A raising way on third saw a short-stacked Frank Kassela get all in against two players, Fabrice Soulier and Farzad Bonyadi. The two active players checked fourth street, but then Bonyadi bet 600 when he took the lead with an ace on fifth (Kassela actually took the lead with a pair of sevens but he was already all in).
Soulier made the call and then called another bet on sixth. Both players returned to checking on seventh and the cards were tabled.
Soulier:
Kassela:
Bonyadi:
Bonyadi had a pair of aces, but it was no good as Soulier had made two pair on seventh. Kassela couldn't best the high, but he did have a seven-five for a low, which was good for half the pot. Kassela, who was the 2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, is still down to just 2,500.
Joe Tehan had the bring in with the show, but instead of making it the required 100 he opted to complete it to 300. The only player that looked him up was four-time bracelet winner Artie Cobb, who was showing the .
Cobb check-called a bet on fourth and then called when Tehan took the lead on fifth and bet 600. Cobb retook the lead when he paired his three on sixth, but he still ended up check-calling a bet. The same action repeated itself on seventh and Tehan tabled his hand.
Tehan:
Cobb:
Tehan had a seven-six low with a pair of fours for the high, and both were good as Cobb simply said, "Good hand." He then sent his cards to the muck unseen as Tehan scooped the pot.
We are not sure how he got them, but Toby Hausen appears to be our chip leader with around 52,000 in chips. Brandon Shack-Harris has 1,800, which leads us to believe that he lost a major part of his stack to Hausen.
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
Cory Zeidman has been around the poker world for a long time. His first cash came back in the 1997 World Series of Poker Event #4 $1,500 Limit Seven Card Stud when he finished eighth for $8,481. Since then, Zeidman has amassed nine WSOP cashes—seven of which have come in Stud event—for $335,451. Last year, Zeidman finally broke through when he took down Event #4 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better for $201,559 and his first gold bracelet.
Zeidman did so by defeating WSOP legend Chris Bjorin in heads-up play, which came at the end of a tough final table that included Brandon Shack-Harris (3rd - $84,415), Michael Mizrachi (5th - $41,447), Xuan Liu (6th - $29,985) and Todd Brunson (7th - $22,142). Interestingly, both Shack-Harris and Brunson are in today’s field (Brunson actually finished runner-up in this event last year).
There’s no doubt Zeidman is a formidable stud player, and after winning a bracelet in the game he’ll no doubt be remembered as one of the best. It should also help him shake the stigma as the guy who slow rolled Jennifer Harman with a straight flush in the 2005 WSOP. Remember this gem:
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