EVENT #44/25 to 4/26/97
WORLD SERIES OF POKER
SEVEN CARD STUD (Limit) $1,500
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY - $385,500 PRIZE MONEY TO DATE - $1,989,500
ENTRIES IN THIS EVENT - 257 TOTAL ENTRIES TO DATE - 1,145
Daily Report Final Table
1stMaria SternLas Vegas, NV$140,708
2ndAdam RobertsSanta Monica, CA$73,245
3rdTom McEvoyLas Vegas, NV$36,622
4thJoe MacchiavernaLas Vegas, NV$23,130
5thKev NettlesDenver, CO$19,275
6thArdell WillisWinter Haven, FL$15,420
7thJoe HolmesBullhead City, AZ$11,565
8thCory ZeidmanMedford, NY.$8,481
9thTed ForrestLas Vegas, NV$5,783
10thLeo AlvarezNewton, MA$5,783
11thLenny LombardoPlainfield, IL$5,782
12thFlan PilkingtonYorktown, IN$5,782
13thDavid BachAthens, GA$3,855
14thJ.J. VolpeRedlands, CA$3,855
15thBernd RygolMunich, Germany$3,855
16thCraig KaufmanHacienda Hts, CA$3,855
17thRalph LevineLas Vegas, NV$2,313
18thJ.C. CernutoLas Vegas, NV$2,313
19thRobert ThorntonTulsa, OK$2,313
20thRocky RomanoLas Vegas, NV$2,313
21thGary GramsSt. Cloud, MN$2,313
22thGeorge DzurnakSterling Heights, MI$2,313
23thDoug ElliottSpringfield, KY$2,313
24thMartin ComerSydney, Australia$2,313

Daily Report
Las Vegas, April 26, 1997. Another beautiful day in Las Vegas. Sunny with a light breeze and a high temperature in the 80's

Smokers Note: There were two smokers at today's final table in the 7 card stud event. One was Maria Stern who captured the title, and ironically her seat was next to Joe Macchiaverna who always carries and often wears a gas mask while playng poker. Today he had his mask with him, but did not put it on. Instead he relied on a standard anti-smoker fan for protection from the smoke.

Binion's still had some of their 1997 WSOP commemerative coins available today.

Vive La France

I enjoy playing poker and I enjoy watching other people play poker. I have spectated at major and minor tournaments, high and low limit side action games, satellites, regular casino games and home games. Since 1994 when we moved to Las Vegas, I have seen most of the WSOP final tables, all the way through their usual early next morning finish.

I mention the above to establish my credentials as a genuine poker junkie. I have seen many of the top poker pros at their best, and a few of them at their worst. I have seen aggressive players demolish final tables, and I have also seen aggressive players self destruct. Yesterday I observed a very workmanlike, competent defusing of an aggressive player, when Claude Cohen from Paris, France bested Freddie Havard to claim the 1997 $1500 limit Omaha championship. In my opinion, Claude consistently gave Freddie just enough rope to hang himself with. This was a classic match up between an aggressive player who appeared to be getting more than his share of good cards and good flops, and a solid counter-puncher who chose his own time and place to deliver lethal raises. Freddie Havard played the way that an aggressive chip leader is supposed to play, and it worked very well for him until Cohen started putting the fear of the Poker God into him. Havard continued his aggressive play, but when he was pushing a hand, I imagine that he was anticipating and fearful of a raise or a check raise that he knew was going to come at an inopportune time. I plan to take a closer look at the hand by hand play between these two when I have a little more time.

In the first four events, three ladies have made it to the final table, and two of them have won a WSOP championship. Today the crowd favorite, Maria Stern, began heads up play for the title with $185,000 in chips, while Adam Roberts had $200,000. In a very "interesting" confrontation that lasted about 45 minutes, Maria won 38 out of the 48 hands played, with only the first and last hands going to a showdown. It seemed that Roberts was experiencing an almost unbelievable run of poor cards, that saw him folding with regularity. On five occasions Roberts folded an Ace doorcard to Stern's bring in bet. This resulted in a steady exodus of his chips to the other side of the table.

