Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 1 Started
Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 1 Started
Welcome to the Day 1 of Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Play will get underway at 2 p.m. local time, taking place at the Paris ballroom.
Almost all of the $10,000 buy-in Championship events this year have seen an increase in field size over the editions held during the 2022 WSOP and it can thus be expected that the stud eight or better event will attract more entries than last year’s number of 137.
The defending champion is Daniel Zack, who captured his second and final bracelet of 2022 in last year’s stud eight or better Championship event, helping cement his position as the eventual Player of the Year winner. He took home $324,174 after besting David Funkhouser during a heads-up battle that lasted eight hours. Mixed game powerhouses Shaun Deeb, Chad Eveslage and Brian Hastings were also present at the final table, but ended up falling short of the title.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Daniel Zack | United States | $324,174 |
2nd | David Funkhouser | United States | $200,356 |
3rd | Ziya Rahim | United States | $147,800 |
4th | Eric Kurtzman | United States | $110,379 |
5th | Shaun Deeb | United States | $83,465 |
6th | Chad Eveslage | United States | $63,914 |
7th | Brian Hastings | United States | $49,571 |
Players will start with 60,000 chips. Day 1 will begin with six levels of 40 minutes before they will be increased to 60 minutes for the final four levels of the day. A 15-minute break is to be had after every two hours of play and late registration will be open until the start of Day 2 on Wednesday, June 28th, at 1 p.m.
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Level: 1
Ante - 100
Bring In - 200
Limits - 500-1,000
Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 1 of Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Brett Richey | 60,000 | |
Christopher Vitch |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Allen Kessler |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Bruno Fitoussi just sat down at a table with, among others, Allen Kessler. With a fresh stack of 60,000 chips, the Frenchman immediately expressed that "he knows he can't win" in a conversation with Kesller.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bruno Fitoussi |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Esther Taylor: A♦9♦Xx / 9♠2♠J♠Q♣
Daniel Negreanu: J♥4♣Xx / 2♥2♦8♣K♣
Daniel Negreanu completed to 500 and Esther Taylor raised to 1,000. "She think's it's Nine or Better!" Negreanu joked before calling.
Taylor bet on fourth street and Negreanu called. The two were a bit confused on the betting order on fifth street but eventually Negreanu-check called a bet from Taylor.
Negreanu again check-called on sixth street and once more on seventh street as Taylor revealed the winner. Neither player had a low and her pair of nines beat his pair of deuces.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Esther Taylor |
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Daniel Negreanu |
55,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Strelitz |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Jose Paz-Gutierrez |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
William Coren |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Yueqi Zhu |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Chris Tryba |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Qinghai Pan |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Bruno Fitoussi | 60,000 | |
|
Mark Gregorich: XxXx/5♠5♦5♥2♥/Xx
Allen Kessler: XxXx/3♠7♠3♠9♦/Xx
Bruno Fitoussi: XxXx/4♠10♦Q♠5♣/Xx
When the action was caught on sixth street, Gregorich had three fives face up and put out a bet, which both Kessler and Fitoussi called.
The players then received their seventh card down and the action checked around. Gregorich tabled 9♠8♥4♣ and his trips were good to scoop the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Gregorich |
66,500
66,500
|
66,500 |
Bruno Fitoussi | 60,000 | |
|
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Allen Kessler |
43,700
-16,300
|
-16,300 |
Level: 2
Ante - 100
Bring In - 200
Limits - 600-1,200