EVENT #125/3 to 5/4/97
WORLD SERIES OF POKER
SEVEN CARD HIGH-LOW SPLIT EIGHT OR BETTER $2,500
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY - $292,500 PRIZE MONEY TO DATE - $5,576,000
ENTRIES IN THIS EVENT - 117 TOTAL ENTRIES TO DATE - 2,713
Daily Report Final Table
1stDr. Max SternLas Vegas, NV$117,000
2ndArtie CobbLas Vegas, NV$58,500
3rdFrank HendersonHouston, TX$29,250
4thJay HeimowitzBethel, NY$17,550
5thJ. J. VolpeRedlands, CA$14,625
6thSkip WilsonWest Chester, OH$11,700
7thChuck ThompsonSanta Cruz, CA$8,775
8thRick WiddisToronto, Canada$5,850
9th Mike SextonLas Vegas, NV$4,388
10thHarry ThomasFt. Lauderdale, FL$4,388
11thRoy ThungWhite Plains, NY$4,387
12thNoli FranciscoW. New York, NJ$4,387
13thScotty NguyenHenderson, NV$2,925
14th Dan HeimillerLas Vegas, NV$2,925
15thLuis SantoniPembrooke Pines, FL$2,925
16th Bonnie DamianoLas Vegas, NV$2,925

Daily Report
Las Vegas, May 4, 1997. Another beautiful spring day in Las Vegas. Very little wind, sunny with more clouds than normal, and a high temperature in the mid 80's.
Smoking Survey: Dr. Max Stern was the only smoker at the final table.

PENALTY BOX

The WSOP Floorpeople are strictly enforcing the rules, with zero tolerance. Although no official list of violators is maintained, 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 ChanUnknown
Phil HelmuthJohn BonettiUnknown
J. J. VolpeNhut TranJeff Chapman
Artie Cobb who is famous for his huge collection of bizarre hats, sported a rather plain baseball cap at the final table today. Printed on the hat was "SHOW ME THE MONEY", and he wore a Tee shirt that proclaimed "ALL I WANT IS YOUR MONEY". Artie also had a Frog critter doll named "Croaker" sitting in his beverage holder on the table. Croaker was dressed in cowboy gear and had a tin star on his chest. Artie tried to put his eye glasses on Croaker, but Croaker successfully resisted Artie's efforts.
rec.gambling.poker's Kim Scheinberg is 1/1 in single table satellites for the 1997 WSOP. Kim bested some pretty big name competition, including John Bonetti, to take the money at her $320 buy-in table.
J. J. Volpe, the chip leader going into today's final table, wore a sharp looking Yankee Civil War Cavalry hat, dark eye shades and cowboy boots to go along with his handlebar mustache.
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.

SINGLE TABLE SATELLITES

Today's featured single table satellite, being run by Becky Kerber and Barbara Lotief, was Omaha 8 which will be tomorrow's tournament. Ten players buy-in for $320 each, receive $1,200 in chips and compete for six $500 tournament chips + $100 cash.

$320 buy-in no-limit single tables continue to be run every day. These are ten handed and the winner gets six $500 tournament chips + $100 cash.

SUPER SATELLITES

The No-Limit Super Satellites that are very ably run by Patty Hughes and Rudy Lotief, start at 8:30 PM each evening. Last night there were 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. There were 149 entrants, who made a total of 147 re-buys last night. Here are last nights pay outs:

Tibor Tolni, Gustavo Weiss, Melissa Hayden, Paul Ladanyi, and John Spadavecchia each won a $10,000 seat for the final championship event plus $331 in cash.
6. 7 - $500 tournament chips + $180 cash
7. 4 - $500 tournament chips + $116 cash
8. 2 - $500 tournament chip + $104 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 Kouz62.Phil Helmuth
63.Jack Keller64.Patrick Bruel
65.Louis Asmo66.Dan Fairly
67.Jerre Juhl68.John Strzemd
69.Tibor Tolni 70.Gustavo Weiss
71.Melissa Hayden 72.Paul Ladanyi
73.John Spadavecchia
The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
WSOP Event #12: $2,500 7 Card Stud High-Low 8 or Better
117 Entries, $292,500 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

Final Table chip position:
PlaceName, CityChip CountSeat
1.[J] J. J. Volpe - Redlands, CA $62,300 5
2.[F] Frank Henderson - Houston, TX 62,100 3
3.[M] Dr. Max Stern - Las Vegas 60,400 8
4.[A] Artie Cobb - Las Vegas 40,100 1
5.[C] Chuck Thompson - Santa Cruz, CA 23,700 4
6.[H] Jay Heimowitz - Bethel, NY 17,800 7
7.[S] Skip Wilson - West Chester, OH 17,700 6
8.[R] Rick Widdis - Toronto, Canada 8,400 2

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 4:06 PM with Jack McClelland and Jim Albrecht presiding. 33 minutes left at $2,000/4,000 limits with a $300 ante and a $500 bring-in.