I have postponed transcribing the first three hours of the 7 card stud final table until I get a power souce for a transcribing machine that was made available to me today. I have completed the transcription of the heads up play for the championship, and it is available for analysis.

The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
WSOP Event #4: $1,500 Limit 7 Card Stud
257 Entries, $385,500 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

Final Table chip position:
PlaceName, CityChip CountSeat
1.[M] Tom McEvoy - Las Vegas$102,5004
2.[S] Maria Stern - Las Vegas63,0002
3.[N] Kev Nettles - Denver, CO59,5001
4.[H] Joe Holmes - Bullhead City, CA40,5005
5.[W] Ardell Willis - Winter Haven, FL39,5007
6.[J] Joe Macchiaverna - Las Vegas37,0003
7.[R] Adam Roberts - Santa Monica, CA34,0008
8.[Z] Cory Zeidman - Medford, NY13,0006

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 4:11 PM with Jack McClelland and Jim Albrecht presiding. The ante was $500 with a $1,000 bring in, complete to $3,000 with limits of $3,000/6,000. 25 minutes were remaining at this level.

  1. 3: Jc 5d Kd Qc Td 5s Ts 6c - bi S 5d - r N Jc - c S - 4: As 4d - b N - r S - f N - w S
  2. 3: 9d 3c Tc Ad 5h Js 7c Qs - bi S 3c - c W 7c - r R Qs - c N 9d - c S - c W - 4: 9s 6s Qh 2d - b N - all fold - w N
  3. 3: 8c 2s 2c Kc 9c 3c 7d Ts - bi J 2c - r N 8c - c J - 4: 5d Ac - b J - r N - c J - 5: 6h 7h - both ck - 6: Ah 3d - both ck - 7: down - b N - c J - N shows Kd Qd 8d - J shows Js Jc Qh - w J
  4. 3: 9c 2d Ts 8d 8h 3s 2s Ad - bi S 2d - r N 9c - c S - 4: 2c 5c - both ck - 5: Ah 3d - both ck - 6: 9d Tc - b N - f S - w N
  5. 3: 8d Ah Ts 3d 3c 6d 3s Jc - bi H 3c - r R Jc - all fold - w R
  6. 3: Jh 8c 6h As 5c Tc 6s 6h - bi H 5c - r J 5h - r H - f M - w H
  7. 3: 7c 2h 6s Qc Jh Ad 3h 7h - bi S 2h - r J 6s - all fold - w J
  8. 3: 3c Qd Kc 6h 4c As 7d 5d - bi N 3c - r J Kc - all fold - w J
  9. 3: 5c 7d Qd 2s 8d 6d Jc Jd - bi M 2s - r N 5c - r S 7d - all fold - w S
  10. 3: 2h 2s 4c 2d 7s Jh Kc 2c - bi R 2c - r N 2h - c Z Jh - c W Kc - f R - 4: 5h 4d 9d - b W - all c - 5: Ad 3h 4h - all ck - 8s Ac Ah - b W - r N - c2000 Z all in - f W - N shows 8h 8c - Z shows Jc 9c - 7: Kd 7h - w N

    *** Cory Zeidman finishes 8th at 4:26 PM.

  11. 3: 9h 7s Jc 8c 5s 7d 5c - bi R 5c - r M 8c - all fold - w M
  12. 3: 9d 8h 7s Ad 2s 8c 4h - bi H 2s - r R 4h - all fold - w R
  13. 3: 7d Jh 5c Jd 4s 3h Qs - bi W 3h - r N 7d - all fold - w N
  14. 3: Kd Jh 5s 2h Td 6h 3s - bi M 2h - r S Jh - r J 5s - all fold - w J
  15. 3: 4h Th 2d 5d 5h 5c Qh - bi J 2d - r S Th - f J - w S
  16. 3: 5d 3d 2s 5c 7d 3h 6s - bi J 2s - c W 3h - 4: 2d 8h - both ck - 5: 5s Jd - both ck - 6: Kh Qd - ck J - b W - f J - w W
  17. 3: 7s 9d Td 4d 8d 3d Jd - bi W 3d - r J Td - all fold - w J
  18. 3: 6s 4s Kd 3c 6c 5d Td - bi M 3c - r R Td - r J Kd - f M - c R - 4: 2s 9h - b J - f R - w J
  19. 3: 2s 8s 2d 3c 6h 5h As - bi J 2d - r H 6h - c S 8s - f J - 4: 4c 6d - b H - f S - w H

