Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 1 Started
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
Entries
186
Level
27
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
160
Players Left
78
Players Left 1 / 186
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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].”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 167 | Arash Ghaneian | United States | $376,476 |
| 2023 | 141 | Ryan Miller | United States | $344,677 |
| 2022 | 137 | Daniel Zack | United States | $324,174 |
| 2021 | 144 | Brian Hastings | United States | $352,958 |
| 2020 | Not held | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 151 | Robert Campbell | Australia | $385,763 |
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Level: 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Level 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Action is underway with 17 players currently registered.
Level 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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Level 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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58,000
2,000
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2,000 |
Level 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Esther Taylor: XxXx/3♦A♠Q♦ - folded on fifth street
Tom Koral: K♠10♠9♥/K♣9♠K♦9♣
Long Tran: A♣K♥2♦/5♣4♣6♣4♥
Esther Taylor brought in, Tom Koral completed, and Long Tran called. Taylor defended her big blind and checked to Koral on fourth street. Koral bet and received two calls.
Koral paired his door card on fifth street and led out. Tran raised with three to a low straight flush showing, forcing Taylor out of the pot. Koral three-bet, Tran four-bet, and Koral capped the betting at five bets.
Tran called, after which sixth street was checked through. Koral flicked in a final bet on seventh street, which Tran quickly called. Koral tabled a full house for the high, while Tran took the low half of the pot with a six-low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,800
800
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800 |
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60,800
800
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800 |
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58,900
1,100
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1,100 |
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Level 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Saulo Galvao: XxXx/4♣7♣4♠5♣/Xx
Brett Richey: XxXx/6♠2♣Q♠A♣/Xx
Davin Anderson: XxXx/7♥K♥Q♣ - folded on fifth street
"Do you know who this is? This is the guy who says 'This is the greatest tournament in the world' in the lead-in on ESPN," Allen Kessler said, pointing to his table neighbor Davin Anderson.
"That was my 15 minutes of fame," Anderson added.
Anderson then went three-ways to fourth street with Saulo Galvao and Brett Richey. Richey bet and both opponents called.
Galvao then bet on fifth and Richey called, while Anderson got out of the way. Both players then checked on sixth.
Galvao bet on seventh and Richey called. Galvao then showed A♠8♣6♣ for a straight flush and Richey mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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63,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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59,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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57,000
3,000
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3,000 |
Level 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
Ante: 100
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Bring In: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx/A♥10♣3♣6♥/Xx
Allen Kessler: XxXx/4♥7♣Q♦K♠/Xx - folded on seventh street
Five-way to fourth street, the action checked to Allen Kessler, who bet. Yueqi Zhu was the only caller, and he led out on fifth street. Kessler called, and did again when Zhu continued betting on sixth street.
Zhu fired a final barrel on seventh street.
"Wow, how did I brick this hand?" Kessler pondered as he looked at his cards. "Whatever, you win," he concluded, mucking his hand and forfeiting the pot to Zhu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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57,000
3,000
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3,000 |
