Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day 3 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,181,100
Entries
127
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
9
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 127
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Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Heading into the finale of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker, several compelling storylines were in play.
Mike Matusow was hoping to end a 12-year bracelet drought and strengthen his case for the Poker Hall of Fame. Dan Heimiller was chasing a second Stud title of the series. And though he didn’t know it at the time, Chino Rheem was just one victory away from becoming the 11th player in history to complete poker’s prestigious Triple Crown.
But all those hopes were dashed by Nick Guagenti, who emerged as the last player standing after a gruelling final day inside the Horseshoe Events Center.
The win marked Guagenti’s third career bracelet and his second in as many years. Impressively, his titles have come in three different formats: No-Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em, and now Seven Card Stud. The victory also earned him a career-best payday of $295,008, putting his total live earnings just shy of $3 million, according to The Hendon Mob.
The American defeated Rheem following a five-hour heads-up duel to top the 127-entry field and claim the lion's share of the $1,181,100 prize pool.
$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Guagenti | United States | $295,008 |
| 2 | Chino Rheem | United States | $196,662 |
| 3 | Qiang Xu | China | $135,828 |
| 4 | Paul Volpe | United States | $96,502 |
| 5 | Mori Eskandani | United States | $70,587 |
| 6 | Adam Friedman | United States | $53,201 |
| 7 | Dan Heimiller | United States | $41,357 |
| 8 | Mike Matusow | United States | $33,190 |
| 9 | Dave Rogers | United States | $27,528 |
Day 3 Action
Rheem, the start-of-day chip leader, ran red-hot through the early levels, hitting a string of straights, flushes, and full houses to pull away from the field as the short stacks steadily fell. Dave Rogers was the first to go, with his Broadway straight falling to Adam Friedman’s flush.
After bagging a solid stack on Day 2, Matusow told PokerNews that nobody wanted the bracelet more than he did. But his run was cut short after losing a series of pots to Rheem. Guagenti eventually sent "The Mouth" to the rail with just a pair of deuces after Matusow failed to pair his board when all in on third street.
Heimiller, who won the $1,500 version of this event earlier in the series, was eliminated in seventh place, followed shortly by Friedman in sixth. Rheem notched his first knockout of the day by dispatching Poker Hall of Famer Mori Eskandani in fifth. The two had clashed in several pots, with Rheem consistently getting the better of him, so it was fitting that Eskandani’s final chips went Rheem's way.
Qiang Xu then eliminated Paul Volpe in fourth after Volpe got his stack in with trips but couldn’t fade Xu’s straight.
Three-handed play between Rheem, Guagenti, and Xu lasted several levels in what became an extended war of attrition. Ultimately, Xu—less experienced in Stud than his opponents—fell in third after Rheem made a full house on sixth street to leave Xu drawing dead before seventh.
That set up the final clash. Rheem began heads-up play with a 2.5:1 chip lead, and momentum swung back and forth for hours. At one point, he was on the brink of victory, but Guagenti found a flush on seventh street to stay alive and shift the tides.
Both players were clearly fatigued as the battle wore on. Guagenti was open to bagging and continuing another day, but Rheem preferred to finish it then and there so they could both late register for the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship on Monday.
After the final break of the night, Rheem briefly regained the lead, but it didn’t last. Guagenti took down three key pots on seventh street, including one where Rheem made a disciplined fold with a flush. While the fold was correct, it left him with just three big bets.
Those final chips went in on the very next hand. The stacks were committed on fifth street, with Guagenti showing split sevens against Rheem’s split sixes. Guagenti improved to kings-up by seventh, while Rheem failed to catch up.
After a marathon heads-up battle, it ended in a flash, and Guagenti stood tall once again on poker’s biggest stage.
This concludes PokerNews' live reporting for this event, but as always, stay tuned to the live updates to keep up with everything taking place at the 2025 WSOP.
Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Chino Rheem: 6♦3♦ / 8♦A♥6♠Xx / Xx 
Nick Guagenti: 8♣7♣ / 7♠4♥Q♥Xx / Xx
Rheem completed, Guagenti raised, and Rheem called.
Rheem check-called on fourth. On fifth, Guagenti bet again, Rheem check-raised all-in, and Guagenti called.
Rheem had a pair of sixes against the sevens of Guagenti. Guagenti caught K♦K♣ to make kings-up.
