2014 World Series of Poker

Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kqj77
Prize
$267,327
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,069,250
Entries
470
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Chopping Without a Low

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Omaha Hi-Low

Action folded to World Series of Poker Circuit stud Chris Reslock in the cutoff and he raised to 200. After the button folded, the small blind called and the big blind opted to three-bet to 300. Both Reslock and the small blind called, and three players saw a flop of {4-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. The small blind checked, the big bet 100, and Reslock made it 200 to go.

The small blind then check-raised to 300, two calls followed, and the dealer burned and turned the {K-Hearts}. All three players checked, and then they did the same on the {3-Clubs} river.

"Two pair," Reslock said before tabling his hand, which prompted the other two to table theirs.

Reslock: {q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Small Blind: {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{a-Spades}
Big Blind: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}

Both Reslock and the small blind had queens and nines, and that was good enough to chop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Reslock us
Chris Reslock
WSOP 1X Winner
8,000 500

Tags: Chris Reslock

The Europeans Take On Shack-Harris

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Stud Hi-Low

Brandon Shack-Harris has been dominating the WSOP2014 thus far with a gold bracelet and a second place finish to George Danzer in mixed-games. We spotted Marcel Luske and Konstantin Puchkov at his table. Luske scooped a pot with a pair of aces and eight-low. Puchkov followed suit. The Dutchman had folded on fifth street and an opponent chased a low that never hit.

Puchkov: {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts} / {Q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
9,400 1,900

Norman Chad is Looking for His Own Inconceivable Fairy Tale

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Norman Chad
Norman Chad

The 2014 World Series of Poker marks the tenth anniversary of the annual event taking place at the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas. One man that has been there all that time - and even a year before - is WSOP commentator and funnyman Norman Chad.

Since 2003, Chad has served as co-commentator alongside Lon McEachern. But how much do you know about him aside from that? We’re guessing not a whole lot, which is why we’ve decided to delve into the past of the man who uttered the memorable line: "This is beyond fairy tale - it's inconceivable."

Born in 1958 to Seymour and Perla Chad, little Norman grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. He attended Northwood High School and eventually graduated in 1976, but not before serving as the Sports Editor for the school paper.

He would continue writing sports-related material while at the University of Maryland, College Park, the institute where he would earn a degree in American Studies. After stints in stand-up comedy, writing for Sports Illustrated, two scripts for ABC's Coach and three more for HBO's Arliss, all of that lead to one place: the World Series of Poker.

"The first time I walked into Binion's (Horseshoe Casino) in 2003, I took one look around the room at the cast of characters and realized this job was going to be everything I'd ever dreamt of,” Chad has said in an interview with ESPN. “I swear, I asked myself, 'Where has this been all my life?' Then, after I watched the first show before it aired, I was so impressed at the gritty, real-life gambling feel these new producers had given it, it was just unbelievable."

It’s well known that Chad, who is a nationally-syndicated sports columnist with Couch Slouch, loves to play Omaha/stud hi-low, even making the final table of this event back in 2012 (he ultimately finished in sixth place for $36,093).

Chad, a prolific tweeter, is in today's field and already entertaining:

Norman ChadI am in the $2500 O8/stud8 today, hoping to take my first step to WSOP history: Winning 4 bracelets in one year while playing only 3 events.

Norman ChadThey say if you look around the poker table and don't see the fish, it's got to be you. Heck, I don't even bother looking around.

Level: 2

Limits: 100/200

Ante: 25

"That's How You Start"

Level 1 : 75/150, 25 ante

Stud Hi-Low

Ismael Bojang was involved in a hand with two opponents that had three-bets in after fifth street, while the German raised the single bet after sixth street. After they all drew one more card, another single bet of three went into the pot, and the third opponent got scooped.

Bojang: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} / {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} / {9-Hearts}

The second player in the hand chopped the pot with a seven-low. Bojang smiled and said, "That's how you start."

Player Chips Progress
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
WSOP 1X Winner
8,200 700

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How to Play Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low

Level 1 : 75/150, 25 ante

Seven-card stud hi-low is a split pot game played with two to eight players. As in regular seven-card stud, every player is dealt a total of seven cards, three of them face down, and the other four face up.

Objective

To make both your best five-card high hand, and your best five-card low hand, using any combination of the seven cards you are dealt. The player with the best high hand wins half the pot, and the player with the best low hand wins the other half. If there is no qualifying low hand, the player with the best high hand wins the entire pot.

A qualifying low hand is made with five cards that are all eight or lower, an ace counting as the lowest. No pairs can exist in a low hand, but a straight and/or a flush may. The lowest possible hand is A-2-3-4-5. The highest possible qualifying low hand is 8-7-6-5-4.

Winning both the high and the low hand is called "scooping the pot".

Forced Bets

Ante - Seven card stud is normally played with an ante that is approximately 1/5th of the low limit bet size. Every player must ante up before the hand begins. The ante does not count towards any future bets.

