EVENT #105/1 to 5/2/97
WORLD SERIES OF POKER
SEVEN CARD STUD (LIMIT) $2,500
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY - $422,500 PRIZE MONEY TO DATE - $4,826,000
ENTRIES IN THIS EVENT - 169 TOTAL ENTRIES TO DATE - 2,509
Daily Report Final Table
1.Vasilis LazarouLas Vegas$169,000
2.Caesar ComoLas Vegas84,500
3.Jeff BurdsallLas Vegas42,250
4.John BonettiHouston, TX25,350
5.Jason GrayEssex, England21,125
6.Lothar LandauerMunich, Germany16,900
7.Dr. Willard L. NoyesKutztown, PA12,675
8.Volker BeyerBurbank, CA8,450
9.Gene FisherEl Paso, TX6,338
10.Anthony GuerrieroPaterson, NJ6,338
11.Shawqi ShunnarahBirmingham, AL6,337
12.Bob FeduniakLas Vegas6,337
13.Sam MastrogiannisLaguna Hills, CA4,225
14.Lonnie WilliamsBeverly Hills, CA4,225
15.Dr. Andy LinCerritos, CA4,225
16.Chris TsiprailidisSyracuse, NY4,225

Daily Report
Las Vegas, May 2, 1997. Another beautiful spring day in Lss Vegas. Very little wind, sunny with more clouds than normal, a little haze, and a high temperature in the mid 80's.
Smoking Survey: No smokers at today's final table.
Today's best dressed player at the final table award goes to Dr Willard L. Noyes who looked very sharp in a business suit with a white mandarin type shirt.
Oddity of the day: Midway through the heads-up play between Vasilis Lazarou and Caesar Como, the dealer stunned everyone by dealing the 5th street cards in counter clockwise order.
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.
The web site for the live WSOP TV feed "www.wsop.com" is still on a maybe next day basis, and I don't think that Binion's Las Vegas web site is up yet either.
A camera crew from Germany has been filming in the final table area for a documentary on the WSOP for the European market.
Darryl "Razzo" Phillips and Jon Wetzel have made appearances in the final table Press area during the WSOP. Both are expert dealers at the Mirage, and big Poker boosters via their Poker oriented web sites. Darryl's url is "www.pokerwwworld.com" and Jon's is "www.pokercentral.com".
7 Card Stud 8 or Better, which will be played tomorrow, was the featured single table satellite today. Eight players buy-in for $335 each, receive $1,000 in chips and compete for five $500 tournament chips + $100 cash.

Becky Kerber, the single table satellite specialist, said that they were also running $320 buy-in no-limit and limit tables today. You start with $1200 in chips at $10/25 blinds and the winner gets Six $500 chips + $100 cash.

Last night's no-limit super satellite had 12 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. Rudy Lotief, the super satellite guru, informed me that there were 149 entrants, who made a total of 147 re-buys last night. Here are last nights pay outs:

Ken Sahek, Cal Dykes, Alex Horowitz, Thomas Sparks and Monte Kouz each won a $10,000 seat for the final championship event plus $331 in cash.
6.6 - $500 tournament chips + $680 cash
7.4 - $500 tournament chips + $116 cash
8.1 - $500 tournament chip + $604 cash
9.1 - $500 tournament chip + $144 cash

Entry Board for $10,000 Championship Final Event
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.Stephen Kaufman
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.Dave Welch40.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 Kouz
The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
WSOP Event #10: $2,500 Seven Card Stud (Limit)
169 Entries, $422,500 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

Final Table chip position:
PlaceName, CityChip CountSeat
1.[V] Vasilis Lazarou - Las Vegas$92,5005
2.[C] Caesar Como - Las Vegas75,5006
4.[X] John Bonetti - Houston, TX69,5007
5.[G] Jason Gray - Essex, England63,0002
3.[J] Jeff Burdsall - Las Vegas54,0003
6.[L] Lothar Landauer - Munich, Germany32,0008
7.[W] Dr. Willard L. Noyes - Kutztown, PA26,0001
8.[K] Volker Beyer - Burbank, CA9,0004

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 4:16 PM with Jack McClelland and Jim Albrecht presiding. The ante was $500 with a $1,000 bring-in and $3,000/6000 limits.

