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
Total 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tags: Keyavash HemyariPeter Cross

Some Big Stacks After the Break

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

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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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