While most of our readers are familiar with the big-bet games in poker like No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha, today's Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better will be played in a limit format and one some people may not be acquainted with.
Seven Card Stud is the most popular version of stud poker and generally played anywhere between two and eight players at a time. If a player stays in until the end of a hand, he or she will receive a total of seven cards. To start, each player is dealt two cards face down followed by a third card face up. Each player would then receive three more cards face up followed by the seventh and final card face down. There is a betting round after each street and often an ante before anyone receives any cards. This version os Stud is Hi-Low and a split-pot game. The best high hand will win half the pot and the best low hand will win half the pot.
To become more familiar with the action, the betting rounds and all things Seven Card Stud, head over to the PokerNewsPoker Rules: Seven Card Stud page and check things out. Once you're ready to test your skills on the felt, you can **play poker online by checking out one of our many PokerNews offers.
The cards are in the air in Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, and the limits are 200-400 with a 50 ante. These will be the limits for the first four levels, and then from there on out, the limits will increase accordingly.
Today, Vanessa Selbst joined the PokerNews Podcast just before her Round of 32 match in Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em. She discusses some of her matches, a World Series of Poker bathroom situation and of course the carnage that was Vanessa Rousso's house-warming party. Check it out!
Welcome to Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better here at the 2012 World Series of Poker. This 5:00 PM event is set to have a packed field of competitors for this big buy-in mixed game.
Last year, Eric Rodawigwon over $440,000 by winning the version of this event that held a $10,000 buy-in. The event has 168 players and finishing runner-up was none other than Phil Hellmuth.
The biggest story that is to come from this event will be the appearance of the legendary Doyle Brunson for his 2012 WSOP debut. Brunson hasn't played any events yet, but tweeted earlier that he will be on hand for this one. Most likely he'll register late, but it will be great seeing the 10-time gold bracelet winner back in the mix. Other superstars such as Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey are set to be in action as well.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the live coverage starting promptly at 5:00 PM this evening.
