2011 World Series Of Poker Event 5

The fifth event in the 2011 edition of the World Series of Poker is the first seven card stud event. While Seven Card Stud does not attract as many players as Texas Hold 'em, the buy in on this event is more than accommodating to all players. The small buy-in of only $1,500 will allow almost anyone to get into the game. While you may not know how to play seven card stud, you can play free play online poker to learn how. With the knowledge you learn in the free play poker room you should have no problems actually participating in this tournament.

With a $1,500 buy-in, we expect at least 300 players to enter. This should put together a prize pool of nearly $400,000. If you enter the tournament, you should be able to advance fairly easy considering the small number of entrants. Many professional players participate in stud events, as most of the people who enter the event are not that good at seven card stud. This may stiffen the competition, but it could give you a chance to oust some of the biggest names in poker.

Tournament Updates
(New Updates Posted Daily During Event)

Day 1 Update - The fifth event began as the first seven card stud tournament, which generally brings out fairly thick competition. A total of 357 entries were purchased at $1,500, bringing the prize pool to $481,950. Only 112 would remain after the first day, severely thinning the field. Quite a few major names had ended the day still in the running, though many have also fallen. Amongst those that began the day were Jennifer Harman, Steve Billirakis, Frank Kassela, Jeff Lisandro, Tom Dwan, Eli Elezra, Andy Bloch, Daniel Negreanu, Alexander Kravchenko and several others.

The chip leader at the end of the day was Kerry Shakura, who held 49,300 chips. Andy BLoch is the first big name in the remaining players, with Andy Bloch holding 33,800 chips. Shaun Deeb is behind him with 33,300 chips. Dropping down a few slots and we see that Eli Elezra is still alive, with the Israeli running with 27,800 chips. Tom Dwan is also still alive, with 22,300 chips in his pile. Daniel Alaei, Frank Kassela, and Jason Mercier are all still in play, albeit with low stacks.

Day 2 Update - The first 7 Card Stud event has only 12 players remaining out of a pool of 357. Each player is battling for their piece of the $481,950 prize pool, as well as the highly coveted bracelet. Day 2 carried the players through ten levels of play, with several major casualties throughout the day. Before the money bubble burst, Jason Mercier, Tom Dwan, Jerry Buss, Eric Baldwin, and Frank Kassela were all sent home. After the bubble broke Scott Seiver, Chad Brown, Brett Jungblut, and Bryan Devonshire had been sent home, at least with some cash. Shaun Deeb, who held the chip lead for much of the tournament, found himself going home in 15th place.

The first place winner will take $122,909 for their efforts. Alessio Isaia is the chip leader going into the final day. Alessio's task of winning this tournament will not be too easy, as Eric Buchman and Ugene Katchalov are right behind him. All three players have over 210,000 chips, so equal footing is had by all. These players have 9 others to beat out, but it is still any one's game to win.

Day 3 Update - The seven card stud tournament that marked event five brought 14 players back to the tables in order to work for their bracelet. A few big names in poker managed to make it this far, including Eric Buchman, Eugene Katchalov and Alessio Isaia had all earned a position in the final two tables. Isaia entered the day as the chip leader, but he dropped to third place behind Jonathan Spinks and Eric Buchman by the time of the final table. Katchalov had followed in suit, joining them at the final table with Dennis Parker, Ali Eslami, Jonathan Spinks, Jeremy Ausmus, Kai Landry and Vasili Lazarou. The final players were whittled away until only Eugene Katchalov and Alessio Isaia remained. The players entered heads up after Eric Buchman was eliminated in third, and Alessio had a dominant chip lead of 1,350,000 to 250,000. Katchalov doubled up early on, then continued to win small pots until he took down the largest pot of the tournament. In just over a half hour, Katchalov had taken the lead. The Ukraine native earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet by obliterating Alessio's dominant lead, taking $122,909 and the glory of the bracelet home.

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