  1. 3: 3s 7c Kh Ks 4c 8c 8h 9d - bi W 3s - r C 8c - all fold - w C
  2. 3: 3c Jc 4s 7s 2d Js Tc Ah - bi V 2d - r W 3c - r G Jc - r2000 K 7s all in - f V - f W - c G - G shows Jd 3d - K shows Tc Th - 4: As Kd - 5: Kh Ts - 6: Ks 8s - 7: 5h 6d - w K
  3. 3: 5h 6d 9d 3c Ad 8h 2c 7s - bi X 2c - r J 9d - c C 8h - f X - 4: 5d 2h - ck J - b C - c J - 5: Js Ac - b C - r J - c C - 6: Kh Jd - ck C - b J - f C - w J 4: 3: 4c 2d 3c 5h Qc 3d Qd 2s - bi G 2d - r X Qd - w X
  4. 3: 9d Jd Js 9h Ts Qc 3h Kh - bi X 3h - r V Ts - all fold - w V
  5. 3: 8s 6h Th 7h 2h 4s 9s 7s - bi V 2h - r W 8s - c V - 4: Qh 2c - b V - f W - w V
  6. 3: 2s 3s Kc 2h 9d 7c Qh 4d - bi K 2h - r W 2s - r J Kc - f V - c W - 4: Qc 7h - b J - c W - 5: 7d 3h - b J - f W - w J
  7. 3: 8s 7h Th 9c Ah 9d Js 4s - bi L 4s - r K 9c - r V Ah - f L - c K - 4: Jc 4h - b V - c K - 5: 6s Qs - b V - c K - 6: 9s 5d - ck K - b V - c5000 K all in - K shows Ac 2c - V shows As 4c - 7: 2s 7d - w V

    *** Volker Beyer finishes 8th at 4:31 PM.

  8. 3: Qd Js Ac 5h 6h 6d Jd - bi V 4h - r L Jd - all fold - w L
  9. 3: Ad Ac 2d Kd 4s 2s 3h - bi J 2d - r V Kd - all fold - w V
  10. 3: Kh 9s 3s 6h Ad Jh Js - bi J 3s - r C Ad - all fold - w C
  11. 3: Kd 2c 9h 9c Qs Ks 3c - bi G 2c - r X Ks - all fold - w X
  12. 3: 7c 4c 7h 9d Tc 9s Ts - bi G 4c - r X 9s - r500 W all in - f G - c X - W shows Th Jh - X shows 8c Jd - 4: 5c 5d - 5: 8d 8s - 6: Td Kc - 7: 2h As - w W
  13. 3: 7c Qs 3h 5h 8d 6h 9h - bi J 3h - r L 9h - all fold - w L
  14. 3: 8d 4c Qs 5c Tc 6s 8c - bi G 4c - r J Qs - c W 8d - f G - 4: Ts 4d - b J - r W - r J - c1500 W - W shows Td Kd - J shows 4s Qh - 5: 9d Kc - 6: 3h 2d - 7: Ac 5d - w J