  1. 3: Qd Kd 7d 9s 6c 5d 2d Kh - bi H 2d - r M Kh - all fold - w M
  2. 3: 6h 2c Jh 8c 4c Kc 5s 5c - bi R 2c - c C 8c - r S Kc - c M 5c - f R - c C - 4: 2d Qh Ac - b M - all fold - w M
  3. 3: 9s 7d Ac 2h 3h Jh Td 4h - bi C 2h - r F Ac - c C - 4: 7h 6d - b F - c C - 5: Kd 3c - ck H - b C - c F -6: Qd 6c - b C - c H - 7: - b C - c F - C shows 8d 5h 9h - F shows Ad 5d Tc - split pot C + F
  4. 3: 8c Kd 8s Jh Ts Js 7s 6h - bi M 6h - r F 8s - c S Js - f M - 4: 6d 5d - c S - b F - f S - w F
  5. 3: 2d Ad 4c Th 8h Jd 2s Ks - bi A 2d - c F 4c - c J 8h - r M Ks - f A - f F - c J - 4: 9s 8c - b M - c J - 5: 8s 2h - b J - c M - 6: 6s 6d - B J - c M - 7: - ck S - b M - c J - M shows Kd 5d 3h - J shows Kh 9h Qd - split J + M
  6. 3: 4s 4h Qh Jc 7d As 3d 3c - bi M 3c - r F Qh - c S As - c H 3d - f M - 4: Jd 5s 3s - ck H - ck F - b S - c H - c F - 5: 6h 8s Qs - ck H - ck F - b S - all fold - w S
  7. 3: 8s Kc 4c 4d 3s 5d 8d 2d - bi M 2d - r C 4d - c J 3s - f M - 4: 4h 3h - b C - c J - 5: 9h 9d - b C - f J - w C
  8. 3: 2c 3h 8d 6c Td 9c 4s Jh - bi A 2c - r H 4s - all fold - w H shows K K
  9. 3: 3h 9d Qd Ks 6d Ah Ts 8s - bi A 3h - r R 9d - r S Ah - f A - r1100 R all in - c S - R shows Jh 9h - S shows 7c 7s - 4: Kd 6c - 5: 6s 5s - 6: Kh Qc - 7: Ad 2s - w R
  10. 3: Qh Ts 5h 2d Td 9s 3s 7h - bi C 2d - r H 3s - all fold - w H
  11. 3: 6c Ac 2c 7h 9c 8s Qh Td - bi F 2c - r R Ac - c F - 4: As 4c - b R - c F - 5: 3h Jc - b R - c F - 6: 2d Kc - ck R - b F - c R - 7: ck R - b F - c700 R all in - R shows Kh Jh 7d - F shows 2s 5s 8c - w F

    *** Rick Widdis finishes 8th at 4:23 PM.

  12. 3: Ad Jh 2h Td 5d Qd 9s - bi C 2h - r A Ac - all fold - w A
  13. 3: Qc 7s 2c 9s Qs 2h 6h - bi C 2c - c H 2h - r F 7s - f C - c H - 4: 9h 3d - ck F - b H - 5: 5h Ks - both ck - 6: 8h 9s - ck H - b F - c H - 7: both ck - F shows Ad Ac 3c - H shows 6c 5c 7c - split pot F + H
  14. 3: 7s Qs Kh 8d 9c As 2c - bi M 2c - r J 8d - r H As - f M - c J - 4: Tc 5s - b H - f J - w H
  15. 3: Js 4s Jh Qh 3d Tc 9c - bi S 3d - r M 9c - all fold - w M
  16. 3: 9h 6h 2h 5d 7c 9d 6d - bi F 2h - r M 6d - all fold - w M
  17. 3: 5d Kh Td 2c Tc 3c 8s - bi J 2c - c M 8s - c A 5d - 4: Js 9d 6c - ck A - ck J - b M - all fold - w M
  18. 3: 6s Qd 4s Ts 9d 9s 3h - bi M 3h - c A 6s - 4: 8d 2s - b A - c M - 5: 5s As - both ck - Kh 3c - b M - f A - w M
  19. 3: Jd Jc 9c 5c 9d 3d 3c - bi M 3c - r J 5c - c M - 4: 7s Ks - ck M - b J - f M - w J
  20. 3: 3h 7c Th Kc 7s Jd Js - bi A 3h - r S 7s - 4: Ts - 3 c - ck A - b S - f A - w S
  21. 3: 9s Th Jc 4s 9h Ac 2h - bi M 2h - r H Ac - f M - w H
  22. 3: 6d Ks Kh 7s 9c 6c 3h - bi M 3h - r F Ks - c J 7s - c H 6c - f M - 4: 6s 9s 3s - b F - c J - c H - 5: 6h 4h Qs - b F - c J - f H - 6: 8d 5h - both ck - 7: both ck - F shows Kd 7d 2h - J mucks - w F