    *** Race for $500 chips at 4:35 PM - Joe Holmes wins $2,000. New levels: $1,000 ante, $2,000 bring in, limits of $5,000/10,000

  20. 3: 5h Ah 6c 2d 2h 8s 6d - bi M 2d - c W 8s - 4: 5d Qc - b W - c M - 5: 2c 9d - b M - f W - w M
  21. 3: 4c 5s Kc 8h Kh 2h 7c - bi W 2h - r R 7c - r3000 W all in - c R - W shows 2c Qd - R shows 8s 6h - 4: 6h Jc - 5: 2d Jh - 6: 8d 7s - 7: 8h Kd - w W
  22. 3: Ts 6s 8s 7c 5s 3c 5d - bi W 3c - r S 6s - r M 7c - f W - c S - 4: Qh 9c - ck S - b M - c S - 5: 8h 5h - ck S - b M - f S - w M
  23. 3: Kh 8c 4h Td 5c 9h 2d - bi R 2d - r N Kh - r J 4h - f R - r N - c J - 4: 4d 2c - ck N - b J - f N - w J
  24. 3: 6s Kd 4c 4h Qh As 5s - bi J 4c - r H Qh - all fold - w H
  25. 3: 5d 2s 3c Ad Qc 7c 9h - bi S 2s - r M Ad - r7000 R 9h all in - f S - c M - M shows Js Ks - R shows 9c 5c - 4: 7h 8s - 5: Td Qd - 6: 4s 4d - 7: 6h As - w R
  26. 3: Ts Qd 2c 7s 3h Qh Jh - bi J 2c - c W Qh - 4: 7h 6h - both ck - 5: 5h 9d - ck W - b J - f W - w J
  27. 3: 7h Tc 3c Qc 5s 6h 5c - bi J 3c - r M Qc - r N 7h - f J - c M - 4: 2c Ks - b M - f N - w M shows Kh Qs
  28. 3: 7c Qh 5s 4d 7h 4s 7s - bi M 4d - c H 7h - r S Qh - f M - c H - 4: Tc Qs - b S - f H - w S
  29. 3: Jd 7c Ks 5d 5h 4s Ac - bi w 4s - r N Jd - r J Ks - f W - c N - 4: 3s 7h - b J - f N - w J
  30. 3: 9d 3s Ah 6s Jc 7h 2h - bi R 2h - r N 9d - c R - 4: 3d 2d - b R - f N - w R
  31. 3: Jc 8s 5s 9h Kc 3h Kd - bi W 3h - r M 9h - r2000 W all in - c M - W shows 3c Jh - M shows Qh 3d - 4: 9d 6h - 5: 4d 2d - 6: Ad 3c - 7: 4c 7c - w W
  32. 3: 4s 4h 8h 5d Kd 2h 6d - bi W 2h - r R 6d - c J 8h - f W - 4: 3c Tc - b R - c J - 5: 5c Jd - ck R - b J - c R - 6: 4d 8c - ck R - b J - c R all in - J shows 6h 8s - R shows 6s 2s - 7: Js 8d - w R
  33. 3: 9h 2s Ts 8h Qs 9d Kc - bi S 2s - c M 8h - 4: 3h Js - b M - f S - w M
  34. 3: 3s Qs Jh 2d 2h 5s Qh - bi M 2d - r R Qh - all fold - J shows J - w R
  35. 3: 4c Qh 2s 6c Ah 7h As - bi J 2s - r H Ah - r R As - all fold - w R
  36. 3: 4h 9d Qh Jc 4c 7h Ad - bi H 4c - r R Ad - all fold - w R
  37. 3: 4h Td Js 8s 4c 3c Tc - bi W 3c - r J Js - all fold - w J
  38. 3: Ah 3h Qs 6d 6h 7c Th - bi S 3h - c M 6d - c H 6h - c W 7c - r R Th - r N Ah all in - f S - f M - c H - f W - c R - 4: Qc 8h 9d - both ck - 3d 3s 2c - b R - c H - 3c 5s 6s - b R - c H all in - N shows As 4h - H shows 9h Kh - R shows 4d Ts - 7: Ac X X - w main pot N - H mucks - w side pot R

