Event #64: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Kicks Off at 3 p.m.
The last of the mixed game $10,000 Championship events kicks off on Sunday, July 1st with Event #64: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship starting at 3 p.m. This event marks the last championship event before the Main Event which kicks off on Wednesday, July 2nd, and it is also the final non-hold'em championship event on the schedule.
In 2017, it was Chris Vitch who took down this event, beating Benny Glaser heads up for the title and besting the field which brought out 125 runners for $320,193 and his second World Series of Poker bracelet. Vitch has put up some results this summer including two final tables and an 11th place finish in the Poker Players Championship, but hasn't been able to complete the trifecta of three bracelets in three summers just yet, a feat accomplished by Loren Klein earlier this summer. Vitch will likely be back for his title defense and he'll look to go back to back in this event to be another player, alongside Matt Matros and Loren Klein to win three bracelets in as many years.
For this event, players will begin with 50,000 chips and limits of 500/1,000. The plan for Sunday is to play 10, one-hour levels with a 15-minute break after every two levels. There will be no dinner break on the first day of play. Registration will be open until the start of Day 2 which starts at 2 p.m. on July 2. The event is scheduled for three days and should reach completion on July 3, where players will play down to a winner.
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