    *** Dr. Willard L. Noyes finishes 7th at 4:41 PM.

  15. 3: 8s Kc Ad Th 3h Jd - bi X 3h - r J Kc - c X - 4: 9d 8d - ck J - b X - r J - c X - 5: 4d 8c - b X - r J - c X - 6: 2s 5c - both ck - 7: down - both ck - J mucks - w X shows 3 T 4
  16. 3: Qh 3d 9c Qd 3c 3h - bi X 3c - r V 9c - c C Qd - f X - 4: 5h 2s - b C - c V - 5: 6h 2d - b C - f V - w C
  17. 3: 9d Qh Ts Jc 5h 2h - bi L 2h - r V Ts - c X 6h - f L - 4: Jh Th - b V - f X - w V - X asks that dealer do a little scramble before dealing in the future
  18. 3: Qc Ad 3c 2h Ks 3h - bi C 2h - r J Ad - all fold - w J shows 2c 2s
  19. 3: 8d Jh 4d 4h Kd Qc - bi V 4d - r X Kd - all fold - w X shows Ad Qd
  20. 3: 7d Qs 3s Ks 2s Kh - bi X 2s - r J Qs - c C Ks - f X - 4: 2h 8h - ck C - b J - c C - 5: 5d 4d - ck C - b J - c C - 6: 2d Js - b J - f C - w J
  21. 3: 7h 8s 2s Ad Jc 2h - bi L 2h - r J 8s - r X Jc - f L c J - 4: 5s Kc - b X - c J - 5: Ah Tc - ck J - b X - c J - 6: 5d 7c - ck J - b X - f J -w X

    *** At 4:52 levels increase to $1,000 ante, $2,000 bi and $5,000/10,000 limits

    X has the only odd $500 chip and thereby wins the race off uncontested

  22. 3: Th Js As Ah Kd Jc - bi G Th - r X Kd - all fold - w B
  23. 3: 2s Jd 5c Js 8h 8s - bi G 2s - r C Js - c X 8h - f G - 4: 9d 7c - both ck - 5: Jh Ks - X folds before C can bet - w C

    *** Approx chip count: G 35K J 70K V 110K C 75K X 105K L 25K

  24. 3: 3h Ah Ac Kh Tc Qc - bi G 3h - r V Ac - all fold - w V
  25. 3: Ac 6s 7s 7h 3h 9d - bi X 3h - r G Ac - c J 5s - f X - 4: 8h Ad - b G - c J - 5: 2s 6c - b G - c J - 6: 4s 3s - ck B - b J - f G shows 9c Kc - w J
  26. 3: Qh 6d 9d 4h Tc 6c - bi C 4h - r X Tc - r4000 G Qh all in - f C - c X - G shows Ac 9s - X shows 8d Jd - 4: 4s 3s - 5: 8s 5d - 6: As Ts - 7: Qd 7c - w G
  27. 3: 5d Kc 5c 6h Jc Ks - bi V 5c - r X Jc - c V - 4: Qs 9s - b V - c X - 5: Ah Jd - b X - f V - w X
  28. 3: 3c 2s 4s 2h 8c 9s - bi C 2h - r L 9s - c C - 4: 5c Ah - b L - f C - w L
  29. 3: 5c Tc 8s Jd 9s 2h - bi L 2h - r V 8s - r C Jd - f L - c V - 4: 9h 7d - b C - c V - 5: Ac - Td - c V - b C - f V - w C
  30. 3: Qh 2c Qd 3s 7d 8h - bi J 2c - r V Qd - f J - w V
  31. 3: 4c Qh Js Jd 9h 5d - bi G 4c - r V Js - all fold - w V
  32. 3: Qc 3d Kc 2h Kh 3s - bi C 2h - r V Kc - all fold - w V
  33. 3: 2h Kh Js Th 9s 4h - bi G 2h - r V Js - c C Th - f G - 4: Kc As - b C - f V - w C
  34. 3: 8h 5s 6h 3s 8c Ad - bi C 3s - r X 8c - r L Ad - f C - c X - 4: Jh Ad - b L - c X - 5: Ts 8h - b8000 L all in - c X - L shows Ah Ks - X shows Qc Qh - 6: Tc 3c - 7: 4s 6d - w X

