Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-27-2023 17:23 UTC-7

Seiver's Flush Scoops Rubin

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Limits 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jared Rubin: XxXx/3♠2♥3♥7♥/Xx
Scott Seiver: XxXx/J♥4♥5♠8♠/Xx

Jared Rubin brought in and Scott Seiver completed. Fourth street was then checked by both players before Rubin bet his paired board on fifth street, getting a call from Seiver.

The same action occurred on sixth street and Rubin put in one more bet on seventh as well. However, this time Seiver responded with a raise, which Rubin swiflty called.

Seiver showed 10♥9♥8♥ for a flush and Rubin could neither show a better high hand nor a low hand, awarding the full pot to Seiver.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	135,000 30,000	30,000

Jared Rubin	54,500 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Jared Rubin Scott Seiver

06-27-2023 17:06 UTC-7

Negreanu Chops With Madsen, Won't Bet on Hennigan

Connor Richards

Level 5 : Limits 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Daniel Negreanu: A♦7♣5♥ / K♠6♣4♦J♣
Jeff Madsen: A♥7♥2♣ / 6♥Q♣5♠10♣
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx / 3♣3♦Q♥J♠ / Xx - folded on seventh street

Christopher Vitch called the bring-in and Daniel Negreanu completed as Jeff Madsen and Yueqi Zhu called before Vitch got out of the way.

"Don't see that every day," Vitch said about his limp-fold.

"That's what happens when you see these two are in a pot!" Negreanu said about his callers.

Zhu led out after pairing on fourth street and Madsen and Negreanu both called. All three players then checked on the next two streets.

Negreanu bet on seventh street and only Madsen called. Negreanu showed ace-king-high and a low to take the high as Madsen had him pipped for the low pot.

As the dealer split the pot, John Hennigan took a seat and Allen Kessler asked from another table if Negreanu would be interested in buying him as part of a side bet.

"Who, this guy? He might just get up and leave in the middle of the tournament!" Negreanu exclaimed.

"That's the smartest thing anyone's said all summer," laughed Hennigan.

After seeing the showdown, Hennigan added, "By the way, I won't be buying you."

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Vitch	80,000 25,000	25,000

Jeff Madsen	65,000 -10,000	-10,000

John Hennigan	60,000 60,000	60,000

Yueqi Zhu	55,000 -15,000	-15,000

Daniel Negreanu	45,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Christopher Vitch Daniel Negreanu Jeff Madsen John Hennigan Yueqi Zhu

06-27-2023 16:49 UTC-7

Drinan Takes From Shak

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Limits 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Connor Drinan: K♥5♥5♣ / 2♠10♠5♠A♥
Dan Shak: A♠4♠4♥ / 9♠6♣A♦10♦

In a heads-up pot between Connor Drinan and Dan Shak, both players checked on fourth street and Shak check-called on the next two streets.

Shak check-called once more on seventh street and Drinan revealed the winner with trip fives to beat out Shak's two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	70,000 70,000	70,000

Connor Drinan	68,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Conor Drinan Dan Shak

06-27-2023 15:58 UTC-7

Barbero Scoops With a Full House

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Limits 800/1,600, 200 ante

Allen Kessler: XxXx/6♦6♠10♦ - folded fifth street
Opponent: XxXx/5♥K♥K♠7♠/Xx
Nacho Barbero: XxXx/4♦3♦3♠5♦/Xx

Allen Kessler completed and the player next to him called. Nacho Barbero then made it two bets to go and both players called. Barbero then bet fourth street as well and again received two calls.

On fifth street, the third player in the hand put out a bet when their king paired only to get raised by Barbero. Kessler, meanwhile, had seen enough and folded, while the other opponent stuck around.

Two more bets followed by Barbero on sixth and seventh street and his opponent check-called both. At showdown, Barbero announced: "Full house," and showed A♠5♣3♣. It was good for the scoop as the other player quickly surrendered their holdings to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	75,000 10,000	10,000

Allen Kessler	20,500 -19,500	-19,500

Tags: Allen Kessler Nacho Barbero

06-27-2023 15:58 UTC-7

Kings Up Good For Negreanu

Connor Richards

Level 3 : Limits 800/1,600, 200 ante

Christopher Vitch: XxXx / 10♦9♥3♥2♠ / Xx
Daniel Negreanu: K♥5♥2♣ / 3♣K♦3♠Q♠

In a heads-up pot, Daniel Negreanu bet on fifth street and was called by Christopher Vitch. Negreanu then checked on sixth street and Vitch checked back.

Negreanu checked dark on seventh street and Vitch bumped the table to check back.

"Kings up," Negreanu said as he revealed the winner with K♥5♥2♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	60,000 13,300	13,300

Christopher Vitch	55,000 -12,500	-12,500

Tags: Christopher Vitch Daniel Negreanu

06-27-2023 15:13 UTC-7

"Never Seen Anything Like This": Kessler Gets Rolled By Friedman

Connor Richards

Level 2 : Limits 600/1,200, 100 ante

Allen Kessler: 8♠8♣ / 8♦2♥4♦5♣ - folded on sixth street
Perry Friedman: XxXx / J♣K♣J♥J♠

Allen Kessler was seen moaning in a heads-up pot against Perry Friedman as he faced a bet on sixth street. With his opponent showing open trip jacks, Kessler revealed he was rolled up with 8♠8♣ and sent his cards into the muck.

"I've never seen anything like this," Kessler groaned about the bad beat that Twitter will surely hear about.

"If it makes you feel any better, you're lucky you didn't fill up," Friedman said ominously.

Player	Chips	Progress
Perry Friedman	65,000 65,000	65,000

Allen Kessler	40,000 -3,700	-3,700

Tags: Allen Kessler Perry Friedman

06-27-2023 13:00 UTC-7

Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Begins at 2 PM

Frank Visser

Welcome to the Day 1 of Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Play will get underway at 2 p.m. local time, taking place at the Paris ballroom.

Almost all of the $10,000 buy-in Championship events this year have seen an increase in field size over the editions held during the 2022 WSOP and it can thus be expected that the stud eight or better event will attract more entries than last year’s number of 137.

The defending champion is Daniel Zack, who captured his second and final bracelet of 2022 in last year’s stud eight or better Championship event, helping cement his position as the eventual Player of the Year winner. He took home $324,174 after besting David Funkhouser during a heads-up battle that lasted eight hours. Mixed game powerhouses Shaun Deeb, Chad Eveslage and Brian Hastings were also present at the final table, but ended up falling short of the title.

2022 WSOP $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Daniel Zack	United States	$324,174
2nd	David Funkhouser	United States	$200,356
3rd	Ziya Rahim	United States	$147,800
4th	Eric Kurtzman	United States	$110,379
5th	Shaun Deeb	United States	$83,465
6th	Chad Eveslage	United States	$63,914
7th	Brian Hastings	United States	$49,571

Players will start with 60,000 chips. Day 1 will begin with six levels of 40 minutes before they will be increased to 60 minutes for the final four levels of the day. A 15-minute break is to be had after every two hours of play and late registration will be open until the start of Day 2 on Wednesday, June 28th, at 1 p.m.

Stay tuned to PokerNews to not miss any of the plentiful seven-card split-pot action throughout the day.

Tags: Brian Hastings Chad Eveslage Daniel Zack David Funkhouser Eric Kurtzman Shaun Deeb Ziya Rahim