Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-30-2024 21:12 UTC-8

Ruben Scoops to Send Racener to the Rail

David Salituro

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

John Racener: XxXx/8♦9♣4♥Xx/Xx
Brad Ruben: XxXx/3♥9♥8♣8♥/Xx
Nick Guagenti: XxXx/6♦5♥Q♦10♥/Xx
Raymond Bentley: XxXx/5♦9♠Q♣ - folded on fifth street

John Racener was already all in on third street as Brad Ruben, Nick Guagenti, and Raymond Bentley built a side pot.

Guagenti then bet on fourth and both Ruben and Bentley called. Guagenti bet again on fifth and only Ruben called.

Both players checked down sixth and seventh as Ruben turned over 6♣5♠2♠ for a pair of eights and a low. Racener and Guagenti both mucked as Ruben scooped the pot, sending Racener to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	250,000 70,000	70,000

Nick Guagenti	65,000 5,000	5,000

Raymond Bentley	65,000 65,000	65,000
John Racener	Busted

Tags: Brad Ruben John Racener Nick Guagenti Raymond Bentley

06-30-2024 21:14 UTC-8

Chad and Zinno Divide Hertzog

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Jeff McMillan

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Norman Chad: A♠10♦/10♣9♦A♣5♥/8♣
Anthony Zinno: 4♥K♦/2♥3♥6♣7♠/4♦
Joseph Hertzog: 2♠3♠/5♠J♦7♥6♥/Xx

Joseph Hertzog was already all in as Norman Chad and Anthony Zinno continued in a hand. Zinno bet sixth street and Chad called. They both checked seventh street,

Chad tabled the best high hand while Zinno had the winning low to shut out Hertzog and send him away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Norman Chad	138,000 8,000	8,000
Anthony Zinno	64,000 -6,000	-6,000

Joseph Hertzog	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno Joseph Hertzog Norman Chad

06-30-2024 21:29 UTC-8

Talarico Trips Up Ruben

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David Salituro

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Jared Talarico: XxXx/3♣5♥5♦2♦/Xx
Brad Ruben: XxXx/8♠3♦6♣8♥/Xx

The table featuring Mike Matusow and Scott Seiver just broke, and they happened to be moved side-by-side to another table with Brad Ruben and Dario Sammartino.

"I'm running so bad right now. Mike just put a bad beat on me," Scott Seiver said with only the slightest touch of irony.

"I was so happy to be above starting stack for like two hands," Matusow added.

"Mike, have you ever heard of Primed Mind?" Seiver replied, pointing out the patch Ruben was wearing on his shirt.

"I'm in a great mind," Matusow said.

Ruben then went heads-up in a pot with Jared Talarico. Talarico bet on fourth and fifth streets before Ruben bet on sixth.

Talarico called, then opened the betting again on seventh. Ruben called.

Talarico then showed J♥8♦5♣ for trip fives and Ruben mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	190,000 -60,000	-60,000

Dario Sammartino	170,000 45,000	45,000

Jared Talarico	100,000
Mike Matusow	35,000 -45,000	-45,000

Scott Seiver	20,000 -73,000	-73,000

Tags: Brad Ruben Dario Sammartino Jared Talarico Mike Matusow Scott Seiver

06-30-2024 21:33 UTC-8

Big Stacks Near the End of the Night

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David Salituro

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	280,000 83,000	83,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	250,000

Andrey Zhigalov	230,000 145,000	145,000

Maximilian Schindler	220,000 5,000	5,000
Allen Kessler	190,000 -83,000	-83,000
Norman Chad	150,000 12,000	12,000
Marco Johnson	150,000

Xixiang Luo	140,000 75,000	75,000

Bryan Pimlott	140,000 -10,000	-10,000

06-30-2024 21:36 UTC-8

Four More Hands

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David Salituro

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Tournament officials announced that players will see four more hands before bagging up for the night.

06-30-2024 21:39 UTC-8

Eslami Adds More; Deeb Gone

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Jeff McMillan

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Ali Eslami: 5♦3♣/5♠9♣5♣J♦/8♠
Vasili Lazarou: XxXx/10♣J♠9♠2♦/Xx
Robert Campbell: XxXx/K♣4♠2♠9♦ folded on sixth street

Ali Eslami bet on sixth street and got a call from Vasili Lazarou while Robrt Campbell folded.

