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The first Stud event of the 2026 World Series of Poker, Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud, kicks off at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 2:00 p.m. local time on May 28. Seven Card Stud may live in Texas Hold'em's shadow these days, but a bumper crowd is still expected to turn out for this tournament.
Stud events tend to draw 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.
📌 Event Snapshot
- Event: #6 – $1,500 Seven Card Stud
- Date(s): May 28-30, 2026
- Time: 2:00 p.m. local time
- Buy-In: $1,500
- Format: Seven Card Stud
- Late Registration: Open until the end of Level 9 (approx. 8:45 p.m.)
- Starting Stack: 25,000 chips
- Levels: 40 minutes on Day 1, 90 minutes on Day 2-3
- 2025 Winner: Dan Heimiller
- 2025 Field Size: 377 entries
- 2025 Prize Pool: $500,467
Structure and Schedule
The $1,500 Seven Card Stud event begins at 2:00 p.m. local time on May 28, and is a three-day affair. Entrants sit down with a 25,000-chip warchest, and play to 40-minute levels on Day 1. Day 1 sees 15 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 May 29. The clock extends to 60 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 May 30. Levels remain at 60 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
Dan Heimiller won the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event in 2025, outlasting 376 opponents and taking home $106,839. The victory was Heimiller's third in a bracelet-awarding event, which he put down to being luckier than his heads-up opponent, David Bach.
"It looked like he was coming back for a while, so it was a little scary, and it looked like it was going to take a very long time. But fortunately, I had a lot more luck than him. I think all day, I was catching two pair on sixth or seventh street. I was just so damn lucky."
Several top-tier pros have won this event in years gone by, including Richard Ashby, Nick Schulman, Alex Livingston, and Poker Hall of Famer Eli Elezra.
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