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

06-07-2025 16:10 UTC-7

McCormick Continues Ascent

Calum Grant

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Tom McCormick: J♥10♥2♠ / K♠Q♠A♣10♣
Brian Yoon: XxXxXx / 7♥9♦8♣4♣ - folded on seventh street
Nick Guagenti: XxXxXx / A♦7♦2♣J♠

Tom McCormick completed, and Brian Yoon called. Nick Guagenti raised to put the action back on McCormick. He called, and so did Yoon.

On fourth street, Guagenti bet and was called by McCormick and Yoon. On fifth street, McCormick took the betting lead, with Yoon and Guagenti calling. The same action took place on sixth street.

On the final betting round, McCormick fired out once more. Yoon got out of the way to put the action on Guagenti. He mulled over his options before deciding to call.

McCormick tabled his ace-high straight, and Guagenti mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom McCormick	440,000 200,000	200,000
Brian Yoon	240,000 51,500	51,500

Eric Wasserson	182,000 92,500	92,500

Nick Guagenti	163,000 43,000	43,000

Hal Rotholz	140,000 5,500	5,500
David Moskowitz	62,000 38,000	38,000
Arthur Morris	50,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Nick Guagenti Tom McCormick

06-07-2025 16:02 UTC-7

Heimiller Senses Weakness

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Calum Grant

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Brandon Shack-Harris: XxXx / 6♠A♠7♥ - folded on fifth street
Dan Heimiller: XxXx / 4♦Q♥6♦
George Alexander: XxXx / 10♠7♦9♣ - folded on fifth street
Qiang Xu: XxXx / Q♠7♣5x - folded on fifth street

Brandon Shack-Harris called, with Dan Heimiller and George Alexander doing the same. Qiang Xu completed, with his three opponents sticking around.

Fourth street checked through to fifth street and Xiang placed out a bet. Shack-Harris folded before Heimiller made it two-bets. Alexander got out of the way and Xu also conceded the pot.

After the hand, Heimiller told PokerNews that he sensed Xu was weak. He said he had jack-four in the hole, and went with his gut feeling.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	460,000 10,000	10,000

Qiang Xu	450,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Dan Heimiller George Alexander Qiang Xu

06-07-2025 15:58 UTC-7

Updated Counts

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Calum Grant

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	480,000 80,000	80,000
Mori Eskandani	450,000 75,000	75,000

Dylan Weisman	380,000 17,000	17,000

Chino Rheem	375,000 5,000	5,000

Daniel Negreanu	310,000 87,000	87,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	240,000 137,500	137,500
Yueqi Zhu	225,000 19,500	19,500

Bryce Yockey	190,000 29,000	29,000

Gus Hansen	185,000 59,000	59,000

Mike Noori	160,000 48,000	48,000

Brian Tate	110,000 15,000	15,000
Karl Tretter	100,000 5,000	5,000
Nick Schulman	50,000 63,000	63,000

06-07-2025 15:56 UTC-7

Rheem Takes Out Katz

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Brett Slezak

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Cary Katz: 5♠4♠ / 2♠2♦K♥Xx / Xx All in
Chino Rheem: J♥J♣ / Q♣6♠J♠Xx / Xx

Action was picked up three-ways on fifth with multiple bets in the middle. Katz led all-in and Rheem raised before Yueqi Zhu let his hand go.

The hole cards were tabled as Katz was in terrible shape against the trip jacks of Rheem. Katz found the 6♦ on sixth to pick up a gutter as Rheem caught the 3♥ and a 9x on seventh. Unfortunately for Katz, he could not find the four-outer on seventh as he peeled the 10♣ and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	380,000 235,000	235,000

Cary Katz	Busted

Tags: Cary Katz Chino Rheem

06-07-2025 15:52 UTC-7

Hildebrand Defends and Wins

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Brett Slezak

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Karl Tretter: XxXx / A♦9♣6♠4♦ / Xx
Per Hildebrand: 5♥5♦ / 2♠8♠2♣A♠ / K♣

Tretter completed and Hildebrand called from the bring-in.

Tretter led on fourth and Hildebrand called. Hildebrand took the betting lead on fifth after making open twos.

Hildebrand led again on sixth before the action checked through on seventh. Hildebrand revealed his two pair, fives and twos, which were good against Tretter to drag a modest pot as he becomes one of the largest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	400,000 142,000	142,000
Karl Tretter	105,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Karl Tretter Per Hildebrand

06-07-2025 15:51 UTC-7

Sternheimer Hits 300K

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Calum Grant

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Robert Wells: XxXx / 4♦9♥J♣ - folded on fiftth street
Matt Grapenthien: XxXx / 7♦8♣K♦ - folded on fiftth street
Philip Sternheimer: XxXx / 2♦A♥9♦

Philip Sternheimer was dealt the 2♦, meaning he was the bring-in. Robert Wells and Matt Grapenthien called.

Fourth street checked through to fifth street, where Sternheimer's bet folded out his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	300,000 130,000	130,000

Paul Volpe	270,000 210,000	210,000

Matt Grapenthien	137,500 20,000	20,000

Robert Stevanovski	100,000 30,500	30,500
Mike Matusow	90,000 40,000	40,000

Robert Wells	82,500 87,500	87,500

Huck Seed	37,000 63,000	63,000

06-07-2025 15:39 UTC-7

Chip Leader Xu Loses One to Friedman

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Calum Grant

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Qiang Xu: K♠K♣Xx / J♣4♠3♣A♣
Adam Friedman: A♦9♥5♦ / A♠J♥10♥Q♣

Chip leader Qiang Xu completed and then called when Adam Friedman made it two-bets. Fourth street checked through, and then Xu called bets on fifth and sixth street. Friedman, without looking at his final down card, checked and Xu followed suit.

Friedman showed a pair of aces, which bested Xu, who flashed K♣K♠ before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	493,000 127,500	127,500

Dan Heimiller	470,000 45,000	45,000

Adam Friedman	400,000 10,000	10,000

George Alexander	250,000 43,000	43,000

Christopher Claassen	155,000 40,000	40,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	125,000 65,000	65,000

John David Rogers	108,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Qiang Xu

06-07-2025 15:35 UTC-7

Prize Pool Announced

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Brett Slezak

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

127 total entries were tallied with the final 20 being in the money. The minimum cash is $19,999 and first-place is $295,008.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$295,008	7	$41,357
2	$196,662	8	$33,190
3	$135,828	9	$27,528
4	$96,502	10-11	$23,623
5	$70,587	12-15	$20,999
6	$53,201	16-20	$19,999

06-07-2025 15:29 UTC-7

Heimiller Takes from Friedman

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Brett Slezak

Level 13

Ante: 1500
Low Card: 2000
Completion: 6000
Limits: 6000-12000

Dan Heimiller: A♦K♠K♦ / A♣9♥4♥2♠
Adam Friedman: K♦8♦Xx / 8♥K♣5♠10♣

Friedman completed first-to-act and Heimiller called.

Heimiller took the betting initiative the entire way, leading on fourth, fifth, and sixth.

On seventh, Heimiller fired for a final time and Friedman sigh-called. Heimiller revealed his two pair, aces and kings, which were good as Friedman showed that he made kings and eights.