Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-08-2025 18:40 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	3,800,000 950,000	950,000

Chino Rheem	2,650,000 450,000	450,000

Nick Guagenti	1,100,000 430,000	430,000

Xu Widens the Gap

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Calum Grant

Level 22

Ante: 10000
Low Card: 20000
Completion: 50000
Limits: 50000-100000

Chino Rheem: XxXx / J♠2♥10♥5♥ / Xx - folded seventh street
Qiang Xu: XxXx / 8♣10♠4♣5♠ / Xx

Chino Rheem completed. Qiang Xu raised and Rheem called.

Rheem check-called bets from fourth to sixth street before folding to a bet on seventh street.

Chino Rheem: XxXx / 8♥10♦10♠ - folded fifth street
Qiang Xu: XxXx / J♥5♥J♠

A few hands later, Xu completed and Rheem called. Rheem called a bet on fourth but folded to a bet on fifth after Xu had open jacks.

A few hands later, Xu

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	4,750,000 300,000	300,000

Chino Rheem	2,200,000 650,000	650,000

Nick Guagenti	670,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Qiang Xu

06-08-2025 18:32 UTC-8

Xu Takes Two in a Row from Rheem

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Ante: 10000
Low Card: 20000
Completion: 50000
Limits: 50000-100000

Chino Rheem: XxXx / Q♠3♠J♦Q♥ / Xx
Qiang Xu: J♠5♠2♠ / A♦6♥J♥J♣

Action picked up on fourth as Xu check-called. Fifth street checked through.

Rheem led on sixth with open queens against the open jacks of Xu.

Rheem opted to check on seventh, Xu bet, Rheem raised, and Xu called. Rheem pointed to Xu as he conceded and Xu showed his three jacks.

Chino Rheem: JxXx / A♣6♦J♠5♠ / Xx
Qiang Xu: K♦K♣ / 7♠5♣3♣8♦ / A♣

The next hand, Xu completed, Rheem raised, and Xu called.

Rheem led the entire way, betting on fourth, fifth, and sixth as Xu called disrepectfully fast on each street.

Seventh street checked through as Rheem announced jacks which were no good against the kings in the hole from Xu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	4,450,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Chino Rheem	2,850,000 825,000	825,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Qiang Xu

06-08-2025 18:25 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	3,675,000 125,000	125,000

Qiang Xu	3,450,000 150,000	150,000

Nick Guagenti	500,000 200,000	200,000

Guagenti Nearly Doubles Without Showdown

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Ante: 10000
Low Card: 20000
Completion: 50000
Limits: 50000-100000

Nick Guagenti: XxXx / 3♦5♥6♠2♣ / Xx
Qiang Xu: XxXx / J♥8♣2♦10♣ / Xx - folded on seventh street

Xu completed and Guagenti defended his bring-in. Xu led on fourth and Guagenti called.

Xu led again on fifth before check-calling a bet from Guagenti on sixth. Xu checked again on seventh and Guagenti bet with just one big bet behind, and Xu laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	3,300,000 300,000	300,000

Nick Guagenti	700,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Nick Guagenti Qiang Xu

06-08-2025 18:16 UTC-8

Three Aces for Xu

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Ante: 10000
Low Card: 20000
Completion: 50000
Limits: 50000-100000

Chino Rheem: XxXx / 8♥4♥8♣Q♦ / Xx
Qiang Xu: A♦A♣K♥ / 5♠10♣A♥7♦

Xu completed, Rheem raised, and Xu called.

Xu check-called on fourth. Rheem made open eights on fifth and led.

Rheem led again on sixth and he bet dark on seventh. Xu then raised and Rheem begrudgingly called. Xu revealed his trip aces to even the stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	3,800,000 560,000	560,000

Qiang Xu	3,600,000 1,110,000	1,110,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Qiang Xu

Level: 22

Ante: 10000
Low Card: 20000
Completion: 50000
Limits: 50000-100000

06-08-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 21

Ante: 10000
Low Card: 10000
Completion: 40000
Limits: 40000-80000

The final three are going on a 60-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at 7:05 p.m. with limits of 50,000/100,000.

06-08-2025 17:06 UTC-8

Xu Takes Last Pot Before Dinner

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Calum Grant

Level 21

Ante: 10000
Low Card: 10000
Completion: 40000
Limits: 40000-80000

Chino Rheem: XxXx / K♣A♥8♣2♠ / Xx
Qiang Xu: A♣J♠J♦ / 5♠A♦3♥K♦

Qiang Xu completed and then called when Chino Rheem raised. Xu called bets from fourth to sixth street and then raised Rheem's bet on seventh. Rheem called but mucked his board after seeing Xu had aces and jacks.