Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Starts at 3 p.m.
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2018 World Series of Poker. Today, Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better kicks off with a 3 p.m. start. Stud poker has history that dates back to the American Civil War where soldiers on both sides would play a variation of five-card stud. But the game has since evolved into the variations that we see today.
This tournament features a variation of stud where players are dealt seven cards, four up and three down, and players compete for a high pot with their best five-card hand, and a low pot with their best five-card hand where only cards eight or lower qualify. The betting order is determined by the best high poker hand, while the lower shown card will always be the bring-in on third street.
Last year, it was Ernest Bohn who won this event, taking down a field of 595 players for the first-place prize of $173,228. Not only was that Bohn's first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet win, it was also his first-ever cash. Bohn, who was previously in the U.S. Navy, hasn't put up a World Series of Poker cash since then, so we'll see today if he returns to defend his title and takes another shot in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event.
Action is set to begin in just a few hours, so here are a few things to take note of for this tournament. Players will play 10 one-hour levels today, with 15-minute breaks after every two levels. There will be no dinner break on Day 1. Players begin with a starting stack of 7,500 chips and the betting limits begin at 100/200. Registration for this event is open for eight levels, so roughly until about midnight, and the plan is for this event to last for three days.
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