3: Kc Kd 2h 4h 4c 2s - bi J 2h - r M 4h - r L 2s - f J - c M - 4: Js 6c - ck M - b R - c M - 5: 3h As - b R - f M - w R
  21. 3: Ks Qs 3d Js Kc 4c - bi J 3d - c M Js - c B Ks - r V Qs - f J - c M - c B - 4: 7h Tc Jc - b M - f B - c V - 5: Jd 5s - b M - c V - 6: Kd 7d - ck M - b V - c M - 7: both ck - V shows 4d 2h Qc - M shows Jh Ad 8d - w M
  22. 3: 9h 7s Qd 7d Jd Kd - bi M 7d - r R Kd - all fold - w R

    *** At 4:43 PM levels go up to $1,000 ante, $2,000 bi - $5,000/10,000 limits.

  23. 3: Qd 8d 9d Qc 5h 9s - bi F 5h - r R 9s - r B Qd all in - r M Qc - f F - c R - 4: 3s 7d Kh - b R - c M - 5: 5d 8h 3c - b R - f M - R shows Ks 6s - B shows Jh Td - 6: 5s 5c - 7: 4c As - w R

    *** Bruno Micchiardi finishes 6th at 4:46 PM.

  24. 3: Js Ah 4s Ks 9s - bi M 4s - c F Ks - 4: Qd 6h - b F - f M - w F
  25. 3: 3s 2h Ad 5s 7d - bi J 2h - r F 5s - all fold - w F
  26. 3: Ac Ah Th 5d 4h - bi R 4h - r F 5d - f R - w F
  27. 3: Td 5c Ah Qc Js - fi J 5c - c F Qc - r R Js - c V Td - f J - f F - 4: As Jd - ck V - b R - c V - 5: Ad 3c - b V - r R - c V - 7: b R - c V - V shows 2d 8d X - R shows Jc 3h 7s - w R
  28. 3: Ah 9h Qh Jc 4h - bi R 4h - r V Ah - all fold - w V
  29. 3: Qh Ah Ac Tc 5h - r M Ac - changed to a call because he did not declare a raise with 5k chip. M did this a couple more times - 4: 7s Js - b M - c R - 5: 9d 3s - b M - c R - 6: Kd 3d - both ck - 7: both ck - M shows 6s 9h 2c - R shows As Ts Th - w R
  30. 3: 8d 5d Js Ac Jd - bi J 5d - c M Js - c V 8d - 4: 6c Qs Th - ck J - b M - c V - f J - 5: 8h Ad - b V - f M - w V
  31. 3: 5c Kh 7h 3s 3h - bi R 3h - r V 5c - c J Kh - c M 7h - f R - 4: 2s 8h 8s - ck J - ck M - b V - c J - c M - 5: Td 8d Qd - b J - all fold - w J
  32. 3: 5c Ac Kd Ts 3c - bi R 3c - c J Ac - c M Kd - 4: 8d 6h 4c - all ck - 5: 4h Kc 5h - b M - c R - f J - 6: 6s 5s - b M - c R - 7: ck M - b R - c M - R shows 2c 6d Th - M mucks - w R

    *** Approx chip count: V 65K J 45K M 20K F 70K R 240K

  33. 3: Kh 4h 2c 9d 7s - bi M 2c - r V Kh - c M - 4: Js 2d - b M - f V - w M
  34. 3: 8h Ad 9h Jh Ah - bi V 8h - r J Ad - r R Ah - all fold - w R
  35. 3: 5d 5s 2c 3c 7s - bi M 2c - r V 5d - all fold - w V
  36. 3: 4c 9d Tc Ad Ts - bi V 4c - r F Ad - all fold - w F
  37. 3: As 6s 5d 3s Qs - bi F 3s - r V As - c M 5d - f F - 4: 4c 5h - b M - f V - w M
  38. 3: Ts 2c Js Kh 7s - bi J 2c - r F Kh - all fold - w F
  39. 3: 2h 2s Qh Kc 5s - bi V 2h - r F Kc - all fold - V shows Jc Td - w F
  40. 3: As Js 2s 8s Jh - bi M 2s - r V As - all fold - w V
  41. 3: 9c 9s 6c 8h Qs - bi M 6c - r V 9c - c M - 4: 2s Qh - both ck - 5: 5h 9h - b M - c V - 6: 8d Ks - b M - r V - c2000 M all in - V shows 6h 7c - M shows 8c 4c - 7: Qd Kd - w V

