After several raises on fourth street, Dzmitry Urbanovich was all in and at risk against Joao Vieira. Both players had two pair on sixth street and Urbanovich peeled the 3♥ to fill up on seventh street.
Vieira was next to peel and needed a four or a queen to take the pot. Incredibly, Vieira flipped over the 4♥ to make a better full house and Urbanovich hit the rail as other players at the table gasped and hollered as he hit the three-outer with Urbanovich showing a four.
Dan Colpoys: A♦Q♠J♦9♥8♦6♦Xx
Dzmitry Urbanovich: K♠K♥K♦6♠5♣3♠3♦
Ryan Miller: A♥9♦8♥8♣7♠6♥3♥
Short stacks Dan Colpoys and Dzmitry Urbanovich had gotten all in on third street and Ryan Miller was there to try and score a double knockout.
Urbanovich would end up making a full house, while Miller made an eighty-seven low. Colpoys received neither part of the pot when his hand bricked out, and was thus eliminated in 15th place.
Mike Matusow was all in on sixth street against Dzmitry Urbanovich and called for a four or a nine to scoop for a double. Matusow erupted in cheer as he peeled the 4♥ to double up.
"You can't kill me, bitches!" he cheered.
"They can't kill you. No they f***ing can't," agreed Mike Thorpe, who just booked a prop bet with Ryan Miller at 1,800:1 odds that he will win WSOP Player of the Year.
Thorpe bet $100 on himself and stands to make $180,000 if he manages to win POY.
"You're drawing dead," David Rheem told him. "You've burnt money on better things."
Eddie Blumenthal: 8♣5♠3♦ / 4♦4♠6♠7♣
Bruno Fitoussi: XxXx / A♦5♣K♠3♠ / Xx
In a heads-up pot, Eddie Blumenthal bet on sixth street and was called by Bruno Fitoussi. Blumenthal bet again on seventh street and Fitoussi went into the tank before calling.
Blumenthal showed a straight and a seven low and it was good for a scoop as the Frenchman mucked in defeat.
At the other table, Craig Chait was left short after unsuccessfully bluffing David Rheem on seventh street.
Calvin Anderson: A♦6♦/6♠Q♣A♥A♣/7♥
Yong Wang: 5♦2♠/3♦5♠4♠K♣/Xx
Andres Korn: XxXx/5♥J♣3♠- folded fifth street
Calvin Anderson, Yong Wang and Andres Korn were three-way on fifth street when Anderson checked to Wang. Wang made a bet and Korn folded before Anderson made a raise for all of his chips.
Wang called and revealed a pair and a wheel draw against the two pair of Anderson. Sixth street saw Anderson being upgraded to a full house, however, locking up the high part of the pot.
Wang then squeezed his final card intensely, shook his head, and mucked it along with his six other cards, sending the full pot Anderson's way.
Eddie Blumenthal: XxXx/9♦K♥K♣10♥/Xx
Yong Wang: XxXx/7♣5♣J♦7♦/Xx
Bruno Fitoussi: XxXx/2♠7♠J♥A♠/Xx
The action was caught when Eddie Blumenthal bet out with a pair of kings on his board on sixth street. Yong Wang made the call with open sevens before Bruno Fitoussi made a raise. Both opponents called and each player received their final card.
Blumenthal and Wang now checked to Fitoussi, who put in another bet. Blumenthal called but Wang laid his hand down. Fitoussi showed K♠6♦4♠ for a flush and a seven-low.
"So sick", muttered Blumenthal, who flashed the K♦ before passing his cards to the dealer. This pot elevated Fitoussi's stack to over one million chips as he is now leading the final 15 players.
David Rheem: J♣5♦4♣ / 5♥2♠2♣10♦
Dan Colpoys: XxXx / 4♠K♠10♥6♦ / Xx
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx / 3♣K♣2♥ - folded on fifth street
David Rheem completed and was called by Dan Colpoys and Dzmitry Urbanovich. Rheem bet on fourth street and both opponents called. He bet again on fifth street and only Colpoys called.
Rheem bet again on sixth and seventh streets and was called both times by Colpoys, who mucked as Rheem showed two pair to win the pot.
Jon Shoreman: A♠J♥/A♠10♠2♦4♦/4♥
Bruno Fitoussi: XxXx/6♠5♥K♦- folded fifth steet
Eddie Blumenthal: K♠K♣/7♣8♣7♠K♥/5♠
Eddie Blumenthal completed, Jon Shoreman raised and Bruno Fitoussi cold called. Blumenthal came along as well.
