An entertaining day of poker and banter in Day 2 of Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) wrapped up early Thursday morning with 17 players remaining, including Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu and HOF hopeful Mike Matusow who will both look to grind up their short stacks.
The old-school poker stars will have their work cut out for them on Day 3 as they battle with chip leaders Maximilian Schindler and Andres Korn, who was down to a single big bet earlier in the evening before mounting a triumphant run to bag 926,000. Other players who will return on Day 3 include two-time bracelet winner Joao Vieira, the controversial Bryn Kenney, Day 1 chip leader Bruno Fitoussi and fellow TV poker icons David "Chino" Rheem and Dzmitry Urbanovich.
$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship End of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
Big Bets
1
Maximilian Schindler
1,250,000
31
2
Andres Korn
926,000
23
3
Joao Vieira
837,000
21
4
Yong Wang
752,000
19
5
Bryn Kenney
601,000
15
6
Craig Chait
498,000
12
7
Bruno Fitoussi
467,000
12
8
Eddie Blumenthal
427,000
11
9
Dan Colpoys
419,000
10
10
Calvin Anderson
383,000
10
Two Crazy Mikes Make For a Rowdy Day 2
Though several players joined the field on Day 2, it didn't take long for many of them to drop out alongside the Day 1 short stacks. Some of the early casualties of the day included Poker Hall of Famers Phil Ivey and Jen Harman, who were seated side-by-side at a table that also included Connor Drinan and 2021 Main Event Champion Koray Aldemir, as well as six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus and five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser, who "Crazy" Mike Thorpe joked that he was trying to "kill" throughout the first level.
But the real party began when Thorpe joined Matusow to put Eric Wasserson in a "Crazy Mike Sandwich" that led to many memorable moments throughout the day. Things got even more exciting when they were joined by Chad Eveslage as the Dealer's Choice champion chased his third bracelet of the series.
Mike Thorpe
The Crazy Mikes teamed up to needle, berate and criticize the Dealer's Choice champion throughout the evening, largely in good fun. "Chad's a great guy, I just f***ing hate him now," Matusow said after a few contested pots against the three-time bracelet winner. "The more he doubles me up, the more I like him ... I have ten big bets. You giving me ten big bets is like giving Chad four."
Eveslage was one of the first players in the money to be eliminated after the elimination of last year's $1,500 Seven Card Stud champion Alex Livingston on the stone bubble. After hands that included a much-discussed one where Eveslage bet into a dry side pot with a gunshot and wound up doubling up an all-in Korn to enable his rise to the top of counts, Eveslage became the short stack and fell in 21st place for $16,000.
Mike Matusow
After that, mixed game author Dylan Linde was eliminated in 19th place before six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings became the final elimination of the day.
The 17 remaining players will return for Day 3 on June 29 at 2:00 p.m. local time and the plan is to play to a winner. PokerNews will be on-site to report on the Day 3 action, so be sure to stay tuned.