    *** Mickey Seagle finishes 5th at 5:13 PM.

  42. 3: Td 3s 7h Qs - bi J 3s - r R Qs - all fold - w R
  43. 3: 4d As 4h Ac - bi V 4d - r J As - all fold - V shows 9c Th - w J
  44. 3: 9h 2h Js 9c - bi J 2h - r F Js - r V 9h - f J - c F - 4: 4d 7d - b V - c F - 5: 3s Ks - b F - c V - 6: Jd 6h - both ck - 7: b F - c V - V shows As 2s 9d - F mucks - w V
  45. 3: 3h Ah 4h 9s - bi V 3h - r R 9s - c V - 4: 4s 6h - b R - f V - w R
  46. 3: 6h 8c 4d 9c - bi F 4d - r V 6h - r J 8c - f F - c V - 4: 9d 2d - b V - c J - 5: 5c Qs - b J - c V - 6: Kc 7s - ck V - b2000 J all in - c V - J shows Jd Qc - V shows Ad Jh - 7: 9h As - w J
  47. 3: Qh 5c 9s 7c - bi J 5c - r V Qh - f J - w V
  48. 3: Tc 5s 7c 3s - bi R 3s - r V Tc - all fold - w V
  49. 3: Kc Tc 4d Jd - bi F 4d - r V Kc - all fold - w V
  50. 3: 8c Th Ad 6h - bi R 6h - r J Th - r F Ad - f R - c J - 4: 2c 4s - b F - c J - 5: 7d Jc - b F - c J - 6: Kc Qc - b5000 F all in - c J - F shows Qd 2d - J shows Ah Ks - 7: 3d 7s - w J

    *** Kassem "Freddy" Deebs finishes 4th at 5:23 PM.

    Approx chip count: V 100K J 80K R 260K

  51. 3: Jc Ks As - bi V Jc - r J Ks - r R As - all fold - w R
  52. 3: 3d 7d 2s - bi R 2s - r V 3d - c J 7d - f R - 4: Jh 2d - b V - c J - 5: Th 6s - both ck - 6: 5d 7h - b J - f V shows Kh 9s - w J
  53. 3: Jc 6s 4d - bi R 4d - r V Jc - all fold - w V

    *** Break at 5:27 PM. No deal likely. Cards back in the air at 5:28 PM.

    Approx chip count: V 100K J 80K R 260K

  54. 3: 9h Js Jd - bi r V 9h - r R Jd - c V - 4: 2c Qc - b R - f V shows Q K - w R
  55. 3: 5c Jh 7h - bi V 5c - r J Jh - c V - 4: Ah 3s - b V - c J - 5: 6d 9s - b V - c J - 6: 4d As - both ck - 7: b J - r V - f J - w V
  56. 3: 9s 5h 8h - bi J 5h - r R 8h - r V 9s - f J - c R - 4: 3c 2s - b V - c R - 5: 2c 2h - b R - c V - 6: Ts Td - ck R - b V - c R - 7: ck R - b V - c R - V shows 9d 3d 2d - R shows Jc Jh 6h - w R
  57. 3: Qh Th 6c - bi R 6c - r V Qh - c J Th - c R - 4: Ac 4s 3d - b V - all call - 5: 8d 6h Ks - all ck - 6: Ad 9d 8s - b V - c J - f R - ck V in dark - 7: f J - v W shows 7c 2c Ts
  58. 3: 9c Js Kc - bi V 9c - all call - 4: 3h Qc 6s - ck R - b V - c J - f R - 5: Ts Ah - b J - c V - 6: 5h 8d - ck J - b V - f J - w V shows A A
  59. 3: Ks 5h 9h - bi J 5h - r R 9h - all fold - w R
  60. 3: 4h 2c Js - bi J 2c - r V 4h - r J - r V - c4000 J - V shows 3c Ah - J shows 2s Jd - 4: As 6d - 5: 9s 8c - 6: 5c Kc - 7: Tc Jh - w J
  61. 3: 7s 2d 5c - bi J 2d - r V 7s - f J - w V
  62. 3: 9s Qc 7h - bi R 7h - r J Qc - c R - 4: Ks 4c - b J - f R - w J
  63. 3: 4h 9d 6c - bi V 4h - c J 9d - 4: 7d Qs - b J - f V shows Tc Kc - w J
  64. 3: 5c Js 3h - bi R 3h - r V 5c - r J Js - all fold - w J
  65. 3: 4h 3s 7h - bi J 3s - r R 7h - all fold - w R
  66. 3: Qs 4s Ad - bi J 4s - r V Qs - f J - w V
  67. 3: 8s 7h 6c - bi R 6c - r V 8s - r R - c V - 4: Td 5d - ck V - b R - c V - 5: Kc Ks - b V - c R - 6: 9d 8d - b V - c R - 7: both ck - V shows Jd Jh 5c - R mucks - w V