Eslami bet seventh and was called by Lazarou, Eslami tabled the winner as Lazarou mucked in frustration and Eslami added another pot to his late night haul.

Elsewhere, Shaun Deeb was eliminated by Chris Vitch not long after sitting down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	345,000 65,000	65,000

Chris Vitch	145,000 95,000	95,000

Robert Campbell	141,000 41,000	41,000

Vasili Lazarou	26,000 -84,000	-84,000

Shaun Deeb	Busted

Tags: Ali Eslami Robert Campbell Chris Vitch Shaun Deeb Vasili Lazarou

06-30-2024 21:44 UTC-8

Rocco Sends Snider to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Jacob Snider: XxXx/2♣5♠Q♦J♠/Xx
Michael Rocco: XxXx/5♥9♥9♦2♦/Xx
Jeff Madsen: XxXx/J♥Q♠4♠6♦/Xx

Jacob Snider bet on fourth street before Jeff Madsen raised. Michael Rocco called and Snider put in his last chips.

Rocco then bet on fifth and sixth as Madsen called down to seventh. Rocco then bet again and Madsen folded.

Rocco showed 9♠3♥2♥ for a full house and Snider went A♠A♣ into the muck as he hit the rail in the closing moments of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rocco	110,000 110,000	110,000

Jeff Madsen	3,000 -52,000	-52,000

Jacob Snider	Busted

Tags: Jacob Snider Jeff Madsen Michael Rocco

06-30-2024 21:53 UTC-8

Play Concludes

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David Salituro

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

"Biggest bag of the summer in the 10Ks," Mike Matusow said as players began bagging up their chips for Day 2 tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time.

Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.

06-30-2024 21:57 UTC-8

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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David Salituro

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	395,000 50,000	50,000

Andrey Zhigalov	276,500 46,500	46,500

Allen Kessler	273,000 83,000	83,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	244,500 -5,500	-5,500

Hisashi Yamanouchi	236,000 236,000	236,000
Nacho Barbero	215,500 145,500	145,500

Brad Ruben	205,500 15,500	15,500

Maximilian Schindler	203,500 -16,500	-16,500
Xixiang Luo	203,500 63,500	63,500

Rob Hollink	190,000 130,000	130,000

Todd Brunson	187,500 187,500	187,500

Chris Vitch	181,000 36,000	36,000

Jared Talarico	176,000 76,000	76,000
Thomas Taylor	169,000 39,000	39,000
Nikolay Fal	166,500 56,500	56,500

Eric Rodawig	160,000 160,000	160,000

Corey Hochman	159,500 19,500	19,500
Richard Sklar	150,000 150,000	150,000

Timothy Frazin	148,000 148,000	148,000
Robert Campbell (AU)	142,500 142,500	142,500
Norman Chad	138,500 -11,500	-11,500
Bryan Pimlott	137,000 -3,000	-3,000
Suketu Patel	135,000 85,000	85,000
Marco Johnson	135,000 -15,000	-15,000

Dario Sammartino	134,000 -36,000	-36,000

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06-30-2024 21:58 UTC-8

Seat Draw For Day 2

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Matthew Pitt

Level 9

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Please note: Table 675 has been duplicated. WSOP will confirm the correct table at the start of play

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Big Bets
Horseshoe	662	1	Robert Campbell (AU)	Australia	142,500
Horseshoe	662	4	Tom Koral	United States	42,500
Horseshoe	662	5	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	73,000
Horseshoe	662	6	Todd Brunson	United States	187,500
Horseshoe	663	2	Hisashi Yamanouchi	Japan	236,000
Horseshoe	663	5	Patrick Moulder	United States	72,000
Horseshoe	663	7	Elior Sion	United Kingdom	88,500
Horseshoe	663	8	Rob Hollink	Netherlands	190,000

Horseshoe	664	2	Jordan Siegel	United States	74,500
Horseshoe	664	3	Dario Sammartino	Italy	134,000
Horseshoe	664	4	Ziya Rahim	United States	55,000
Horseshoe	664	5	Jared Rubin	United States	39,000
Horseshoe	664	6	Anthony Zinno	United States	120,500
Horseshoe	664	7	Norman Chad	United States	138,500