    *** Lothar Landauer finishes 6th at 5:14 PM.

  35. 3: 9c 7h Qh Jh 3d - bi X 3d - r V Qh - f X - w V
  36. 3: 8d Ad 2d Ts Ah - bi V 2d - r X Ah - all fold - w X
  37. 3: 4s Ah 3s 7c 2s - fi X 2s - r J Ah - c V 3s - c C 7c - c X - 4: 4c 2h 5c 8c - ck J - ck V - b C - f X - f J - c V - 5: Ad Jd - b V - c C - 6: Th Qd - b V - c C - 7: down - ck V - b C - c V - C shows Qh Th As - V shows 3d 3c 8h - w V
  38. 3: 7d 4h 7c 3c 2h - bi X 2h - r J 4h - c V 7c - c X - 4: 9h 6c 7s - b J - c V - c X - 5: 8h Qh Ts - ck V - ck X - b J - c V - f X - 6: Ad 8d - b J - c V - 7: down - ck J - b V - f J -w V
  39. 3: 7s Qh 4h Kc 2h - bi X 2h - r J Qh - all fold - w J
  40. 3: 3c 6d Kc 5s Td - bi G 3c - r J 6d - c V Kc - c X Td - f G - 4: 5c Qd 8h - b V - c X - c J - 5: 4c 7s 9s - ck V - ck X - b J - c V - f X - 6: 4s 9h - b J - r V - c J - ck J in the dark - b V in the dark - 7: down - c J - V shows 9d Qc 3h - J shows Kd Kh J h - w J
  41. 3: 5c 2c 4s Jh 7h - bi J 2c - r V 4s - c5000 G 5c all in - f J - G shows 3d 5d - V shows Ac Qc - 4: Qh Ts - 5: 7s 2d - 6: Jd 3h - 7: 4d 4c - w G
  42. 3: Kh 2d 5c Ad 6d - bi J 2d - r C Ad - c X 6d - f J - 4: Th As - ck C - b X - c C - 5: 7c 9s - ck C - b X - c C - 6: Td 2c - b5000 C all in - c X - C shows 3h Kc - X shows 6c 5d - 7: 3d - X mucks - w C
  43. 3: 7h 5c 4s 8h Qs - bi V 4s - r X Qs - r G 7h - r V - f X -c G all in - G shows 6c 7d - V shows 8d 8s - 4: Qd 2d - 5: 4d 7s - 6: 8c 9s - 7: Ts 3d - w V

    *** Jason Gray finishes 4th at 5:29 PM.

  44. 3: 2c Jh 7c Qd - bi J 2c - r V Jh - all fold - w V
  45. 3: 9h Jc Tc Kh - bi J 9h - r C Tc - c X Kh - f J - 4: Ad 8d - b C - c X - 5: Ah 3h - b C - f X - w C shows Q Q
  46. 3: 6h 5h 9c Ks - bi V 5h - r C 9c - all fold - w C
  47. 3: 8c 3h 6c 8h - bi V 3h - r X 8h - all fold - w X
  48. 3: Td Qd 5s 5d - bi X 5d - r V Qh - all fold - w V
  49. 3: 3d 4d 4s Kh - bi J 3d - r C 4s - r X Kh - f J - c C - 4: 6d Qc - b X - f C - w X
  50. 3: 4d 5h Ac Qs - bi J 4d - r V 5h - all fold - w V
  51. 3: 3d 9h Jh Ac - bi J 3d - r X Ac - all fold - w X