    *** At 5:56 levels increase to $2,000 ante, $3,000 bi, $10,000/20,000 limits

    Approx chip count: V 130K J 40K R 270K

  68. 3: Jd Ks 4h - bi R 4h - r V Jd - all fold - w V shows 4c Jh
  69. 3: 3c 7h Qc - bi V 3c - r R Qc - f V shows 4h 9s - w R
  70. 3: 6s 9d 9c - bi V 6s - r J 9d - all fold - V shows 8h Qh - w J
  71. 3: 6s 3d 9c - bi J 3d - r V 6s - f J - w V shows 2c 9s
  72. 3: 5c 3h 8c - bi J 3h - r V 5c - f J - w V shows Qs Qc
  73. 3: 9s 5s 4c - bi R 4c - r V 9s - all fold - w V
  74. 3: 3c 8h 5d - bi V 3c - r J 8h - all fold - V shows Ks Js - w J
  75. 3: 7d Qc Kc - bi V 7d - r R Kc - all fold - w R
  76. 3: 9s 3h Qs - bi J 3h - r R Qs - all fold - w R
  77. 3: 8h 6d Qh - bi J 6d - r R Qh - all fold - w R
  78. 3: 8d 4c 5h - bi J 4c - r V 8d - c J - 4: 2d Jd - ck J - b V - c J - 5: Qs Jh - b5000 J all in - c V - J shows 2c 3c - V shows Kd 8h - 6: Ac 6s - 7: 4h 7d - w J
  79. 3: Jd 9s Ac - bi J 9s - r R Ac - r V Jd - f J - r R - c V - 4: Qc Jh - b R - c V - 5: Td 9d - b R - c V - Qs 3h - b V - c R - 7: b V - c R - V shows Kh Jc 9c - R shows Ah 5d Js - w V
  80. 3: Kc 7s 5h - bi R 5h - r V Jc - c J 7s - f R - 4: 3s 8s - ck V - b J - f V - w J

