Level: 26
Limits: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 7,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$621,000
Entries
460
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Elias Fires at Sopko
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Elias Hourani: 
/ 
/
Michael Sopko: / 
/
Sopko brought it in, then called when Hourani completed. Sopko called bets all the way down to seventh street, where Hourani bet, and Sopko looked at his hand, then said, "Good hand," and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
880,000 | |
|
860,000 | 110,000 |
Stein Scoops to Triple Up
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jan Stein: / 
/
Elias Hourani: / 
/
Robert Gray: / 
/
Robert Gray brought in and Jan Stein called. Elias Hourani completed and got two calls.
Gray and Stein both checked and Hourani bet. Gray called and Stein was all in.
The pair checked down the rest of the way. Gray announced two pair with 
for eights and deuces.
Hourani showed 
for fives and threes and Stein scooped with 
for tens up and tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
950,000 | -70,000 |
|
|
750,000 | 40,000 |
|
140,000 | 85,000 |
Gray Gets a Wheel and a Flush Both
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jan Stein: / 
- folded on third street
Robert Gray: / 
/
Martin Sawtell: / 
/
Jan Stein brought it in, Robert Gray completed, Martin Sawtell called and Stein folded. Gray bet every street, including seventh street in the dark, and Sawtell called him down.
"Wheel and an ace-high flush," Gray said, tabling to the amazement of the table..
"I had the wheel, that was the river." Gray added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,020,000 | 180,000 |
|
250,000 | -270,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -5,000 |
Updated Chip Counts; Stein On Fumes
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Jan Stein was able to chop up a pot when he had his last 35,000 in on third street, but still sits with just over one big bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
985,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
880,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
840,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
710,000 | 130,000 |
|
617,000 | -133,000 |
|
|
520,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -70,000 |
Matthew Schultz Eliminated in 8th Place ($11,986)
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Michael Mizrachi: / /
Matthew Schultz: 
/ 
/
On fifth street Matthew Schultz bet and Michael Mizrachi was in the tank. Eventually he raised and the two got it in for the rest of Schultz's stack.
"It's not much," said Mizrachi showing his pair of deuces as Schultz showed his pair of eights. By sixth street Schultz had improved to two pair and with no low possible for either player, Mizrachi would have to catch to eliminate his opponent.
"You want it fast or slow," asked Mizrachi.
"Fast," replied Schultz, and Mizrachi swiftly turned over the for trips and took down the pot as Schultz showed and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
875,000 | 50,000 |
|
Busted |
Sopko Takes the Chip Lead
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Elias Hourani: / /
Michael Sopko: / 
/
Elias Hourani brought it in, and Michael Sopko completed. Hourani called, then called bets from Sopko all the way to seventh street, where Sopko bet again. Hourani looked at his hand, then told Sopko, "You are so lucky!"
Sopko responded, "I am?"
Hourani turned over and said, "I started with ace-six-five-two, and got the two-two-nine."
Sopko rolled over for sixes full of queens and said, "Crazy game."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
580,000 | -200,000 |
Level: 25
Limits: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Paz-Gutierrez Scoops Before the Break
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Elias Hourani: / 
/
Michael Mizrachi: / /
Matthew Schultz: / - folded on fourth street
Jose Paz-Gutierrez: / /
Martin Sawtell: / 
- folded on fourth street
Five players saw fourth street with only Elias Hourani and Jose Paz-Gutierrez calling a bet from Michael MIzrachi. The trio then checked fifth street. Sixth street was checked to Paz-Gutierrez who bet and got two calls.
On seventh street Hourani checked and this time Mizrachi bet. Both opponents called.
Mizrachi announced jacks up with 
but Paz-Gutierrez showed 
for a straight seven, six low and scooped two ways.
Here are the full chip counts as the players head on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
825,000 | -75,000 |
|
|
780,000 | 165,000 |
|
|
775,000 | -215,000 |
|
|
750,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
640,000 | -145,000 |
|
|
490,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
195,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 5,000 |
Schultz Gets a Double Through Mizrachi
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Michael Mizrachi: / 
Matthew Schultz: /
Michael Sopko: / - folded on third street
Michael Sopko brought it in, Michael Mizrachi raised, and Matthew Schultz made it two bets. Sopko folded and Mizrachi called. Schultz bet fourth street, and Mizrachi called, then bet fifth street. Schultz called off his last 30,000 and turned up a pair of queens and a gutshot, while Mizrachi needed to improve. Mizrachi peeled the on sixth street, while Schultz received a 
. Mizrachi flipped up the 
on seventh street, giving him just a pair of fives, and Schultz secured the double after showing the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
240,000 | 70,000 |