Event #26: $25,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-07-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Sabia Takes a Dent

Myles Phago

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a flop of 9♦3♥6♦, both Matthew Wantman in late position and Matthew Sabia in the cutoff checked to see the turn of 7♦.

Wantman bet out for 12,000, and Sabia called. The river brought the 10♠, and now Wantman checked. Sabia threw out a big 50,000 bet, which Wantman called. Sabia proudly turned over his 9x9x for a flopped set but was shocked when Wantman tables 8x6x for the straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Wantman	360,000 210,000	210,000

Matthew Sabia	110,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Matthew Sabia Matthew Wantman

06-07-2025 18:51 UTC-8

Seth Sends Lagodich Home

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Robert Jones

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action folded around to Akash Seth in the small blind who completed, and then called the 70,000 chip shove from Frank Lagodich from the big blind.

Frank Lagodich: A♦3♥ All in
Akash Seth: A♠10♥

The runout of K♠10♦5♦2♥J♠ was safe for Seth and he chipped up to 370,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akash Seth	370,000 240,500	240,500
Frank Lagodich	Busted

Tags: Akash Seth Frank Lagodich

06-07-2025 18:51 UTC-8

Eychenne Runs into Nasreddine's Bullets

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Rania Nasreddine raised from the hijack to 13,000 before Thomas Eychenne shoved from the big blind for 61,000. Nasreddine instantly called.

Thomas Eychenne: 4♠4♥ All in
Rania Nasreddine: A♠A♣

Eycheene needed a four to crack the aces of Nasreddine. However, the board ran out 10♣8♠J♣Q♠7♦, and all of Eychenne's chip were sent over to Nasreddine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rania Nasreddine	420,000 270,000	270,000
Thomas Eychenne	Busted

Tags: Rania Nasreddine Thomas Eychenne

06-07-2025 18:34 UTC-8

Schultz-Pedersen Wins With Deuces

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With roughly 50,000 in the pot on the turn of a board that showed 10♣A♦3♠6♠, Lou Garza checked from the cutoff and Johan Schultz-Pedersen bet 31,000 from the button. After a few moments, Garza called.

The 8♣ appeared on the river and both players checked. Garza showed a busted draw with K♠Q♠, and lost the pot to Schultz-Pedersen's 2♣2♠ for a pair of deuces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Hynam	485,000 92,000	92,000
Lou Garza	470,000

Stoyan Madanzhiev	440,000 85,000	85,000

John Juanda	430,000 267,500	267,500
Johan Schultz-Pedersen	395,000 145,000	145,000
Emilien Pitavy	125,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Johan Schultz-Pedersen Lou Garza

06-07-2025 18:17 UTC-8

Some Chip Counts Coming Back from Break

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Robert Jones

Level 7 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Punnat Punsri	980,000 371,000	371,000

Andrew Ostapchenko	742,000 292,000	292,000

Nick Maimone	722,000 2,000	2,000

Jovan Kenjic	680,000 380,000	380,000
Yunkyu Song	678,000 328,000	328,000
Daniel Kyosev	655,000 338,000	338,000
Frank Funaro	640,000 494,000	494,000

Alex Foxen	640,000 320,000	320,000

Alex Kulev	636,000 86,000	86,000

Mustapha Kanit	627,000 477,000	477,000

Joey Weissman	625,000

Fahredin Mustafov	621,000 6,000	6,000

Joao Simao	603,000 535,000	535,000

Mitchell Hynam	577,000 13,000	13,000
Ralph Wong	549,000 28,000	28,000
Javier Gomez	535,000 391,000	391,000
Andres Gonzalez	509,000 359,000	359,000
Alexandre Reard	475,000 340,000	340,000

Aliaksei Boika	473,000 336,000	336,000
Ap Garza	470,000 470,000	470,000

Paulius Vaitiekunas	440,000 440,000	440,000

Jakob Miegel	425,000 275,000	275,000
Anatoly Nikitin	410,000 101,000	101,000

Alex Kim	389,000 229,000	229,000
Jonathan Jaffe	356,000 356,000	356,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-07-2025 18:00 UTC-8

McKeehen Playing it Tricky

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Myles Phago

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Andjelko Andrejevic raised to 10,000 from late position and got calls from Joe McKeehen on the button and Alex Foxen in the big blind.

The flop came 9♥3♦Q♦ and all players checked to see the turn of the A♣. Foxen checked, and Andrejevic bet out for 15,000. McKeehen called, and Foxen folded.

The 4♦ fell on the river and now Andrejevic bet out for 50,000. McKeehen instantly raised to 200,000, which put Andrejevic all in, who folded immediately. McKeehen was pushed the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McKeehen	345,000 115,000	115,000

Alex Foxen	320,000 235,000	235,000

Andjelko Andrejevic	70,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Andjelko Andrejevic Joe McKeehen

06-07-2025 17:59 UTC-8

Break Time

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Robert Jones

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The players are now on a 15-minute break.

06-07-2025 17:54 UTC-8

Mustafov KO's Smith

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Robert Jones

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

We picked up action with Dan Smith all in versus Fahredin Mustafov.

Dan Smith: A♠K♠ All in
Fahredin Mustafov: JxJx

A classic race, which was not favorable for Smith on the 5♦5♣4♠4♥9♥ runout.

Mustafov chipped up to over 600,000 while knocking out one of the world's best.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	615,000 219,000	219,000

Dan Smith	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith Fahredin Mustafov

06-07-2025 17:52 UTC-8

McKeehen Slowplays Aces

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joe McKeehen raised to 11,000 from the hijack before Alex Foxen three-bet to 30,000 from the cutoff. After it got back to McKeehen, he called to see a flop.

McKeehen checked over to Foxen on the A♦9♠J♠ flop, and Foxen bet 24,000. McKeehen made the call.

The 10♠ turn checked through for the 9♥ to appear on the river. McKeehen bet 20,000, and after a few moments, Foxen reluctantly called. McKeehen turned over A♠A♣ for a full house and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	555,000 255,000	255,000

Joe McKeehen	230,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Joe McKeehen