Level: 11
Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000
Level: 11
Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000
Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better drew a record-setting crowd of 615 players, narrowly besting last year's total of 611.
A prize pool of $816,413 has been generated, which will be distributed among the final 93 players. Five-figure payouts await the unofficial final table of nine players, while the eventual champion will walk away with the grand sum of $153,487.
The full payout structure is listed below.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | |
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| 1 | $153,487 | 10-11 | $8,664 | |
| 2 | $102,281 | 12-15 | $6,995 | |
| 3 | $70,071 | 16-23 | $5,777 | |
| 4 | $48,931 | 24-31 | $4,882 | |
| 5 | $34,842 | 32-39 | $4,224 | |
| 6 | $25,307 | 40-47 | $3,745 | |
| 7 | $18,758 | 48-55 | $3,403 | |
| 8 | $14,195 | 56-63 | $3,173 | |
| 9 | $10,971 | 64-93 | $3,021 |
Here are some chip stack updates:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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54,000 | |
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38,000
13,000
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31,000
1,800
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23,300
1,700
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1,700 |
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21,600
15,400
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15,400 |
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21,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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13,700
11,300
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11,300 |
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Arthur Schilder: XxXx/3♠3♥J♥ - folded on fifth street
Huck Seed: XxXx/K♠9♠3♣
Leandro Ruy: XxXx/8♠10♦5♠ - folded on fifth street
Arthur Schilder brought in, 1996 WSOP Main Event winner Huck Seed completed, and Leandro Ruy called. Schilder also called before he paired his door card on fourth street. He checked it over to Seed, who bet. Ruy called, and so did Schilder.
Seed continued firing on fifth street, but this time he received two folds for his efforts as he was awarded the pot.
Reigning Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo was also at this table, playing about five big bets. 2015 champ Joe McKeehen, meanwhile, was spotted at another table with a six-figure stack, and 1998 winner Scotty Nguyen had about two starting stacks in front of him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000
12,000
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5,000
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50,000
36,800
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15,000
10,000
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10,300
10,300
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10,300 |
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9,000
1,200
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1,200 |
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Jonathan Tamayo: 2♦4♦/ A♦5♣A♠6♦/ 8♦
Huck Seed: 6♣3♠/ 5♥7♠2♣6♠ / 2♥
David Levi: A♣A♥/ 6♥2♠8♥8♠ 7♥
Arthur Schilder: XxXx / Q♥3♥ -folded on fourth street
Huck Seed brought it in, Jonathan Tamayo called, Arthur Schilder called and David Levi raised. Seed, Tamayo and Schilder all called.
On fourth street, Levi bet again when action checked to him, Seed and Tamayo called and Schilder folded.
On fifth street, Tamayo bet, Levi raised, Seed called, and Tamayo called for all of his remaining chips.
The two players who weren't all checked sixth street, and then on the river, Seed bet after Levi checked, and Levi called.
Tamayo's flush and 6 5 low were good for the main pot, while Seed and Levi split the side pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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46,600
8,400
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8,400 |
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43,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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10,200
1,200
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1,200 |
Level: 12
Ante: 500
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000
Richard Ashby: Ax6x4x/2♥9♠3♦8♥
Scott Seiver: 7♦6♣3♣/6♥4♦A♦4♥
Soma Ishikawa: A♥7♣3♥/A♣5♣8♦10x
Scotty Nguyen: XxXx/6♠J♠Xx - folded on fifth street
Richard Ashby brought in, Scott Seiver completed, and Soma Ishikawa called. Scotty Nguyen then raised, which the other three players called.
Ishikawa bet out on fourth street. Nguyen called, Ashby did so as well, but Seiver raised. Ishikawa then called all-in, and Nguyen and Ashby called as well.
On fifth street the action checked to Seiver, who bet. Nguyen then quickly mucked, but Ashby stuck around and called.
Ashby called Seiver's bets on sixth and seventh street as well, leading to a three-way showdown. Seiver showed two pair for the high, and Ashby tabled a six-low for the low. Ishikawa's pair of aces and eight-low disappeared in the muck as he took his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000
21,500
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21,500 |
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40,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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30,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Brett Richey: XxXx/ 8♥10♥10♦7♣/ Xx
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx 6♥2♠J♣6♠/ Xx - folded on seventh street
David Kluchman: XxXx/ 5♦8♣Q♥5♣ Xx - folded on seventh street
David Kluchman completed, Blaz Zerjav raised next to act, and Brett Richey reraised. Kluchman and Zerjav both called.
On fourth street, Zerjav bet when action checked to him. Both players made the call.
On fifth street, Richey made an open pair of tens and bet, both players called. The same action happened on sixth street.
On the river, Richey bet and both players folded. Richey flashed the 10♣ as he mucked and collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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124,000
124,000
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124,000 |
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96,000
61,800
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61,800 |
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26,000
26,000
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26,000 |