Barry Grime: /
Mike Matusow: / /
Opponent: / - folded on sixth street
Mike Matusow bet on fifth street and two opponents called, including Barry Grime. Matusow bet again on sixth street and Grime raised. The third player in the hand tank-folded and Matusow called.
Matusow slapped the table to check on seventh street and Grime took his time to make a decision as he grabbed another beer from the cocktail waitress.
"CHECK," Matusow growled.
Grime eventually bet and Matusow squirmed in his chair before folding.
"I bluffed him! I bluffed him!" Grime cheered before showing his hand. "I only had a pair of nines."
Matusow immediately sprung from the table and dialed a friend to relay what had happened, as Allen Kessler walked over and attempted to debunk the bluff.
"He (Grime) might have had the best hand," Kessler contributed.
"He (Matusow) was showing open jacks," a tablemate said.
Todd Brunson got in his stack pre-draw and was up against Jeff Madsen. The players exposed their down cards and were off to a runout.
Todd Brunson: //
Jeff Madsen: //
Brunson immediately improved on fourth street, making trips and would have deuces full of sixes after receiving all his cards. Madsen had Brunson flirting with late night exit but ultimately the WSOP Poker Hall of Famer survived a twilight hours scare to keep himself in contention for Day 2
Day 1 of Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has wrapped up after 15 levels of play with one-third of the field remaining for a total of 152 players. Among the bigger stacks is three-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein, who bagged a healthy stack of 146,000.
Greenstein will be joined by other big stacks including Bruce Hoyt (196,000), Chad Campbell (185,000), Claude Marbleu (185,000) and Ali Eslami (189,500). Pearce Arnold (244,500) is the overnight chip leader.
Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
1
Pearce Arnold
United States
244,500
2
Kenny Hsiung
United States
224,000
3
Bruce Hoyt
United States
196,000
4
Ali Eslami
United States
189,500
5
Chad Campbell
United States
185,000
6
Angelo Mancini
Italy
171,500
7
Yuichi Kanai
Japan
167,500
8
Harris Soetikno
Australia
165,000
9
John Holley
United States
163,500
10
Claude Marbleu
France
155,000
The first day of the $1,500 buy-in event attracted 471 runners, including an array of multi-bracelet winners and legends of the game. Some of the big names who survived Day 1 include Michael Mizrachi (104,500), Mike Matusow (90,500), Allen Kessler (36,500), Jose Paz-Gutierrez (54,500).
Some players who didn't survive to bag include Brandon Shack-Harris, Peter Dirksen and PokerNews' own Alec Rome.
Day 2 kicks off at 2 p.m. local time on June 17 in the Bally's gold section on Level 16 with betting limits of 4,000/8,000. A total of ten levels will be played with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 around 9:30 p.m. Only 71 spots will pay in the tournament with $135,260 awaiting the eventual champion.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back from 2:00 p.m. local time on June 17 to bring you Day 2 coverage of the Stud hi-lo action.