    *** Joe Holmes finishes 7th at 5:10 PM.

  39. 3: 7s 5s Ts Jc 8h 7c - bi S 5c - r M Jc - all fold - w M shows Jd 9d
  40. 3: Qh Ks 7d 3c 6h Jd - bi M 3c - r S Ks - r J 7d - f M - r S - f J - w S
  41. 3: 3d 6c 8c Kc 7c Jc - bi N 3d - r M Kc - c R Jc - f N - 4: 8h 4h - both ck - 5: 9d Qh - ck M - b R - r M - f R - w M
  42. 3: Js 8d 6s 6c 9c 2h - bi R 2h - r J 6s - all fold - w J
  43. 3: Kc 2c 4s 5d Th Ts - bi S 2c - c W Th all in - n R Kc - f S - W shows Ad 6s - N shows 4c Ks - 4: Ah 8h - 5: 5h Jd - 6: 8d 3s - 7: Jc 8s - w N

    *** Ardell Willis finishes 6th at 5:16 PM.

  44. Jd Jh 3h 7s 9h - bi J 3h - r R 9h - r N Jd - f J - c R - 4: Kc 4h - b N - r R - c N - 5: 9d Ac - b R -c N - 6: As 7d - ck N - b R - c N all in - N shows Jc Kd - R shows Ac 4c - 7: N mucks - w R

    *** Kev Nettles finishes 5th at 5:20 PM.

  45. 3: 2h 9d 5h 7h - bi S 2h - r J 9d - f S shows 4d 8d - w J
  46. 3: 7d 8d Ts Kc - bi S 7d - r M Ts - r S - f M shows 6s Kh - w S
  47. 3: 5c 9d 3c 3h - bi M 3c - r J 9d - f M - w J
  48. 3: Jh 6c 5h 5d - bi R 5d - r S Jh - c M 5h - f R - 4: 2s 8d - b S - c M - 6: 7s Kc - ck M - b S - f M - w S
  49. 3: 6h 5h 7c Tc - bi J 5h - r S 6h - r J - f S - w J
  50. 3: 9c 5d 2h 8d - bi M 2h - r R 8d - all fold - w R
  51. 3: Ts 3c Jh 4d - bi J 3c - r M Jh - c J - 4: 4s 7s - both ck - 5: Js 2s - ck M - b J - f M - w J shows J
  52. 3: Ks 2h 2s 3h - bi J 2h - c R 3h - 4: 9h 4h - both ck - 5: 9d 6d - ck J - b R - c J - 6: 7c 6s - ck J b R r J - r R - r J - c R - 7: down - b J - c R - J shows Quad 9's - R had rolled up 3's - w J

    *** Approx chip count: S 50K L 140K M 110K R 55K

  53. 3: Tc 9s 7s 4h - bi R 4h - c S Tc - 4: 6h Qh - both ck - 5: 5s 9c - b R - r S - f R - w S
  54. 3: Qs 6d 2s As - bi M 2s - r S Qs - all fold - w S
  55. 3: Qc 8c 4d Kc - bi M 4d - r R Kc - r S Qc - c R - 4: 2h Js - ck R - b S - c R - 4s Ah - both ck - Td 9c - b R - c S - 7: down - b R - c S - R shows Ks Jh Ac - S shows Qh 9h 2d - w R
  56. 3: 3d 7h 7s 6h - bi S 3d - r J 7h - r R 6h -all fold - w R

