Event #11: $10,000 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-01-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Rheem Jams Turn

Nick Vazquez

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Chino Rheem raised to 4,000 on the button. David Wesson was his only customer from the big blind.

The flop came Q♦10♥4♥. Wesson checked and Rheem bet 5,000. Wesson called.

The turn was the 6♣ and Wesson checked again. Rheem then moved all in for his last 32,100. Wesson then started to joke around with him.

"You've probably got ace king." Wesson said. "I've got a pair".

"Then put it in", Rheem said back.

Wesson ultimately decided against it, and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Wesson	110,000 36,800	36,800
Chino Rheem	59,800 59,800	59,800

Tags: Chino Rheem David Wesson

06-01-2025 17:07 UTC-8

A Clock, a Warning & the Ace of Spades

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Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Romain Lewis and Maksim Pisarenko played a lengthy hand that saw the two getting to the river on a board of 8♣J♠10♠5♠K♣.

Lewis bet 22,500 on the river and Maksim Pisarenko jammed a stack of around 63,000 to send the Winamax pro deep into the tank.

"This tournament is too hard! I flopped a set. You look like a nice guy," Lewis said as Pisarenko put his head down on the table.

The two engaged in back-and-forth banter for over a minute and the clock was eventually called. Pisarenko then said something in French to Lewis, prompting the floor to warn the table about the English-only rule.

The clock ticked on and Lewis let his hand die before showing 10♣10♥. Pisarenko showed one card and it was the A♠, leaving the table to guess whether or not he had it.

"Nice bluff!" said Jon Kyte.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Pisarenko	95,000 10,000	10,000

Romain Lewis	45,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Jon Kyte Maksim Pisarenko Romain Lewis

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

06-01-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Yang’s Six-Bet Pays Off

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Jacob Wilson

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Following a four-bet preflop from Joao Simao on the button, and a five-bet shove from Kyosuke Nagami, Chongxian Yang then took back his three-bet and replaced it with a six-bet reshove. Simao, covered, didn’t want to play for his tournament life and returned his cards, along with his chips, to the dealer, and the all in players went to showdown.

Kyosuke Nagami A♦K♠ All in
Chongxian Yang 9♣9♠

Yang came out on top at the end of the flip, and engulfed Nagami’s stack when the board ran out 10♥10♦2♥J♠3♥

Player	Chips	Progress
Chongxian Yang	165,000 165,000	165,000
Joao Simao	90,000 15,000	15,000

Kyosuke Nagami	Busted

Tags: Chongxian Yang Joao Simao Kyosuke Nagami

06-01-2025 16:48 UTC-8

Another Round of Counts

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	170,000 170,000	170,000

Shannon Shorr	160,000 160,000	160,000

Martin Zamani	110,000 110,000	110,000

Alex Foxen	101,000 9,000	9,000

Chris Brewer	90,000 90,000	90,000

Shaun Deeb	70,000 25,000	25,000

Chris Hunichen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matt Glantz	60,000 60,000	60,000

Loni Hui	52,000 52,000	52,000

Jon Kyte	45,000 45,000	45,000
Ren Lin	32,000 32,000	32,000

Cherish Andrews	25,000 25,000	25,000

06-01-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Yankov Hits the Perfect Turn

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Jacob Wilson

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a board of 8♥J♦5♦K♠ Gang Zhou checked over to Krasimir Yankov. Yankov took a decent amount of time to ponder his options and finally came to the decision that 10,000 was the correct amount to bet. Zhou also waited a moment before making the call.

The river 2♥ was a total brick. Yet again Zhao checked, and yet again Yankov started thinking, and eventually shoved his 34,900 stack. Zhao clearly was in an uncomfortable spot, and went deep into the tank. After a little while, he rechecked his cards, thought some more, and flicked in a single 100 denomination chip, signifying a call.

Yankov confidently showed the table the nuts, in the form of K♦K♣ and Zhou mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	146,000
Gang Zhao	42,500 57,500	57,500

Tags: Gang Zhou Krasimir Yankov

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-01-2025 16:04 UTC-8

Rodriguez Wins Preflop Coin Flip

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Nick Vazquez

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Simone Andrian opened to 2,000 from middle position. He faced a three-bet from Pedro Rodriguez to 5,700 on the button. Andrian then moved all in, and Rodriguez called and was the at-risk player.

Pedro Rodriguez: J♦J♠ All in
Simone Andrian: A♣K♦

The runout was the Q♥9♣9♥5♣3♥ and Rodriguez survived the coinflip to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Andrian	94,000 94,000	94,000

Noel Rodriguez	56,400 56,400	56,400

Tags: Pedro Rodriguez Simone Andrian

06-01-2025 15:49 UTC-8

Carnero’s Aces get Cracked

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A pot of 26,000 reached the turn, as the board read 7♦3♣2♣4♠ and Martin Carnero bet out for 15,000. Dale Roesel didn’t think too much about his decision, and pressured Carnero into risking his tournament life by announcing “all in”. Carnero couldn’t get away from his overpair and made the call.

Martin Carnero A♠A♣ All in
Dale Roesel 3♠3♦

Carnero was looking to improve to a wheel or a set, but he was already up and out of his seat when he bricked the K♠ river, and left promptly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Roesel	150,000 150,000	150,000
Martin Carnero	Busted

Tags: Dale Roesel Martin Carnero

06-01-2025 15:49 UTC-8

Riess Busts with Jacks Against Foxen

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Nick Vazquez

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Alex Foxen, who has reentered the event, raised to 2000 from middle position, Benedetto Bianco called from the hijack, Richard Green called from the small blind, and then action was on Ryan Riess. He put in a raise to 15,000. Foxen then moved all in. Bianco and Green folded, and Riess quickly called.

Ryan Riess: J♣J♦ All in
Alex Foxen: A♠Q♥

The board fanned out K♥2♣10♥J♠A♥. Riess set of jacks were no good against Foxen's straight, and the 2013 Main Event Champion was eliminated.