Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 3 Completed
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,311,300
Entries
141
Level
28
Limits
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
17
Players Left
6
Miller Leads Final Six in $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
What was supposed to be the final day of Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) wrapped up early Friday morning will six players still remaining. The players decided to stop play after Level 23 and will return for Day 4 at 2 p.m. local time to play down to a winner.
Leading the way is Pennsylvania's Ryan Miller with a stack of 2,230,000 as he chases a first bracelet, while the controversial Bryn Kenney is second in chips and after a second bracelet.
Not far behind are Day 2 chip leader Maximilian Schindler and Argentina's Andres Korn as he looks for a second bracelet after a runner-up finish in Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout earlier in the series for $269,438, and rounding out the counts are David "Chino" Rheem and Eddie Blumenthal.
Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Final Table Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Blumenthal | United States | 455,000 | 3 | |
| 2 | David "Chino" Rheem | United States | 525,000 | 3 | |
| 3 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 1,300,000 | 8 | |
| 4 | Maximilian Schindler | United States | 1,910,000 | 12 | |
| 5 | Ryan Miller | United States | 2,230,000 | 14 | |
| 6 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 2,035,000 | 13 |
Day 3 Action
There were 17 players who returned on Day 3 and it only took one hand to lose the highest profile among them, Daniel Negreanu. The Poker Hall of Famer entered the day with a single bet and couldn't spin it up as he was chopped up by Dzmitry Urbanovich and Dan Colpoys, who were among the next out as Colpoys finished in 15th place for $20,000 and the Polish pro was next out for the same payout.
Matusow entered the day a short stack but proved to have many lives as he secured several doubles during the final two tables and outlived Mike Thorpe, the other "Crazy Mike" at the table.
Matusow, who was still ranting about Day 2 opponent Chad Eveslage — "Eves-edge, Eves-ledge, whatever his f***ing last name is. To think that guy has three bracelets, two this year. It deserves an investigation" — made it to the nine-handed unofficial final table, marking his second final table in this variant of the series after finishing runner-up earlier this week in Event $55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.
"I'm locked in," Matusow said earlier in the day. "When you've been playing this game for seven days, you get locked in."
Unfortunately for "The Mouth," his run came to an end when his pair of nines couldn't hold up against the overcards of Rheem, who built up a final table chip lead that he couldn't hold onto.
Two-time bracelet winner Joao Vieira was next out when he couldn't pull ahead of the two-pair of Korn, who Thorpe and Matusow would contest should have been eliminated on Day 2 if not for a much-discussed play by Eveslage.
After that, China's Yong Wang went out in seventh place as his buried fives were in bad shape against Miller's buried kings that improved to trips on fourth street.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor tomorrow to provide updates before a winner is crowned in Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at the 2023 WSOP.
End of Day 3 Chip Counts
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,230,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
||
|
2,035,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
||
|
1,910,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
|
1,300,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
|
||
|
525,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
455,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Day 3 Has Ended
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Day 3 has ended with six players remaining. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Rheem Almost Cooked
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Ryan Miller: A♦10♦8♣ / 6♦Q♦A♣K♠
David Rheem: XxXx / A♥9♣3♠4♠ / Xx
In a three-way pot, David Rheem bet on fourth street and Ryan Miller called, while Andres Korn folded. Rheem bet again on fifth street and Miller again called, and the same action took place on sixth street.
Rheem checked on seventh street and Miller checked back before announcing aces to win the pot and leave Rheem short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
865,000
|
865,000 |
|
|
||
|
410,000
-615,000
|
-615,000 |
Rheem's Decline Continues
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Bryn Kenney: XxXx/2♦ - folded third street
David Rheem: XxXx/5♣8♠J♦7♠/Xx
Maximilian Schindler: XxXx/Q♥6♠5♠Q♠/Xx
Bryn Kenney was the bring-in and David Rheem completed. Maximilian Schindler then put in a two-bet and only Rheem called.
Fourth street was checked by both players before Schindler bet fifth and sixth street, getting called by Rheem both times. The pair reverted back to checking on seventh street and Rheem exclaimed: "You're good."
Schindler tabled K♥K♦2♥ for two pair and raked in the pot while Rheem lost another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,800,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,025,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
Blumenthal Chops To Stay Alive
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Eddie Blumenthal: 5♣4♣ / A♣2♣10♣J♣ / J♥
David Rheem: K♥2♥ / 7♥8♥6♠10x / 5♦
Bryn Kenney: XxXx / 6♥9♦J♠ - folded on fifth street
Bryn Kenney completed and Eddie Blumenthal two-bet before David Rheem and Kenney both called.
Blumenthal bet on fourth street and both opponents called, while only Rheem called his bet on fifth street. Blumenthal then got all in on sixth street as Rheem called.
Blumenthal had a flush but Rheem managed to make a low on seventh street for the two to chop the pot.
"That hurts," said Blumenthal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
1,200,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
|
400,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Rheem and Miller Chop a Big Multiway Pot
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Eddie Blumenthal: XxXx/2♣10♠ - folded fourth street
David Rheem: XxXx/A♣6♥8♣2♠/Xx
Maximilian Schindler: XxXx/A♠K♦4♥8♦/Xx
Ryan Miller: XxXx/5♥6♠Q♥3♠/Xx
Eddie Blumenthal brought in, and David Rheem completed from the next seat over. Maximilian Schindler and Ryan Miller made the calls, and Blumenthal came along as well. Schindler was first to act on fourth street and checked to Miller, who put out a bet. Blumenthal let it go, but Rheem and Schindler put in calling chips.
On fifth street, it checked to Rheem, who now had three low cards showing. He bet, and the two other players called. Every player performed the same action on sixth street, as well as seventh street, building one of the biggest pots on the final table so far.
At showdown, it was Rheem who confidently tabled 7♦7♣5♠ for a pair of sevens and a seven-low. "I can beat the high," claimed Miller while Schindler was already adding his cards to the muck. Miller indeed showed 8♠8♥4♦ and took in the high part of the pot with his pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
1,635,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,475,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
470,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Kenney Flushes Rheem
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Bryn Kenney: Q♥J♥8♥ / 8♣9♥3♣5♥
David Rheem: XxXx / Q♠J♦K♣7♠ / Xx
David Rheem and Bryn Kenney got to seventh street and Rheem saw the bad news as Kenney had made a flush to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,200,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
Blumenthal Calls Down, Leaves Himself Shortest on the Table
Level 23
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Eddie Blumenthal: XxXx/3♣2♠9♣J♣/Xx
Ryan Miller: XxXx/A♥K♠10♦10♣/Xx
Eddie Blumenthal brought in and Ryan Miller completed. On fourth street, Miller check-called a bet before he led out with one himself on fifth street. Blumenthal called and called Miller's bet on sixth as well.
Both players checked seventh street and Miller said "aces up," and tabled A♦6♥3♥ for aces and tens. Blumenthal had nothing to contest with and forfeited the pot to Miller.
Meanwhile, Bryn Kenney has grinded himself back to a seven-figure stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,000,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
575,000
-725,000
|
-725,000 |