Shoreman led on fourth street and received two calls before Blumenthal took the betting lead on fifth street and fired in a big bet. Shoreman then raised, which forced Fitoussi out of the pot, and Blumenthal put in another raise to put Shoreman at risk
Shoreman made the call and saw that his split aces fell behind on fifth street, when Blumenthal's buried kings made two pair. Sixth street saw Blumenthal fill up to a full house and a meaningless seventh street was dealt as Shoreman was drawing dead. He exited the tournament as the first player after the final two table redraw.
Daniel Negreanu: A♠A♦9♠7♥6x4♣2♣
Dzmitry Urbanovich: A♥A♣7♣6♣4♠3♦2♦
Dan Colpoys: K♦9♦9♣8♥7♠7♥4x
Daniel Negreanu completed as first to act with an open 2♣ and Dzmitry Urbanovich raised. Dan Colpoys then three-bet and Negreanu called all-in. Urbanovich and Colpoys then capped the pot and subsequently went all-in on fourth street.
Colpoys had a pair of nines which would end up making two pair for the high end of the pot, while Urbanovich's pair of aces would make a six-low for that part of the pot. Negreanu's seven-low and pair of aces was no good for either part, and the Hall of Famer was the first one to exit on Day 3.
After two days of split pots, wheels, and scoops, it is time to crown a champion on the third and final day of Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at the 2023 World Series of Poker held at the spacious Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Mike Matusow, coming off a fresh runner-up finish in Event #55: Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, and Daniel Negreanu, who finished in 12th place in this very event in 2022, have been among the most famous names in all of poker for more than two decades and have found their way to the final 17 players heading into Day 3.
Both of them won their first gold WSOP bracelet in the late 1990s and they are still in contention to win their fifth and seventh bracelets, respectively, in 2023. However, it will not be an easy fight, as Matusow comes in with a below-average stack of 288,000 chips, roughly seven big bets at the start of Day 3, while Negreanu is hanging at the very bottom of the counts with just 51,000, less than a starting stack and just over one big bet.
However, at the top of the leaderboard heading into Day 3 sits the relatively unknown Maximilian Schindler, who has already secured his largest registered live score ever by making it this far in the tournament. Schindler was the only player to bag more than a million chips and brings 1,250,000 of them into Day 3. He comes off a recent 12th place finish in Online Event #10: $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack and is looking to go all the way in this tournament for his first-ever gold bracelet.
Maximilian Schindler
Joining him at the top of the ranks are bracelet winners Andres Korn (926,000) and Joao Vieira (837,000). Meanwhile, Bryn Kenney (601,000) and Day 1 chip leader Bruno Fitoussi (467,000) also find themselves in the top ten chip counts, while Calvin Anderson (383,000) and David “Chino” Rheem (199,000) are sitting just outside of it.
Top Ten Chip Counts at Start of Day 3
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Bets
1
Maximilian Schindler
United States
1,250,000
31
2
Andres Korn
Argentina
926,000
23
3
Joao Vieira
Portugal
837,000
21
4
Ryan Miller
United States
763,000
19
5
Yong Wang
China
752,000
19
6
Dan Colpoys
United States
619,000
15
7
Bryn Kenney
United States
601,000
15
8
Craig Chait
United States
498,000
12
9
Bruno Fitoussi
France
467,000
12
10
Eddie Blumenthal
United States
427,000
11
Late registration ended at the start of Day 2 and the final runner tally came to 141 players, creating a total prize pool that stands at $1,311,300, and 22 people would secure a payout. Today’s winner will receive a cash prize of $344,677 with their gold bracelet, while the first player to bow out will take home $17,500.
Remaing Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$344,677
9
$28,797
2
$213,027
10-11
$23,707
3
$149,981
12-15
$20,000
4
$107,824
16-17
$17,500
5
$79,189
6
$59,441
7
$45,624
8
$35,826
The 17 remaining hopefuls will return to the Horseshoe Event Center at 2 p.m. local time to play down to a winner. They will start with limits of 20,000/40,000 with an ante of 5,000. Levels will be 90 minutes in length throughout the day, and the players can enjoy a small break after every level.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will provide you with all the action from the final day of the $10,000 Stud Eight Championship.
