2025 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $25,000 High Roller
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$1,949,044
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$9,212,000
Entries
392
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
300
Players Left
98
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Seidel at the Table of Doom

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Daniel Lee moved all in from the cutoff for his last 17,000 and got calls from Erik Seidel on the button and Yunkyu Song in the small blind.

Both Seidel and Song checked down the 658 flop, 6 turn, and 4 river. Daniel Lee thought he might have won with his A9, for ace-high until Song tabled 33 for a pair. Seidel held KJ. Lee was sent to the rail.

In the very next hand at the same table Randal Heeb raised from under the gun to 9,000 only for Jiaxin Sun to three-bet all in to 33,000 from the small blind. Tyler Montoya flat called from the big blind and then Heeb four-bet to 75,000. Montoya then came back over the top and five-bet jammed for 203,000, Heeb called and he had all players covered.

Jiaxin Sun: KJAll in
Tyler Montoya: KKAll in
Randal Heeb: AK

The flop came 4102 and when the 8 fell on the turn Heeb was left drawing to an ace to eliminate two players. The 2 brick came on the turn and Montoya scooped a monster pot and sent Sun packing whilst leaving Heeb running on fumes.

Player Chips Progress
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Tyler Montoya
470,000
320,000
320,000
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Yunkyu Song
330,000
9,000
9,000
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Erik Seidel
150,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Randal Heeb
10,000
215,000
215,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Daniel Lee
Busted
Profile photo of Jiaxin Sun
Jiaxin Sun
Busted

Tags: Daniel LeeErik SeidelJiaxin SunRandal HeebTyler MontoyaYunkyu Song

Foxen is a Thorn in Fritz’s Side

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

With around 200,000 in the pot on a board of 982A, Manuel Fritz checked from early position before Alex Foxen knuckled back from the hijack.

The 4 rolled off on the river and Fritz checked. Foxen carved out a bet of 110,000, which prompted an instant fold from Fritz.

The very next hand, Fritz opened to 8,000 from under the gun and Foxen three-bet to around 25,000 from the next seat. Fritz folded, and Foxen won two in a row from Fritz.

Player Chips Progress
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Manuel Fritz
350,000
30,000
30,000
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Alex Foxen
300,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Alex FoxenManuel Fritz

Yifu He Scooping

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Matthew Sabia raised from the hijack to 8,000 and was called by Paul Jager next to act in the cutoff. From the button, Yifu He re-raised to 27,000. Sabia folded while Jager made the call.

The flop came K105 and Jager check-called the 18,000 chip bet from He.

On the turn 10, Jager led out 45,000 and was called by He.

When the river came the K, Jager checked, He bet 25,000, Jager called, and He showed A6 for the flush and a substantial pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Jager
400,000
24,000
24,000
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Yifu He
250,000
15,000
15,000
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Matthew Sabia
130,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Matthew SabiaPaul JagerYifu He

Nassar Can't Improve

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Khaled Nassar was all in preflop for his last 45,000, with Sam Laskowitz as the player trying to bust him.

Khaled Nassar: A5 All in
Sam Laskowitz: 77

Nassar needed the dealer to provide him with clubs or an ace to stay alive. The board of 43K38 was clean for Laskowitz's pocket sevens, and Nassar was out.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Laskowitz
160,000
39,000
39,000
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Khaled Nassar
Busted

Tags: Khaled NassarSam Laskowitz

Aces for Ausmus

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Jeremy Ausmus
Jeremy Ausmus

Sergey Lebedev raised from under the gun to 8,000. Jeremy Ausmus reraised to 20,000 from middle position, and when the action folded to Alexander Keating in the big blind he went all in covering both players. Ausmus made the call for 125,000 after Lebedev folded.

Jeremy Ausmus: AA All in
Alexander Keating: KxKx

Keating could not find help on the Q83A4 runout and Ausmus scooped in a full double-up.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeremy Ausmus
280,000
130,000
130,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
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Sergey Lebedev
120,000
56,000
56,000
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Alexander Keating
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Alexander KeatingJeremy AusmusSergey Lebedev

Hemyari Cracks Aces

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a raising war, Keyavash Hemyari, who was under the gun, and Peter Cross, who was in early position, managed to get it all in the middle preflop.

Peter Cross: AAAll in
Keyavash Hemyari: AK

A rather safe flop came for Cross with the 8J3, but when the Q dropped on the turn, it gave Hemyari some hope. The 10 dropped on the river to complete a sick run out for Hemyari, who cracked Cross' pocket aces when he made Broadway and sent Cross to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Keyavash Hemyari
420,000
180,000
180,000
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Peter Cross
Busted

Tags: Keyavash HemyariPeter Cross

Some Big Stacks After the Break

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Punnat Punsri th
Punnat Punsri
609,000
459,000
459,000
Natural8
Profile photo of Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
585,000
345,000
345,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Kulev bg
Alex Kulev
550,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Johan Schultz-Pedersen
540,000
370,000
370,000
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Ralph Wong
521,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Andrew Ostapchenko us
Andrew Ostapchenko
450,000
271,500
271,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joey Weissman
428,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
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Christian Roberts
424,000
409,000
409,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Didier Guerin au
Didier Guerin
418,000
16,000
16,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Shaneil Stokes us
Shaneil Stokes
415,000
255,000
255,000
Profile photo of Jeremy Dan us
Jeremy Dan
398,000
248,000
248,000
Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
396,000
225,500
225,500
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
386,000
185,500
185,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
385,000
203,000
203,000
Profile photo of Manuel Fritz at
Manuel Fritz
380,000
203,000
203,000
Profile photo of Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
379,000
189,500
189,500
Profile photo of Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
367,000
97,000
97,000
Profile photo of Cherish Andrews us
Cherish Andrews
351,000
196,000
196,000
Profile photo of Emilien Pitavy fr
Emilien Pitavy
350,000
185,000
185,000
Profile photo of Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
346,000
196,000
196,000
Profile photo of John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
341,000
191,000
191,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
330,000
67,000
67,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
327,000
187,000
187,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Leonardo Rizzo br
Leonardo Rizzo
325,000
226,500
226,500
Profile photo of Muhammad Abdel Rahim us
Muhammad Abdel Rahim
324,000
59,000
59,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Gus Hansen Involved in One of the Rarest Poker Hands You'll See at the 2025 WSOP

Level 4 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen

PokerNews' Brad Whitehouse captured a hand on Saturday that might end up being the rarest we'll see all summer at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). At the very least, the rarest chop pot.

Gus Hansen and Dzmitry Urbanovich battled for a hefty pot on Day 2 in Event #23: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship with 35 out of 127 players remaining. The pot ended in a chop, but it left future Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman in awe.

"I've never seen that before," Schulman, who has seen nearly everything at the poker table, was overheard saying as he glanced at the tabled cards. "Wow, that's an amazing one."

Catch the Hand Here

Tags: Gus Hansen

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