Marco Johnson Leads The Final 11 in Event #73: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better Championship
After seven additional levels of play in Event #73: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better Championship, the 88 remaining players (eighty from Day 1 plus eight additional entries at the beginning of Day 2) have been reduced to just 11 with Marco Johnson standing tall as chip leader after bagging 1.4 million in chips.
Johnson will be seeking his third WSOP bracelet after having come runner-up in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship just a few weeks ago.
Not far behind Johnson are Yuval Bronshtein (1,332,000) and Brian Hastings (1,093,000) — both of whom managed to bag over a million in chips.
In total, there were 144 entries for the event – generating a $1,342,800 prize pool with the eventual winner taking home $352,958 in addition to a WSOP gold bracelet.
Event #73: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better Championship Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (USD) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $352,958 | |
| 2 | $218,144 | |
| 3 | $151,460 | |
| 4 | $107,967 | |
| 5 | $79,073 | |
| 6 | $59,545 | |
| 7 | $46,140 | |
| 8 | $36,821 | |
| 9 | $30,290 | |
| 10-11 | $25,708 |
Some players who began day 2 but failed to cash include Matt Glantz, Joseph McKeehen, Anthony Zinno, Julien Martini, Ben Yu, Maria Ho, Kane Kalas, and Yehuda Buchalter, who was eliminated on the bubble after his remaining chips were chopped up by Ian O’Hara and Alex Livingston.
Some notables who managed to cash include Eli Elezra (22nd - $16,340), Mike Watson (20th - $16,340), Ashly Butler (17th - $17,872), and Shaun Deeb (13th - $22,536), who fell to Erik Seidel's straight flush late in the day.
The final 11 players will return tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time and will play down until a winner. The level will start at 18 (20,000-40,000 limits with a 5,000 ante) and each level will continue to last 90 minutes each. Players will get a 10-minute break after each level and a 60-minute dinner break at the players’ discretion.
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Day 3 Seating Arrangement
| Seat | Table 406 | Table 414 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | vacant | Erik Seidel |
| 2 | Brett Richey | Ian O'Hara |
| 3 | Josh Arieh | Marco Johnson |
| 4 | Scott Seiver | vacant |
| 5 | vacant | John Monnette |
| 6 | Ahmed Mohamed | vacant |
| 7 | Brian Hastings | Gary Benson |
| 8 | Yuval Bronshtein | vacant |