2023 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 2
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Event Info

2023 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣6♣4♣8♦j♠j♥2♥
Prize
$155,275
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$755,610
Entries
566
Level Info
Level
35
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
183
Players Left
18
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Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Day 2 Started

Seat Draw for Day 2

Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt
CasinoTableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Horseshoe6461DID NOT REPORT 1 1 
Horseshoe6462Gregory GiannokostasUnited States76,500 
Horseshoe6463James JuvancicUnited States33,000 
Horseshoe6464Gregory KelleyUnited States91,000 
Horseshoe6465Martin StillingUnited States30,500 
Horseshoe6466Steven ShkolnikUnited States149,500 
Horseshoe6467Sergio BragaUnited States132,000 
Horseshoe6468Ivan SchertzerUnited States161,000 
       
Horseshoe6471David MartinUnited States121,000 
Horseshoe6472Adam FriedmanUnited States98,500 
Horseshoe6473Timothy FrazinUnited States101,500 
Horseshoe6474Tyler WillseUnited States85,000 
Horseshoe6475Michael EstesUnited States173,000 
Horseshoe6476John EspositoUnited States163,500 
Horseshoe6477Jon TurnerUnited States136,000 
Horseshoe6478Jesse LonisUnited States6,500 
       
Horseshoe6481Benjamin HebertUnited States75,500 
Horseshoe6482Kenneth PoUnited States7,000 
Horseshoe6483Domnick SarleUnited States50,500 
Horseshoe6484Daniel PlonskerUnited States43,000 
Horseshoe6486Michael SopkoUnited States19,500 
Horseshoe6487Christina TaylorUnited States40,000 
Horseshoe6488Aaron SpringerUnited States55,500 
       
Horseshoe6492Kurt MaierUnited States122,000 
Horseshoe6493John FahmyUnited States56,500 
Horseshoe6494Richard Rinker-46,000 
Horseshoe6495Ahmed MohamedUnited States121,000 
Horseshoe6496Chris BellUnited States32,000 
Horseshoe6497Kenneth GilmanUnited States84,000 
Horseshoe6498Daniel PopkaveUnited States59,500 
       
Horseshoe6501Mike MatusowUnited States36,500 
Horseshoe6502Alexander KellAustria50,000 
Horseshoe6503Mike PuskarichUnited States75,500 
Horseshoe6504Kenneth KeatingUnited States12,000 
Horseshoe6505Joe BrindleUnited Kingdom104,500 
Horseshoe6506David AgarwalUnited States122,500 
Horseshoe6507Joseph SantagataUnited States98,000 
Horseshoe6508Ayelet KotonasUnited States60,000 
       
Horseshoe6541Shaun DeebUnited States116,500 
Horseshoe6542Paul SokoloffUnited Kingdom58,000 
Horseshoe6543Rebecca GennettUnited States128,500 
Horseshoe6544Gregory MastersonUnited States43,000 
Horseshoe6545Paul EdwardsUnited States45,500 
Horseshoe6546Ann EmbryUnited States61,500 
Horseshoe6547Chris George (NY)United States140,500 
Horseshoe6548Charles WeyUnited States100,500 
       
Horseshoe6551Yarron BendorUnited States131,000 
Horseshoe6552DID NOT REPORT 4United States13,000 
Horseshoe6553Jonathan NgUnited States117,000 
Horseshoe6554Scott NumotoUnited States101,500 
Horseshoe6555Brian RastUnited States118,000 
Horseshoe6556Ben RossUnited States65,000 
Horseshoe6557Hiroaki MurayamaJapan154,500 
Horseshoe6558Justin MarshUnited States21,000 
       
Horseshoe6561Seseung OhCanada115,000 
Horseshoe6562Simon YeeUnited States77,500 
Horseshoe6563Maxwell TroyUnited States67,000 
Horseshoe6564Matthew HarderUnited States73,500 
Horseshoe6565Erik BlazynskiUnited States58,500 
Horseshoe6566Lawrence WayneUnited States30,500 
Horseshoe6567Patricia YannuzziUnited States119,000 
Horseshoe6568Robert TurnerUnited States32,500 
       
Horseshoe6571Karl TretterUnited States89,500 
Horseshoe6572DID NOT REPORT 3United States19,500 
Horseshoe6573William TobiaUnited States58,000 
Horseshoe6574Michael AlforqueUnited States73,500 
Horseshoe6575Gregory BitterlyUnited States62,000 
Horseshoe6576Brett RicheyUnited States61,000 
Horseshoe6577Daniel ZackUnited States41,500 
Horseshoe6578Joseph WeinbergerUnited States110,000 
       
