Event #26: $25,000 High Roller Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-08-2025 16:30 UTC-8

McCully Takes from Simao

Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Catching the action on the turn of a board that read 6♠A♥10♣A♦. Joao Simao bet 85,000 from the big blind, which Josh McCully called from the hijack.

The river came the 4♣ and Simao bet 70,000. McCully called and Simao showed 10♥7♣ for two pair, aces and tens. McCully revealed trips with A♠9♥ and the pot was sent to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	1,800,000 105,000	105,000

Josh McCully	1,100,000 310,000	310,000
Asher Conniff	1,100,000 205,000	205,000

Frank Brannan	515,000 130,000	130,000

Mathew Frankland	490,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Joao Simao Josh McCully

06-08-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Players and How They Are Faring

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Thomas	1,450,000 714,000	714,000
Anatoly Nikitin	1,425,000 480,000	480,000

Ben Tollerene	1,410,000 255,000	255,000
Mitchell Hynam	1,015,000 285,000	285,000
Jeremy Ausmus	1,000,000 219,000	219,000

Adam Hendrix	735,000 340,000	340,000
Alexandros Theologis	495,000 495,000	495,000
Kevin Rabichow	490,000 190,000	190,000

Paul Newey	325,000 50,000	50,000
Sean Winter	155,000 283,000	283,000

06-08-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Mota and Weissman Battle Again

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Stewart Morrison

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Joey Weissman opened in middle position to 50,000 and next to act, Rafael Mota, three-bet to 160,000. Weissman called, and the pair were dealt a 7♥7♦A♥ flop.

Weissman check-called a bet of 120,000 but couldn't hang on when Mota moved all in for roughly 500,000 on the 9♦ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	1,550,000 200,000	200,000

Rafael Mota	1,450,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Joey Weissman Rafael Mota

06-08-2025 16:41 UTC-8

McKeehen Doubles Through Oganyan

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Aram Oganyan made it 100,000 from the small blind and Joe McKeehen three-bet to 300,000 from the big blind. Oganyan four-bet to 500,000, and McKeehen five-bet jammed for 1,270,000 total. Oganyan snap-called.

Joe McKeehen: K♠K♣ All in
Aram Oganyan: Q♣Q♦

It was a brutal cooler that was in McKeehen's favor. The board ran out K♥8♦9♠4♣9♣ to give McKeehen a full house, and he doubled up through Oganyan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McKeehen	2,600,000 1,545,000	1,545,000

Aram Oganyan	335,000 1,215,000	1,215,000

Tags: Aram Oganyan Joe McKeehen

06-08-2025 16:43 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: Sam Greenwood Talks Battling Gambledore & High-Stakes Online Poker Cheating

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Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 28th episode, Connor talks with Canadian high-stakes pro Sam Greenwood about getting into poker with his two brothers Lucas Greenwood and Max Greenwood, running up a bankroll in high school, traveling the world playing high-stakes tournaments, climbing Canada's all-time money list and battling with Vladimir "Gambledore" Korzinin at Triton.

Greenwood also talked about the state of online poker, how to deal with cheaters, being a dad and his new "Punt of the Day" blog where he breaks down key hands from high-stakes tournaments.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Sam Greenwood by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Connor Richards Lucas Greenwood Max Greenwood Sam Greenwood

06-08-2025 16:43 UTC-8

Three More Fall as Stone Bubble Looms

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Stewart Morrison

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Three more players have hit the rail as the field falls to just 61 players, leaving them just two eliminations away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Eveslage	Busted

Sean Winter	Busted
Pavels Spirins	Busted

06-08-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Bubble Chips

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	2,085,000 65,000	65,000

Chang Lee	1,435,000 460,000	460,000

Aliaksandr Shylko	1,150,000 260,000	260,000
Josh McCully	1,140,000 40,000	40,000
Ognyan Dimov	1,000,000 65,000	65,000

Andrew Ostapchenko	990,000 690,000	690,000

Clemen Deng	650,000 175,000	175,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	645,000 305,000	305,000

Matthew Lambrecht	640,000 150,000	150,000

Aliaksei Boika	620,000 315,000	315,000
Matthew Belcher	620,000 565,000	565,000
Mathew Frankland	500,000 10,000	10,000
Alex Kulev	475,000 355,000	355,000

Matthew Mcewan	455,000 92,000	92,000
Frank Brannan	455,000 60,000	60,000

Christian Roberts	425,000 156,000	156,000

Keyavash Hemyari	325,000 305,000	305,000

06-08-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Simao Pressures Conniff

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Joao Simao raised to 55,000 in early position. Asher Conniff was in the seat next to him and three-bet to 150,000. It folded back to Simao, who thought for a while before calling.

Coniff continued for 60,000 on the A♠5♠J♦ flop, which Simao check-raised to 185,000. Coniff tossed in a call to the 4♠ turn, where he tank-folded to the 230,000 bet of Simao.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	2,080,000 280,000	280,000

Asher Conniff	825,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Asher Conniff Joao Simao

06-08-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Collopy Survives With Big Slick

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

When it folded to Jovan Kenjic in the small blind, he jammed to put Jim Collopy all in from the big blind. Collopy had 340,000 in his stack and made the call to put himself at risk.

Jim Collopy: A♦K♦ All in
Jovan Kenjic: K♠J♦

Collopy looked poised to double-up with Big Slick, if he could fade an unfortunate runout. The board came Q♥9♥6♥7♠7♥ and Collopy earned the much-needed double-up with ace-high.