    *** Break from 5:45 PM until 6:06 PM. Very probable deal.

    Ante is now $2,000 with $3,000 bi and $10,000/20,000 limits

    Approx chip count: S 40K J 150K M 100K R 95K

  57. 3: 9c 9h Kh Ac - bi S 9c - r M Kh - all fold - w M
  58. 3: Jh 9c 4s Td - bi M 4s - r R Td - c M - 4: 8c As - b R - f M - w R
  59. 3: 8h 8s Ks 4s - bi R 4s - r M Ks - f R - w M
  60. 3: 5h 6h 9c 8s - bi S 5h - all fold - w S
  61. 3: 5h Ad 6h 8c - bi S 5h - r J Ad - r R 8c - all fold - w R
  62. 3: 9d 5s 7h 7c - bi J 5s - c M 7h - 4: 8c 5h - ck J - b M - f J - w M
  63. 3: Qs 2c 9d 5h - bi J 2c - r M 9d - c S Qs - f J - 4: Ac Tc - b S - c M - 5: Qh 3s - b S - f M - w S
  64. 3: 3d Ah 6s 5s - bi S 3d - r J Ah - r R 5s - f S - c J - 4: 7c Ad - ck J - b R - f J - w R
  65. 3: Ah 4d Jh Th - bi J 4d - r R Th - r S Ah - f J - c R - 4: Kc Ts - b R - f S - w R
  66. 3: Qh 9d 5d 3s - bi R 3s - r S Qh - c R - 4: Kh 4s - b S - c R - 5: Ks 8c - b S - f R - w S
  67. 3: Tc Kc 5d 2d - bi R 2d - r J Kc - all fold - w J
  68. 3: Qs Qh As 3c - bi R 3c - r J Qh - all fold - w J
  69. 3: 6c Ks 4h 8h - bi M 4h - r S 6c - all fold - w S
  70. 3: Kc 5d 7d 4s - bi R 4s - r S Kc - all fold - w S
  71. 3: 9d 6c 6h Jc - bi J 6c - r S 9d - f J - w S shows 9c
  72. 3: 5h Kh Ad 2c - bi R 2c - r J Kh - r M Ad - all fold - w M
  73. 3: As 8h 3h 2s - bi R 2s - r S As - all fold - w S
  74. 3: 7d 2s 3c Jh - bi J 2s - r S 7d - f J - w S
  75. 3: Ah 7d Qd Js - bi J 7d - r R Js - all fold - w R
  76. 3: 7h Kd 7c 8h - bi M 7c - r R 8h - all fold - w R
  77. 3: 4h Kh 5h Ac - bi S 4h - r J Kh - all fold - w J
  78. 3: 2d 6h Qh Tc - bi S 2d - r J 6h - all fold - w J shows 6s
  79. 3: Tc Kc Td 5d - bi R 5d - r J Kc - all fold - w J
  80. 3: 7s 9h 5c Kc - bi M 5c - r R Kc - r J 9h - f M - c R - 4: KH Th - ck R - b J - c R - 5: Qd 4d - b J - c R - 6: 5s Ah - b R - c J - 7: b R - c J - R shows Jh Jd Tc - J mucks - w R
  81. 3: 6c 9h 6d 7c - bi S 6c - r J all in 9h - c S - J shows Ad 3c - S shows Td 8s - 4: 9d 9s - 5: Kd 4h - 6: 3h 7s - 7: Tc Ks - w S

    *** Joe Macchiaverna finishes 4th at 6:32 PM.

  82. 3: Qc 4d Tc - bi M 4d - r S Qc - c M - 4: Jc Qs - b S - c M - 5: 6s 3d - b S - r M - r S - c3000 M all in - S shows Ac Td - M shows 4s 7c - 6: 9d Th - 7: 6d Ts - w M
  83. 3: Js Th 7s - bi R 7s - r M Th - c R - 4: 7h 5d - b M - c R - 5: 9h 6c - b M - f R - w M shows Ad 9d
  84. 3: 4d Qh 7c - bi S 4d - r M Qh - all fold - w M
  85. 3: Jc 8s Tc - bi M 8s - all fold - w M
  86. 3: 5d Jh 8c - bi S 5d - r M Jh - r S - r M - c3000 S all in - S shows Ad Jd - M shows Kd 7d - 4: Tc 6s - 5: Ac Ks - 6: 3h 5c - 7: 2c 9d - w S
  87. 3: 2c 6s 8c - bi S 2c - r R 8c - f S - w R
  88. 3: Kc 3d Jd - bi M 3d - r S Kc - f M - w S
  89. 3: 9h Ts Qc - bi S 9h - all fold - w S
  90. 3: Jc Ks 6c - bi R 6c - all fold - w R

