Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT
Day: 1ab
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,724,422
Entries
1,299
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
1,299
Players Left
150
Players Left 1 / 1,299
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Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day1b Level 7 500/1,000, 1000 ante
Already three-handed, action was picked up on the flop of 8♣5♥5♣ with about 7,000 in the pot when Faraz Jaka fired 2,000 in the pot from the small blind. Joshua Matti in big called but James Tilton got out of the way.
A flurry of betting happened when the 4♣ fell on the turn with Jaka keeping the pressure with a 4,000 bet. Matti raised to 11,000. Not to be outdone, Jaka decided to go beyond with a three-bet of 25,000 after a few seconds of consideration. Without wasting any time, Matti shoved all in prompting Jaka to muck his hand immediately as he said, "Just kidding."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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128,000
128,000
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128,000 |
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28,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After almost ten hours of gruelling competition, Blaz Zerjav finally got a chance to end it all as he was shoved into by Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast. He checked one card, checked the other, then put in the chips.
Brian Rast: Q♦5♣ 
Blaz Zerjav: A♣Q♣
Zerjav's premium got even better on the 7♣K♠J♣ flop, as he picked up a draw to both Broadway and the nut flush. The draws bricked, however the 8♠7♠ runout didn't help Rast in any way, and he was eliminated at the final hurdle.
Rast offered his opponent a "well played" before saying, "That took forever." They'd not had more than three players for over four hours. Zerjav described the encounter as "intense", but said he "enjoyed it" either way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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225,000
225,000
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225,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Table #204 was a star-studded lineup featuring the now-eliminated Martin Kabrhel and his protégé David Stamm. Unbeknownst to the other players at the table, Brian Wood had just won his seventh WSOP Circuit Ring while simultaneously playing online.
He had informed us that it seems that only four have been reported on Hendon Mob but he actually has seven. Wood is also second on the leaderboard for the Circuit Player of the Year, as his online alias PureReason. He has stated that he is poised to surpass the player currently on the top spot.
With his online run going well, he hopes that he wins his table in this event and replicate his online streak during the series.
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
All remaining players are heading to break, and play will resume at 9:30 p.m. local time.
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
186,000
186,000
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186,000 |
|
|
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175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
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145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
136,000
136,000
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136,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
|
85,000
85,000
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85,000 |
|
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85,000
85,000
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85,000 |
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
All of the 23 tables still in use at this event are down to heads-up play; however, there is one that stands out from the rest.
Guoliang Wei and Waikiat Lee both made sure to pre-register for today's flight and took their seats at 12:00 p.m. By 3:00 p.m. they had outlasted 6 players and were playing three-handed, before Vrezh Oganisyan was eliminated leaving them heads-up.
The two have now been battling it out for over FIVE hours, in what can only be described as a match of chess as the chips on the table go from stack to stack. As it stands, Lee is in the lead with exactly 60% of the chips left in play, however with Wei still possessing 30 big blinds, it really is anyone's game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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137,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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88,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Brett Apter was the last champion of this event left in Day 1a, after both Faraz Jaka and Dan Sepiol had been eliminated. He outlasted six of the players at his table and began a tough matchup against Jon Gisler.
Both players started the duel with similar stacks, around 100,000, and after over two and a half hours of battling, it was Gisler who came out on top, advancing to Day 2 in search of his second cash this series, after his money finish in the $1,000 Mystery Millions Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000 | |
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Busted | |
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