Rheem found no help on sixth with the J♣. On seventh, he squeezed the K♥ as his run ended in second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,600,000
1,650,000
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1,650,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Chino Rheem: 8♣5♣ / 6♣J♥3♣4♣ / 5♥
Nick Guagenti: Q♥4x / A♦4♥3♥6♥ / 2♥
Nick Guagenti completed and called when Chino Rheem raise.
The action checked through to sixth street where Guagenti check-called a bet.
Fireworks then ignited on seventh street. Guagenti bet, then re-raised after Rheem made it two bets.
"F****** brutal," bemoaned Rheem as he tanked for several minutes.
Guagenti then flashed the 2♥ from his downcards.
"Why'd you just do that? asked Rheem, as he turned over the 5♥.
"I feel I'm being nitrolled again," said Guagenti, referring to a hanf earlier where Rheem tank-called with a flush.
Rheem then turned over the 8♣5♣, showing he did indeed have a flush.
"He's got it, obviously he's got it...this is going to be painful if you don't have it," said Rheem as he returned his board to the dealer, saving a good chunk of his last 750,000.
Guagenti did have him beat as he showed he had the Q♥2♥ for a better flush, which he admitted he caught on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,950,000
1,350,000
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1,350,000 |
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750,000
1,250,000
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1,250,000 |
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Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Chino Rheem: A♣Xx / 7♠A♠J♠Q♣ / Xx
Nick Guagenti: 6♦2♦ / 7♦A♦A♥2♣ / 3♣
Rheem completed, Guagenti raised, and Rheem called.
Fourth street checked through before Guagenti led on fifth, Rheem raised, and Guagenti called.
Guagenti led on sixth before seventh checked through. Rheem annnounced one pair of aces as Guagenti tabled his two pair, aces and twos, to increase his chip advantage at the halfway point of the final level of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,600,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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2,000,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Chino Rheem: XxXx / 6♠5♦4♠2♥ / Xx - folded on seventh street
Nick Guagenti: A♣4♣2♣ / J♣A♥4♥5♣
Nick Guagenti completed and Chino Rheem called.
Rheem raised Guagenti's bet on fourth street and was called by the latter. Guagenti then check-called on fifth street before sixth street checked through to seventh.
Guagenti fired out another bet, but this time, Rheem released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,900,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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2,700,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Chino Rheem: XxXx / K♠8♠9♦K♥ / Xx - folded on seventh street
Nick Guagenti: XxXx / 10♣4♠A♠2♥ / Xx
Rheem completed, Guagenti raised, and Rheem called. Fourth street checked through.
Guagenti led on fifth and Rheem called. The action slowly checked through on sixth.
On seventh, Rheem check-folded to a bet.
Chino Rheem: XxXx / 10♦6♠10♥A♠ / Xx - folded on seventh street
Nick Guagenti: A♥J♣ / 10♣J♦4♦A♦ / Xx
Rheem completed and Guagenti called. Guagenti then led on fourth and Rheem called.
The action checked through on fifth and Rheem check-called on sixth.
Rheem checked dark on seventh then folded to a bet from Guagenti, who revealed that he had ace-jack in the hole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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3,600,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Chino Rheem: 7♠Q♠5♥ / 7♥K♣6♥7♦
Nick Guagenti: XxXx / A♥3♦J♥8♠ / Xx
Nick Guagenti completed, and Chino Rheem called.
On fifth street, Guagenti check-called. On sixth street, he check-raised and Rheem called to see sixth street. With open sevens, Rheem led out. Guagenti went deep into the tank, calling after around a minute or two of thinking time.
On seventh street, Rheem fired another barrel and Guagenti called once more.
"I got it," said Rheem who had trip sevens. Guagenti mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,600,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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3,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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Level 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
Rheem picked up a few small pots following the restart.
Chino Rheem: XxXx / 6♠10♦6♥A♦ - folded on sixth street
Nick Guagenti: XxXx / 4♠3♥5♣J♠
Rheem completed and Guagenti called. Rheem led on fourth, Guagenti raised, and Rheem called.
Rheem check-called a bet on fifth after he made open sixes.
He faced another bet on sixth after checking.
"What the f*ck do you have?" inquired Rheem as he folded. "How good are you playing? Just running over my open sixes."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,000,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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3,600,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Level: 26
Ante: 30000
Low Card: 30000
Completion: 120000
Limits: 120000-240000