    *** Levels increase at 4:39 PM to $500 ante, $1,000 bi, $3,000/6,000 limits

    C won $100 4 chip race off, gets $500

  23. 3: 5d 9c 2c - 7s - Jh - 2h Tc - bi C 2c - r H 2h - r A 5d - all fold - w A
  24. 3: 4c Tc 8c 6c 6d 7s Jh - bi A 4c - r H 7s - all fold - w H
  25. 3: Qs 7d 3d 6s 8c Td 2c - bi M 2c - r C 3d - c J 6s - c M - 4: 7s Qh 9d - ck J - ck M - b C - f J - c M - 5: Ah Jc - b C - f M - w C
  26. 3: Tc 8d Kd 5c Td Qh 2c - bi M 2c -r J 5c - c M - 4: 9d 5s - ck J - b M - c J - 5: 4s Js - both ck - 6: 7h 5d - ck M - b J - c M - 7: both ck - M shows 6h 2h 7s - J shows Jd 4c 7c - w J
  27. 3: 3h 8c 5h 9c Kh 7d Qd - bi A 3h - c F 8c - c H 7d - 4: 8d Tc 2d - ck F - b H - r A - f F - c H - 5: 7c 4h - both ck - 6: Jc As - b H - f A - w H
  28. 3: 6h Kc 7s 8h Ks 5s 3h - bi M 3h - r F Kc - c C 7s - c H 5s - f M - 4: Ad 7s Ah - ck F - ck C - b H - c F - c C - 5: 6d 4h Td - b F - c C - c H - 6: 3c Kd Js - ck F - ck C - b H - c F - c C - 7: all ck - H shows Ac Qc 8d - F mucks - C mucks - w H
  29. 3: Qs 5c 5h Qh Ks 6d 3s - bi M 3s - r F 6c - r C 5h - f M - r F - r2500 C all in - c F - F shows 2s 3c - C shows As Js - 4: 9h 7s - 5: 4c 6h - 6: 7h Ah - 7: Ad 2d - w F

    *** Chuck Thompson finishes 7th at 4:58 PM.

  30. 3: 8h 7s 4s Ts 5c Td - bi J 4s - r A 8h - all fold - w A
  31. 3: Jd 6s Kc Ks 6h 2s - bi M 2s - r H 6h - c M - 4: 9c Js - b M - c H - 5: Jh 6d - ck H - b M - f H - w M shows Ad 4s
  32. 3: Qs 7h 4s 5s 3d Jh - bi H 3d - r J 4s - c H - 4: 6d 2c - ck J - b H - c J - 5: Ac Ah - ck J - b H - c J - 6: 2s As - b H - c J - 7: b H - c J - H shows 6c 6s 2d - J shows 5c 9c Kh - split pot J + H