Horseshoe	666	1	Nikolay Ponomarev	United Kingdom	89,000
Horseshoe	666	2	Jake Schwartz	United States	100,000
Horseshoe	666	3	Mike Wattel	United States	66,000
Horseshoe	666	4	Raymond Bentley	United States	87,500
Horseshoe	666	6	Norberto Korn	Germany	80,500
Horseshoe	666	8	Koji Fujimoto	Japan	95,000

Horseshoe	667	1	Maximilian Schindler	United States	203,500
Horseshoe	667	2	Andrey Zhigalov	Russia	276,500
Horseshoe	667	3	Eric Rodawig	United States	160,000
Horseshoe	667	4	Jared Bleznick	United States	96,500
Horseshoe	667	6	Allen Kessler	United States	273,000
Horseshoe	667	7	Ismael Bojang	Austria	117,000
Horseshoe	667	8	Ray Fishman	United States	37,000

Horseshoe	668	1	Renan Bruschi	Brazil	43,000
Horseshoe	668	2	Michael Rocco	United States	95,000
Horseshoe	668	3	Thomas Taylor	Canada	169,000
Horseshoe	668	4	Nikolay Fal	Russia	166,500
Horseshoe	668	6	Xixiang Luo	China	203,500
Horseshoe	668	7	Ben Yu	United States	79,000

Horseshoe	669	1	Brad Ruben	United States	205,500
Horseshoe	669	3	Jose Ignacio Barbero	Argentina	215,500
Horseshoe	669	4	Jared Talarico	United States	176,000
Horseshoe	669	5	Daniel Idema	Canada	69,000
Horseshoe	669	7	Tomasz Gluszko	Poland	64,500
Horseshoe	669	8	Nicolas Milgrom	United States	5,500

Horseshoe	670	2	Dario Alioto	Italy	102,000
Horseshoe	670	3	Bryan Pimlott	United States	137,000
Horseshoe	670	5	Lucas Zwingmanngocht	Germany	109,500
Horseshoe	670	6	David Lin	United States	58,500
Horseshoe	670	7	Michael Noori	United States	109,000

Horseshoe	671	2	Yuebin Guo	United States	73,500
Horseshoe	671	3	Gary Benson	Australia	40,000
Horseshoe	671	4	Jane Hitchcock	United States	94,500
Horseshoe	671	5	Arash Ghaneian	United States	101,500
Horseshoe	671	6	Marco Johnson	United States	135,000
Horseshoe	671	7	Ali Eslami	United States	395,000
Horseshoe	671	8	Jerry Wong	United States	33,000

Horseshoe	672	2	Christian Roberts	Venezuela	123,500
Horseshoe	672	3	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	244,500
Horseshoe	672	6	Clayton Mozdzen	Canada	78,500
Horseshoe	672	7	DID NOT REPORT 1		1
Horseshoe	672	8	Stuart Rutter	United Kingdom	111,000

Horseshoe	674	3	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	81,500
Horseshoe	674	4	Adrienne Carter	United States	126,500
Horseshoe	674	6	Roman Verenko	Ukraine	41,500
Horseshoe	674	7	Jeff Madsen	United States	4,500
Horseshoe	674	8	Owais Ahmed	United States	83,500

Horseshoe	675	1	Richard Sklar	United States	1
Horseshoe	675	1	Christopher Vitch	United States	181,000
Horseshoe	675	3	James Demartini	United States	80,000
Horseshoe	675	3	DID NOT REPORT 2	United States	99,000
Horseshoe	675	4	Scott Seiver	United States	17,500
Horseshoe	675	4	Esther Taylor	United States	90,000
Horseshoe	675	5	Timothy Frazin	United States	148,000
Horseshoe	675	6	Nick Guagenti	United States	15,500
Horseshoe	675	6	Suketu Patel	United Kingdom	135,000
Horseshoe	675	7	Jason Daly	United States	23,500
Horseshoe	675	7	Adam Friedman	United States	60,000
Horseshoe	675	8	Robert Mizrachi	United States	35,500
Horseshoe	675	8	Corey Hochman	United States	159,500