Horseshoe6581Gary BoldenUnited States30,000 
Horseshoe6582Steven MetzgerUnited States55,000 
Horseshoe6583Amnon FilippiUnited States45,000 
Horseshoe6584Kai HicksUnited States84,500 
Horseshoe6585Vaughan MachadoUnited States89,000 
Horseshoe6586Andrew ThompsonUnited States24,000 
Horseshoe6587Susan GenardUnited States19,500 
Horseshoe6588Todd IckowUnited States77,500 
       
Horseshoe6591Frank MenendezUnited States33,000 
Horseshoe6592Marcin HoreckiPoland89,000 
Horseshoe6593Shannon WestbrookUnited States66,500 
Horseshoe6594Jeffrey KaatzUnited States32,000 
Horseshoe6595Kevin ChanceUnited States111,000 
Horseshoe6596Kathy ChangUnited States1 
Horseshoe6597Mike KrescankoUnited States52,000 
Horseshoe6598Walter TreccarichiItaly119,500 
       
Horseshoe6601Darryl RonconiUnited States133,500 
Horseshoe6602Steven HermanUnited States28,000 
Horseshoe6603Qibang CheungUnited Kingdom175,000 
Horseshoe6605Qinghai PanUnited States75,000 
Horseshoe6606Marcel VonkUnited States101,500 
Horseshoe6607Andres KornUnited States69,000 
Horseshoe6608Robert StanableUnited States28,500 
       
Horseshoe6611James KennedyUnited States93,000 
Horseshoe6612DID NOT REPORT 2United States16,500 
Horseshoe6613Jose LatorracaBrasil57,000 
Horseshoe6614Sang ShinUnited States72,500 
Horseshoe6615Jennifer OarUnited States91,000 
Horseshoe6616Cy DixonUnited States50,500 
Horseshoe6617John RuggieriUnited States141,000 
       
Horseshoe6621David KluchmanUnited States54,500 
Horseshoe6622Kao SaechaoUnited States155,000 
Horseshoe6623David GeeUnited States86,500 
Horseshoe6624Max PescatoriItaly73,500 
Horseshoe6625Bentley RobertsUnited States138,500 
Horseshoe6626Sergei TolkachovUnited States32,500 
Horseshoe6628Jonathan HartUnited States23,500 
       
Horseshoe6631Fuyuki InageJapan44,500 
Horseshoe6632Denny AxelUnited States85,000 
Horseshoe6633Gabriel Jansen Falcao BalUnited States53,000 
Horseshoe6634Gabe RamosUnited States65,000 
Horseshoe6635Jose Paz-GutierrezBolivia106,000 
Horseshoe6636Vincent KollySwitzerland31,000 
Horseshoe6637John JenkinsUnited States104,500 
Horseshoe6638Gregory JamisonUnited States59,000 
       
Horseshoe6641John BellUnited States106,500 
Horseshoe6642Alex LivingstonCanada7,000 
Horseshoe6643Chad CampbellUnited States54,000 
Horseshoe6644Paul HochUnited States69,000 
Horseshoe6645Jeffrey CalkinsUnited States120,000 
Horseshoe6647William PalmUnited States33,000 
Horseshoe6648Lonnie HeimowitzUnited States74,000 
       
Horseshoe6651Ben TangUnited States118,000 
Horseshoe6652Hal RotholzUnited States92,500 
Horseshoe6653Brian EichhornUnited States26,500 
Horseshoe6655Frankie O'DellUnited States100,000 
Horseshoe6656Svetlana GromenkovaUnited States12,500 
Horseshoe6658Stephen CalhounUnited States60,000 
       
Horseshoe6661Frederic MossCanada152,000 
Horseshoe6662Neil SmithUnited States62,000 
Horseshoe6663David GreenbergUnited States39,500 
Horseshoe6664Brian GraysonUnited States121,500 
Horseshoe6665Sergio RamirezUnited States116,500 
Horseshoe6666David EbrightUnited States28,000 
Horseshoe6667Constantine ZdanowichUnited States186,500 
Horseshoe6668Eric ThorenUnited States21,000 
       
