Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-05-2025 12:30 UTC-8

Gierse Busts Boivin

Erick Torres

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

With roughly 60,000 already in the middle on the board of Q♠6♣Q♣A♠2♥, Thomas Boivin opted to jam for the remainder of his chips to put Marius Gierse to a decision.

Gierse was in the tank for a moment before announcing a call. Boivin showed 7♠5♠ for a bluff. Gierse revealed A♦4♥ for top pair, scooping the pot and eliminating Boivin in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	198,000 198,000	198,000
Thomas Boivin	Busted

Tags: Marius Gierse Thomas Boivin

06-05-2025 12:26 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Tilly	Busted

Nick Petrangelo	Busted

Taylor Paur	Busted

Travis Swann	Busted

Early Pressure from Jaffe

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Stewart Morrison

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

In a single raised pot blind versus blind, the two players saw a flop of 4♣6♦K♥. Sergey Lebedev checked to Jonathan Jaffe in the big blind, who put out a bet of 4,500. Action back on Lebedev, who chose to check-raise to 12,000, which Jaffe called.

On the 7♠ turn, Lebedev check-called a bet of 13,000 from Jaffe.

Lebedev checked for a third time on the 4♥ river and faced maximum pressure when Jaffe moved all in, covering Lebedev's effective stack of 67,000.

The pressure was evident as Lebedev used five of his six time bank cards that he was allocated at the start of the day, eventually folding and returning his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Jaffe	185,000 38,000	38,000
Sergey Lebedev	67,000 143,000	143,000

Tags: Jonathan Jaffe Sergey Lebedev

06-05-2025 12:17 UTC-8

Blom Bets Flop and River

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Adam Lamers

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

Barak Wisbrod raised it up from the cutoff and was called by Viktor Blom on the button and Yuya Kita in the big blind. The flop came 8♦3♠3♣ and the action checked to Blom who bet 8,000. Kita folded but Wisbrod called to see the 5♠ on the turn.

Both players checked this time and the J♦ landed on the river. Wisbrod checked for the third time and Blom flicked in a bet of 32,000. Wisbrod mulled it over for a moment and then decided to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barak Wisbrod	146,000 4,000	4,000

Viktor Blom	138,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Yuya Kita Viktor Blom Barak Wisbrod

06-05-2025 12:17 UTC-8

Delmas Finds Value on River

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Erick Torres

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

Adrien Delmas opened the action with a raise to 3,500 on the button. Dohyeok Kim came along with a call from the big blind.

Kim slipped it over to Delmas on the 10♥J♥2♦ flop, which led to Delmas firing out 2,500.

Kim called, and both players checked the 7♣ turn.

The 9♦ river led to a check from Kim before Delmas pushed out 10,000. Kim paused for a moment before he decided on a call.

Delmas showed 10♠8♠ for a rivered straight. Kim's cards hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dohyeok Kim	164,000 164,000	164,000
Adrien Delmas	119,000 119,000	119,000

Tags: Adrien Delmas Dohyeok Kim

Level: 2

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-05-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Wilson Takes it Down

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Stewart Morrison

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

Dimitar Danchev raised under the gun, Toby Joyce and Brandon Wilson called from the small and big blind, respectively.

All three players checked the 10♣Q♣7♠ flop and moved on to the K♣ turn.

Action checked to Danchev again, who elected to bet 5,500. Joyce folded, but Wilson opted to check-raise to 15,000, which Danchev called.

The river 8♥ didn't slow Wilson down as he bet out again, this time for 40,000. This got the job done as Danchev used one time bank before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Wilson	175,000 175,000	175,000
Toby Joyce	160,000 160,000	160,000
Dimitar Danchev	120,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Brandon Wilson Dimitar Danchev Toby Joyce

06-05-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Hunichen Scoops Pot with Turn Bet

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Erick Torres

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

It was a battle of the blinds between Yuya Kita and Chris Hunichen.

Kita began the action with a limp from the small blind. Hunichen chose to raise it up to 4,000, which garnered a call from Kita.

Kita checked the flop of 5♥3♠5♦ before Hunichen slid out 4,000, which got a call from Kita once again.

After a check from Kita, Hunichen fired 10,000 on the 8♦ turn which got a fold from Kita to end the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuya Kita	160,000 27,000	27,000
Chris Hunichen	140,000 10,000	10,000

06-05-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Nearing 100 Entries

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Adam Lamers

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Pacheco	150,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	150,000

Barak Wisbrod	150,000

Fahredin Mustafov	150,000
Tyler Cornell	150,000

Alexandros Kolonias	150,000

Stephen Chidwick	150,000

Paulius Vaitiekunas	150,000

Artur Martirosian	150,000

Frank Funaro	150,000

Joe McKeehen	150,000

Tauan Naves	150,000

06-05-2025 11:54 UTC-8

Davies Leading, Paur Out

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Adam Lamers

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

Seth Davies built a healthy chip stack in the early going of the first level and that continued on the first hand after Jennifer Tilly arrived at the table. The two players were engaged in a three-bet pot with a little over 70,000 in the middle and the board reading 9♠7♦2♥J♣.

Davies led out with a bet of 40,000 and Tilly used one of her time banks before dumping her cards in the muck.

"Is this a rebuy tournament?" Tilly asked after losing a third of her stack already. (Yes, one reentry only!)

Davies showed A♠A♥ as he collected the pot to hold an early chip lead over the rest of the field. On the other end of the spectrum, Taylor Paur was eliminated and the first casualty in this event.