2025 World Series of Poker
ClubWPT Gold, a new sweeps coin poker site, offered up a juicy promotion, giving qualifying players a shot to earn $1 million on top of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet victory. The odds of winning said promo, before the series began, seemed about as likely as Martin Kabrhel being silenced.
Michael Lavin proved again on Friday that improbable does not mean impossible when he took down Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em SHOOTOUT for $267,373, beating out 1,299 entrants. But that isn't the main story.
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PokerNews' Brad Whitehouse captured a hand on Saturday that might end up being the rarest we'll see all summer at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). At the very least, the rarest chop pot.
Gus Hansen and Dzmitry Urbanovich battled for a hefty pot on Day 2 in Event #23: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship with 35 out of 127 players remaining. The pot ended in a chop, but it left future Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman in awe.
"I've never seen that before," Schulman, who has seen nearly everything at the poker table, was overheard saying as he glanced at the tabled cards. "Wow, that's an amazing one."
Just won a big pot that started 4 ways. Flips was checked around. I make the nut straight on the turn. Pre flop raiser leads out with 11K, I raise to 26K . Fold, fold, call. River pairs the board and puts 3 spades out. I bet 27K and get a call. I turn over my straight, caller folds
Blinds are 400/800 early position raises to 2500, I call with 3 callers behind me. Flip is 4s5d8s Pre floor raiser leads out for 3500, I raise to 11K. Fold,fold, all in! I call, pre flop raise turns over J7s vs a set of 4’s. 6 hits the turn making a straight for the J7s. River is a 5 and my set of 4’s fill up. Now sitting on 117K