Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-03-2024 17:09 UTC-8

Full House for Ghaneian

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Connor Richards

Level 28

Ante: 50,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 200,000
Limits: 200,000-400,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/2♥7♦8♣8♦/Xx
Arash Ghaneian: 7♠6♠4♠/6♥3♦3♠6♣

Picking up the action on fifth street, Arash Ghaneian bet and Richard Sklar called. Ghaneian then checked on sixth street and Sklar bet. Ghaneian called.

Ghaneian led out with a bet on seventh street and Sklar called. Ghaneian announced a full house and showed sixes full of threes to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,500,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Arash Ghaneian	4,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Arash Ghaneian

Level: 28

Ante: 50,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 200,000
Limits: 200,000-400,000

07-03-2024 16:51 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	6,500,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Arash Ghaneian	3,500,000 -1,050,000	-1,050,000

Kings Up Best Nines Up

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Calum Grant

Level 27

Ante: 30,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/3♣2♥7♥9♦/Xx
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/10♠2♣3♦K♣/Xx

Richard Sklar brought in and Arash Ghaneian called.

Ghaneian check-called on fourth street ahead of fifth street checking through to sixth street. Sklar called bets on sixth and seventh street.

"Kings up," said Ghaneian as he tabled his K♠5♦3♠ which was good for kings and threes. Sklar had 9♠8x2x for nines and deuces which then went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,450,000 -1,450,000	-1,450,000

Arash Ghaneian	4,550,000 1,450,000	1,450,000

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07-03-2024 16:33 UTC-8

Initial Dates Released for 20th WSOP Circuit Season

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Sandra Barbour

Level 27

Ante: 30,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000

The initial schedule — US and international — is out for the 2024-2025 World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) season, and it should create some excitement within the poker community.

Action for the 20th Circuit season kicks off at a familiar spot — Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma — on July 17, the same day as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event concludes. There will also be a return to the same casino in October.

There are 18 stops — 13 in the US and five in other countries — on the 2024 portion of the WSOPC schedule. That includes five different countries and eight US states.

Find the full schedule here

07-03-2024 16:29 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Connor Richards

Level 27

Ante: 30,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	6,900,000 -400,000	-400,000

Arash Ghaneian	3,100,000 400,000	400,000

07-03-2024 16:16 UTC-8

Sklar Widening Gap

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Connor Richards

Level 27

Ante: 30,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/7♥6♦6♣
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/10♦5♦9♣ - folded fifth street

Arash Ghaneian completed and Richard Sklar called. Ghaneian then checked on fourth street and Sklar checked back.

Sklar bet on fifth street after pairing his six and Ghaneian folded without a fight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	7,300,000 75,000	75,000

Arash Ghaneian	2,700,000 -75,000	-75,000

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07-03-2024 16:08 UTC-8

One Chop and Two More for Sklar

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Calum Grant

Level 27

Ante: 30,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/7♦A♣Q♦9♦/Xx
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/10♦6♣8♠J♥/Xx

Richard Sklar brought in and Arash Ghaneian called. Sklar bet on fourth street and was called. Sklar then check-called bets on fifth, sixth and seventh street. Sklar had a low with his 8♥2♥5♠ for half of the pot while Ghaneian tabled 9♥7♠9♣ for a jack-high straight.

Richard Sklar: XxXx/A♥5♦6♣
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/10♣3♠Q♣ - folded fifth street

Ghaneian brought in and called when Sklar completed. Ghaneian called a bet on fourth street before folding on fifth street.

Richard Sklar: XxXx/A♥5♦J♥9♥
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/5♥2♦9♦K♠ - folded sixth street

Ghaneian brought in again and Sklar completed. Ghaneian raised, something he himself said he shouldn't do. Sklar called.

On fourth street, Sklar check-called a bet before leading out on fifth street. Ghaneian called and then folded to Sklar's wager on sixth street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	7,225,000 2,425,000	2,425,000

Arash Ghaneian	2,775,000 -2,425,000	-2,425,000

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07-03-2024 15:56 UTC-8

Ghaneian Pulls Ahead

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Connor Richards

Level 27

Ante: 30,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000

Richard Sklar: Q♣J♣/A♦5♥8♥A♥/Xx
Arash Ghaneian: J♥9♣/8♠10♠J♦10♦/2♠

Richard Sklar completed and Arash Ghaneian called. Sklar then bet on fourth street and Ghaneian called, and the same action took place on fifth street.

Sixth street checked through and both players checked again on seventh street as Ghaneian showed two pair to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arash Ghaneian	5,200,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Richard Sklar	4,800,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000

Tags: Arash Ghaneian Richard Sklar

07-03-2024 15:46 UTC-8

Broadway for Sklar

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Calum Grant

Level 27

Ante: 30,000
Low Card: 50,000
Completion: 150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/J♠10♠K♥5♠/Xx
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/A♣K♣3♦7♦/Xx

Richard Sklar brought in and called when Arash Ghaneian completed. Sklar called a bet on fourth street before action checked through to seventh street.

Ghaneian checked and Sklar fired out a bet. Ghaneian quickly called but had to muck his hand as Sklar tabled A♠Q♥4♥ for an ace-high straight.