Event #40: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-21-2017 10:15 UTC-7

Official End of Day Chip Counts and Seat Draw for Day 2 (full)

Matthew

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

The seat draw for Day 2 can be found right here.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	79,900

Jeffrey Mitseff	78,100 78,100	78,100
Cole Jackson	76,800
Chris Ferguson	70,800

Ryan Hughes	69,100

Tim Finne	66,300 66,300	66,300
Randy Ohel	64,600

John Cernuto	62,400

Kevin Song	61,800 61,800	61,800

Dimitrios Magdalinos	60,700 60,700	60,700
Phillip Penn	59,400 59,400	59,400
Jay Hong	58,500 58,500	58,500
Vasu Amarapu	58,000 58,000	58,000
Brian Nunneley	56,500 56,500	56,500
Andrew Yeh	56,000 56,000	56,000

Christopher Miller	55,000 55,000	55,000
John Holley	54,900 23,300	23,300
Scott Abrams	54,300 54,300	54,300

Adam Friedman	51,400

Hal Rotholz	50,600 50,600	50,600
Doug Saab	50,600 50,600	50,600

Kevin Iacofano	50,500
Christine Antoniuk	49,400 49,400	49,400
Charles Barker	49,400 49,400	49,400
Dave Stann	49,300 49,300	49,300

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Event #40: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Day 1 Completed

06-21-2017 02:22 UTC-7

Five-Year Record Turns Out for Stud Hi-Lo; Madsen Leads After Day 1

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Either stud hi-lo is aging like a fine wine and picking up in popularity, or there was a dearth of attractive poker events around Las Vegas on Tuesday.

A total of 595 players turned up for Event #40: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, a five-year high by a considerable amount for the age-old event. That's an increase of 74 players from 2016, and almost 40 better than the 558 who turned out in 2013 and 2014.

When the dust settled, about 140 players had made it through 10 levels of play to put chips in bags. Foremost among them was Jeff Madsen, with a final count of 79,900. Jeff Mitseff (78,100), Cole Jackson (76,800), Chris Ferguson (70,800), and Ryan Hughes (69,100) also bagged big stacks.

Madsen, the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year, already has four bracelets and is looking to add to that tally. About midway through the day, he played a sizable pot with Cal Anderson and made a very strong two-way hand with an ace-high club flush and a wheel for low that scooped the pot. He was one of the more active players at his table and seemed to have a fairly steady stack of over 60,000 for most of the latter part of the night.

Some other players who made it through included Randy Ohel, "Miami" John Cernuto, Adam Friedman, Joe Hachem, Mike Watson, Justin Bonomo, and last year's runner-up, Brandon Shack-Harris. John Monnette, James Obst, Scott Clements, Stephen Chidwick, David Bach, Anderson and James Woods were some of those who headed for the exits and planned their next tournament efforts.

Obst was coming off of bubbling the official final table in the $5,000 Six-Max.

Also on Day 1, the WSOP staff posted a prize pool for the event. The winner will bank $173,228 and a gold WSOP bracelet, and 90 places will be paid overall, so the money should be reached a few levels into Day 2.

To find out who those players who make the money will be, come back to PokerNews at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Day 2 coverage of this event. A full Day 2 seat draw can be found at WSOP.com.

Tags: Jeff Madsen

06-21-2017 02:16 UTC-7

Selected Chip Counts at the End of Day 1

Jan_Kores

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	79,900 11,900	11,900

Jeff Mitseff	78,100
Cole Jackson	76,800 6,800	6,800
Chris Ferguson	70,800 56,400	56,400

Ryan Hughes	69,100

Randy Ohel	64,600 31,200	31,200

John Cernuto	62,400

Adam Friedman	51,400 17,400	17,400

Kevin Iacofano	50,500 31,500	31,500
Nacho Barbero	49,000 -7,000	-7,000

Carol Fuchs	46,700 18,400	18,400

Phil Hui	43,400
Joe Hachem	40,000 -7,000	-7,000

Mike Watson	39,700 -3,300	-3,300
Justin Bonomo	39,500 -1,500	-1,500

Valentin Vornicu	35,700 15,500	15,500
Brandon Shack-Harris	35,700 8,700	8,700

Ted Forrest	35,100 13,100	13,100

Michael Mizrachi	34,000

Mikhail Semin	33,300 12,300	12,300

Frank Kassela	33,200 -4,800	-4,800

John Racener	32,800 10,800	10,800

Dzmitry Urbanovich	32,600 -400	-400
Max Pescatori	32,200 -8,000	-8,000

Allen Kessler	31,700 -13,300	-13,300

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Tags: Jeff Madsen Brandon Shack-Harris Carol Fuchs Ted Forrest Randy Ohel

06-21-2017 01:52 UTC-7

Six More Hands Before Bagging

Jan_Kores

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

The tournament clock has been paused with 10 minutes left in the last level, and last six hands have been announced for each table.

06-21-2017 01:51 UTC-7

Barbero Scoops With Two Pair

Jan_Kores

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

John Racener completed with the and Nacho Barbero came along with the . Another two players joined the party, including a player with the . The fourth player folded on fifth street.

Fourth street was checked through but Racener and Barbero faced a bet on both fifth and sixth streets, and the two famous players both continued towards the river.

This time it was Barbero who fired to the pot, and he received a snap-call from his left-hand opponent. Racener thought for a moment but eventually released his cards.

John Racener: / (folded on seventh street)
Nacho Barbero: /
Third player: /

Barbero announced "Tens and fives!" in a winning tone, and he was right. His opponent couldn't beat the in Barbero's hand and the Argentinian scooped a nice pot to add a decent chunk to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	56,000

John Racener	22,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Nacho Barbero John Racener

06-21-2017 01:43 UTC-7

Top Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Cole Jackson, Jeff Madsen and Jeffrey Mitseff appear to be the players most likely to wind up with the chip lead at this juncture.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cole Jackson	70,000
Jeff Mitseff	70,000
Jeff Madsen	68,000 3,000	3,000

06-21-2017 01:32 UTC-7

Sklansky Scoops Watson

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Mike Watson bet fifth and sixth streets against David Sklansky.

Watson: /
Sklansky: /

Sklansky called both times, and both players checked after seventh. Watson showed for fives up, but Sklansky held for aces and eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	43,000 14,500	14,500
David Sklansky	25,000 14,700	14,700

Tags: David Sklansky Mike Watson

06-21-2017 01:28 UTC-7

Vitch Scoops With a Straight

Jan_Kores

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Chris Vitch started a hand with a complete with the and the action folded to the bring-in who raised with the . Vitch called and his opponent then check-called on fourth street.

Fifth street saw Vitch's rival lead out as he paired up his deuces, and Vitch called. The betting fight continued on sixth street where Vitch raised his opponent, earning a call.

Vitch bet the river too and received yet another call.

Chris Vitch: /
Opponent: /

"Straight," Vitch said, convinced he was the winner. He turned over for a ten-high straight and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Vitch	27,000 -1,700	-1,700

Tags: Chris Vitch

06-21-2017 01:25 UTC-7

Hachem Chops One

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

There was a huge pot in the middle between three players, including Joe Hachem, on seventh street. One player with four low cards bet on the end.

Hachem: //
Bettor: //
Third player: //

One player called, and Hachem popped in a raise. The bettor called, and the third player thought awhile before calling as well. Hachem rolled over for a flush but no low The initial bettor had a low with , and he took the other half of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Hachem	47,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Joe Hachem