Event #20
Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split (Eight-or-Better)
Buy-In: $2,000
Number of Entries: 340
Total Prize Money: $618,800
Date of Tournament: June 11-13, 2007

WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER
EVENT # 20 – RYAN HUGHES

  • Ryan Hughes won the $2,000 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low championship at the 2007 World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light. Hughes is a 26-year-old poker pro from Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Hughes was born in San Francisco, CA. He was a student at Arizona State University. He did not complete his college degree, opting instead to try to make it as a professional poker player. He has now been playing seriously for about five years and has made a steady income each and every year since leaving school.
  • Hughes won several poker tournaments in the Los Angeles area. This was his sixth cash at the WSOP. He finished in-the-money in the 2005 main event. Prior to this win, his best finish was ninth place in an Omaha-High-Low event. First place paid $176,358.