James Obst won the World Series of Poker Event #42: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship for $260,658 and his second WSOP bracelet. Obst beat Paul Volpe in a heads-up battle, who earned $173,391 for his second-place finish.
With this win, Obst now moves into the Top 10 of Australia’s All-Time live tournament earnings. He won his first WSOP bracelet in 2017 when he won $ 10,000 Razz Championship event for $265,138.
The event had 107 entries, which generated a prize pool of $995,100 with 17 players in the money, a min-cash of $20,000, and $260,658 for the event winner.
Event #42: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  James Obst | Australia | $260,658 |
| 2 |  Paul Volpe | United States | $173,391 |
| 3 | Jason Daly | United States | $118,809 |
| 4 | Michael Lang | United States | $83,932 |
| 5 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | $61,190 |
| 6 |  Juha Helppi | Finland | $46,084 |
| 7 |  Andre Akkari | Brazil | $35,893 |
| 8 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $28,945 |
| 9 | Kane Kalas | United States | $24,198 |
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Final Table Action
Starting the final table, we saw different stack sizes, with Kane Kalas having six big bets and Paul Volpe as the chip leader sitting on 34 big bets.
James Obst completed before Yuri Dzivielevski raised. Kane Kalas reraised, and Paul Volpe made it four bets; Obst and Dzivielevski folded, and Kalas called. Volpe kept betting on sixth street, and Kalas moved all-in to get called by Volpe.
Kalas had 9♦Q♠5♣2♦ on the table against Volpe’s 2♠4♠4♠K♠; Volpe showed K♣K♥, leaving Kalas drawing dead with A♠A♥. Volpe received 9♥, Kalas mucked 5♥ and was eliminated in ninth place for $24,198.
Dzivielevski bet on fourth street and Akkari called, he bet again on fifth street and was all-in, Akkari called. Dzivielevski led with a pair of tens against sevens, he paired his deuce on sixth street to give him two pair, but Akkari rivered a king to give him the better two pair eliminating Dzivielevski in eighth place for $28,945.
After eliminating his countryman Dzivielevski, Akkari was next to be eliminated when he was all-in on fourth street and got called by Volpe, who hit trip sixes on sixth street, eliminating Akkari in seventh place for $35,893. Akkari had K♣10♥K♥10♠Q♣Q♠4♣ against Vople’s 6♠5♣4♥3♥6♦6♥8♠.
Next on his way home was Juha Helppi, who completed and called a raise from Obst. Obst bet on the fourth, Helppi called, and he bet his pair of aces on the fifth, which Obst called. Helppi called for all of his chips on the sixth and was at risk. Helppi showed two pair holding J♠J♦7♣8♣A♣A♠9♥, but Obst had 9♦5♠4♦Q♦5♦7♥5♥ for trips fives, eliminating Helppi in sixth place for $46,084.
Volpe completed and got raised by Obst, Mizachi reraised, Volpe 4-bet, Obst called, Mizrachi went all-in, and everybody called. Obst bet on the fourth, Volpe called. Obst continued to bet on fifth, and Volpe folded. Obst showed J♠J♥2♥9♦9♠K♣Q♦ for two pair, and Mizrachi had 10♠10♣4♣9♣A♣6♥ for one pair and flush draw, but he missed on seventh when 7♦ came and sent Mizrachi home in fifth place for $61,190.
Lang completed and shoved all-in against Daly’s raise. Daly hit the flush on the sixth street with A♦9♦5♦K♠Q♦6♦, and Lang was drawing dead with his A♠6♥Q♣3♥4♦K♣ before seventh street came. Lang was out in fourth place for $83,932.
Daly bet on the fourth street, and Obst called; Daly bet again on the fifth street, Obst raised, and Daly went all-in; Obst called. Obst was ahead, holding two pair, and Daly was hoping to hit the flush draw to stay alive. Sixth and seventh street didn’t bring any diamonds, and Daly was out in third place for $118,809.
The Heads-Up
Volpe and Obst entered the heads-up battle almost even in stack size, and both had open paths to winning $260,658 and a WSOP bracelet.
After a long battle, the final hand happened when Volpe completed with A♠ Obst raised with 4♠, Volpe went all-in, and Obst called. Obst had J♠4♥Q♠8♦5♦10♠ hitting a pair of fours while Volpe completely missed and was out in second place for $173,391
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