    *** Approx chip count: C 60K X 70K J 95K V 200K

  52. 3: 9c Kd Tc 9s - bi J 9c - r V Kd - r C Tc - all fold - w C 54: 3: 3h Ac Qs 7s - bi J 3h - r V Ac - all fold - w V
  53. 3: As 3s 3h 3c - bi X 3c - r J As - r V 3s - all fold - w V
  54. 3: 2c Th Jd 3d - bi J 2c - r V Th - r C Jd - all fold - w C
  55. 3: Ah 3s 6c Jd - bi V 3s - r J Ah - r V - c J - 4: 4c 5h - ck J - b V - c J - 5: Jc 6h - b J - c V - 6: 6s Ts - ck J b V - c J - 7: down - both ck - V shows Qc Qh Kc - J shows 4d 6d Td - w J
  56. 3: 7h Ad 4s 5s - bi C 4s - r J 7h - all fold - w J
  57. 3: 2s 9c 2h Ah - bi C 2h - r X Ah - all fold - w X
  58. 3: 2h 2d 2c Qh - bi C 2c - r X Qh - all fold - w X
  59. 3: As 2c Jc 3s - bi V 2c - r J As - all fold - w J
  60. 3: Qs 3d 8s Kd - bi V 3d - r X Kd - all fold - w X
  61. 3: 6s Kc 7s 4s - bi X 4s - r V Kc - c X - 4: 9s 8s - b V - c X - 5: Kh 4d - b V - r X - c V - 6: 7h Qd - both ck - V bets in dark - 7: down - c X - V shows Kd 5c 8c - X mucks - w V
  62. 3: Jd 3s 4c 5d - bi V 3s - r X 5d - all fold - w X
  63. 3: 2c Js 6c Ad - bi J 2c - r X Ad - all fold - w X
  64. 3: 5h 2c Qd Ks - bi V 2c - r X Ks - all fold - w X
  65. 3: 8d 3h 7c 4c - bi V 3h - r X 4c - all fold - w X
  66. 3: 2s 6c 8h 4d - bi J 2s - r V 6c - r C 8h - c X 4d - f J - f V - 4: 2c Qs - both ck - 5: 4h 7h - ck X - b C - f X - w C

    *** Break at 5:55 PM. Cards are back in air at 6:06 PM.

    Antes are now $2,000, bring in is $3,000 and limits are $10,000/20,000

  67. 3: Kc 4h 5s 9s - bi V 4h - r X 9s - r J Kc - f V - c X - 4: Jc Qd - b J - c X - 5: 7h 2h - b J - c X all in - X shows 8s Ts - J shows Qs Ks - 6: 2c 2s - 7: 5h 3h - w J

    *** John Bonetti finishes 4th at 6:08 PM.

  68. 3: 9h 2s 7c - bi V 2s - r C 7c - c V - 4: 4s 2c - both ck - 5: 8s Ad - ck C - b V - c C - 6: Js 7h - both ck - 7: down - both ck - C shows Ah 4h 3s - V mucks - w C 71: 3: 5s 7s 4d - bi C 4d - r V Ts - r C - c V - 4: Jd 7d - ck V - b C - c V - 5: 2s 3h - ck V - b C - f V - w C
  69. 3: 9s Kc Ac - bi J 9s - r C Ac - f J - w C
  70. 3: 9c 6d 4h - bi C 4h - r V 6d - f C - w V
  71. 3: Ac Td 2c - bi C 2c - r J Ac - all fold - w J
  72. 3: Kh Qc Js - bi C Js - r V Qc - f C - w V

