Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Set to Begin at 2 PM PDT
The action continues at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with Day 1 of Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better beginning at 2 p.m. local time.
This is the third stud tournament of the series, but the first stud hi-lo. The game is a split pot variant, with half the pot going to the best high hand and half the pot going to the player making the best qualifying low hand. A low hand qualifies if a player has five unique cards between an ace and an eight. If there is no qualifying low hand, the entire pot will be awarded to the player with the best high hand.
Ali Eslami took down this event last year, topping a field of 471 entrants to win $135,260 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. He battled through a final table that included notables such as Jeff Madsen and Thomas Taylor. Previous winners of this event include Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Cory Zeidman, Daniel Idema and Calvin Anderson.
2022 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Eslami | United States | $135,260 |
| 2 | Chris Papastratis | United States | $83,598 |
| 3 | Jeff Madsen | United States | $58,537 |
| 4 | Scott Lake | United States | $41,693 |
| 5 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | $30,215 |
| 6 | Kenny Hsiung | United States | $22,287 |
| 7 | John Holley | United States | $16,737 |
| 8 | David Arganian | United States | $12,801 |
All players will begin with a 25,000 starting stack. Limits will begin at 200-400 and increase every 40 minutes on Day 1, which will play for 15 levels. Late registration will be available for the first nine levels of play and there will be no reentries. There will be a 15-minute break after every three levels of play. Levels will increase to 60 minutes for Days 2 and 3, with Day 2 playing an additional ten levels and Day 3 playing until a winner is crowned.
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