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Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 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
$1,729,800
Total Entries
186
Level
27
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
160
Players Left
78
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Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
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.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Day 1 has ended with 78 players remaining out of 160 entries.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Scott Bohlman: K♣J♦3♠/4♠2♣A♥8♣
Raymond Bentley: A♣Q♣J♣/7♣4♥3♣7♦
Mike Thorpe: XxXx/5♠J♠4♣8♦/Xx
The action was picked up on fifth street, where Scott Bohlman bet out and was called by Raymond Bentley and Mike Thorpe. After Bentley paired on sixth street, the action checked to Bohlman, who put in another bet.
Bentley and Thorpe both stuck around and called, after which seventh street checked through.
Bentley tabled a flush, and Bohlman had an eight-low.
"I don't know what I have," Thorpe claimed as he squeezed his hole cards. Eventually, he saw he could not beat either hand as he mucked his cards, seeing the pot chopped between Bohlman and Bentley.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Nate Silver: XxXx/2♠5♣10♠5♠ 
James Cheung: XxXx/3♣K♣9♣Q♣
Nate Silver bet his last chips on sixth street and James Cheung called.
Cheung turned over 4♣2♣3♦ for a flush, while Silver could only manage two pair with A♣10♥8♠ as the political prognosticator was sent to the rail in the closing moments of the day.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Tournament officials announced that players will see four more hands before bagging up for the night.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Michael Noori was all in on sixth street and up against Felipe Ramos.
Noori had 10♦10♣6♠7♣J♠J♦ showing for two pair, while Ramos had 9♣10♥3♠9♦8♣6♦7♥ for a straight. Noori needed to fill up as he peeled his last card, but he caught the 6♥ and tossed it into the muck before making his exit.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Ryutaro Suzuki: XxXx/10♦7♣4♥5♦/Xx
Viktor Blom: XxXx/2♦J♦5♣3♥/Xx
Ryutaro Suzuki completed, Viktor Blom raised, and Suzuki called.
Blom continued betting on fourth and fifth streets as Suzuki called. Blom bet again on sixth and Suzuki called once more.
Blom bet in the dark even before receiving his last card, but Suzuki came back with a raise this time. Blom instantly mucked his cards and Suzuki took the pot without a showdown.
