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Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 1 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 1
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Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
One of the most popular of the Championship events got underway today at Paris Las Vegas for Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. This year's edition is already on pace to attract a larger field than the H.O.R.S.E., Razz, Limit Hold'em, Dealer's Choice, Seven Card Stud, and 2-7 Triple Draw Championship, as many of poker's brightest minds found themselves in the mix today.
A total of 156 hopefuls tried their luck in this freezeout format, with just 75 advancing to Tuesday's Day 2, just under half of the field. Last year's edition of this event had 160 entrants on Day 1 with 78 advancing, and 186 total runners. However, Day 2 registration has seen an increase in popularity as the 2025 figure is certain to be surpassed.
Leading the way after eight hours of limit split-pot action is Matt Grapenthien (322,000), who already has a bracelet to his name, coming back in 2014 in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud, as he looks to add another to his resume.
With just 500 fewer chips is Bryce Yockey (321,500), who wasted no time building a stack after late registering the event. Yockey claimed the $10,000 Dealers Choice championship earlier this summer as he looks to make another deep run.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 322,000 |
| 2 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 321,500 |
| 3 | Andrew Bradshaw | United Kingdom | 307,000 |
| 4 | Patrick Moulder | United States | 297,000 |
| 5 | Eric Rodawig | United States | 286,000 |
| 6 | Mark Rubbathan | United Kingdom | 281,000 |
| 7 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 253,500 |
| 8 | John Wasnock | United States | 237,000 |
| 9 | Jack Germaine | United Kingdom | 231,000 |
| 10 | Allan Le | United States | 210,000 |
Also finding their way towards the top of the counts by night's end include Andrew Bradshaw (307,000), 2011 champion Eric Rodawig (286,000), Calvin Anderson (253,500), and 2025 Main Event runner-up John Wasnock (237,000).
Some of the other players who have punched their ticket to tomorrow's restart include Chad Eveslage (156,500), Jerry Wong (155,000), Justin Liberto (151,500), Eli Elezra (133,000), Nick Guagenti (130,000), Nick Schulman (113,500), Paul Volpe (97,000), James Obst (79,500), Todd Brunson (41,500), and Norman Chad (33,500).
The defending champion of the event, Qinghai Pan, was able to find a bag for Day 2, with his stack surviving a rollercoaster ride to finish with 62,000.
Not everyone was so fortunate, with many notables hitting the rail throughout the day, including Daniel Negreanu, Brian Rast, Scott Seiver, Joao Vieira, Jeff Madsen, Marco Johnson, Ben Yu, Nacho Barbero, David Bach, Ryan Miller, and Chino Rheem.
Day 2 will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday in the Gold Section of Paris. Play resumes in Level 11 with limits of 4,000/8,000, and with a 1,000 ante and 1,000 bring-in. Ten hour-long levels are on the docket for Day 2, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 15 around 6:30 p.m.
Registration remains open until the start of Level 12 around 2:15 p.m. tomorrow, at which point any new players can register with a fresh stack of 60,000 chips at limits of 6,000/12,000.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we deliver updates from the entirety of Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and all other events here at the 2026 World Series of Poker.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
According to the screens, there are 75 players remaining and they have bagged up their chips for the night. The late registration remains open until the end of Level 11, one level into tomorrow's Day 2.
Stay tuned for the full chip counts and a recap of today's action.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Daniel Tafur: Q♦4♠ / 4♦8♠2♠9♦ / 7♦
Bryce Yockey: 5♥9♠K♣A♦A♣5♣K♠
Tomasz Gluszko: 6♣8♣ / 4♥3♣Q♥K♦ / Xx
Daniel Tafur and Tomasz Gluszko were already all-in, with the former holding a pair of fours whereas Gluszko had a low draw. Bryce Yockey had meshed his board to reveal three pair, which ended up being aces and kings, good enough to scoop it all as Gluszko bricked the final card.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Cary Katz lost a bunch to Ryutaro Suzuki when the latter paired his ten on sixth street with Katz folding a queen-high board. Another player from Japan was involved in the last hands of the night with Ko Goto taking on Tyler Phillips.
Tyler Phillips: 6♦3♦J♠ / 7♦4♥5♥A♣
Ko Goto: XxXx / 5♣K♠A♥6♠ / Xx
Phillips completed and called a raise by Goto, who then check-called all the way including on seventh street. Before any cards were shown at the very end, Philip Sternheimer instantly said "straight" and that's what Phillips indeed had.
"He was so eager to show his cards," Sternheimer explained as Phillips also had initially bet out of turn on the final card.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
The floor staff have paused the clock with 11 minutes remaining in Level 10 and announced that five more hands will be played at each table before bagging for the night.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
James Obst: 8♦4♥ / 3♠5♣6♠J♠ / 4♣
Andrew Bradshaw: 10♥7♣ / 8♠J♥5♦A♠ / 9♥
Bradley Jansen: Q♣Q♥ / 9♠5♥3♣7♦ / J♦
James Obst was all-in already while Andrew Bradshaw and Bradley Jansen invested only one bet on fifth street before checking down sixth and seventh straight. Bradshaw flipped over his cards and revealed a rivered straight, which beat the queens of Jansen.
Obst escaped from elimination as he had spiked a low on sixth street already. One table over, Yuval Bronshtein was not as fortunate as he busted and quickly left the tournament area.
Level 10
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Andrew Yeh: 6♦9♦ / A♦2♣A♠4♠ / Q♠
Matt Grapenthien: A♥6♣ / 2♠8♥5♥K♦ / K♥
Nikolay Fal: Q♦Q♣ / 7♣8♣Q♥3♥ / 10♥
Andrew Yeh was already all-in on fifth street and awaited his fate against Matt Grapenthien as well as Nikolay Fal. Grapenthien ended up with an eight-six low but his pair of kings could not scoop, as Fal had a set of queens. Yeh's aces were no good either and since he had no low, the WSOP bracelet winner was knocked out late on Day 1.
