2025 World Series of Poker
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Joe McKeehen made it 3,000 to go from late position and Corel Theuma three-bet to 7,500 from the small blind. McKeehen made the call.
Theuma continued with a bet of 4,500 on the 8♣3♥K♣ flop and McKeehen called.
The A♣ turn checked through for the 4♠ to appear on the river. Theuma checked, and McKeehen bet 21,000. Theuma pondered momentarily before letting go of his cards and surrendering the pot to McKeehen.
Peter Cross raised to 2,500 sitting in the hijack and was re-raised by Yifu He from the small blind to 7,000. Cross made the call.
The flop came 10♦7♣3♠ and He bet 4,000. Cross made the call once again.
On the 7♦ turn, He check-called a 15,000 chip bet from Cross.
The river came the 10♥ double pairing the board. Both players checked.
Peter Cross: A♦2♦
Yifu He: K♠Q♠
When it folded to John Brooks on the button, he raised to 3,000 and Bin Weng was the only caller out of the big blind.
The dealer spread out a flop of 5♠Q♠K♠ and Weng check-called a bet of 3,000 from Brooks.
The J♠ hit the turn and Weng check-called another bet from Brooks, this time for 2,000.
The 6♦ appeared on the river and Weng opted to check-fold to Brooks' bet of 8,000.
Big name players are continuing to late register for this $25,000 High Roller event. High stakes player Freddy Deeb has just sat down as well as Ren Lin. We are expecting many more to still come as late registration is open until the end of the first level of Day Two.
Bin Duan raised from the button and Randal Heeb made it 16,000 to go from the big blind.
Duan came right back with another raise to 36,500.
Heeb slid his ~170,000 into the middle, and after a time bank, Duan folded.
Andrew Ostapchenko raised under the gun to 4,000 and got called by Orpen Kisacikoglu in the big blind. The flop came A♥Q♦3♦ and Ostapchenko continued for 3,000, Kisacikoglu check-called.
Both players checked the 8♥ on the turn and saw the10♥ drop on the river. Kisacikoglu checked, and Ostapchenko fired out a bet of 8,500. Kisacikoglu called and flipped over Ax5x, Ostapchenko tabled Ax7x, and the pot was chopped as both players made a pair of aces and the board played as their kickers.
Seth Davies raised to 3,000 from the cutoff and was re-raised by Brandon Wilson from the big blind to 16,500. Davies made the call.
On a flop of 10♥7♥5♣ both players checked.
The turn came 4♣ and both players checked once again.
When the river came the 5♥, Wilson bet 3,500, Davies raised it to 24,000, and after some deliberation, Wilson released his hand.