Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-07-2025 21:40 UTC-8

Per Hildebrand Eliminated in 16th Place ($19,999)

Calum Grant

Level 17

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 5000
Completion: 15000
Limits: 15000-30000

Per Hildebrand: 8♥6♥ / 9♠7♦9♦J♥ / J♣ All in
Mori Eskandani: 5♦5♠ / 2♥5♥J♦3♥ / 6♦
Dan Heimiller: Q♥Q♦ / 4♦Q♠A♠6♣ / 10♠

Per Hildebrand completed before Dan Heimiller raised. Mori Eskandani, the bring-in, called and so did Hildebrand.

Fourth street checked through. On fifth street, Hildebrand put in his last 4,000. Heimiller called and then Eskandani raised. Heimiller called.

On sixth street, Heimiller checked. Eskandani bet and then Heimiller raised. Eskandani three-bet and Heimiller just called. Heimiller then check-called on seventh street.

The at-risk Hildebrand had jacks and nines but saw both of his opponents have better holdings. Eskandani thought he'd won with trip fives but Heimiller had three queens to become the first player to hit 1,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	1,000,000 225,000	225,000

Mori Eskandani	320,000 433,000	433,000

Per Hildebrand	Busted

Tags: Dan Heimiller Mori Eskandani Per Hildebrand

06-07-2025 21:31 UTC-8

Dzmitry Urbanovich Eliminated in 17th Place ($19,999)

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Brett Slezak

Level 17

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 5000
Completion: 15000
Limits: 15000-30000

Dzmitry Urbanovich: 5♠2♥2♣ / Q♥7♣A♥4♣ All in
Qiang Xu: A♠J♣8♥ / J♥6♠K♠Q♦

The majority of Urbanovich's chips went in on third and fourth. The action checked on fifth and sixth before Xu bet on seventh and Urbanovich called all-in for 3,000. His twos were no good against the jacks of Xu as he exited in 17th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	305,000 82,000	82,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Qiang Xu

06-07-2025 21:14 UTC-8

Xu Hits Quads on Sixth; Alexander's Full House No Good

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Calum Grant

Level 17

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 5000
Completion: 15000
Limits: 15000-30000

A big pot had brewed between George Alexander and Qiang Xu. The latter put in his last bet on seventh street, even before seeing his final downcard. Alexander also called without looking at what his last card was.

Qiang Xu: 3♦3♣ / K♣J♣3♠3♥ / A♦ All in
George Alexander: A♣2x / 4♦A♠2♠A♥ / Q♦

Both players had monsters by sixth street, with Xu making quad threes while Alexander had aces full. Xu's last card was an ace meaning he'd locked up the hand as it blocked Alexander from making his four of a kind.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	600,000 183,000	183,000

Qiang Xu	375,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: George Alexander Qiang Xu

06-07-2025 20:40 UTC-8

Huck Seed Eliminated in 18th Place ($19,999)

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000-24000

Huck Seed got the rest of his short stack in on fourth against Per Hildebrand.

Huck Seed: 3♠3♣ / 2♦6♠8♠9♣ / Q♣ All in
Per Hildebrand: 4♠4♣ / 4♦10♣Q♠A♦ / J♦

Seed could not improve against the trip fours of Hildebrand as the Poker Hall of Famer exited in 18th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	345,000 175,000	175,000
Huck Seed	Busted

Tags: Huck Seed Per Hildebrand

06-07-2025 20:36 UTC-8

Brian Yoon Eliminated in 19th Place ($19,999)

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000-24000

Brian Yoon completed all-in for 9,000, Dan Heimiller raised, and everyone else folded.

Brian Yoon: J♣9♦ / K♣4♥5♥A♥ / 3♠ All in
Dan Heimiller: A♣9♥ / 9♣3♣J♦2♦ / 3♦

Heimiller's two pair was good against the ace-high of Yoon as he exited at the exact same time as Weisman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	640,000 35,000	35,000

Brian Yoon	Busted

Tags: Brian Yoon Dan Heimiller

06-07-2025 20:34 UTC-8

Dylan Weisman Eliminated in 20th Place ($19,999)

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000-24000

Dylan Weisman got the rest of his short stack in against Daniel Negreanu.

Weisman's final board was A♥K♣Q♥10♥7♠3♦3♣ while Negreanu finished with J♠7♦6♦5♠4♥4♦4♣ as his trip fours were good to eliminate Weisman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	375,000 189,000	189,000

Dylan Weisman	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Dylan Weisman

06-07-2025 20:28 UTC-8

Matusow Building a Stack; Urbanovich Avoids Elimination Twice

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Calum Grant

Level 16

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000-24000

Paul Volpe: XxXx / Q♦J♦3♣ - folded on fifth street
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx / 6♥6♠9♦Q♥ / Xx - folded on seventh street
Mike Matusow: XxXx / A♠A♣3♥6♣ / Xx

Mike Matusow completed and was called by Paul Volpe. Dzmitry Urbanovich was the bring-in and he also called.