    *** Approx chip count: A 30K F 75K M 60K S 15K J 55K H 60K

  33. 3: 9s 2s As 4c Qh Tc - bi F 2s - r J As - c S 4c - f F - 4: Qd 2c - ck J - b S - f J - w S
  34. 3: 3d Jc 7c Tc 6d 6c - bi A 3d - c J 7c - r H 6d - c M 6c - c A - c J - 4: 3h Td Th 8h - ck A - ck J - ck H - b M - r A - f J - f H - c M - 5: 2c Qd - b A - c M - 6: Ah 9h - b A - f M - w A
  35. 3: Qc 9c 5d Kd 8d 4d - bi M 4d - r J 5d - c M - 4: 4h 2c - b J - c M - 5: Jd Ks - ck M - b J - c M - 6: 3h Kc - both ck - 7: b M - f J - w M
  36. 3: Ts 2s 8c 4s 5s 8s - bi F 2s - r S 4s - all fold - F shows Ah 9s - w S
  37. 3: 2c 4s Kh Qd 4d 5h - bi A 2c - r H 4d - all fold - w H
  38. 3: 3d Jc Kd Ts Jh 3h - bi A 3d - r M 3h - c A - 4: 9s 7s - ck A - b M - f A - w M
  39. 3:8h Qs 4c Qc 8d Kd - bi J 4c - r H 8d - r F Qs - c J - c H - 4: 6c Tc 2s - ck F - ck J - b H - c F - c J - 5: Ac 9s 7s - ck F - ck J - b H - f F - f J - w H
  40. 3: Jd Kc 7c 7d Qs 8d - bi J 7c - r H Qs - c M 8d - c F Kc - c J - 4: 3s 4d 8c Js - ck F - b J - f H - f M - c F - 5: Tc Qd - both ck - 6: Ts 5s - ck F - b J - c F - 7: ck F - b J - c F - J shows As 2c 6c - F shows Ac 5c 9d - split pot F + J
  41. 3: 4c 8d 9s 5h 5s 2c - bi M 2c - c A 4c - c H 5s - 4: 2h 3h Kh - ck M - b A - all fold - w A
  42. 3: 5h Kc Qs 2d 4h 6c - bi S 2d - r H 4h - c S - 4: 2s Ah - ck S - b H - c S - 5: Qh Qc - ck S - b H - c S - 6: Ts Ac - b H - f S - w H
  43. 3: As 9d 3s 2c 5h Td - bi S 2c - c M Td - r J 3s - c S - c M - 4: 5d 3h 8s - ck M - b J - c2000 S all in - c M - 5: 2s Qh 7h - b J - f M - w J side pot - J shows 2h 4h - S shows Ah 9h - 6: Qd 2d - 7: Kh 7s - w S
  44. 3: Ac Jh 8s 2c 7d 4d - bi S 2c - r A Ac - c S - 4: Qs 9h - b A - c S - 5: 4h 6h - b A - f S - w A
  45. 3: 4d 8c 3d Th 3c 2d - bi M 2d - c A 4d - c F 8c - 4: Qs Qh 6c - ck A - ck F - b M - all fold - w M
  46. 3: 4h Kh Td As Ah 3h - bi M 3h - c A 4h - r S As - f M - c A - 4: 2c Kd - ck S - b A - r S - c A - 5: Jh 9c - b1500 S all in - c A - A shows 4d 8c - S shows 4c 3d - 6: 7c Jc - 7: 5c 7d - w A

    *** Skip Wilson finishes 6th at 5:32 PM.

  47. 3: 3h 2c Qd 2s 4d - bi F 2c - r H 2s - c F - 4: 5c 7h - b H - c F - 5: 9s Kd - b H - c F - 6: Tc Jh - b H - c F - 7: both ck - H shows 7c Ad 6h - F shows Ah 3d Td - split pot F + H
  48. 3: 2h Qd 3h 7c 4c - bi A 2h - r J 3h - c M 4c - c A - 4: 5s Jd 8d - ck J - ck M - b A - c J - c M - 5: Ad Ks Jh - b A - f J - c M - 6: 9s 4s - ck M - b A - c M - 7: ck M in dark - b A - f M shows 5 6 9 - w A
  49. 3: 9d Qs Jh 8c Ts - bi H 8c - all fold - w H
  50. 3: 4d Ts Qs 6d Kd - bi A 4d - r H 6d - r M Kd - f A - c H - 4: Ks 2c - ck H - b M - c H - 5: 8d 7s - both ck - 6: 3d Qc - ck M - b H - c M - 7: ck M - b H - c M - H shows 6c 2s 7d - M shows Kh 8c 6s - split pot H + M

    *** Break at 5:41 PM to 5:54 PM.

    Approx chip count: H 100K A 90K F 60K M 30K J 10K

    Levels increase to $1,000 ante, $2,000 bi and $5,000/10,000 limits.

  51. 3: 6h 5c 3h Ac 3s - bi J 3h - r H Ac - f J shows T J - w H
  52. 3: Qh 7d Qc 2d 5d - bi H 2d - r M 5d - r2000 J Qc all in - f H - c M - J shows Kc 5c - M shows 4s 4c - 4: 8d Ac - 5: 9d 5s - 6: 8h Ks - 7: Ah Qd - w M

