Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,181,100
Entries
127
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
100
Players Left
46
Players Left 1 / 127
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Stud specialists are set to descend on the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas today and compete in Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. This three-day tournament should attract a field that reads like a who's who of the poker world.
Day 1 kicks off at 2 p.m. local time. Players start their quest for WSOP gold with 60,000 chips, with the initial goal to survive 10 levels and reach Day 2. Levels 1-6 last 40 minutes, Levels 7-15 last 60 minutes, and Levels 16 until the crowning of the champion are 90 minutes.
The plan for Day 1 is to play 10 levels with a 15-minute break after every two hours of play. Late registration remains open for 11 levels, or around 2:15 p.m. on Day 2, allowing players to turn up fashionably late.
Day 2 starts at 1 p.m. on June 7. Eight levels are scheduled, with 15-minute breaks after Levels 11, 13, 16, and 17. A 60-minute dinner break takes place after Level 15 (~6:30 p.m.). The third and final day is June 8; its start time has yet to be confirmed.
Australia's James Obst is this event's reigning champion. Obst navigated through 106 opponents in 2024, capturing his second WSOP bracelet and $260,658 in prize money. Obst emerged victorious after a lengthy heads-up battle with Paul Volpe.
“A little bit overwhelming. Very strung out. It’s been a long couple of days,” Obst said following his victory. “I can’t really believe it, just thinking about the week that I’ve had. To be here with a bracelet is surreal. It’s unreal.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 107 | James Obst | $260,658 | |
| 2023 | 131 | Brian Yoon | United States | $311,433 |
| 2022 | 96 | Adam Friedman | United States | $248,254 |
| 2021 | 62 | Anthony Zinno | United States | $182,872 |
| 2020 | - | Not held | - | - |
| 2019 | 88 | John Hennigan | United States | $245,451 |
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Level: 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Level 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
With 17 players to get things started, Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship is now underway!
Level 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Level 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Shaun Deeb: A♦K♥5♦ / K♣8♦7♦10♣
James Gorham: XxXx / J♣5♥10♠6♥ / Xx
Shaun Deeb completed, James Gorham raised, and Deeb called.
Deeb check-called on fourth. On fifth, Deeb check-raised and Gorham called.
Deeb led on sixth and seventh and Gorham called down. Deeb revealed his pair of kings which were good at showdown to drag an early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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54,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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Level 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Yu Fu: 8♠6♠2♦/A♠A♦5♦10♣
Christian Roberts: XxXx/10♥9♥Q♠9♦/Xx
Jose Paz-Gutierrez: XxXx/J♥2♥3♦Q♦/Xx
Yu Fu completed and was called by Christian Roberts. Jose Paz-Gutierrez raised and both Fu and Roberts called for a bloated three-way pot.
Paz-Gutierrez and Roberts called a bet from Fu on fourth street and then action checked down on fifth through seventh.
"Can you beat aces?" Fu asked his opponents and he turned over his hole cards. Neither could and sent their hands into the muck to award Fu the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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58,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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58,500 | |
Level 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Yu Fu: XxXx / Q♦10♥8♠A♠ / Xx
Scott Seiver: 4♣3♥2♠ / 4♠9♥4♦3♣
Action was picked up on fifth as Seiver led with open fours. Yu Fu raised before Brian Yoon and Christian Roberts folded. Seiver made it three bets and Fu called.
Seiver led again on sixth and seventh and Fu called down. Seiver announced his full house as Fu mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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67,000
67,000
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67,000 |
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58,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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57,000
1,500
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1,500 |
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54,000
9,000
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9,000 |
Level 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
David Bach: XxXx/7♣5♦10♦
Philip Long: XxXx/A♠8♥4♠ - folded on fifth street
David Bach called the bring-in and Philip Long completed with his ace. Bach called.
Bach caled a bet from Long on fourth street and then raised a bet from Long on fifth. Long let his hand go and Bach collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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51,000
51,000
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51,000 |
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Level 1
Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000
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60,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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