Daniel Negreanu: J♥9♠ / 7♥J♣9♦J♦
Joao Vieira: XxXx / 2♣2♣8♦8♥
Joao Vieira completed and Daniel Negreanu called. Negreanu called bets from Vieira on the next two streets. Negreanu then bet on sixth street and again on seventh street as Vieira contemplated calling with Negreanu showing open jacks.
Vieira called and got the bad news as Negreanu revealed jacks full of nines to take the pot.
Eric Rodawig: XxXx/10♠A♣9♥Q♠/Xx
James Cheung: XxXx/4♠4♦6♣A♦/Xx
Mike Matusow: XxXx/8♠2♣7♠Q♥/Xx
The action was caught on fifth street, when Eric Rodawig was already all-in. James Cheung and Mike Matusow were creating a side pot with Cheung check-calling a bet from Matusow.
Cheung then led on sixth street, as well as seventh. Matusow called both times and Cheung announced "full house,", showing down 4♣2♥2♦. Baffled, Matusow showed his 9♣8♣2♠ for two pair, while Rodawig tried to sweat his final cards. However, the Q♠8♦7♥ he slowly revealed were of no help, and he exited the tournament.
On another table, David "Bakes" Baker was also eliminated.
Benny Glaser was all in by sixth street as Andres Korn and another opponent continued to play a pot. Korn bet on seventh street to put his opponent all in and he called it off.
Korn tabled trip sevens as Mike Thorpe informed the table that Korn indeed had trip sevens. Glaser revealed a no-good pair of aces and neither player had a low for Korn to score the double knockout.
"Two people died, one shot," noted Thorpe, who has joked throughout the day about trying to "kill" Glaser.
Jen Harman: XxXx/K♠A♦7♥4♣/Xx
Scott Lake: XxXx/J♥A♣3x10♠/Xx
The action was caught on fifth street, where Jen Harman led with a bet and Scott Lake raised. Harman made the call and called a subsequent bet on sixth street as well.
With only 1,000 in chips behind, Harman opted to fold to a final bet by Lake on seventh street. Her last ante went in the next hand and she would make a pair of deuces and no low, which was not good enough in another heads-up spot against Lake.
Mike Matusow: K♣K♠ / K♥4♠7♥4♠ / 6♦
Eric Rodawig: A♥Q♠3♠ / A♠2♥J♦J♠
Mike Matusow was in a heads-up pot against Eric Rodawig and called a bet on fifth street. Rodawig bet again on sixth street and called as Matusow raised all in to put the four-time bracelet winner at risk.
Rodawig groaned as Matusow revealed rolled up kings and after seventh street Matusow secured a double with kings full against the aces up of Rodawig.
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship of the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. On Day 1, 123 players joined the fray in hopes of being crowned the 2023 stud eight champion, but only 57 of them will return to their seats at 1 p.m. local time at the Horseshoe Event Center. However, late registration remains open until the start of play and some more stud aficionados are expected to show up before the start of Day 2.
Bruno Fitoussi fared the best on Day 1, bagging 355,000 chips, or 44 big bets when Day 2 begins. The old-school Frenchman is no stranger to the big buy-in mixed games at the WSOP, having made several final table appearances throughout his accomplished career, including a second place in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event in 2007 for his only seven-figure score. Having two other runner-up finishers under his belt, he will be eager to chase another shot at a bracelet.
Also among the chip leaders are all-stars Daniel Negreanu (264,000) and Connor Drinan (246,000), while Scott Seiver (218,500) and Dzmitry Urbanovich (216,500) round out the top ten.
Top Ten Chip Counts Entering Day 2
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Bets
1
Bruno Fitoussi
France
355,000
44
2
Maximilian Schindler
United States
310,500
39
3
Dan Colpoys
United States
285,000
36
4
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
264,000
33
5
Connor Drinan
United States
246,000
31
6
Ryan Miller
United States
245,500
31
7
Qibang Cheung
United Kingdom
237,000
30
8
Eric Rodawig
United States
230,000
29
9
Scott Seiver
United States
218,500
27
10
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Poland
216,500
27
As always, this championship event attracted the cream of the crop and among those who found their way into Day 2 with an above-average stack are Chad Eveslage (194,000), who is hunting for his third bracelet of the series, Dylan Linde (167,500), and six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings (148,500). Those who were less fortunate and bagged less than the starting stack of 60,000 chips include Mike Matusow (54,000), who just finished second in the $1,500 stud eight at this WSOP, Todd Brunson (46,500), and Jeremy Ausmus (11,500).
Chad Eveslage
Players who decide to register before the start of play today will receive seven-and-a-half big bets to try and spin up, as the first level has limits of 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 bring-in and 1,000 ante. They will join the remaining players in playing seven levels of 90 minutes each. Breaks are scheduled after every level, with a 60-minute dinner break planned after Level 14, around 7:30 p.m.
PokerNews will cover all the split-pot action as this field of giants dwindles throughout the day.
