Massive Cooler Near Money Bubble of WSOP's Biggest Buy-In So Far

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Jun 10, 2025 2 min read

One of the biggest coolers we'll see at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) took place in the biggest buy-in event so far this summer.

Aces versus kings is always a brutal set-up, but a set-over-set involving those two premium holdings is as painful as it gets. But that's exactly what happened near the money bubble on Day 2 of Event #32: $50,000 High Roller.

Tollerene Coolers Weissman for Heaps Deep into the Break

PokerNews' Calum Grant captured the hand between Ben Tollerene and Joey Weissman, which took place at the end of Level 13 with blinds of 15,000/30,000/30,000 and 34 players remaining with 26 spots paid.

Andrew Lichtenberger opened to 60,000 from under the gun before Tollerene three-bet to 135,000 from the cutoff. Weissman reraised to 340,000 from the small blind, which pushed out Lichtenberger. The action wasn't over, however, as Tollerene called.

Weissman continued for 160,000 on the K♥9♣4♠ flop and Tollerene called. Weissman fired out another 500,000 on the A♠ turn, and again Tollerene called.

Weissman, who had 1,150,000 behind, announced a bet of 1,145,000 on the 3♠ river. Tollerene quickly moved all in as the bigger stack and Weissman snap-called.

Tollerene tabled A♥A♦ for a set of aces.

Weissman was in disbelief as he tabled K♠K♦. His flopped set was no good and Tollerene took in the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

There are 29 players left in the $50,000 High Roller as of publishing. The top 26 players will lock up a share of the $8,122,500 prize pool. The min-cash is set at $102,395, while $1,968,927 awaits the winner.

Those still in the field include Alex Foxen, Shannon Shorr, Viktor Blom, Brock Wilson, Chino Rheem and Jason Koon.

Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for three Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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