Chris Bell bet on fourth street and Jay Hong and Pearce Arnold both called. Bell bet again on fifth street and the two opponent again called, and the same action took place on sixth street.
Bell bet a final time on seventh street and Arnold folded, while Hong made the call.
Darin Twete completed on third street and was only called by Yuebin Guo.
Guo called bets on fourth and fifth streets before calling the last 2,000 chips held by Twete on sixth street.
Guo saw that his opponent had a straight and would need to make a low to avoid doubling up his opponent. He peeled over the which awarded the pot to Twete.
Day 2 of Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is almost underway and will commence at 2 p.m. PDT in the Bally's gold section. Bracelet winner Kenny Hsiung sits second in chips heading into the second day of play with a stack of 224,000.
Hsiung, a limit specialist, has already had a fantastic start to this summer's WSOP that saw him final tabling two events, Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud (5th - $22,344) and Event #20: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (8th - $8,230).
Other players who bagged big on Day 1 of the event include Pearce Arnold (244,500), Bruce Hoyt (196,000), Ali Eslami (189,500) and Chad Campbell (185,000).
Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
1
Pearce Arnold
United States
244,500
2
Kenny Hsiung
United States
224,000
3
Bruce Hoyt
United States
196,000
4
Ali Eslami
United States
189,500
5
Chad Campbell
United States
185,000
6
Angelo Mancini
Italy
171,500
7
Yuichi Kanai
Japan
167,500
8
Harris Soetikno
Australia
165,000
9
John Holley
United States
163,500
10
Claude Marbleu
France
155,000
Many of poker's biggest names are still among the 152 players remaining, including Barry Greenstein, Michael Mizrachi, Todd Brunson, Alex Livingston and Max Pescatori.
Day 2 will play for a total of ten levels with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 around 9:30 p.m. Only 71 spots will pay in the tournament with $135,260 awaiting the eventual champion.
Stay tuned for full coverage of the Day 2 stud hi-lo action as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to bring you updates.