Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-30-2024 14:37 UTC-7

Estes and Argyros Chop

Jeff McMillan

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Michael Estes: QxQx/A♣7♠A♥10♠/5x
Thomas Argyros: 4x4x/A♦6♣5♣5♦/2x

Michael Estes bet on fifth street with aces showing and Thomas Argryos called. Argryos then bet on sixth which Estes. Both players checked on seventh.

Estes tabled aces up for the high while Argryos had the best low for a chop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Estes	67,000 7,000	7,000
Thomas Argyros	63,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Michael Estes Thomas Argyros

06-30-2024 14:29 UTC-7

Field is Growing

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David Salituro

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Blumenthal	60,000 60,000	60,000
Calen McNeil	60,000 60,000	60,000

Roman Verenko	60,000 60,000	60,000

Brett Richey	60,000 60,000	60,000
Xixiang Luo	60,000 60,000	60,000

06-30-2024 14:28 UTC-7

Brandt Bests Fal

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David Salituro

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Lawrence Brandt: XxXx/5♥A♦10♦J♠/Xx
Nikolay Fal: XxXx/J♥K♠A♠2♥/Xx

Nikolay Fal, who won his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo event yesterday, bet on fifth street and Lawrence Brandt called.

Both players checked on sixth before Brandt bet on seventh. Fal called.

Brandt showed A♣6♠ for a pair of aces and Fal mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brandt	60,000 3,000	3,000

Nikolay Fal	57,000

Tags: Lawrence Brandt Nikolay Fal

06-30-2024 14:20 UTC-7

New Arrivals

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David Salituro

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	60,000

Brian Hastings	60,000

Patrick Moulder	60,000

Allen Kessler	60,000
Patrick Stacey	60,000
Lucas Zwingmann Gocht	60,000

06-30-2024 14:19 UTC-7

Cheung's Low Equal to Trip Threes

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David Salituro

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

James Cheung: XxXx/4♠7♣6♦4♣/Xx
William Coren: XxXx/5♥3♠3♣2♣/Xx

In a four-way pot, William Coren bet on fourth street and only James Cheung called.

Coren then told Cheung he couldn't see his board. "This game is a real test of eyesight," Cheung said as he moved his cards into the middle of the table.

"He's old, but he's not that old," tablemate Esther Taylor joked.

Cheung then bet on fifth and Coren called. Coren resumed betting on sixth and seventh as Cheung called him down.

Coren showed 6♥3♥ for trip threes. "Your trip threes are equal to my crappy low," Cheung said as he showed K♦8♠2♠ to split the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Cheung	62,000
William Coren	62,000 62,000	62,000
Esther Taylor	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Esther Taylor James Cheung William Coren

06-30-2024 14:12 UTC-7

Pimlott Scoops From Taylor

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Jeff McMillan

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Bryan Pimlott: 4♠A♣/3♠6♦9♥9♠/5♥
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/2♠8♥3♣J♠/Xx

Action was on sixth street as Bryan Pimlott bet once he made a pair of nines, Thomas Taylor called.

Pimlott also fired on seventh where he was called again. Pimlott tabled a 6 low and a pair of nines to take the entire pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Pimlott	66,000 6,000	6,000
Thomas Taylor	54,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Bryan Pimlott Thomas Taylor

06-30-2024 14:08 UTC-7

Carter, Campbell Chop Up Brandt

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David Salituro

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Adrienne Carter: XxXx/7♠2♣A♥7♥/Xx
Robert Campbell: XxXx/4♥4♠K♥10♥/Xx
Lawrence Brandt: XxXx/A♣Q♦8♠Q♣/Xx

Three-handed going to fifth street, Adrienne Carter bet and both Robert Campbell and Lawrence Brandt called.

Carter bet again on sixth and both opponents called. She fired out another bet on seventh and again received two calls.

Carter showed 10♠6♣5♥ for a low, while Campbell had 5♣4♣2♥ for trip fours as he took the high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrienne Carter	62,000
Robert Campbell	62,000 2,000	2,000

Lawrence Brandt	57,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Adrienne Carter Lawrence Brandt Robert Campbell

06-30-2024 14:02 UTC-7

First Arrivals

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David Salituro

Level 1

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	60,000 60,000	60,000
Thomas Taylor	60,000 60,000	60,000
Robert Campbell	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dario Alioto	60,000 60,000	60,000

Yueqi Zhu	60,000 60,000	60,000

Bryan Pimlott	60,000 60,000	60,000
Maximilian Schindler	60,000 60,000	60,000
Lawrence Brandt	60,000 60,000	60,000

Chris Tryba	60,000 60,000	60,000

Thomas Argyros	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tom Koral	60,000 60,000	60,000

Denis Strebkov	60,000 60,000	60,000

William Coren	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jane Hitchcock	60,000 60,000	60,000
Karl Tretter	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gordon Ernst	60,000 60,000	60,000
Joseph Hertzog	60,000 60,000	60,000