Shaun Deeb, Scott Bohlman Among Chip Leaders on Day 1 of Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Shaun Deeb spent most of the day making a deep run in the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet event. When he finally came over to play Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, he wasted little time putting himself in position to do it again by amassing a huge stack.
Deeb ended Day 1 with 310,000, good for second place on the leaderboard. He’s looking up only at Walter Chambers, who took the chip lead over the remaining 78 players with 372,500.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Chambers | United States | 372,500 | 47 |
| 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 310,000 | 39 |
| 3 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 284,500 | 36 |
| 4 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 273,000 | 34 |
| 5 | Paul Houvener | United States | 259,500 | 32 |
| 6 | Qinghai Pan | United States | 250,500 | 31 |
| 7 | Nikolay Fal | Russian Federation | 232,500 | 29 |
| 8 | Christopher Claassen | United States | 229,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Brian Hastings | United States | 221,000 | 28 |
| 10 | David Lin | United States | 215,500 | 27 |
Scott Bohlman, currently second in the Player of the Year standings, sits in third place with 284,500. Anthony Zinno (273,000) and Paul Houvener (259,500) round out the top five. Other big stacks include Brian Hastings (221,000), Felipe Ramos (206,500), Brad Ruben (200,000), $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo champion Blaz Zerjav (197,000). Mike Gorodinsky (156,500), and Viktor Blom (143,000). Esther Taylor, coming off her third-place run in the Poker Players Championship a few days ago, was back at it today and finished with 174,000.
Allen Kessler (141,000), poker funny man Norman Chad (124,000), Benny Glaser (102,000), Ari Engel (75,500), and Dylan Smith (24,000) are also among the players who return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2.
Defending champion Arash Ghaneian has yet to make an appearance in the field, but last year’s runner-up Richard Sklar did but has his work cut out for him if he hopes to make another run after finishing with just 46,500. Among those to bust on Day 1 included Nick Schulman, Erick Lindgren, Brandon Shack-Harris, Huck Seed, Mike Matusow, Patrick Leonard, and Scott Seiver.
A total of 160 players entered throughout 10 levels today. With late registration still open for the first level of Day 2, the field should far surpass last year’s 167 entries. The action will pick up on Level 11 with limits of 4,000/8,000. Levels 11-15 will remain 60 minutes before being extended to 90 minutes beginning on Level 16.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow following all the action from this star-studded field.