Arthur Peters: XxXx/4♥2♦3♦Q♦/Xx
Paul Houvener: XxXx/3♠A♥3♠9♣/Xx
Arthur Peters bet on fourth street and Paul Houvener called.
Peters bet again on fifth and Houvener called. Both players then checked on sixth.
Houvener bet on seventh and Peters called. Houvener showed Q♣8♥6♥, playing only the pair of threes on his board, while Peters turned over 6♦6♣2♣ for sixes and deuces to win the pot.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
We’re glad to have you along as we get things underway for Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day tournament gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, with late registration available through the first 11 levels (until ≈ 2:15 p.m. on Day 2). Each player starts with 60,000 chips. Today’s schedule includes 10 levels of play, with a 15-minute break after every two hours of play.
Levels 1-6 are 40 minutes long, Levels 7-15 increase to 60 minutes, and Levels 16 on are 90 minutes in duration. The structure starts with 500-1,000 limits in Level 1 and gradually climbs to 3,000-6,000 by the end of today.
Play resumes on Day 2, Tuesday, at 1 p.m., with eight more levels on the schedule. Day 3 will play down to a winner, with the exact start time still to be announced.
The reigning champion from 2024's edition is Arash Ghaneian, who took down a field of 167 players to claim his second WSOP bracelet and a $376,476 payday. He outlasted a tough final table that included fellow bracelet winners Michael Rocco, Todd Brunson, and Eric Wasserson.
“We came in today, we battled,” Ghaneian told PokerNews after his win. “When the limits went that high, you know, I talked to him right after dinner and said, ‘Hey, this could go either way.’ And the cards fell my way at the end, and I’m grateful to win the second [bracelet].”
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