    *** J. J. Volpe finishes 5th at 5:56 PM.

  53. 3: 5d Kh 4s 2s - bi M 2s - c A 5d - r F Kh - f M - c A - 4: 2c 5s - both ck - 5: 9h Qd - b F - f A - w F
  54. 3: Qc 7h Qh 3s - bi r M 3s - all fold - w M
  55. 3: 8h Kd Jd 4s - bi M 4s - r H Jd - c M - 4: Qh 6d - ck H - b M - f H - w M
  56. 3: 5c 9d Qd Ah - bi A 5c - c H Qd - r M Ah - c A - f H - 4: 6h 7d - b M - c A - 5: Tc 5h - b M - c A - 6: 9s Ts - b M - r A - c M - 7: ck M - b A - c M - M shows Ad 8c 4c - A shows 7c 8h 5d - split pot A + M
  57. 3: Jd 3d Tc 5d - bi F 3d - c H Tc - c M 5d - 4: 6h 8s 8d - ck H - b M - c F - f H - 5: Td 3s - ck F - b M - c F - 6: Qs 7c - ck F - b M - c F - 7: ck F - b M - f F shows 4h 7h Js - w M shows 8h 2s 4c
  58. 3: 4c Th Ks 5s - bi A 4c - r M 5s c A - 4: 9h 8d - ck A - b M - f A - w M
  59. 3: 2s As Ks Ah - bi A 2s - r F As - c M Ah - f A - 4: Td Kc - ck M - b F - c M - 5: 6d 4s - ck M - b F - c M - 6: 2c Jh - ck M - b F - f M shows 5d Ac - w F
  60. 3: Jh 7d Td 5s - bi M 5s - all fold - w M
  61. 3: Ac Ad Kh 8s - bi M 8s - r A Ac - c F Ad - f M - 4: Ah Tc - b A - f F - w A
  62. 3: 5c Td Qh Tc - bi A 5c - r H Qh - c A - 4: 2h 3c - ck H - b A - c H - 5: 6h 2d - ck H - b A - c H - 6: 7s 4h - both ck - 7: ck H - b A - c H - H shows 5s Qs Kd - A shows 7d Ad 8c - split pot A + H
  63. 3: 9c Tc 9s 4s - bi M 4s - all fold - w M
  64. 3: 4c Js 4s 5h - bi A 4c - r H 4s - c M 5h - c A - 4: Ad 3s 9d - b A - c H - f M - 5: 9h Tc - b A - c H - 6: 2c Ah - both ck - 7: ck H - b A - c H - A shows 7d 5c Th - H shows 6s Qs Qh - split A + H
  65. 3: Ts 3c 2d 4h - bi H 2d - r M 4h - all fold - w M shows Ad 6s
  66. 3: 7d Ah 8d Th - bi A 7d - r F Ah - c A - 4: Jd 9h - b F - f A - w F shows 2c 3h

    *** Deal break at 6:18 PM. - A 79K F 62K M 73K H 79K

    Very probable that deal was made. Cards back in air at 6:30 PM.

  67. 3: Jd 4d Th 9h - bi F 4d - all fold - w F
  68. 3: 3h As 7h Qh - bi A 3h - r H 7h - c A - 4: Ac 3s - b A - c H - 5: Td 8c - ck A - b H - c A - 6: Kh 8s - b H - c A - 7: b H - f A - w H
  69. 3: 5d 7c Qs 7h - bi A 5d - all fold - w A
  70. 3: 2s 7h 3h 8d - bi A 2s - r H 3h - c M 8d - f A - 9h 3d - ck H - b M - f H - w M shows 7s 5d
  71. 3: 6d 9d 5s Ac - bi H 5s - r A 6d - r H - c A - 4: 4c 8d - b H - c A - 5: 2c 6h - b H - c A - 6: Qd Qs - b H - c A - 7: b H - c A all in - H shows 6s Kd 3d - A shows 6c 5c 4d - w A
  72. 3: Ad Qc Tc 8c - bi M 8c - r A Ad - all fold - w A
  73. 3: Ks 3c 2c Ad - bi H 2c - r F 3c - all fold - w F
  74. 3: 9s 9h Jh 4d - bi M 4d - c A 9s - c H Jh - 4: Td 2c 7d - ck H - b M - all fold - w M
  75. 3: 7c Ad 7h 5s - bi M 6s - c A 7c - 4: 2h 9h - ck M - b A - c M - 5: Qd Kd - both ck - 6: 8c Jd - ck M - b A - f M - w A
  76. 3: 6s Td Qh 5d - bi M 5d - r H Qh - f M - w H
  77. 3: Ad 5c 7h 9d - bi F 5c - r A Ad - f F - w A
  78. 3: Ac 9s 5d 3h - bi M 3h - r A Ac - c H 5d - f M - 4: 7h 4h - ck A - b H - c A - 5: Ts Qh - both ck - 6: 4c Kh - b A - f H - w A
  79. 3: 7h 2s Kc Kh - bi F 2s - r H Kc - all fold - w H
  80. 3: Qh 8c Td Kc - fi F 8c - r M Kc - c F - 4: Ah Th - both ck - 5: 5c 2s - b F - c M - 6: 2h 4h - b F - c M - 7: both ck - F shows 4c 8h Jh - M shows Kd Js 2d - split pot F + M
  81. 3: 9s As 3h 3s - bi H 3h - r M 3s - all fold - w M
  82. 3: Tc 2c Kc 5c - bi F 2c - r A Tc - f F - w A
  83. 3: Ts Jh 7c Ad - bi H 7c - r M Ad - c H - 4: 4c Qs - ck M - b H - r M - c H - 5: 5h 5d - both ck - 6: 2h 5h - ck M - b H - c M - 7: ck M - b H - c M - H shows 9s 6s 8d - M shows 2c 2s Qd - split pot H + M
  84. 3: Qd Ah 8d 3d - bi M 3d - r F Ah - c M - 4: Kc 4c - b F - c M - 5: 2h Ac - ck F - b M - f F shows 2h 4h - w M shows Ad 2d
  85. 3: 6s 5d 2s 6h - bi H 2s - r A 6s - c F 5d - c H - 4: 9c 5c Qd - b F all fold - w F
  86. 3: Ac Qs 8s 9d - bi H 8s - c A Ac - 4: 9h 2s - ck A - b H - f A - w H
  87. 3: 3c 3d 4s 2h - bi M 2h - r H 4s - c M - 4: 9d 7d - ck H - b M - c H - 5: 5s Ts - both ck - 6: 9s 8c - b H - f M - w H
  88. 3: 4h Qs 5s 8c - bi A 4h - c M 8c - 4: 3c 5c - ck M - b A - r M - c A - 5: 7h As - b M - c A - 6: Ts 7s - b M - c A - c M in dark - 7: ck A - M shows 8d 8s Tc - A shows 2h 3h Jh - w A
  89. 3: 8d 4c 4s 3h - bi M 3h - c A 8d - c F 4c - 4: 7d Js 8c - ck F - b M - r A f F - c M - 5: 5h Qd - ck M - b A - f M - w A
  90. 3: Ac 3c 9c Jc - bi F 3c - r A Ac - c F - 4: 7d Ks - b A - f F - w A
  91. 3: 4c 9s 3d 6d - bi H 3d - r M 6d - c A 4c - f H - 4: Jd 7c - ck A - b M - f A - w M
  92. 3: 7h 8s 3d 4c - bi H 3d - c A 7h - c F 8s - 4: 9c Th Qd - b H - c A - c F - 5: Qh Tc 9h - ck F - ck H - b A - all fold - w A
  93. 3: 7h 8d 3s 4h - bi H 3s - r A 7h - c H - 4: Js Qd - both ck - 5: 5s 7c - both ck - 6c Jc - ck H - b A - f H - w A