Horseshoe6681Rafael ConcepcionUnited States155,500 
Horseshoe6682Martin FitzmauriceUnited States37,100 
Horseshoe6683Charles BarkerUnited States113,500 
Horseshoe6684Russell ClaytonUnited States104,500 
Horseshoe6685Jack RosenfeldtUnited States18,500 
Horseshoe6686Kevin CoteUnited States187,000 
Horseshoe6687Steve AllenUnited States86,000 
Horseshoe6688Ann BloomUnited States22,500 
       
Horseshoe6691Eric RodawigUnited States234,500 
Horseshoe6692Kyle HinnerichsUnited States66,000 
Horseshoe6693Bruce HoytUnited States92,500 
Horseshoe6694John HoangUnited States59,500 
Horseshoe6695Alan LedfordUnited States111,500 
Horseshoe6696Jared RubinUnited States32,000 
Horseshoe6697Nitesh RawtaniUnited States129,000 
Horseshoe6698Daniel HoferUnited States31,500 
       
Horseshoe6701Joseph BowersUnited States114,000 
Horseshoe6702Mark DicksteinUnited States117,000 
Horseshoe6703Scott ClementsUnited States129,000 
Horseshoe6704James JohnsonUnited States70,500 
Horseshoe6705Paul ParksUnited States71,000 
Horseshoe6706Andrew KelsallUnited States34,000 
Horseshoe6707Thomas SavitskyUnited States19,000 
Horseshoe6708Corey BradfordUnited States87,000 
       
Horseshoe6711Joshua ChudnovskyUnited States44,500 
Horseshoe6712Hoyt VernerUnited States42,500 
Horseshoe6713Dustin DirksenUnited States73,000 
Horseshoe6714Lorri BrodaUnited States44,000 
Horseshoe6715Jacob IrvinUnited States115,500 
Horseshoe6716Sandra TingUnited States104,500 
Horseshoe6717Roland IsraelashviliUnited States77,000 
Horseshoe6718Mihails MorozovsLatvia45,000 
       
Horseshoe6721David PragerUnited States120,000 
Horseshoe6722Artur SaakyantsRussia65,000 
Horseshoe6723Michael McKennaUnited States63,000 
Horseshoe6724Andrew YehUnited States18,000 
Horseshoe6725William BuckleyUnited States164,500 
Horseshoe6726Marshall RagirUnited States20,000 
Horseshoe6727Salah LevyUnited States35,000 
Horseshoe6728Jermaine ReidUnited States71,500 
       
Horseshoe6741Rich NguyenUnited States1 
Horseshoe6742Derek McMasterUnited States129,000 
Horseshoe6743Jonathan WilliamsUnited States46,000 
Horseshoe6744James KaramanisUnited States115,500 
Horseshoe6745William CorenUnited States36,500 
Horseshoe6746Norman ChadUnited States70,000 
Horseshoe6748Brian SchollUnited States137,500 

Rodawig Leads; Many Notables in Contention Headed Into Day 2 of Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Dan O'Hair
Dan O'Hair
Brian Rast Will be Pursuing his Seventh Bracelet
Brian Rast Will be Pursuing his Seventh Bracelet

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Of the 183 remaining players, Eric Rodawig enters Day 2 as the chip leader after bagging 234,500 in chips last night.

A slew of poker talent still remains in the field, however, ensuring that anyone's path to the gold bracelet will be fiercely contested. Some notables who will be looking to make a deep run include Dan Zack (41,500), Max Pescatori (73,500), Shaun Deeb (116,500), Adam Friedman (98,500), Frankie O'Dell (100,000), Jon Turner (136,000), and Brian Rast (118,000), who is coming hot off an incredible third win in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship just a few days ago.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Eric RodawigUnited States234,500
2Kevin CoteUnited States187,000
3Constantine ZdanowichUnited States186,500
4Qibang CheungUnited Kingdom175,000
5Michael EstesUnited States173,000
6William BuckleyUnited States164,500
7John EspositoUnited States163,500
8Ivan SchertzerUnited States161,000
9Rafael ConcepcionUnited States155,500
10Kao SaechaoUnited States155,000

Cards will be back in the air at 1 p.m. local time on Level 16, which features a 1,000 ante and bring-in with 3,000/6,000 limits. Levels will last 60 minutes each and play will conclude for the day after ten levels have been played. A 15-minute break will be held after every two levels and players will get a 60-minute dinner break at the conclusion of Level 21 (~7:30 p.m.)

The money bubble will burst once the field gets down to 85 players, at which point everyone will be guaranteed to take home at least $2,421.

