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

06-01-2025 19:37 UTC-8

Palma Chipping Up

Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Soverel opened to 5,000 in the hijack and Latif Uyar called on the button as Alex Keating called in the small blind. Nick Palma then three-bet to 32,500 from the small blind and only Uyar called.

Palma checked on the flop of 10♣A♣6♦ and his opponent checked back. Palma then bet 15,500 on the 4♣ turn and his opponent called.

Both players checked again on the 6♥ river and Palma showed A♦J♠ to win the pot with a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Palma	260,000 200,000	200,000
Alex Keating	90,000

Sam Soverel	60,000 5,000	5,000

Latif Uyar	35,000 49,500	49,500

Tags: Alex Keating Latif Uyar Nick Palma Sam Soverel

06-01-2025 19:45 UTC-8

Cornell Check-Shoves on Lonis

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Nick Vazquez

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jesse Lonis raised to 6,000 on the button, and Tyler Cornell came along from the big blind.

The flop was J♦10♠5♣ and Cornell checked. Lonis bet 7,500, and was met with a call.

The turn brought the 9♥, and this time Lonis fired 19,000 after Cornell checked again. Cornell remained interested in the pot, and called.

The river was the 4♦ and Lonis wasn't done betting. He went for a 47,000 bet on the river. Cornell announced that he was all in, and Lonis started to think. He eventually folded, and Cornell dragged a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Cornell	235,000 180,000	180,000

Jesse Lonis	71,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Tyler Cornell Jesse Lonis

06-01-2025 19:48 UTC-8

Checking In at the Arieh

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Josh Arieh raised to 5,000 in early position and Andrew Kelsall three-bet on the button. Arieh called.

Arieh checked on the flop of 8♣8♠Q♦ and Kelsall continued for 9,000. Arieh check raised to 18,000 and Kelsall laid it down.

At the same time, Poker Hall of Famer John Hennigan joined the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	230,000 230,000	230,000
Andrew Kelsall	40,000 8,500	8,500

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Josh Arieh

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-01-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Rampage Starts Strong

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Having recently traded $10,000 for a starting stack of 60,000 chips, Ethan “Rampage” Yau threw out a pot sized bet for 10,000 on a Q♦5♥6♥3♣ board, and was called by Eshaan Bhalla.

First to act on the river, he bet again, this time for 24,000 on the 2♠. Bhalla thought for a few moments, before laughing and saying “I just can’t call you with king-high”, to which Yau laughed and responded “that’s disappointing”. Despite this, he has started well, chipping up early on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eshaan Bhalla	135,000
Ethan Yau	90,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Eshaan Bhalla Ethan Yau

06-01-2025 20:05 UTC-8

Stewart Check-Jams on Guilbert

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Johan Guilbert opened to 6,000 on the button and Joshua Stewart called in the big blind.

Stewart checked on the flop of 5♥3♣9♣ and Guilbert moved his arm at a sloth's pace to drop out a bet of 7,000. Stewart called.

Stewart checked again on the 7♠ turn and Guilbert fluttered his eyes as he slowly moved out a bet of 22,000. Stewart wasted no time check-raising all in and Guilbert quickly folded, leading his opponent to table 5♠4♠.

"Just a pair?! Where are you from?" inquired Chino Rheem.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Stewart	225,000 136,500	136,500
Johan Guilbert	60,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Johan Guilbert Joshua Stewart

06-01-2025 20:08 UTC-8

Seiver Climbs Back to Starting Stack

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

2024’s Player of the Year Scott Seiver had a stack worth just 13 Big Blinds, when he got it all in preflop against Jesse Lonis.

Scott Seiver A♣A♠ All in
Jesse Lonis 10♥10♦

The 7♠4♥7♦Q♠6♣ board ran out clean for Seiver, and when asked to verify how much he was all in for, he claimed it was a “huge 28,000 chips”, and commented on how he can now get back into the tournament, due to his chip count resetting as if he’d just sat down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	60,000

Jesse Lonis	59,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Scott Seiver

06-01-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Seidel Finds a Double Up

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Nick Vazquez

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jacob Kauffman raised under the gun to 6,000. Sean Mirrasouli called next to act, and Erik Seidel came along from the big blind.

The three players saw a flop of 9♥7♥6♣. Seidel checked, and Kauffman bet 11,000. Mirrasouli folded, and action was on Seidel. He went all in for 40,500 and Kauffman quickly called.

Erik Seidel: 6♥4♥ All in
Jacob Kauffman: K♦K♥

The turn A♥ gave Seidel a flush, but Kauffman could still hit a higher flush with another heart, which would have busted the 10-time bracelet winner. The A♣ river did not do the trick however, and Seidel remains in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Mirrasouli	225,000 165,000	165,000
Jacob Kaufmann	130,000
Erik Seidel	103,500 43,500	43,500

Tags: Jacob Kauffman Erik Seidel Sean Mirrasouli

06-01-2025 20:27 UTC-8

Rabichow Gets There in Unlikely Fashion

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action folded round to Brock Wilson in the cutoff, who shot out a min-raise to 6,000. The button and small blind got out of the way, and as the only player left to act Kevin Rabichow shoved for 41,000, or just under 14 big blinds. With a large stack, Wilson didn’t hesitate to make the call, and revealed that he was out-pipping Rabichow by one.

Kevin Rabichow A♣7♦ All in
Brock Wilson A♥8♠

Drawing to a seven, Rabichow also picked up diamond outs when the dealer rolled out a flop of 5♦3♦K♦ and wasted no time in picking up the check mark as the turn 6♦ sealed his double up. Only a hidden joker in the deck could have saved Wilson, but the dealer offered the 2♠ instead, before pushing the chips over to Rabichow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	200,000 139,500	139,500
Kevin Rabichow	88,000 25,000	25,000

06-01-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Some Counts Before Break

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	325,000 265,000	265,000

Ren Lin	250,000 218,000	218,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	165,000 54,500	54,500

Martin Jacobson	155,000

Dylan Destefano	95,000 35,000	35,000
Dragana Mackelprang	90,000 27,700	27,700
Ethan Yau	80,000 10,000	10,000

Erik Seidel	75,000 28,500	28,500

Sean Winter	70,000 32,500	32,500
Mike Gorodinsky	55,000

Mike Matusow	55,000 5,000	5,000

Nacho Barbero	50,000 13,000	13,000