    *** Approx chip count: S 65K M 140K R 180K

  91. 3: 2h Ah Tc - bi S 2h - r M Ah - r R Tc - r M - c R - 4: 3c 9d - b M - c R - 5: 7s 2d - b M - f R - w M shows As
  92. 3: 4h Jh Qh - bi S 4h - r M Jh - r R Qh - all fold - w R
  93. 3: Ac Th 6s - bi R 6s - r S Ac - r M Th - all fold - w M shows Td Qs
  94. 3: Ah 3h Ad - bi M 3h - r R Ad - all fold - w R
  95. 3: Qh Qs 8d - bi R 8d - all fold - w R
  96. 3: 8c 9h 6h - bi R 6h - r M 9h - f R - w M
  97. 3: 5s 3c 3h - bi M 3c - r S 5s - r M - r8000 S all in - c M - S shows 7c 9s - M shows 3s Td - 4: Qs 7s - 5: Ks Qd - 6: As 3d - 7: 5c 2c - w S
  98. 3: Ks 9h As - bi M 9h - r R As - c M Ks - f M - 4: 9d 7c - ck R - b S - r R - c S - 5: 3c 8d - b R - r S all in - c R - S shows Kd 8c - R shows Jc Kc - 6: 5d 7h - 7: Td R mucks - w S
  99. 3: Js 4d 9c - bi M 4d - r S Js - f M - w M
  100. 3: 6d Kh 8h - bi S 6d - r M Kh - all fold - w M
  101. 3: 2h Kc 9c - bi S 2h - r M Kc - all fold - w M
  102. 3: As 6h 5s - bi R 5s - r S As - r R - c S - 4: Jd Qs - ck S - b R - f S - w R
  103. 3: 5d Js 7s - bi S 5d - r R 7s - f S - w R
  104. 3: 6c Jd 7h - bi S 6c - r M Jd - all fold - w M
  105. 3: 7d Ts 7s - bi S 7d - all fold - w S
  106. 3: 9c 4h Kh - bi M 4h - r S 9c - f M - w S
  107. 3: 8c 9s Td - bi S 8c - r M 9s - c S - 4: 8s 6d - b S - f M - w S
  108. 3: 6h 4d 2s - bi R 2s - all fold - w R
  109. 3: Qc 8s 5s - bi R 5s - all fold - w R
  110. 3: Td 8d 3c - bi R 3c - r S Td - c R - 4: Tc Ks - b S - f R - w S
  111. 3: 4s Qc As - bi S 4s - r R As - f S - w R
  112. 3: Ac Qs 6s - bi R 6s - r S Ac - c M Qs - r R - f S - c M - 4: 4d 6d - b R - f M - w R
  113. 3: 6c Qh Th - bi S 6c - r M Qh - all fold - w M
  114. 3: As Ts Js - bi M Ts - r R Js - c S As - f M - 4: 8h Ah - b R - c S - 5: 7s 8d - b S - f R - w S

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

  115. 3: 2h 7d 3s - bi S 2h - r M 7d - r R 3s - f S - c M - 4: 4c Qs - b R - f M - w R

