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Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$816,413
Total Entries
615
Level
34
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
615
Players Left
132
Players Left 1 / 615
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Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Another record turnout has been set at the 2025 World Series of Poker, as Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better attracted 615 unique players to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, enough to beat last year's record of 611 entries. At the end of the night, 132 players bagged up, 39 eliminations away from bursting the bubble of the $816,413 prize pool.
Kevin Choi gathered the chip lead on Day 1, ending up with 376,500 chips in his possession, for about 31 big bets when play resumes on Day 2. Choi has already proven his prowess in split-pot games earlier in the series with a runner-up finish in the $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo / Stud Hi-Lo event, and will be extra hungry for the bracelet and the $153,487 first-place prize after coming so tantalizingly close before.
Mary Jones bagged 332,000 on her journey to try to capture her first bracelet since 2006, and Jay Kerbel had another stellar Day 1, ending in third with 249,000. Jason Daly, who defeated Choi heads-up in the Omaha Hi-Lo / Stud Hi-Lo to capture his second bracelet last week, and four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen also secured a spot in the top ten.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Choi | Hong Kong | 376,500 | 31 |
| 2 | Mary Jones | United States | 332,000 | 28 |
| 3 | Jay Kerbel | United States | 249,000 | 21 |
| 4 | Jared Koppel | United States | 249,000 | 21 |
| 5 | William McMahan | United States | 221,000 | 18 |
| 6 | Jason Daly | United States | 217,000 | 18 |
| 7 | Michal Frejka | United States | 203,500 | 17 |
| 8 | Michael Moon | United States | 196,500 | 16 |
| 9 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 190,500 | 16 |
| 10 | Ryan Schoonbaert | United States | 186,000 | 16 |
As with the majority of the mixed games, a star-studded field made it through Day 1, and they include 2015 Main Event champion Joe McKeehen (167,000), old-school Andy Bloch (129,000), five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (89,500), Hall of Famer Huck Seed (80,000), and the short-stacked Calvin Anderson (27,500).
With the tournament being a freezeout, players only had one shot to make it to the end of Day 1, and many notable players did not manage to do so. Six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings was one of the earliest eliminations, and he was soon followed by the likes of legendary poker commentator Norman Chad and actor James Woods.
Hall of Famers Barry Greenstein, Scotty Nguyen, Todd Brunson, and Brian Rast did not join Seed in making it to Day 2. Defending champion Nikolay Fal fell halfway through Day 1, while Shaun Deeb was one of the final eliminations of the night.
With 93 spots paid, they will reach the money on Day 2. Those who survive the early stages of the day and maneuver the bubble successfully will pocket at least $3,021 for their efforts, while five-figure payouts and higher are reserved for the unofficial final table of nine.
The tournament will resume Thursday, June 26, at 1 p.m. local time. The first level of Day 2 will be Level 16, with limits at 6,000/12,000. The antes will amount to 1,500 for each player, while the bring-in will be at 2,000.
The duration of the levels will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2, and there will be a break after every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 21, around 7:30 p.m. local time. The plan for Day 2 is to play 10 levels, after which the remaining players will bag up for the third and final day of the event.
PokerNews will be back on the floor for the "shuffle up and deal" of Day 2, so tune back in on Thursday to not miss any of the split-pot action at the 2025 WSOP.
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Chip counts according to the WSOP+ app.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
376,500
354,500
|
354,500 |
|
||
|
332,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
249,000
174,800
|
174,800 |
|
||
|
249,000
249,000
|
249,000 |
|
221,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
217,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
|
203,500
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
196,500
196,500
|
196,500 |
|
190,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
||
|
186,000
138,600
|
138,600 |
|
183,500
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
182,500
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
178,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
178,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
175,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
168,500
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
168,500
168,500
|
168,500 |
|
167,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
||
|
165,500
72,500
|
72,500 |
|
|
||
|
161,500 | |
|
157,500
500
|
500 |
|
152,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
150,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
148,500
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
148,500
148,500
|
148,500 |
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
All tables have bagged up, spelling the end of Day 1.
Stay tuned for all 132 chip counts and a recap of the day.
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
These are some of the players were eliminated just before play ended for the night:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
David Margolis: XxXx/6♦5♠8♣2♦/Xx
Michal Frejka: XxXx/4♠6♥5♥K♦/Xx - folded on seventh street
David Margolis and Michal Frejka checked through fourth and fifth street before Margolis fired a bet on sixth street.
Frjeka check-called and checked seventh street as well. Margolis bet again, but Frejka quickly mucked his cards.
"Good fold, I had a pair of aces and a six-low," Margolis claimed as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
206,500 | |
|
|
145,000
78,500
|
78,500 |
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
All tables will play three more hands before Day 1 wraps up.
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Joshua Chudnovsky: A♠A♦2♥/3♦9♣Q♦8♠ 
Michelle Konig: J♣8♥8♣/8♦2♣4♠9♠
Patrick Quealy: 7♦3♥A♣/2♠K♦5♣2♦
Jason Daly: 7♣5♠4♦/A♥J♥K♥K♣
In a four-way capped pot, Jason Daly checked fourth street to Joshua Chudnovsky, who bet. Michelle Konig then raised, Patrick Quealy called, Daly called, and Chudnovsky called all-in.
The action checked to Konig on fifth and sixth street, and she fired a bet both times. Quealy and Daly both called to seventh street, where it checked to Quealy instead.
Quealy bet, and the remaining duo called to showdown. Konig showed three eights for the high, and Quealy had the only low hand with a seven-low.
Daly and Chudnovsky received nothing as the huge late-night pot was evenly divided between Konig and Quealy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
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|
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
130,000 | |
|
Busted | |
Level 15
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Here are some chip counts as play winds down for the day:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
328,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
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|
|
201,000
72,500
|
72,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
157,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
||
|
135,500
110,500
|
110,500 |
|
126,000
61,500
|
61,500 |
|
86,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
|
80,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
26,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
