Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-24-2023 17:15 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts Going into Second Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
Earnest Caviness	38,200 10,400	10,400
Allen Kessler	30,000 6,000	6,000
Robert Chow	28,100 23,200	23,200
Bradley Butcher	25,100 2,900	2,900
Eric Winkie	17,000 4,500	4,500
Daniel Negreanu	15,100 1,900	1,900

Scotty Nguyen	14,500 14,500	14,500

Sami Hamid	14,200 4,200	4,200
William Tobia	9,300 4,400	4,400
Dan Shak	4,000 17,000	17,000
Rafael Caiafea	Busted
Everett Carlton	Busted
Nghia Le	Busted

06-24-2023 17:16 UTC-8

Second Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6

Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 507 players.

Level: 7

Ante - 100
Bring In - 200
Limits - 600-1,200

06-24-2023 17:44 UTC-8

Calling the Clock Episode #8: Ivey Denied 11th Bracelet, Hellmuth Arrives in Costume

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Chad Holloway

Level 7

On the eighth episode of “Calling the Clock,” Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen cover eight more topics “On the Board.” That included who they like for Poker Hall of Fame, Brian Rast winning the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for the third time, and Phil Ivey making the final table, just missing out on his eleventh bracelet.

They also highlight Jeremy Ausmus winning his sixth bracelet, the upcoming PokerNews Cup at Golden Nugget, the July 2 Celebration of Life for Doyle Brunson, and Phil Hellmuth arriving in costume with his tag team partner Dan “Jungleman” Cates.

Check out those stories and more in the latest “Calling the Clock” straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!

06-24-2023 17:59 UTC-8

Buchalter Takes it All in Multi-Way Action

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7

Yehuda Buchalter: 10♥8♦4♠/8♥10♠7♦2♠
First Opponent/Bring in: 3♥9♣6♠/2♥6♦9♦8♠
Second Opponent: XxXxXx/Ax9♥6♥K♥
Third Opponent: XxXxXx/K♠3♦10♣9♠ - Folded on seventh street

Yehuda Buchalter called the bring in before one opponent completed and another raised it to two bets. Buchalter, the bring in and the initial raiser all called leaving action four-way heading into fourth street.

Action checked around on fourth street to the bring in who bet and received a call from all three opponents. Action checked through on fifth street.

On sixth street action checked around to the bring in who bet again. Once again all three opponents called.

The bring in fired again on seventh street. Buchalter made the call, the initial raiser folded and the two-better made the call.

The bring in showed two pair, nines and sixes. Buchalter tabled a higher two pair, tens and eights. No players had a low and Buchalter was awarded a nice pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yehuda Buchalter	29,500 29,500	29,500

Tags: Yehuda Buchalter

06-24-2023 18:02 UTC-8

Morstoel Takes One Uncontested

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7

Benny Glaser: XxXx/4♥6♣K♣ - folded on fifth street
Opponent: XxXx/5♥2♣10♣ - folded on fifth street
Thor William Morstoel: XxXx/7♦3♠A♣

Thor William Morstoel completed and was called by Benny Glaser and one other player.

Everyone checked on fourth street and then Morstoel bet on fifth, which got two quick folds his opposition.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thor William Morstoel	35,000 35,000	35,000
Benny Glaser	16,300 9,200	9,200

Tags: Benny Glaser Thor William Morstoel

06-24-2023 18:10 UTC-8

Woods' Board Keeps Getting Better

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7

James Woods: XxXx/A♥3♦5♣2♥
Opponent: XxXx/6♣2♠J♥9♠ - folded on sixth street

James Woods was heads-up against one other player. Woods bet and was called on fouth and fifth street. Woods bet again on sixth street and said, "I'm not gonna lie, I like my hand."

"I like your hand too, your board keeps getting better," Woods' opponent said as he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Woods	31,500 100	100

Tags: James Woods

Level: 8

Ante - 200
Bring In - 200
Limits - 800-1,600

06-24-2023 18:25 UTC-8

Deeb Takes Half in Three-Way Pot

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8

Shaun Deeb: K♦4♣8♦/6♦7♦2♣7♥
First Opponent: 6♣7♠4♦/A♣A♦7♣K♣
Second Opponent: XxXxXx/A♥Q♥5♠J♥

A player completed with an ace and another player with an ace raised it to two bets. Shaun Deeb called with a six and the initial raiser called leaving action three-way to a flop.

The initial raiser bet on fourth and fifth street, receiving a call from both opponents on each street.

On sixth street the initial raiser fired again, the second opponent called, and Shaun Deeb made it two bets. The initial raiser made it three bets unintentionally and the second opponent called again. Shaun Deeb raised it to four bets, and both opponents called leaving action three-way going to seventh street.

All three players checked on seventh. Deeb took half the pot with an eight low while the initial raiser took the other half with two pair aces and sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	30,200 30,200	30,200

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06-24-2023 18:28 UTC-8

Negreanu Proposes Changes to the Poker Hall of Fame Induction Process

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Connor Richards

Level 8

With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.

One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."

Read About Negreanu's Proposed HOF Changes

Tags: Daniel Negreanu