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

06-07-2025 19:59 UTC-8

Wasserson's Woes Continue

Calum Grant

Level 16

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

Paul Volpe: XxXx / 5x - folded on third street
George Alexander: 6♥6♣ / 9♠4♦6♦4♣ / A♣
Eric Wasserson: QxQx / 2♣2♦5♣8♥ / Xx

Paul Volpe completed before George Alexander raised from two seats over. Eric Wasserson, on Alexander's immediate left, three-bet. Volpe folded before Alexander called.

Alexander called bets on fourth and fifth street before check-raising on sixth street. Wasserson called.

On seventh street, Alexander fired out another bet and Wasserson called.

Alexander had sixes full of fours, which irked Wasserson as he said he'd started with queens.

Wasserson seemed less than impressed with Alexander, but it was the latter who dragged in the pot while Wasserson's stack continued to dwindle.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	360,000 194,000	194,000

Paul Volpe	330,000 95,000	95,000

Eric Wasserson	180,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Eric Wasserson George Alexander Paul Volpe

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 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 20:34 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 20:36 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 20:40 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 20:48 UTC-8

Break Time

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Calum Grant

Level 16

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

The 17 remaining players are on a 15-minute break. Day 2 will close after two more levels of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	783,000 423,000	423,000

Mori Eskandani	753,000 268,000	268,000

Dave Rogers	705,000 315,000	315,000
Dan Heimiller	675,000 35,000	35,000

Chino Rheem	633,000 375,000	375,000

Philip Sternheimer	567,000 75,000	75,000

Paul Volpe	540,000 80,000	80,000

Adam Friedman	512,000 218,000	218,000

Daniel Negreanu	483,000 108,000	108,000

Tom McCormick	360,000 85,000	85,000
Bryce Yockey	357,000 247,000	247,000

Mike Matusow	342,000 23,000	23,000

Nick Guagenti	314,000 166,000	166,000

Per Hildebrand	220,000 125,000	125,000
Yueqi Zhu	180,000 20,000	20,000

Qiang Xu	175,000 285,000	285,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	84,000 52,000	52,000

Level: 17

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

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 21:18 UTC-8

Heimiller Continues to Build

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Brett Slezak

Level 17

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

Per Hildebrand: 9x9x / Q♣8♣9♦4♥ / Xx
Dan Heimiller: A♠5♠ / 7♠K♣Q♠2♠ / 5♣

Action was picked up four-ways to fifth street. Heimiller bet before Mori Eskandani and Bryce Yockey folded, Hildebrand raised, and Heimiller called.

Heimiller led out again on sixth and Hildebrand called. Heimiller bet dark on seventh and Hildebrand called. Heimiller revealed his flush as Hildebrand showed that he had three nines as he is now left as the shortest stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	775,000 100,000	100,000

Per Hildebrand	85,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller Per Hildebrand