Bring in - After the initial deal when every player has one card showing, the person with the lowest card must "bring in," which means he must place the low limit bet size in the pot. If two or more players share the lowest card, the one closest to the dealer's left side must bring in. This bet counts as your first round bet, so as long as nobody raises, you won't have to place any more money in the pot to see the next card.

Betting Rounds

There are five rounds of betting. In limit seven-card stud, all bets and raises must be equal to either the low limit, or high-limit bet size, depending on what round it is. In the first two rounds, all bets and raises must be equal to the low-limit bet size. In the third, fourth, and fifth rounds, all bets must be equal to the high-limit bet size. If, for example, you're playing 5-10 seven-card stud, all bets in the first two rounds will be in increments of 5, and all bets in the last three rounds will be in increments of 10. A maximum of three raises are allowed per betting round.

3rd street - Two cards are dealt face down to every player, followed by another card face up. The player with the lowest card must bring in, by betting 1/2 o the low limit bet. He may choose to raise by betting the full the low-limit bet. Play proceeds clockwise around the table, with each player choosing to fold, call, or raise. All bets and raises must be equal to the low-limit bet size.

4th street - A fourth card is dealt face up to every player. The player with the highest hand showing (at this point, the highest possible would be a pair of aces) is the first to act. He may choose to fold, check, or bet. If two or more players are tied for the highest hand, the one closest to the dealer's left will be the first to act. Play proceeds clockwise around the table as before. If a player is showing a pair at this point, then he and all the other players have the option to bet either the low limit bet size or the high limit bet size. Otherwise, all bets and raises must be equal to the low limit bet size.

5th street - A fifth card is dealt face up to every player. Play proceeds as in the previous round, with the highest hand betting first, except now all bets and raises must be equal to the high-limit bet size.

6th street - A sixth card is dealt face up to every player. Play proceeds as in the previous round. All bets and raises must be equal to the high-limit bet size.

7th street - A seventh and final card is dealt face down to every player. Play proceeds as in the previous round. All bets and raises must be equal to the high-limit bet size. In the rare event that all eight players remain in the hand at this point, there would not be enough cards for each player to receive another one. If that occurs, instead of every player receiving a card face down, a single card is placed in the middle of the table face up which every player is free to use.

Showdown - Anyone who has not folded after the last round of betting will now have the option of showing their hand in hopes of taking down the pot. The person who bet last is the first to show their hand, and then it proceeds clockwise from there, with each remaining player either choosing to show their hand, or muck it. Often times a player will muck their hand if they aren't going to win the pot, and don't want their opponents to see what they played.

More Hi-Low Studs in the Field

Level 1 : 75/150, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chris Reslock us
Chris Reslock
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
Mark Gregorich us
Mark Gregorich
7,500
Julie Schneider us
Julie Schneider
7,500
Greg Pappas us
Greg Pappas
7,500
Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
7,500
Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
WSOP 2X Winner
7,500
Ashly Butler us
Ashly Butler
7,500
Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
7,500
Ed Brogdan
Ed Brogdan
7,500
Ralph Perry us
Ralph Perry
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
7,500
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
7,500
Blair Rodman us
Blair Rodman
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
7,500
Michael Moore us
Michael Moore
7,500
Norman Chad us
Norman Chad
7,500
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
7,500
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
WSOP 2X Winner
7,500
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
7,500
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
7,500
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
7,500
Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema
WSOP 3X Winner
7,500
Ted Forrest us
Ted Forrest
WSOP 6X Winner
7,500

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Leah Caps Action

Level 1 : 75/150, 25 ante

Stud Hi-Low

With the opponent showing {7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, Mile Leah capped the betting to 400 while showing {4-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}. He drew the {8-Hearts} and his opponent got dealt the {9-Clubs}, which caused a min-bet and call. Both players checked the final card and the opponent scooped the pot with two pair after getting the {7-Spades} on seventh street.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
6,800 6,800

We Have Arrived As Well

Level 1 : 75/150, 25 ante

Eoghan O'Dea is on the same table as Vanessa Selbst and Shirley Rosario. We are now up to 295 entries with late registration available until the end of level six.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
7,500 7,500
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500 7,500
Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
7,500 7,500
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
7,500 7,500
Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
7,500 7,500
Simon Trumper gb
Simon Trumper
7,500 7,500
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
7,500 7,500
Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif
7,500 7,500
Bryan Micon ag
Bryan Micon
7,500 7,500
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
7,500 7,500
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
7,500 7,500

First Couple Of Notables

Level 1 : 75/150, 25 ante

The mixed game specialists are back in the Amazon room, including Vanessa Selbst. On her table is also Shirley Rosario, who finished in fourth place in the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (Event #10) just a few days ago.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500 7,500
Shirley Rosario us
Shirley Rosario
7,500 7,500
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
7,500 7,500
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
7,500 7,500
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
7,500 7,500
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500 7,500
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
7,500 7,500
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
7,500 7,500