    *** Approx chip count: V 200K J 70K R 170K

  81. 3: Kd 7c 3c - bi R 3c - r V Kd - all fold - w V
  82. 3: Ac 4s Qd - bi J 4s - r V Ac - c J - 4: 3d 8s - ck V - b J - f V - w J
  83. 3: 7h 8s Qs - bi V 7h - r R Qs - r V - c R - 4: Jc 6d - b V - c R - 5: 8h 2s - ck R - b V - f R - w V
  84. 3: 2s Qd 9d - bi V 2s - r J Qd - all fold - w J
  85. 3: 3d Qh Ad - bi V 3d - c J Qh - 4: 4h 2c - ck J - b V - f J - w V
  86. 3: 2c 7s 5s - bi V 2c - r J 7s - all fold - V shows 6s Qd - w J
  87. 3: 9d 2d 8h - bi J 2d - r V 9d - f J - w V
  88. 3: Td 6s 5s - bi R 5s - r V Td - r J 6s - all fold - w J
  89. 3: Kc 4d 9c - bi J 4d - r V Kc - f J - w V
  90. 3: Jc 7c Qs - bi J 7c - r R Qs - all fold - w R
  91. 3: 5h Td Ad - bi V 5h - r J Td - all fold - w J
  92. 3: 9h 2c 9d - bi J 2c - r V 9h - f J - w V
  93. 3: 9h Jh 8s - bi R 8s - r J Jh - f R - w J
  94. 3: Ks 2d 6s - bi J 2d - r V Ks - f J - w V
  95. 3: Kc As 6c - bi R 6c - r V Kc - all fold - w V
  96. 3: 4d 8s Qs - bi V 4d - all fold - w V
  97. 3: 7c 6h Js - bi J 6h - r R Js - all fold - w R
  98. 3: Qd Qh Th - bi R Th - c J - 4: Tc Jh - both ck - 5: 5s 3c - ck J - b R - f J - w R
  99. 3: Jc 8h Ks - bi J 8h - r R Ks - c V Jc - f J - 4: Js 8c - b V - f R - w V
  100. 3: Ts 7d 7c - bi R 7c - r V Ts - all fold - w V
  101. 3: 8c 2s 9h - bi J 2s - r V 8c - c J - 4: 6c 9d - ck J - b V - f J - w V
  102. 3: Kd 9d 2s - bi R 2s - r V Kd - all fold - w V
  103. 3: 6c Ah 4h - bi R 4h - c V 6c - r J Ah - f R - c V - 4: Ks 7s - b J - c V - 5: 9h Qd - b J - c V - 6: As 3 D - b16000 J all in - c V - J shows Ac Kh - V shows 5s 5c - 7: 2h 9c - w J
  104. 3: 5s 9s Th - bi V 5s - r J 9s - r R Th - f V - c J - 4: 3s Ah - b R - f J - w R
  105. 3: Ac 4c 6s - bi J 4c - r V Ac - f J - w V
  106. 3: Ad 3d 8h - bi J 3d - r V Ad - f J - w V
  107. 3: 5s Ad Jd - bi V 5s - r J Ad - all fold - V shows 4c 9s - w J
  108. 3: Qc 2s Td - bi J 2s - r R Td - all fold - w R
  109. 3: Td 8s 3s - bi R 3s - r V Td - c R - 4: Js 5s - b V - c R - 5: Jc Th - b V - f R - w V shows Qs
  110. 3: 4s Jh 9h - bi V 4s - r J Jh - c V - 4: Jd 2s - b V - r J - c V - 5: Jc 7h - b V - f J - w V
  111. 3: 7h 8c Kh - bi V 7h - r R Kh - f V - w R
  112. 3: Qd 2c Jh - bi J 2c - r V Qd - f J - w V
  113. 3: Qs Js 3h - bi R 3h - r V Qs - all fold - w V shows Ah
  114. 3: 6d 7s 9h - bi V 6d - r R 9h - f V - w R
  115. 3:Ac Qs 3d - bi R 3d - r V Ac - all fold - w V
  116. 3: 7c Qd 2s - bi R 2s - c V 7c - 4: As 3d - b V - f R - w V
  117. 3: Jc 8c 8s - bi J 8c - r R 8s - all fold - w R
  118. 3: Js 9h 9d - bi R 9d - r V Js - r R - f V - w R
  119. 3: 7c 3h Js - bi J 3h - r R Js - all fold - w R
  120. 3: 4c 5s 2h - bi R 2h - r J 5s - c R - 4: Kc Jc - b J - c R - 5: Qd Ks - b9000 J all in - c R - J shows Qs 9h - R shows 2d Th - 6: Js Ad - 7: 2c X - R mucks - w J
  121. 3: 3h Th Ks - bi V 3h - r R Ks - f V shows Ts Jc - w R
  122. 3: 4h Jc 9d - bi V 4h - r J Jc - c R 9d - c V - 4: 2s Ac 3h - b J - f R - c V - 5: 9c Tc - b J - f V shows Ah 2h - w J shows Js 4d

    *** Break at 6:52 PM. No deal likely. Cards back in the air at 7:04

    Ante is now $2,000, with $5,000 bi and $15,000/30,000 limits.

    Chip count: J 96K R 71K V 273K

  123. 3: Qd 9d 6h - bi R 6h - r V Qd - c J 9d - f R - 4: Jh Ts - b V - c J - 5: 2d 3d - b V - c J - 6: 7s 6d - ck V - b J - f V - w J
  124. 3: Qd Qh 6s - bi R 6s - r V Qd - all fold - w V
  125. 3: 3h Ad Jc - bi V 3h - r J Ad - all fold - w J
  126. 3: As 5s 9d - bi J 5s - r V As - all fold - w V
  127. 3: 4c 2s 3d - bi J 2s - r R 3d - r V 4c - f J - r R - c V - 4: 2h 8s - b9000 R all in - c V - R shows Ad Ah - V shows 3s 3c - 5: 8d Kc - 6: 5h 9s - 7: 6d 6h - w V