    *** At 7:05 PM levels go to $2,000 ante, $3,000 bi and $10,000/20,000 limits.

  94. 3: 3d 3s 9s 9h - bi A 3d - r H 9s - all fold - w H
  95. 3: Js 8s 2d 6d - bi H 2d - r M 6d - all fold - w M
  96. 3: Td Ts 5d 4h - bi M 4h - r H 5d - c M - 4: Jd 6h - ck H - b M - c H - 5: Ks 7d - ck H - b18000 M all in - c17000 H all in - M shows 5s 8s - H shows 9d 9h - 6: Qh 7s - 7: 2s X did not show - w M

    *** Jay Heimowitz finishes 4th at 7:09 PM.

    Approx chip count: F 23K M 70K A 200K

  97. 3: 6c Qh Js - bi A 6c - all fold - w A
  98. 3: Jh 8c Jd - fi r F 8c - r A - r1000 F - c A - F shows Kd Qs - A shows Js 9d - 4: 4d 7h - 5: 4s 6c - 6: Ad 5s - 7: Ac 4h - w F
  99. 3: 9c 7h 4c - bi M 4c - all fold - w M
  100. 3: 8c Ah Kh - bi A 8c - r F Ah - all fold - w F
  101. 3: Qs Td 6d - bi M 6d - all fold - w M
  102. 3: Qc Ah 7d - bi M 7d - r F Ah - c M - 4: 2h Qd - b F - c M - 5: 8c Ac - both ck - 6: 9s 3c - b M - f F shows T J - w M
  103. 3: 9c 6c 7d - bi F 6c - all fold - w F
  104. 3: 6c 3d As - bi F 3d - r A 6c - c F - 4: Tc Jd - both ck - 5: 8h Th - ck F - b A - c F - 6: Ts 5d - b A - c1000 F all in - A shows 4s Qs - F shows 3s 4d - 7: 9c Js - w F
  105. 3: As 5s 5h - bi M 5h - all fold - w M
  106. 3: 5h 3d Ah - bi F 3d - r M Ah - all fold - w M
  107. 3: 4d As 7s - bi A 4d - c F As - 4: 7d Qc - b F - c A - 5: 9c 3h - b F - c A - 6: 3d Tc - ck F - b A - c F - 7: ck F - b A - c5000 F all in - A shows 6d 8h 5s - F shows Qd Jh A - w A