    *** Approx chip count: S 140K M 80K R 165K

  116. 3: 4h Jc 8s - bi S 4h - r M Jc - c S - 4: 8h 8d - b M - c S - 5: 7h 5h - ck M - b S - f M - w S
  117. 3: 4d 5c Js - bi S 4d - r R Js - r S - f R - w S
  118. 3: 4h 8c 6h - bi S 4h - r R 6h - f S - w R
  119. 3: 7c Js Ts - bi S 7c - all fold - w S
  120. 3: Jh 4s 8c - bi M 4s - all fold - w M
  121. 3: 6s 4h 7d - bi M 4h - all fold - w M
  122. 3: Jd Kh 9c - bi R 9c - r M Kh - r R - r13000 M all in - c R - M shows Td Qc - R shows 4h 4c - 4: 3c 2s - 5: Tc Jc - 6: Qd 7c - 7: Ah 8c - w R

    *** Tom McEvoy finishes 3rd at 7:14 PM.

    Break. Cards back in air at 7:25. Very probable another Deal was made.

    Chip count: S 185k R 200k

  123. 3: Td 6h - bi R - r S - c R - 4: 5d Tc - ck R - b S - c R - 5: 2s Ah - ck R - b S - c R - 6: Jc 6c - Both check - 7: ck R - b S - c R - S Shows Qc 3s 4c - S cannot beat Board - w R doesn't show hand
  124. 3: 5c Th - bi S 5c - f R - w S
  125. 3: As 2h - bi R - c S - 4: Kd 5d - b S - f R - w S
  126. 3: Qh Ad - bi S - f R - w S
  127. 3: 5h Qd - bi S - f R - w S
  128. 3: 6c Ah - bi S - f R - w S shows 3s 3d
  129. 3: 2s 2d - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  130. 3: 8c 7s - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  131. 3: Tc Ah - bi S - r R - f S - w R
  132. 3: Jh 5c - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  133. 3: Ah Ad - bi R - c S - 4: 9s 9c - Both ck - 5: Jh 6c - b S - f R - w S
  134. 3: Qh Tc - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  135. 3: Qc Tc - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  136. 3: Ac Kh - bi R - c S - 4: 8c 7h - b S - f R - w S
  137. 3: 3d 2s - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  138. 3: As 3h - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  139. 3: Th 4s - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  140. 3: 4h 2h - bi R - c S - 4: Jc Kd - Both ck - 5: 6c Jh - ck R - b S - f R - w S
  141. 3: 2h 2d - bi R - f S - w R
  142. 3: Ts 2c - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  143. 3: Jc 2c - bi R - c S - 4: Ah Ac - b S - f R - w S
  144. 3: 5h 8s - bi S - f R - w S
  145. 3: 5c 4c - bi R - f S - w R
  146. 3: 4d Ts - bi S - r R - c S - 4: 2c 8c - b R - c S - 5: Ac As - ck R - b S - f R - w S
  147. 3: Ts Kh - bi S - r R - c S - 4: 5c 5d - b R - r S - f R - w S shows 4 T
  148. 3: 6d 9h - bi S - f R - w S
  149. 3: Ts 2h - bi R - f S - w R
  150. 3: 6h Kd - bi S - r R - f S - w R
  151. 3: 4h 4d - bi R - r S - r R - f S - w R
  152. 3: Qh 4c - bi R - c S - 4: 9h 3c - Both ck - 5: 4s 9d - b S - c R 6: 9s 6c - d S - f R - w S
  153. 3: Kc Th - bi R - f S - w R
  154. 3: Kd 9c - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  155. 3: Js Jc - bi R - f S - w R
  156. 3: Ad 9d - bi R - c S - 4: 9h 8h - b S - f R - w S
  157. 3: Ad 7s - bi R - r S - f R - w S
  158. 3: 9d 6d - bi R - c S - 4: 5c Jc - ck R - b S - f R - w S
  159. 3: 5s 8h - bi S - r R - c S - 4: 2c 2h - ck R - b S - f R - w S
  160. 3: 4d Th - bi S - r R - c S - 4: 6d 6c - ck R - b S - f R - w S
  161. 3: 8d As - bi S - f R - w S shows 8h Qd