    *** Ralph Levine finishes 3rd at 7:05 PM.

    Chip count: V 280K J 160K

  128. 3: Ac 5d - bi J - r V - f J - w V
  129. 3: Jc 6c - bi J - r V - f J - w V
  130. 3: 8c 8h - bi r V - f J
  131. 3: 7c Kd - bi V - r J - c V - 4: Qs 4d - ck J - b V - f J - w V
  132. 3: 9d Tc - bi V - f J - w V
  133. 3: 8h Kh - bi V - r J - cV - 4: 9d Js - b J - c V - 5: Qh Qc - b J - c V - 6: Ad 7h - b V - c J - 7: b V - r1000 J all in - J shows 9h Tc 7s - V shows Qs Qd - 5h - w J
  134. 3: 6h 2s - bi J - r V - f J - w V shows 2 T
  135. 3: Qd 5s - bi J - r V - f J - w V

    *** Deal break at 7:17 PM. Deal very, probable. Cards back air at 7:24 PM.

    Chip count: V 232K J 208K

  136. 3: Jd 6d - bi J - r V - c J - 4: 2d Qc - ck J - b V - c J - 5: 4d 2s - ck J - b V - f J - w V shows 2 2
  137. 3: 2c Qs - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  138. 3: Js 3h - bi J - r V - f J shows 2 7 - w V
  139. 3: Ac Kd - bi J - r V - f J - w V
  140. 3: Qh 5d - bi J - r V - c J - 4: 5h Ah - both ck - 2s 2h - b J - f V shows Ac Kd - w J
  141. 3: Tc 6s - bi J - r V - 4: Ks 4d - b V - f J - w V
  142. 3: Kc 3s - bi J - r V - f J - w V
  143. 3: Qh 8d - bi J - r V - c J - 4: 3s 2h - b V - c J - 5: Jd As - b J - c V - 6: 8c 3h - b J - c V - 7: b J - f V - w J
  144. 3: 3h 2s - bi J - r V - c J - Qs Th - b V - f J - w V
  145. 3: Ah As - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  146. 3: Qs 5h - bi J - r V - f J - w V shows Qs Jh
  147. 3: 3s Jc - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  148. 3: 7h 5s - bi J - f V - w J
  149. 3: Th Qc - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  150. 3: 6d Qd - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  151. 3: 7s Ks - bi V - r J - r V - f J - w V
  152. 3: 4d 3d - bi J - r V - c J - 4: 7s 8s - ck J - b V - f J - w V

    *** Bathroom run for J at 7:37. Cards back in the air at 7:40.

  153. 3: 8h Qd - bi V - r J - r V - c J - 4: 8c Js - b V - f J - w V
  154. 3: Jd 5c - bi J - r V - c J - 4: 5h 9s - b V - r J - c V - 5: Kc 8c - b V - f J - w V
  155. 3: 2c 6s - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  156. 3: Ad 7h - bi J - r V - f J - w V
  157. 3: Js Ac - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  158. 3: 4c 4d - bi V - c J - 4: Jh 5s - b V - c J - 5: Ac 3c - b V - c J - 6: Tc 4s - both ck - 7: both ck - V shows 6d 6c Kh - J shows Ks Js X - w V
  159. 3: 5h 9c - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  160. 3: 8h 8s - bi V - r J - f V - w J
  161. 3: 2h 7h - bi V - r J - r V - c J - 4: 5s 4d - ck J - b V - c J - 5: Kd 6h - ck V - b J - c V - 6: 3h Kh - b J - r V - c J - 7: ck J - b V - c20000 J all in - V shows 3s 3c 4c - J shows Ac 5c 8h - w J
  162. 3: Js 5h - bi J - r V - c J - 4: Qd 3c - b V -c J - 5: 3s Ac - b J - f V - w J
  163. 3: Jc 6h - bi J - r V - c J - 4: 7s Ac - b J - f V - w J

    *** Approx chip count: V 80K J 360K

  164. 3: Qc 7h - bi J - r V - fJ - w V
  165. 3: 8d 2s - bi J - f V - w J
  166. 3: Qh 4h - bi J - r V - r J - r V - r J - r5000 V all in - c J - J shows 4c Kd - V shows Qd 5h - 4: 2s 8c - 5: Js Kh - 6: 4d Jd - 7: As Kc - w J

    Vasilis Lazarou finishes 2nd and Mel Judah wins the $5,000 7 Card Stud WSOP Championship at 7:55 PM.