    *** Frank Henderson finishes 3rd at 7:18 PM

    Chip count: A 177K M 116K

  108. 3: 5h Ts - bi A - f M - w A
  109. 3: Qh Jc - bi M - r A - r M - f A - w M shows Jd
  110. 3: 6c 8s - bi A - f M - w A
  111. 3: 7h Ts - bi A - f M - w A
  112. 3: 7c Qs - bi A - f M - w A
  113. 3: 6s 7c - bi A - r M - c A - 4: 8h 4s - ck A - b M - c A - 5: Ks Jc - ck A - b M - c A - 6: 3d Kc - b M - c A - 7: both ck - M shows 4c 2c 6h - A shows Ks 2d 7d - split pot
  114. 3: 6c Kc - bi A - f M - w A
  115. 3: Ks Js - bi M - f A - w M
  116. 3: Jc Jd - bi A - f M - w A
  117. 3: 8d Qc - bi A - c M - 4: 2d 8h - both ck - 5: 7c 3d - b M - r A - c M - 6: 4h 2h - ck M - b A - c M - 7: both ck - M shows 4s 5h Th - A shows Ad 7d Ks - split pot
  118. 3: 2s 9s - bi A - f M - w A
  119. 3: Qc 5d - bi M - c A - 4: Jh 4h - both ck - 5: 2c 3h - ck A - b M - f A - w M
  120. 3: Ah Qd - bi M - r A - f M - w A
  121. 3: Jh 7c - bi M - c A - 4: Ts Th - b A - r M - c A - 5: 8d 5s - ck A - b M - c A - 6: 3s 2s - ck A - b M - c A - 7: both ck - M shows Tc 5c 2h - A mucks - w M
  122. 3: 9c Ad - bi A - r M - f A - w M
  123. 3: 6s Qc - bi A - r M - c A - 4: 3c Kc - both ck - 5: Ks 4h - b M - c A - 6: Js 8d - bi M - c A - 7: both ck - M shows 5s 5h Ah - A mucks - w M

    *** Approx chip count: A 60K M 230K

  124. 3: 5d Qs - bi B - c M - 4: 9c 2h - b M - c A - 5: 7s 6c - ck M - b A - f M - w A
  125. 3: 3c 6h - bi A - r M - f A - w M
  126. 3: Jc Th - bi M - f A - w M
  127. 3: 3s 7s - bi A - c M - 4: 4h Kd - ck M - b A - c M - 5: 5d 4c - ck M - b A - f M - w A
  128. 3: 7s Qs - bi A - r M - f A - w M
  129. 3: Tc 6s - bi M - r A - c M - 4: 5c Ts - ck M - b A - r M - c A - 5: Qd 7d - ck A - b M - c A - 6: 5h 4h - b A - r M c2000 A all in - A shows Ac 5d - M shows Td 4s - 7: 2c Js - w A
  130. 3: As 8d - bi N - r A - c M - 4: 5s 7h - both ck - 5: Ah Qh - b A - f M shows Ac 4h - w A

    *** Approx chip count: A 165K M 130

  131. 3: Qs 9s - bi M - r A - f M - w A
  132. 3: Qc As - bi A - r M - c A - 4: 3s Ah - b M - f A - w M
  133. 3: 8h Ac - bi A - c M - 4: 4h 3c - b M - r A - c M - 5: 9s Tc - b M - c A - 6: 3s 6h - both ck - 7: both ck - M shows Js Jc 4d - A mucks - w M
  134. 3: Qh Js - bi M - f A - w M
  135. 3: 6s 3c - bi M - f A - w M
  136. 3: Jc Qh - bi A - c M - 4: Ad 9s - b A - c M - 5: 6h 8h - ck A - b M - f A - w M shows Qs

    *** Approx chip count: A 85K M 210K

  137. 3: 5d Ks - bi A - f M - w A
  138. 3: 6s 8h - bi A - f M - w A
  139. 3: 8h Jh - bi A - c M - 4: Qc 4h - both ck - 5: 3h Ts - b A - c M - 6: 3c 9c - b A - f M - w A
  140. 3: Ts 2h - bi M - r A - f M - w A
  141. 3: 7c Jh - bi A - f M - w A
  142. 3: Ts 7d - bi M - r A - c M - 4: Ad Tc - b A - c M - 5: 4s Kh - b A - c M - 6: 5c Jd - b A - f M - w A
  143. 3: 6s Tc - bi A - c M - 4: 6c 7s - b A - f M - w A

