Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 3 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-03-2024 01:08 UTC-7

Taylor Down Again

Jeff McMillan

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Richard Sklar: 7♦5♠A♦/6♥7♠10♦5♥
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/2♦K♦8♦6♣/Xx

Richard Sklar bet on fourth street and Thomas Taylor called. Action was tepid for the rest of the hand as the players were content to check it down. Sklar tabled the best of it with two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,450,000 250,000	250,000

Thomas Taylor	400,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 01:04 UTC-7

Ghaneian Raises Out Taylor

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/5♦8♦6♥
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/10♥3♣10♣ - folded on fifth street

Thomas Taylor completed and Arash Ghaneian called.

Ghaneian then bet on fourth street and Taylor called. Taylor bet on fifth and Ghaneian came back with a raise.

Taylor tanked for nearly two minutes until he sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arash Ghaneian	4,200,000 300,000	300,000

Thomas Taylor	600,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Arash Ghaneian Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 01:02 UTC-7

Taylor Earns Another Double

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Thomas Taylor: XxXx/8♠7♥Q♦
Richard Sklar: XxXx/6♣Q♠7♦

Richard Sklar completed, Thomas Taylor raised, and Sklar called.

Taylor bet on fourth street and Sklar called. Taylor bet again on fifth, Sklar raised, and Taylor called all in.

Taylor finished with 9♥8♦J♥4♦ for a pair of eights, while Sklar had 5♠2♣6♥ showing by seventh and needed to improve to earn the pot. He instead peeled the K♥ and Taylor took the pot to double up again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,200,000 400,000	400,000

Thomas Taylor	920,000 470,000	470,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:56 UTC-7

Taylor Doubles

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Jeff McMillan

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Thomas Taylor: 7♣K♠/A♣A♦3♠7♠/4♦
Richard Sklar: 3♣3♦/2♥9♥8♥4♥/10♠

Thomas Taylor was all in from third street and the cards were dealt out as Taylor's rail cheered loudly in the process. The run out was favorable to Taylor to let him scoop the entire pot for a full double after Sklar missed his flush draw on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,600,000 100,000	100,000

Thomas Taylor	450,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:52 UTC-7

Sklar Shows Down Aces to Leave Taylor With Crumbs

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/7♥K♣6♣9♥/Xx
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/10♦K♠6♦4♦/Xx

Richard Sklar completed and Thomas Taylor called.

Taylor bet on fourth street and Sklar called. Sklar then bet on fifth and Taylor called before Taylor opened the betting on sixth.

Sklar called and both players checked down seventh. Sklar showed A♣A♥J♥ and Taylor mucked, leaving himself with just one big bet remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,700,000 800,000	800,000

Thomas Taylor	150,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:37 UTC-7

Taylor Chops to Stay Alive

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Jeff McMillan

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Richard Sklar: 4♥3♥/A♥4♠6♠5♦/J♥
Thomas Taylor: 3♣10x/10♣8♣3♦5♥/9♣

Richard Sklar bet on fourth street and Thomas Taylor called. On fifth street, Sklar bet again, Taylor raised and Sklar raised once more to make Taylor put in the rest of his chips.

They ended up chopping the pot with Taylor taking the low and Sklar taking the high.