Final Table Chip Standings - Seat Positions

Missing Picture
Battling through a final table full of extraordinary hands, Mel Judah captured the $5,000 buy in Seven Card Stud title from a record number of contestants he called "the toughest stud field I've ever played against." For his victory, the 49 year-old Briton born in India was awarded $176,000 and his second gold WSOP winner's bracelet. This 15th finish in the money brought Judah's total earnings to $553,391. In 1989 he took the $1,500 Seven Card Stud championship and has been runner-up twice since then among his six final-table finishes.

"It's been a long time. It's great to return to the winner's circle," enthused Judah, a former ladies hairdresser who has been a poker professional for 17 years. He has now won seven major tournaments in the U.S. and abroad. He learned poker as a child from his father when the family lived in India. Judah was the second Briton to win a title this year.

"After the last two weeks when nothing stood up, today was my day," he said. "It all came good when I needed it. This win at the World Series, which is the ultimate tournament experience, makes up for the bad times."

Twice within 30 minutes, Judah caught straights on the river to defeat runner-up Vasilis Lazarou who held early trips each time but couldn't improve them. These monster pots,probably the most dramatic at the final table, essentially won the title for Judah. Said Tournament Coordinator Jack McClelland, "The draw-outs and beats were amazing."

In their 45-minute heads-up struggle, Judah and Lazarou both fought back to regain lost chip leads. Finally, with Judah enjoying a huge advantage, Lazarou was all in on third street with a pair of queens against Judah's pair of fours with a king. The pot totalled $164,000. Lazarou never improved, while Judah made kings up on fifth street and kings full on the friendly river.

"That was a big effort. It was impossible to beat him the way the cards ran," said Lazarou as he collected 2nd place prize money of $101,200. He had come within a poker whisker of winning his second gold bracelet this year, having taken the $2,500 Stud event last week. Lazarou, a 41 year-old Greek-born clothier and dedicated poker player, said "It was a great tournament. I expected to win, so I'm a little disappointed tonight. But I'm very happy with my finishes here this year." His World Series winnings now total $485,760.

Third place went to longtime chip leader Ralph Levine, who suffered beats which drew gasps from the spectators. The $52,800 for his fourth WSOP money finish brought his overall earnings to $79,663. Levine, 65, a retired scrap metal dealer still looking for his first tournament victory, echoed comments by several champions this year; "The players lately are getting so much better. And the foreigners who come to America are playing really good poker." Expressing dissatisfation with the fast limit changes at the final table, Levine said, "I'm disappointed I didn't do better. I feel the high limits take all the play away."

But, he said, "I love the two-day tournament format, and I look forward to these delightful three weeks every year of eating and playing poker at the World Series."

Levine, after starting with a pair of aces against Lazarou's pair of threes, was all in and led through sixth street when Lazarou caught a straight draw. Both players were dealt sixes on the river, Lazarou's completing the killing straight which eliminated Levine.

Freddy Deeb, a 41 year-old former mechanical engineer and a poker professional since 1975 when he came to the U.S. from his native Lebanon, took fourth place money of $30,800. It was his 10th time in the money, including one gold bracelet and six final tables. His WSOP earnings now total $429,792. "With those high limits, everybody has enough only to play a hand or two," Deeb said. "But I still played bad -- I could have played a little better." He added that "I'll give the Championship Event my best shot. I think I have a good shot -- no limit is my best game."

Fifth place, in "the first tournament I've ever played," went to Mickey Seagle, 54, an educational motivator who rarely plays poker. He won $26,400 and said, "I've wanted to play at the World Series for 20 years, wanted to win a bracelet. This year I decided I'd come and give it a shot. I didn't play well the last few hands, but overall I think I did pretty well. It was a lot of fun, with many classy players." Seagle was eliminated when he went all in with high cards showing and was caught bluffing by Lazarou who had a straight in five cards.

Bruno Micchiardi, 55, a retired Italian businessman who plays regularly on the European tournament circuit, took sixth place, his WSOP total earnings now $28,510.

He was preceeded out by Skip Wilson whose 7th place finish brought his winnings to $40,508 in four times in the money. Playing his third final table, Wilson was knocked out when he never bettered his initial pair of nines, while Seagle began with tens which became trips.

Eighth place went to tournament star T.J. Cloutier, his 25th finish in the money at the World Series where he has now earned $1,101,526. Cloutier has gold bracelets, three runner-up finishes and 19 final tables in 25 times in the money here.


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