Chino Rheem: XxXx / 5?4?2?6? / Xx
Bryn Kenney: XxXx / 5?3?7?5? / Xx
Ryan Miller was the bring-in with the 3?. Bryn Kenney completed the five and Chino Rheem called with his five. Kenney fired fourth and fifth street before checking his open pair of fives to Rheem on sixth.
Rheem had four baby cards showing and bet, which Kenney called. Kenney checked seventh street dark and Rheem followed suit with a dark bet. Kenney called it off.
Rheem tabled the 3? first for the straight and sixty-five, followed by Q?8?. Kenney mucked.
Eddie Blumenthal: 8?6?/7?8?K?6?/4?
Andres Korn: XxXx/4?9?- folded fourth street
Bryn Kenney: A?K?/7?A?5?A?/5x
On the very first hand of the day, Andres Korn brought in and Bryn Kenney completed. Short stack Eddie Blumenthal made the call and so did Korn.
On fourth street, Kenney bet, Korn folded and Blumenthal raised. Kenney three-bet and Blumenthal got all of his chips in.
Kenney already had a pair of aces and made trips on sixth street. Blumenthal had two pair at that point, but failed to fill up on seventh street. Kenney did so in his stead, however, and his full house scooped to pot to send Blumenthal to the rail in sixth place.
After 11 hours of play on Day 3, six players remained in Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship of the 2023 World Series of Poker. Thus, it was decided to schedule a fourth day in order to crown a champion.
Ryan Miller, Maximilian Schindler, Chino Rheem, and Eddie Blumenthal are all trying to capture their maiden bracelet in this event. Miller, Rheem and Blumenthal all have WSOP runner-up finishes under their belt and will be eager to take home the gold if they make it to heads-up play in this event. Meanwhile Andres Korn and Bryn Kenney already know the taste of glory and are aiming to add a second bracelet to their prize cabinet.
Miller leads the small pack coming back to Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 2 p.m. local time with 2,230,000 in chips, good for 14 big bets at the start of play. Kenney and Schindler are on his heels, however, with both hovering around the two million mark as well. Meanwhile, Rheem and Blumenthal find themselves the short stacks, each bringing a mere three big bets into Day 4.
Day 4 Seating
Casino
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Bets
Horseshoe
Feature
1
Eddie Blumenthal
United States
455,000
3
Horseshoe
Feature
2
Chino Rheem
United States
525,000
3
Horseshoe
Feature
3
Andres Korn
Argentina
1,300,000
8
Horseshoe
Feature
4
Maximilian Schindler
United States
1,910,000
12
Horseshoe
Feature
5
Ryan Miller
United States
2,230,000
14
Horseshoe
Feature
6
Bryn Kenney
United States
2,035,000
13
Ryan Miller
The final table of eight has already divided some share of the $1,311,300 prize pool, but the first place prize of $344,677 is still up for grabs. Joao Vieira and Yong Wang were the first players to exit the final table before play concluded on Day 3.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Prize
Winner
1
$344,677
2
$213,027
3
$149,981
4
$107,824
5
$79,189
6
$59,441
7
$45,624
Yong Wang
8
$35,826
Joao Vieira
When play starts, the clock will be on Level 24: 80,000/160,000 with an ante of 20,000. Levels will continue to be 90 minutes in length and enough of them will be played for a winner to be reached.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will provide all of the key hands and information on the way to crowning a new stud eight or better champion.
