2023 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k648jj2
Prize
$155,275
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$755,610
Entries
566
Level Info
Level
35
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
566
Players Left
183

Two Pair Takes it For Le

Level 2

Nghia Le: AA2/829Q
Kao Saechao: AA/759Q/Xx

Nghia Le and Kao Saechao were heads-up on sixth street with a sizeable pot already brewing. Le check-called a bet from Saechao and then checked to Saechao again on seventh.

Saechao bet and Le went for the check-raise. Saechao called and Le turned over AA2 for two pair. Saechao showed the AA and mucked — conceding the pot to Le.

Player Chips Progress
Nghia Le us
Nghia Le
28,000
3,000
3,000
Kao Saechao us
Kao Saechao
26,500
1,500
1,500

Level: 2

Button Ante - 500
Bring In - 100
Limits - 300-600

Pimlott Scoops Zhu

Level 1

Bryan Pimlott: A68/4102Q
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx/2K39/Xx

Picking up on fifth street, Pimlott called a bet from Zhu on fifth and sixth, and then check-called a bet from Pimlott on seventh.

Pimlott turned over A68 for a flush and a low. Zhu couldn't beat it and mucked — sending the pot Pimlott's way.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Pimlott us
Bryan Pimlott
25,500
25,500
25,500
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
25,300
300
300
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bryan PimlottYueqi Zhu

Tobia Wins with Set of Eights

Level 1

Bring In: XxXx/2J7 - folded on fifth street
Opponent: A10/QAQ7/Xx
William Tobia: 88/589K/10

A player completed and received calls from William Tobia and another player in the bring in.

The initial raiser bet fourth street and received calls from both opponents.

On fifth street the initial raiser bet again, this time only receiving a call from Tobia.

Tobia called another bet from the initial raiser on sixth street. On seventh street both players checked.

Neither player had a low and Tobia's set of eights were enough to beat his opponent's two-pair, aces and queens. Tobias collected a nice early pot as a result.

Player Chips Progress
William Tobia us
William Tobia
26,000
26,000
26,000

Tags: William Tobia

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Level 1
MyStack
MyStack

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Some Early Entrants

Level 1
Player Chips Progress
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
25,000
25,000
25,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
25,000
25,000
25,000
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kao Saechao us
Kao Saechao
25,000
25,000
25,000
Frankie O'Dell us
Frankie O'Dell
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Nghia Le us
Nghia Le
25,000
25,000
25,000
Michael Rodrigues pt
Michael Rodrigues
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Abrams us
Scott Abrams
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jermaine Reid us
Jermaine Reid
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Adam Owen gb
Adam Owen
25,000
25,000
25,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
25,000
25,000
25,000
William Higgins us
William Higgins
25,000

Level: 1

Button Ante - 300
Bring In - 100
Limits - 200-400

Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Set to Begin at 2 PM PDT

Ali Eslami
Ali Eslami

The action continues at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with Day 1 of Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better beginning at 2 p.m. local time.

This is the third stud tournament of the series, but the first stud hi-lo. The game is a split pot variant, with half the pot going to the best high hand and half the pot going to the player making the best qualifying low hand. A low hand qualifies if a player has five unique cards between an ace and an eight. If there is no qualifying low hand, the entire pot will be awarded to the player with the best high hand.

Ali Eslami took down this event last year, topping a field of 471 entrants to win $135,260 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. He battled through a final table that included notables such as Jeff Madsen and Thomas Taylor. Previous winners of this event include Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Cory Zeidman, Daniel Idema and Calvin Anderson.

2022 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Ali EslamiUnited States$135,260
2Chris PapastratisUnited States$83,598
3Jeff MadsenUnited States$58,537
4Scott LakeUnited States$41,693
5Thomas TaylorCanada$30,215
6Kenny HsiungUnited States$22,287
7John HolleyUnited States$16,737
8David ArganianUnited States$12,801

All players will begin with a 25,000 starting stack. Limits will begin at 200-400 and increase every 40 minutes on Day 1, which will play for 15 levels. Late registration will be available for the first nine levels of play and there will be no reentries. There will be a 15-minute break after every three levels of play. Levels will increase to 60 minutes for Days 2 and 3, with Day 2 playing an additional ten levels and Day 3 playing until a winner is crowned.

Stay tuned to PokerNews to stay up to date with this and every other bracelet event at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Ali EslamiCalvin AndersonCory ZeidmanDaniel IdemaEli ElezraJeff MadsenMichael MizrachiThomas Taylor

Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

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