Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | 2026 World Series of Poker

12 hours 12 minutes ago

Vengrin Makes His Flush

Liam Gannon

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Action was picked up on fifth street in a multiway pot that included Matt Vengrin and Rob Hollink. Vengrin had placed out a bet and thinking that everyone had folded, he attempted to muck his cards. He placed them back out when he realized that Hollink was still in the pot.

Matt Vengrin: XxXx/7♠4♥4♠A♠/Xx
Rob Hollink: XxXx/3♥9♦10♥5♦/Xx

Hollink called the bet on fifth street and then Hollink called another bet on sixth street.

Vengrin put out one final bet on seventh street and Hollink called then mucked after seeing Vengrin table A♦K♠3♠ for an ace-high flush.

Tags: Matt Vengrin Rob Hollink

12 hours 23 minutes ago

Volpe Scoops Chambers; Rubbathan Survives

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Liam Gannon

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Action was picked up on fourth street in a pot between Paul Volpe, Mark Rubbathan, and Walter Chambers, with Rubbathan all in and at risk.

Mark Rubbathan: XxXx/6♣Q♥4♠2♥/Xx All in
Paul Volpe: XxXx/2♦2♣3♦6♦/Xx
Walter Chambers: XxXx/7♠5♥K♦7♥/Xx

Chambers bet after Volpe checked over to him on fourth.

On fifth street, Volpe bet to see Chambers call.

Sixth street saw Chambers check-call a bet from Volpe while both players checked their seventh street option.

"Two pair," said Volpe as he tabled A♥10♠3♥ for threes and twos. Chambers mucked while Rubbathan tabled Q♦Q♣9♦ for a set of queens to rake in the main pot.

Tags: Mark Rubbathan Paul Volpe Walter Chambers

12 hours 29 minutes ago

Schwartz Concedes to Eslami's Dangerous Board

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Jake Schwartz completed and was called by Ali Eslami, Andrew Bradshaw, and Harry Thomas from the bring-in.

Jake Schwartz: XxXx / 8♠4♣3♦6♣
Ali Eslami: XxXx / 7♥6♦5♣4♥
Andrew Bradshaw: XxXx / Q♥10♦ - folded on fourth street
Harry Thomas: XxXx / 3♣Q♣ - folded on fourth street

It checked to Schwartz on fourth who bet, and only Eslami called as the others folded.

Schwartz check-called a bet on fifth, but he faced a tough decision on sixth with around 90,000 behind, and he decided to let his hand go against Eslami's low straight board.

Tags: Ali Eslami Andrew Bradshaw Harry Thomas Jake Schwartz

12 hours 43 minutes ago

Ivey Makes a Straight on Seventh to Scoop

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Action picked up on fifth street as the dealer brought in one bet from Nicholas Marchington, Phil Ivey, and Nicholas Marchington on fourth. However, fifth would then check through.

Nicholas Marchington: XxXx / A♣7♥A♠K♣ / Xx
Phil Ivey: XxXx / 6♦Q♣3♥2♥ / Xx
Calvin Anderson: XxXx / 8♦6♠3♦J♥ / Xx

On sixth, Marchington led, getting called by both opponents.

It then checked to Ivey on seventh who bet, and both Anderson and Marchington quickly called. However, Ivey would table 7♠5♦4♦ in the hole for a straight seven and six low, good for the scoop as he collected the entire pot.

At another table, Robert Mizrachi was eliminated.

Tags: Calvin Anderson Nicholas Marchington Phil Ivey Robert Mizrachi

12 hours 50 minutes ago

Miner Doubles Through Pan

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Liam Gannon

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Action was picked up on fourth street in a three-way pot between Matt Grapenthien, Benjamin Miner, and Qinghai Pan.

Benjamin Miner: XxXx/3♦6♣8♣9♦/Xx
Qinghai Pan: XxXx/J♦5♦4♣6♦/Xx
Matt Grapenthien: XxXx/3♥9♠ - Folded on fourth street

Pan bet on fourth street to see only Miner call.

On fifth and sixth street, Pan check-called a bet from Miner.

Seventh street saw Pan bet to put Miner all in and Miner called for 13,000.

"Straight seven," said Miner as he tabled 7♠5♠4♥ for a nine-high straight and a seven-six low. It was good to scoop against the defending champion, who held A♥J♣8♥ for a pair of jacks and an eight-low.

Tags: Benjamin Miner Matt Grapenthien Qinghai Pan

12 hours 57 minutes ago

Moncek Takes Out Lang

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Mike Lang limped, Rob Hollink completed, Ryan Hoenig called, Michael Moncek called from the bring-in, and Lang came along.

Mike Lang: 8♣7♥ / 9♦5♥7♦ All in
Rob Hollink: XxXx / J♥6♠ - folded on fourth street
Ryan Hoenig: XxXx / A♣5♦10♥ - folded on fifth street
Michael Moncek: 7♠2♠ / 4♠A♠6♦

Hoenig checked to Moncek on fourth who bet, Lang called, Hollink folded, and Hoenig called.

On fifth, Moncek bet again, Lang called all in for his final 20,000, and Hoenig folded.

Lang had a pair and a gutter against the made low and flush draw of Moncek. On sixth, Lang caught the K♥, and Moncek found the 9♠, leaving Lang drawing dead as Moncek's flush and low secured his fate, and Moncek collected the last of his chips.

Tags: Michael Moncek Mike Lang Rob Hollink Ryan Hoenig

13 hours 7 minutes ago

Play Resumes

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Liam Gannon

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

The players have returned to their seats with cards getting back into the air.

Level: 16

Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

13 hours 49 minutes ago

Poker Player Pulls $100K Mystery Bounty and Donates it to Charity

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 15

Ante: 2,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Brian 'Smitty' Smith would stand out in the $1,000 WSOP Mystery Millions anyway. A tall guy with a broad smile, fully decked out in purple, he jokes that he's a "walking billboard" for the pancreatic cancer charity Purple Pansies.

But he stood out even more on Sunday, as the grinder from Atlanta, Georgia, pulled a gold chest for $100,000 and immediately announced it was all going to the charity so close to his heart.

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14 hours 7 minutes ago