"The Mouth" made aces on fourth street, and action checked through. Matusow bet, folding out Volpe, but then faced Urabnovich's raise. Matusow called. Matusow bet on sixth street, and Urbanovich called, leaving himself 2,000. On seventh street, Matusow bet again, and Urbanovich folded.

Dzmitry Urbanovich: 10♦7♦7♠ / 3♦8♦K♦4♠ All in
Paul Volpe: XxXx / 5♦A♠A♣Q♦ / Xx
Mike Matusow: 7♥2♥2♣ / J♥10♥Q♥9♦

Urbanovich was forced all-in due to paying the ante. Matusow completed and called when Volpe raised. Matusow called bets on fourth and fifth street before sixth street checked through. Matusow bet on seventh street, and after some time in the tank, Volpe called.

Matusow tabled a flush, and Volpe mucked. However, Urbanovich stayed alive thanks to making a bigger flush to take his stack to 12,000.

The following hand, Urbanovich completed to be all-in once more. Volpe raised to isolate, which folded out the remaining players.

Urbanovich would go on to hit another flush to go from 2,000 to 32,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	620,000 120,000	120,000

Mike Matusow	365,000 195,000	195,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	32,000 78,000	78,000

06-07-2025 20:06 UTC-8

Eric Wasserson Eliminated on the Stone Bubble

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000-24000

Paul Volpe: 8♠8♦6♥ / 5♦Q♥8♣5♥
Eric Wasserson: XxXx / 10♣A♠Q♣3♠ / Xx

On the 37th hand of hand-for-hand, action was picked up on fifth as Wasserson led, Volpe raised, Wasserson made it three bets, and Volpe called.

Volpe led on sixth after making open fives and Wasserson called. Volpe led again on the river sending Wasserson into a frenzy.

"How did I just lose with three aces against whatever the f*ck that is," complained Wasserson as he called. He was shown Volpe's full house to be left on crumbs.

The next hand, Wasserson completed and was called by Dzmitry Urbanovich and Qiang Xu from the bring in.

Eric Wasserson: A♥J♥10♥ / Q♦6♣J♣2♦ All in
Dzmitry Urbanovich: A♦6♦3♣ / 5♠8♠2♠6♥
Qiang Xu: 6♠5♥5♣ / 4♦J♠3♦2♥

Wasserson bet all-in for 3,000 on fourth and both called. Fifth street checked through. Urbanovich check-called on sixth, and seventh checked through.

Before the hands were tabled, Xu revealed that he had a straight as Wasserson flung his cards into the muck and exited left the Event Center by the time the other tables finished their hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	740,000 410,000	410,000

Qiang Xu	460,000 140,000	140,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	110,000 106,000	106,000
Eric Wasserson	Busted

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Eric Wasserson Paul Volpe Qiang Xu

06-07-2025 19:43 UTC-8

Heimiller Fills Up to Put Yockey in the Danger Zone

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Calum Grant

Level 16

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000-24000

Bryce Yockey: XxXx / A♣A♠Q♦K♦ / Xx
Dan Heimiller: K♣5♠ / 5♣5♥K♥6♣ / 3♣

Bryce Yockey completed and Dan Heimiller called. Heimiller called bets on fourth and fifth street and then fired out a bet of his own after Yockey checked on sixth street. Yockey responded with a raise, and then Heimiller put in a three-bet. Yockey just called.

Yockey then check-called a bet on seventh street.

Heimiller tabled his full house, and Yockey looked despondent as the pot was pushed to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	675,000 285,000	285,000

Bryce Yockey	110,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Dan Heimiller

06-07-2025 19:03 UTC-8

A Perfect Restart for Yoon

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Calum Grant

Level 16

Ante: 3000
Low Card: 3000
Completion: 12000
Limits: 12000-24000

Brian Yoon: 8♥8♠/ 8♦3♠Q♥5♣ / 9♣
Per Hildebrand: K♥K♣ / 6♦7♠8♣A♦ / 5♠

Brian Yoon began the post-dinner session as one of the short stacks, but found the perfect start when play resumed.

With play on the stone bubble, Yoon completed and chip leader Per Hildebrand was the only caller.

Yoon bet on fourth street and was called. Yoon fired another bet on fifth street before Hildebrand raised. Yoon was undeterred and called. Yoon then called bets on sixth and seventh street.

Hildebrand had kings in the hole but it was no match for Yoon's rolled up eights, which was good for trips and the pot.