    *** Approx chip count: J 165K V 140K C 120K

  73. 3: Td Tc 2d - bi C 2d - r J Td - r C - f J - w C
  74. 3: Td 6h 2d - bi C 2d - r J Td - r V 6h - f C - r J - c V - 4: 5c As - ck J - b V - r J - c V - 5: 7s 2c - b J - c V - 6: Js Ac - b V - f J - w V
  75. 3: Kc 8h 5s - bi C 5s - r V 8h - r C - f V - w C
  76. 3: Kd 9h 8c - bi C 8c - r J Kd - r C - f J - w C
  77. 3: 2d Js Qd - bi J 2d - r V Js - all fold - w V
  78. 3: 7d 9h Qd - bi J 7d - r V 9h - r C Qd - f J - c V - 4: 8h 9s - both ck - 5: 2d Ac - b C - f V - w C
  79. 3: Ah 7s 9d - bi V 7s - r J Ah - f V - w J
  80. 3: Qh Ts Th - bi C Th - r J Qh - r C - f J - w C
  81. 3: Kc Qd 7d - bi C Td - r V Qd - f C - w V
  82. 3: Tc Jc 2h - bi C 2h - r V Jc - f C - w V
  83. 3: 3c Tc 3H - bi J 3c - r V Tc - all fold - w V
  84. 3: 3s 4d 8c - bi J 3s - r C 8c - f J - w C
  85. 3: 8c 4c 7c - bi V 4c - r J 8c - f V - w J
  86. 3: Ah Jh 4h - bi C 4h - r J Ah - c V Jh - f C - 4: Td 2s - both ck - 5: 8d Jd - b V - r J - r V - c3000 J all in - J shows Ad 2c - V shows 7h 9h - 6: 3c 2h - 7: 6h Qc - w V

    *** Jeff Burdsall finishes 4th at 6:28 PM.

    Approx chip count: V 215k C 200K

  87. 3: 4s 9s - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  88. 3: Jh 6h - bi C - r V - r C - f V - w C
  89. 3: Qh Js - bi C - r V - r C - c V - 4: Jh Th - b V - f C - w V
  90. 3: 2c Qd - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  91. 3: 6c 8h - bi V - c C - 4: 6s Qs - b V - f C - w V
  92. 3: Td 6h - bi C - r V - r C - f V - w C
  93. 3: Ah 6h - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  94. 3: 9s Qh - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  95. 3: 5d 9s - bi V - c C - 4: Th Ah - b C - f V - w C
  96. 3: 7h Jc - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  97. 3: 9s 9h - bi C - c V - 4: 7s 6h - b V - c C - 5: Jd 3h - ck V - b C - c V - 6: 6d Kd - b C - c V - 7: down - both ck - V shows 7d 2c 3c - C shows Qh Qc Kc - w C
  98. 3: 7s 4d - bi C - f V - w C
  99. 3: 2s 9h - bi V - c C - 4: Ah 4d - b V - f C - w V
  100. 3: 6s 8d - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  101. 3: 7h Ac - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  102. 3: 2c 8d - bi V - c C - 4: Kh Td - both ck - 5: 8s 4c - b V - f C - w V
  103. 3: Qc Ts - bi C - r V - r C - c V - 4: Kd Kc - ck V - b C - c V - 5: Jd 4s - b V - f C - w V
  104. 3: 7h Ts - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  105. 3: 8c 6c - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  106. 3: 9s Ac - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  107. 3: Td 7d - bi C - r V - r C - c V - 4: Ks 2h - b V - f C - w V
  108. 3: Jh 8d - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  109. 3: 2s 2c - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  110. 3: Jc 9s - bi C - r V - c C - Jd 2s - b V - f C - w V
  111. 3: Ts Js - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  112. 3: 7s 5h - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  113. 3: 9c Ac - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  114. 3: Qd Ac - bi V - r C - r V - c C - 4: 2c Jc - both ck - 5: 2s Qs - b V - c C - 6: 8c Ad - b C - f V - w C
  115. 3: 4c Ac - bi V - r C -c V - 4: Jd 8h - ck C - b V - c C - 5: Ks Js - ck C - b V - f C - w V (on this hand, the dealer inadvertently dealt 5th street counter clockwise)
  116. 3: 2c 3d - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  117. 3: Ah Td - bi C - r V - c C - 4: 6d 8s - b V - f C - w V

