Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 3 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-02-2024 23:52 UTC-8

Sklar Shows Down Aces to Leave Taylor With Crumbs

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/7♥K♣6♣9♥/Xx
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/10♦K♠6♦4♦/Xx

Richard Sklar completed and Thomas Taylor called.

Taylor bet on fourth street and Sklar called. Sklar then bet on fifth and Taylor called before Taylor opened the betting on sixth.

Sklar called and both players checked down seventh. Sklar showed A♣A♥J♥ and Taylor mucked, leaving himself with just one big bet remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,700,000 800,000	800,000

Thomas Taylor	150,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Taylor

07-02-2024 23:56 UTC-8

Taylor Doubles

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Jeff McMillan

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Thomas Taylor: 7♣K♠/A♣A♦3♠7♠/4♦
Richard Sklar: 3♣3♦/2♥9♥8♥4♥/10♠

Thomas Taylor was all in from third street and the cards were dealt out as Taylor's rail cheered loudly in the process. The run out was favorable to Taylor to let him scoop the entire pot for a full double after Sklar missed his flush draw on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,600,000 -100,000	-100,000

Thomas Taylor	450,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:02 UTC-8

Taylor Earns Another Double

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Thomas Taylor: XxXx/8♠7♥Q♦
Richard Sklar: XxXx/6♣Q♠7♦

Richard Sklar completed, Thomas Taylor raised, and Sklar called.

Taylor bet on fourth street and Sklar called. Taylor bet again on fifth, Sklar raised, and Taylor called all in.

Taylor finished with 9♥8♦J♥4♦ for a pair of eights, while Sklar had 5♠2♣6♥ showing by seventh and needed to improve to earn the pot. He instead peeled the K♥ and Taylor took the pot to double up again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,200,000 -400,000	-400,000

Thomas Taylor	920,000 470,000	470,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:04 UTC-8

Ghaneian Raises Out Taylor

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/5♦8♦6♥
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/10♥3♣10♣ - folded on fifth street

Thomas Taylor completed and Arash Ghaneian called.

Ghaneian then bet on fourth street and Taylor called. Taylor bet on fifth and Ghaneian came back with a raise.

Taylor tanked for nearly two minutes until he sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arash Ghaneian	4,200,000 -300,000	-300,000

Thomas Taylor	600,000 -320,000	-320,000

Tags: Arash Ghaneian Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:08 UTC-8

Taylor Down Again

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Jeff McMillan

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Richard Sklar: 7♦5♠A♦/6♥7♠10♦5♥
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/2♦K♦8♦6♣/Xx

Richard Sklar bet on fourth street and Thomas Taylor called. Action was tepid for the rest of the hand as the players were content to check it down. Sklar tabled the best of it with two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,450,000 250,000	250,000

Thomas Taylor	400,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Thomas Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:11 UTC-8

Thomas Taylor Eliminated in 3rd Place ($173,533)

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Thomas Taylor: XxXx/7♠8♠9♦
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/3♥J♦J♥

Thomas Taylor completed, and Arash Ghaneian called.

Taylor bet on fourth street, and Ghaneian called. Ghaneian then bet on fifth, and Taylor called all in.

Ghaneian made jacks up with 5♠7♣7♥6♠, while Taylor had A♥3♠A♣ for a pair of aces showing by seventh. He couldn't improve with the J♣, and Ghaneian took the pot to send Taylor to the rail in third place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,500,000 50,000	50,000

Arash Ghaneian	4,500,000 300,000	300,000

Thomas Taylor	Busted

Tags: Arash Ghaneian Thomas Taylor

07-03-2024 00:25 UTC-8

First Few Heads Up Pots Small Ones

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Jeff McMillan

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/6♦2♣2♠
Richard Sklar: XxXx/K♠6♥6♠ folded on fifth street

The first several hands of heads up play have been small ones with folds on fourth or fifth street with not a lot of chips going in and the players splitting the pots won close to evenly.

The most recent one say Arahs Ghaneian bet his way to the pot with a bet on fifth street to get a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,400,000 -100,000	-100,000

Arash Ghaneian	4,600,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Richard Sklar Arash Ghaneian

07-03-2024 00:30 UTC-8

Ghaneian Folds Without a Bet

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Richard Sklar: XxXx/A♦J♦J♠A♣
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/2♦8♣J♣A♥ - folded on sixth street

Richard Sklar completed and Arash Ghaneian called.

Sklar bet again on fourth and fifth streets as Ghaneian called. Sklar had two pair showing by sixth and Ghaneian instantly picked up his cards, showed them to his rail, and mucked before Sklar could even bet.

"Of course I was betting," Sklar told him as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	5,900,000 500,000	500,000

Arash Ghaneian	4,100,000 -500,000	-500,000

Tags: Arash Ghaneian Richard Sklar

07-03-2024 00:38 UTC-8

"Gin Rummy" For Sklar

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Jeff McMillan

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Richard Sklar: 7♥4♥8♠/5♥A♥9♥3♣
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/9♣6♦A♠5♠/Xx

Action was on fifth street as the two players had near identical-looking boards. Richard Sklar bet and Arash Ghaneian called.

Both players checked on sixth to go to seventh where Sklar bet and Ghaneian called.

"Gin Rummy," said Sklar as he tabled a flush and a 7 low to scoop the pot and give himself a bit of a cushion on the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	6,200,000 300,000	300,000

Arash Ghaneian	3,800,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Arash Ghaneian Richard Sklar

07-03-2024 00:44 UTC-8

Ghaneian Takes Two

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David Salituro

Level 24

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/K♠4♠4♦
Richard Sklar: XxXx/6♥K♥10♣ - folded on fifth street

Arash Ghaneian completed and Richard Sklar called.

Ghaneian bet on fourth street and Sklar called. Ghaneian bet again with a pair showing on fifth and Sklar quickly mucked.

Sklar then limped in the next hand as Ghaneian was the bring-in.

Arash Ghaneian: XxXx7♠3♦2♠
Richard Sklar: XxXx/Q♥4♥J♠ - folded on fifth street

Ghaneian then bet on fourth street and Sklar called. Ghaneian bet again on fifth and Sklar surrendered the pot once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sklar	6,000,000 -200,000	-200,000

Arash Ghaneian	4,000,000 200,000	200,000