    *** At 8:05 PM levels go to $2,000 ante, $5,000 bi and $15,000/30,000 limits.

    Approx chip count: A 170K M 120K

  144. 3: Ah Qc - bi M - r A - c M - 4: 8h Qd - b M - f A - w M shows Q
  145. 3: 5h 9c - bi A - r M - c A - 4: 3s 2c - both ck - 5: 2h 2d - b M - r A - c M - 6: Js 4d - b M - r A - r2000 M all in - c A - M shows 9d Td - A shows 6c 7c - 7: 3h Qd - split pot
  146. 3: Tc 6d - bi M - f A - w M
  147. 3: 2c 5s - bi A - r M - c A - 4: 5d 8h - b M - c A - 5: As 4d - b A - c M - 6: Jh 8c - b M - c A - ck M in dark - 7: ck A - M shows Ks Kd 7s - A shows 2s 4s 4c - w M
  148. 3: 6c 6d - bi A - r M - f A - w M
  149. 3: 8d Js - bi A - r M - f A - w M
  150. 3: 8s 5c - bi M - r A - f M - w A
  151. 3: 4d Ah - bi A - r M - f A - w M
  152. 3: 8s Tc - bi A - f M - w A

    *** Approx chip count: A 50K M 240K

  153. 3: 6h 5h - bi M - r A - c M - 4: 9c Tc - both ck - 5: 7s Ts - b M - r1000 A - c M - M shows Ah 8c - A shows 3c 8h - 6: Js 5s - 7: Jc 8s - w M

    *** Artie Cobb finishes 2nd and Dr. Max Stern wins the $2500 7 Card Stud High-Low Split 8 or Better WSOP Championship at 8:18 PM.

Final Table Chip Standings - Seat Positions

Missing Picture
Dr. Max Stern, a retired Costa Rican-born pediatrician, outduelled a record field to capture the $2,500 buy in Seven Card High-Low Split title. His victory came eight days after Maria Stern took the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event -- the first time in World Series of Poker history that a man and wife have won gold bracelets in the same year.

Stern, a 57 year-old poker enthusiast, collected $117,000 for his eighth in-the-money WSOP finish which includes a winner's bracelet two years ago in Omaha High-Low Split. And, the victory was the ninth by a non-American-born player in the first 12 events of this World Series.

"This has been the most exciting day I've ever had in poker," Stern said. "And to play against Artie Cobb, Frank Henderson and Jay Heimowitz and beat them is the thrill of a lifetime." He confided that 10 years ago when he and his wife came to Las Vegas, "Artie was good enough to teach me some poker wisdom."

Stern said he had been down to just $500 in chips on the opening day, with the limits at $200-$400. "I made an unbelievable comeback to get to the final table," he said.

Stern and Cobb fought heads-up for just under an hour in what both called a "friendly war" which saw four chip-lead changes. Each player climbed back from near-elimination until Stern finally scooped the key hand with two pair when Cobb missed a bicycle and low. A few moments later Cobb was all-in on 5th street with another straight and low draw (3-8/6-9-7) against Stern's A-8/5-10-10. Cobb caught J-J, not enough to beat Stern's tens and eights.

For this, his 3rd runner-up finish to go with three WSOP titles, Cobb collected $58,500 which brought his total winnings to $564,875. A 54 year-old investor and gaming devotee, Cobb has been in the money at the World Series 16 times. "It was a great match,"he said. "I feel fantastic. The best man won. He deserved it, he played a great tournament. If I couldn't win, I wanted Max to win." Cobb, known for his colorful attire and good-luck oddities at poker tables, said, "I'm proud to be able to participate in the best tournament in the world and to maintain a pretty good quality of play against the best players in the world."

Frank Henderson, another World Series luminary, took third place and $29,500, his 27th time in the money which includes a gold bracelet and a runner-up finish to Johnny Chan in the 1987 Championship Event. Henderson, 65, a retired piping engineer, has been coming to the WSOP since the late l970s. Asked how he felt about this fourth time already in the money this year, he said, "I just had no legitimate starting hands. I tried to steal a few pots. When the smoke clears tomorrow, I'll be satisfied. It's enjoyable and exciting to make the final table, and this was a pretty tough one with fine, veteran players." His WSOP winnings now total $766,298.

Fourth place went to Jay Heimowitz, who ranks 20th on the WSOP's Top Money Winners list with $963,062 for 22 finishes in the money. The holder of four gold bracelets, Heimowitz, a 59 year-old Budweiser wholesaler, said "This was a fine event. I played as well as I could. I've missed just a couple of years at the World Series since 1975. I absolutely love it. And I think the current international success is great -- it shows poker's popularity, with information in books, videos, etc. out around the world for anyone who wants it." He was eliminated when he ran into Stern's straight in the first five cards.

J.J. Volpe, a former publishing marketing executive who said he is the "youngest Italian-American poker player here," finished fifth, unable to retain the chip lead he held at start of final table action. He has now won $28,240 in five finishes in the money at the WSOP.

Sixth place went to Skip Wilson, cashing for the third time and doubling his total earnings to $22,908.

Poker Veteran Chuck Thompson took seventh place,increasing his WSOP winnings to $141,188.

Canadian WSOP newcomer Rick Widdis finished eighth, unable to make a move from his short-stack start at the final table.


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