Who Will Be the 2017 Seven-Card Stud Champion? Event #72 Kicks Off at 3 p.m.
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The early stages of battle will be waged on the felt this afternoon when Day 1 of Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship kicks off as the 2017 World Series of Poker winds down.
In 2016, Robert Mizrachi claimed his fourth WSOP gold bracelet, taming a field of 87 to collect the top prize of $242,622. Mizrachi defeated Matt Grapenthien heads up for the title and, as expected, navigated a final table of a who's-who of poker legends including George Danzer, Ted Forrest, Steve Weiss, David Benyamine, Bill Chen, and Calvin Anderson.
Past winners of the event include Brian Hastings and Grapenthien in 2014.
| Year | Name | Entries | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Robert Mizrachi | 87 | $242,662 |
| 2015 | Brian Hastings | 91 | $239,518 |
| 2014 | Matt Grapenthien | 102 | $268,473 |
With the WSOP Player of the Year race closing up soon, players near the top should be expected in attendance today. Ryan Hughes leads by a healthy margin after picking up his 14th cash of the 2017 series on Thursday in the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. Both of Hughes’ two bracelets have come in stud games, though both were in stud hi-lo variants.
John Racener sits in second, while John Monnette, Chris Ferguson, Ben Yu, and Raymond Henson remain in striking distance.
The action gets underway at 3 p.m. this afternoon in the gold section of the Amazon room. Play is scheduled for 10 hour-long levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. Being a Championship event, players also get to start with an increased stack size of 50,000 chips.
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