    *** Approx chip count: All even

  118. 3: 3c 4h - bi V - c C - 3: 8c 8s - both ck - 4: Td Kd - ck C - b V - f C - w V
  119. 3: Qc 3h - bi C - r V - r C - f V - w C
  120. 3: Ad Js - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  121. 3: 6s 8d - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  122. 3: 4c Qd - bi V - r C - c V - 4: 6s 7h - ck C - b V - c C - 5: Jd 5s - ck C - b V - r C - c V - 6: 6h Ad - b V - c C - b V in the dark - 7: down - f C - w V
  123. 3: 2d 4h - bi V - c C - 4: Qc Ac- ck C - b V - c C - 5: As 7d - b V - f C - w V
  124. 3: Ks 4c - bi C - r V - c C - 4: Jc Qs - b V - c C - 5: 3h 9h - b V - c C - 6: Kd Ah - b V - c C - b V in the dark - 7: c C - V shows Jh 2d 7d - C mucks - w V

    *** Approx chip count: V 380K C 45K

  125. 3: 5h 9h - bi V - c C - 4: 7s 3s - ck C - b V - c C - 4: Ks 9d - b C - f V shows 4d 7d - w C
  126. 3: 3c 4h - bi V - c C - 4: 7h 6s - both ck - 5: 4d 5d - b C - f V - w C

    *** At 7:06 PM ante goes to $2,000, with $5,000 bi and $15,000/30,000 limits

    This is probably the first Event of this year's WSOP where no final table deal was made, or even discussed for that matter.

  127. 3: 2s 7h - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  128. 3: 9s 6h - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  129. 3: Ad 2h - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  130. 3: Qd 7h - bi C - r V - c C - 4: 6h Js - b V - c C - 4s 9s - ck V - b C (has 1 chip left) - f V - w C
  131. 3: As Jd - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  132. 3: 5d 8s - bi V - c C - 4: Kc Ks - both ck - 6s 5s - b C - f V - w C
  133. 3: As 6h - bi C - r V - f C - w C
  134. 3: 9h Ks - bi V - c C - 4: Jh Qs - both ck - 5: 6h Ac - b C - f V - w C
  135. 3: Kd 5d - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  136. 3: Jd Td - bi C - r V - f C - w C
  137. 3: 5h Jd - bi V - c C - 4: 3c 6c - both ck - 5: 9h Ks - both ck - 6: 5d Td - both ck - 7: down - ck V - ck C - V shows Tc 5s 2s - C mucks - w V
  138. 3: 9c Kd - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  139. 3: Ts 7s - bi C - r V - c C - 4: Js Jh - b V - f C - w V
  140. 3: 6c 9d - bi V - r C - c V - 4: 4s 7d - both ck - 5: Ks Js - both ck - 6: 6h Qh - b V - c C - 7: down - both ck - V shows 3c 9c Jc - C shows 7s Kc Ad - w C
  141. 3: Ks 3h - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  142. 3: Qd 7d - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  143. 3: Ah 3h - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  144. 3: 8d 7s - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  145. 3: 8h 5c - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  146. 3: 7c 8d - bi V - r C - f V - w C
  147. 3: 2c 3c - bi V - r C - c V - 4: 7c 8c - ck C - b V - f C - w V
  148. 3: Qs 2c - bi C - r V - f C - w V inadvertently showed Q 2 8
  149. 3: 3s Jc - fi V - c C - 4: 5c 9s - both ck - 5: 9c Ts - both ck - Ah 5d - both ck - 7: down - ck V - b C - f V - w C

    *** Approx chip count: V 365K C 60K

  150. 3: Qs Qc - bi C - r V - f C - w V
  151. 3: Ts 6d - bi C - r V - c C - 4: Qh 8h - b V - c C - 5: 4d 3d - b V - f C - w V
  152. 3: 3d Jc - fi V - c C - 4: Ah 9c - both ck - 5: 7s 4c - ck V - b27000 C all in - f V - w C
  153. 3: As 6c - bi C - r V - r C - r V - c2000 C all in - V shows 4d Ts - C shows Ac 8d - 4: Kh 7c - 5: Qh 4s - 6: Kc Qc - 7: 5h 3s - w V

    *** Caesar Como finishes 2nd and Vasilis Lazarou wins the $2500 7 Card Stud WSOP Championship at 7:28 PM.

Final Table Chip Standings - Seat Positions

Missing Picture
E xtending the unprecedented success of international competitors at this World Series of Poker, Greek-born Vasilis Lazarou scored a convincing, often dominating victory in the $2,500 buy in Seven Card Stud event. Already the holder of a 1990 stud title, Lazarou, 41, collected $169,000 for this one and another 14-karat gold winner's bracelet.

