Chad and Brunson Among the Final 18 of $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 3 of Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship gets started at 1 p.m. with 18 players remaining, all vying for their share of the $1,533,100 prize pool and ultimately for the $376,476 top prize.
Almost half the remaining field is made up of bracelet winners, with eight of the 18 having conquered that feat before. Interestingly. out of those eight only one player has multiple bracelets, Brad Ruben, who has four to his name. He begins the day as the fifth-largest stack in his quest for bracelet #5.
The other bracelet winners still in have just one, including Russian Andrey Zhigalov who starts the day second in chips, Todd Brunson, who is fourth to start the day and is looking to add a bracelet to accompany his win from 2005, and Arash Ghaneian who won his lone bracelet back in 2015 in a $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Ivens | United States | 1,190,000 | 30 |
| 2 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 983,000 | 25 |
| 3 | Jared Talarico | United States | 963,000 | 24 |
| 4 | Todd Brunson | United States | 859,000 | 21 |
| 5 | Brad Ruben | United States | 738,000 | 18 |
| 6 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 735,000 | 18 |
| 7 | Arash Ghaneian | United States | 704,000 | 18 |
| 8 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 688,000 | 17 |
| 9 | Richard Sklar | United States | 613,000 | 15 |
| 10 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 535,000 | 13 |
Jake Schwartz and Eric Wasserson are two of the most accomplished players who do not have bracelet wins and they are both in prime shape to make a run at winning one today.
Then there is Norman Chad, who every poker fan knows as the voice of the game, who often talks about his love of every poker variant. He is proving it here in this tournament with a deep run. If Chad can finish eighth or better, he will secure the best cash of his WSOP career, eclipsing his previous best which was a sixth place finish in a 2012 Omaha/Stud Hi-Lo event. He also has a tenth place finish in this very event from 2014.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize Money |
| 1 | $376,476 |
| 2 | $250,984 |
| 3 | $173,533 |
| 4 | $122,663 |
| 5 | $88,686 |
| 6 | $65,620 |
| 7 | $49,715 |
| 8 | $38,589 |
| 9 | $30,706 |
| 10-11 | $25,064 |
| 12-17 | $21,000 |
| 18 | $20,000 |
Play resumes at 1 p.m. at Level 18. The plan is to play down to a winner today, but there is a possibility of needing an extra day as this game can turn into a marathon at times.
PokerNews will be with you the whole way regardless of how it plays out and will provide every update possible.