Only 78 Return For Star-Studded Day 2 of $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
With the calendar switching over to July and the 2025 World Series of Poker entering its final few weeks, some of the top names in poker are taking a shot at a summer-saving run when they return for Day 2 of Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at 1 p.m. local time.
Shaun Deeb has had a few close calls in pursuit of his seventh WSOP bracelet, including two runner-up finishes and another third-place finish. He’s back at it chasing another deep run and enters the day second in chips with 310,000. Scott Bohlman already won his second bracelet earlier this summer to go along with three other final table appearances that put him second in the Player of the Year standings. He sits third on the leaderboard with 284,500.
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 |
Deeb, Bohlman, and the rest of the 78 returning players are looking up at Walter Chambers, who takes a sizable stack of 372,500 into the event’s penultimate day. Anthony Zinno (273,000) and Paul Houvener (259,500) round out the top five.
Other top stacks include last year’s $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo champion Nikolay Fal (232,500), Brian Hastings (221,000), Brad Ruben (200,000), 2025 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo winner Blaz Zerjav (197,000), and Yuval Bronshtein (180,000).
A few days removed from her incredible run in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, Esther Taylor has 174,000 to begin the day in pursuit of another deep run.
Viktor Blom (143,000), Allen Kessler (141,000), Norman Chad (124,000), Benny Glaser (102,000), 2023 champion Ryan Miller (94,000), and last year’s runner-up Richard Sklar (46,500) are also among those who return for Day 2 inside the Horseshoe Event Center.
The event has already attracted 160 entries, and with late registration remaining open for the first level of the day, the field should easily surpass last year’s total of 167.
The action picks up on Level 11 with limits of 4,000/8,000. Levels 11-15 are still 60 minutes long before being extended to 90 minutes beginning on Level 16. There is a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 15 around 6:30 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action from this talent-laden field.