Please stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you coverage leading to the money bubble and eventually the next Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better bracelet winner!

Tags: Adam FriedmanBrian RastConstantine ZdanowichDan ZackEric RodawigFrankie O'DellIvan SchertzerJohn EspositoJon TurnerKao SaechaoKevin CoteMax PescatoriMichael Estes

Level: 16

Ante - 1,000
Bring In - 1,000
Limits - 4,000-8,000

Wey Gets a Fold from Deeb

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 16

Charles Wey: XxXx/10♦7♦5♦Q♣
Shaun Deeb: XxXx/A♠4♠4♦6♣ - folded on sixth street

Action was picked up on fourth street. Shaun Deeb bet and was called by Charles Wey.

On fifth street, Wey checked out of turn. Shaun Deeb checked.

Deeb bet sixth street only for Wey to raise it to two bets.

"You angling over there trying to check back a flush?" Deeb asked his opponent. Not long after, Deeb mucked his hand and Wey dragged in a decent pot.

Meanwhile at another table, Alex Livingston was seen exiting the tournament area after losing the last of his chips. He had been multi-tabling the night before, also playing Event $54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, and had blinded down to a very short stack at the end of Day 1 in this event as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Charles Wey us
Charles Wey 		124,500
24,000
 24,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb 		92,000
-24,500
 -24,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Alex Livingston ca
Alex Livingston 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Charles WeyShaun DeebAlex Livingston

Rast Forces a Fold

Dan O'Hair
Dan O'Hair
Level 16

Benjamin Hebert: XxXx/K♠10♥8♠9♠/Xx - folded on seventh street
Brian Rast: XxXx/2♣A♠2♦J♥/Xx
Derek McMaster: XxXx/3♥Q♦ - folded on fourth street

Derek McMaster completed and was called by Benjamin Hebert and Brian Rast.

Rast led out on fourth street after catching an ace and only Hebert called.

Hebert called another bet from Rast on fifth street and then both players checked on sixth.

Rast went for another bet on seventh street and Hebert folded after tanking for a bit.

At another table, Salah Levy busted after running into a six-high straight.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast 		140,000
22,000
 22,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Derek McMaster us
Derek McMaster 		90,000
-39,000
 -39,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Benjamin Hebert us
Benjamin Hebert 		20,000
-55,500
 -55,500
Salah Levy us
Salah Levy 		Busted

Tags: Benjamin HebertBrian RastDerek McMaster

Chudnovsky Scoops Irvin

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 16

Joshua Chudnovsky: 4♣6♠7♠/2♥5♠3♣8♦
Jacob Irvin: 2♣7♥4♦/A♠3♠3♥Q♠

Action was picked up on fourth street with players heads up. Jacob Irvin bet and received a call from Joshua Chudnovsky.

Irvin slowed down on fifth street with a check and Chudnovsky took the initiative with a bet. Irvin made the call.

Action repeated itself on sixth and seventh street with Irvin check-calling bets from Chudnovsky each time.

Irvin had a pair of threes and a seven low, but Chudnovsky had a straight and a six low to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joshua Chudnovsky us
Joshua Chudnovsky 		74,000
29,500
 29,500
Jacob Irvin us
Jacob Irvin 		40,000
-75,500
 -75,500

Tags: Jacob IrvinJoshua Chudnovsky

Paz-Gutierrez up Early

Dan O'Hair
Dan O'Hair
Level 16

Norman Chad: XxXx/5♥A♥9♠ - folded on fifth street
Jose Paz-Gutierrez: XxXx/4♠5♣7♥8♦
John Jenkins: XxXx/A♠4♣9♣6♣ - folded on sixth street

Jose Paz-Gutierrez, Norman Chad, and John Jenkins were in a pot on fourth street and everyone checked. Paz-Gutierrez bet on fifth street and only Jenkins called.

Paz-Gutierrez kept betting on sixth street and Jenkins decided to give his hand up.

Paz-Gutierrez, who got third place in the Seven Card Stud Championship back in 2021, has built up a healthy stack early in Day 2 and will be looking to make a deep run.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Paz-Gutierrez bo
Jose Paz-Gutierrez 		220,000
114,000
 114,000
Norman Chad us
Norman Chad 		125,000
55,000
 55,000
John Jenkins us
John Jenkins 		65,000
-39,500
 -39,500

Tags: John JenkinsJose Paz-GutierrezNorman Chad

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