    *** Levels change: 3,000 ante 5,000 bi 20,000/40,000

  162. 3: 5c 4s - bi R - f S - w R
  163. 3: 4c As - bi S - f R - w S
  164. 3: Jd Qd - bi S - f R - w S
  165. 3: Ad 4d - bi R - c S - 4: 6d 3s - Both ck - Jd 2s - b S - f R - w S
  166. 3: 4c 9d - bi S - r R - c S - 4: 9c Jd - Both ck - 5: 4d 2s - b S - f R - w S
  167. 3: 9h 2d - bi R - c S - 4: 8c Ks - Both ck - 5: 4h As - ck R - b S - f R - w S
  168. 3: Jd Ad - bi S - f R - w S
  169. 3: Jh Td - bi R - r S - f R - w S R has 4,000 remaining
  170. Showdown for 4,000: S: 9s Ac Kd 8s 8h 6d Jc - w S R: 4d 3d 9d 8c 6c Td 6s

    *** Adam Roberts finishes 2nd and Marie Stern wins the $1500 Limit 7 card stud WSOP Championship at 8:09 PM.

Final Table Chip Standings - Seat Positions

Missing Picture Maria Stern, overcoming daunting odds, gained a major niche in World Series of Poker history when she captured the $l,500 buy in Seven Card Stud event, the second woman to win a title in the first four tournaments this year. For her impressive victory over 256 competitors she was awarded $140,708 and the prized gold WSOP winner's bracelet.

"I'm overwhelmed. I don't have words to describe my feelings," she said. "I feel like I'm living a dream come true." Stern, 57, was born in Cuba where she worked as a bilingual secretary for an advertising firm before leaving for Costa Rica where she lived for years with her husband Max. Just 48 hours earlier he finished third in the Razz event won by Linda Johnson.

Stern's triumph, loudly cheered by spectators, launched her all the way to third place on the WSOP Women's Top Money Winners list, with total earnings of $165,445. "I'm honored to be among such very fine players," she said.

Stern's final table was adventurous: With three players left she went all in three times and survived -- with a pair of aces, a pair of kings and a river flush to defeat Tom McEvoy's trips. When she and Adam Roberts went heads up, they were about even in chips. Losing the first, large pot, Stern found herself facing a chip lead of about three to one, but she steadily clawed her way back, twice winning hands with pocket aces and eventually amassing an unbeatable lead of her own. Roberts was finally all in but his pair of sixes fell to Stern's pair of eights and the title was hers.

Roberts, a regular stud player in California and Las Vegas, received $73,245 for this, his second runner-up finish at the World Series: three years ago he won $82,800 in the $5,000 Stud event.

Tom McEvoy, 52, the 1983 World Champion, took third place and prize money of $36,622, which brought him just shy of becoming the WSOP's l7th millionaire winner. His earnings now total $998,467. This was his 19th time in the money, which includes three gold bracelets won after his championship.

"I'm extremely disappointed," McEvoy said. Reflecting on the loss of his hefty chip lead at start of final table play, he said, "Yesterday I caught a lot of cards. I should have saved a few for today. Final table play was of very high caliber -- any one of several players could have won it." McEvoy, a poker author and columnist, has won about 20 major tournaments.

Fourth place prize money went to Joe Macchiaverna, 77, who has attended every World Series since the beginning in 1970. The $23,130 was the largest pay day of his 11 in-the-money finishes, but the retired jazz violinist said gloomily, "Today I played like an out-of-tune violinist. I enjoyed playing with them, they're all good players. I like tournaments, win or lose."

Kev Nettles, 37, a former poker dealer who now travels the international tournament circuit, finished fifth after miraculously reaching the final table: Two-thirds of the way through the first day of play, he said, "I got lucky. I caught a gutshot royal flush on the river which I needed to beat a made full house on sixth street. That got me here for my biggest tournament win and my first finish in the money at Binion's"

Ardell Willis took sixth place after surviving two all-in situations. Joe Holmes finished seventh, eliminated when he missed a flush in a big three-way pot. Cory Zeidman took eighth place when his pair of jacks didn't improve against Nettle's trip eights.

WSOP Women!


Never before have women captured two gold bracelets in open events at one World Series. With just four events concluded this year, women have already won $243,608.

In their two victories Linda Johnson and Maria Stern defeated 417 worthy opponents, practically all men.

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