"I feel great. I hope this will make my mother and father back in Greece very proud of me," said Lazarou who came to this country in 1985 and now owns two clothing stores in Las Vegas. "Gambling is in my family," he said. "I played Greek poker in our small village and then when I came here I watched my uncle, Sam, play. He's the master -- he taught me stud." In 1986 Sam Mastrogiannis won two WSOP titles himself, and he finished 13th in this event behind his nephew.

Native-born Americans have won just three of the first ten WSOP events this year. Lazarou's triumph over another record field was his fourth final table and ninth time in the money in seven years. "I think the World Series is the best thing ever for gamblers -- it gives everybody an opportunity to win some money."

Lazarou, who describes himself as a poker professional, said he "mostly played my opponents' hands as I usually do, and all the way through it was quite easy." He lost the final table chip lead just twice to runner-up Caesar Como, 72, a retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer who collected $84,500, his biggest-ever tournament prize money. "I feel all right, but I would have felt better if I'd won," Como said. "I tried to change strategy but I couldn't get him to move when we were heads up."

For the last half of their hourlong struggle, Como fought against an overwhelming chip lead. He was finally all in with Ac-8/6c-7c-4-Qc-3s, missing the flush and straight and losing to Lazarou's pair of kings (10-4/A-K-Q-K-5).

"They were all very good players at the final table," Como said. "I respect all poker players -- they're the best people in the world." He said he has played at every World Series since the beginning in 1970 and, as usual, would follow it this year with a poker-playing trip around the country.

Jeff Burdsall, a 54 year-old retired attorney, finished third and collected $42,250 for his fifth time in the money at the WSOP, including two placings in the Championship Event. "I'm disappointed," he said. "I certainly thought I had a shot. Tournaments baffle me. I keep trying, I do a lot of reading trying to put my finger on it. There's very little relationship between tournaments and money poker. The tournament format obviates the skills of money poker." He was eliminated when his starting pair of aces did not improve while Lazarou caught a second pair to his starting jacks.

Fourth place and $25,350 went to tournament veteran John Bonetti, 68, who ranks ninth on the World Series millionaires' list, has three gold bracelets, two runner-up placings and two third-place finishes in the Championship Event. "I just couldn't hold a hand at the final table," he said. "But I'm never displeased with any finish in the money." He was knocked out when he missed a straight and flush against Burdsall's pair of kings.

Jason Gray, 30, an "unemployed poker player in London," took fifth place money of $21,125, his biggest tournament win. But he said, "I'm disappointed. I thought I had a shot to win for sure. The World Series is great -- the best tournament in the world."

He was preceded out by another European player, Lothar Landauer, 36, a poker regular and businessman who won the 1994 European stud championship at Baden , Austria. He is active in promoting tournament poker in Europe.

Dr. Willard Noyes, unable to noticeably increase his smallest chip stack when final table action began, was eliminated in eighth place.

Through the first ten events, players from 31 American states and at least 16 countries have finished in the money. Titles have gone to competitors (including two women) born in Korea, France, Cuba, Sweden, Vietnam, Britain, Greece and the U.S. Nevada with 59 and California with 38 top the list of in-the-money finishers, as do Britain with eight and Germany with six.

WSOP Collector Chip

The much anticipated Huck Seed collector chip will go on sale at the west-side cashier's cage Saturday May 3rd at 9:30 a.m.

Sales will be limited to two chips per transaction at $2.50 per chip.

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