Event #45: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, kicks off at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 2:00 p.m. local time on June 14. Split Pot games may not have the hype around them like Texas Hold'em but a strong field is expected to turn up for this one.

Split Pot games will entice the mixed games specialists out of the woodwork, and this event should be no different, despite its buy-in being at the more affordable end of the scale.

[H-2]📌 Event Snapshot[/H]

• Event: #45 – $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
• Date(s): June 14-16, 2026
• Time: 2:00 p.m. local time
• Buy-In: $2,500
• Format: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
• Late Registration: Open until the end of Level 10 (approx.11:00 p.m.)
• Starting Stack: 35,000 chips
• Levels: 40 minutes
• 2025 Winner: Jason Daly
• 2025 Field Size: 575 entries
• 2025 Prize Pool: $1,279,375

Structure and Schedule

The $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event begins at 2:00 p.m. local time on June 14, and is a three-day affair. Entrants sit down with a 35,000-chip stack, and play to 40-minute levels on Day 1. Day 1 sees 12 levels completed, with a 15-minute break every three levels.

Day 2 starts at the slightly earlier time of 1:00 p.m. local time on June 15. The clock continues at 40 minutes, and 10 levels are scheduled. Players enjoy a 15-minute break every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 (approx. 7:30 p.m. local time).

The third and final day's start time is yet to be determined, but it will be on June 16. Levels remain at 40 minutes; every two levels see a 15-minute break in the action, and the tournament staff will decide about a dinner break depending on how the tournament progresses.

Past Champions & History

Jason Daly won the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event in 2025, outlasting 574 opponents and taking home $244,674. The victory was Daly's second victroy in a bracelet-awarding event, which he put down to his relentless aggression at the final table. Daly’s aggression this year also denied Phil Hellmuth his 18th career bracelet, as Daly stopped his deep run, busting Hellmuth in third.

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