Henrick Hecklen: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / — fold
Matt Grapenthien: / — fold
Todd Brunson: / /
Hecklen was all in on third street for 8,000. Hellmuth called, Grapenthien completed to 15,000, Brunson raised, and then Hellmuth folded. On fourth street, Brunson bet, and Grapenthien folded.
This left Brunson and his pair of tens up against the at-risk Hecklen, who had just ace high at the time. Although Hecklen paired up with sevens on sixth street, he was unable to find anything to help him beat Brunson's pair of tens on seventh, and he was eliminated in seventh place for just over $38,000.
Obst brought it in, Yu completed, and both Landfish and Obst called. The action checked to Yu on fourth street, and he tossed out a bet. Landfish called, Obst check-raised, and both Yu and Landfish called.
"Go ahead," Landfish told Obst on fifth, and the Aussie tossed out a bet.
Yu and Landfish called, and the trio all checked on sixth. Landfish checked again on seventh, Obst bet, and Yu tanked for nearly two minutes before folding.
"Raise," Landfish said the second Yu's hand hit the muck, and Obst made the call.
Landfish turned over for a pair of sevens, and Obst revealed three queens; .
Ben Yu: / /
Matt Grapenthien: / — fold
Todd Brunson: /
Grapenthien checked on fifth street, Brunson bet, and only Yu called. Brunson led out on sixth, Yu called, and Brunson opted to check on seventh. Yu bet.
"Wow," Brunson said instantly.
He eventually reached into his stack and tossed out a call, prompting Yu to rip over for a full house.
After eliminating Jesse Martin in ninth place, Phil Hellmuth just sent Henry Orenstein to the rail in eighth.
Orenstein was all in on sixth street holding / against Hellmuth's / , and he needed a diamond on seventh street to double up.
Orenstein's final card was the , though, and Hellmuth finished with the . That meant Hellmuth's Broadway straight was the winner, and the living legend Orenstein would have to exit to the rail in eighth place worth $31,419.
Martin was all in on third street against Hellmuth. Hellmuth was ahead with a pair of sixes on third, and then he added a second pair of deuces on fourth street. Martin remained behind, but things got worse on sixth street when Hellmuth filled up with sixes full of twos and had Martin drawing dead.
For his run, Martin earned $26,299, and pushed himself over the $2 million mark for live tournament earnings.
Welcome back to PokerNews' third day of coverage of Event #61: $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship from the 2014 World Series of Poker.
Leading the final nine players into today's action is Todd Brunson, son of the legendary Doyle Brunson and a man chasing his second career gold bracelet. Brunson holds a very sizable lead on the field, with 980,000 in chips — 430,000 ahead of his closest competitor.
Sitting in third place in the leaderboard coming in will be none other than 13-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. While the majority of Hellmuth's bracelets have come in hold'em (12), he'll be looking for his second non-hold'em piece of hardware here today. He'll enter with 404,000 in chips.
Also here is the 90-year-old Henry Orenstein, the creator of the hole-card camera, Holocaust survivor, bracelet winner, and holder of around 100 patents. This man is making a run for the ages, but he'll have some work to do as he enters Day 3 with the second-to-shortest stack of 112,000.
Jesse Martin is another notable at the final table looking to add a second WSOP bracelet to his trophy case, with Steve Landfish, Matt Grapentien, Ben Yu, James Obst, and Henrik Hecklen rounding out the field.
Play is scheduled to kickoff at 2 p.m. local time, so be sure to stay tuned for the action that will begin shortly.
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