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

06-08-2025 13:05 UTC-7

Split Pot for Petrangelo and McCully

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The board read A♠K♠A♥A♣ with around 70,000 in the middle.

Josh McCully bet 17,000 from the cutoff and Nick Petrangelo made the call from the button.

The river completed the board with the 9♥. McCully fired a bet of 72,000 out for Petrangelo to call. McCully tabled the K♥7♥ for Petrangelo to show the K♣J♣ for the same full house both had hit on this board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Petrangelo	1,008,000 683,000	683,000

Josh McCully	765,000 117,000	117,000
Nacho Barbero	280,000 130,000	130,000

Stoyan Madanzhiev	175,000 372,000	372,000

Aram Zobian	150,000

Tags: Josh McCully Nick Petrangelo

06-08-2025 13:00 UTC-7

More Players Added to the Field

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aram Zobian	150,000 150,000	150,000

Yunkyu Song	150,000 150,000	150,000
Martin Stausholm	150,000 150,000	150,000
Daniel Sepiol	150,000 150,000	150,000

Matthew Mcewan	150,000 150,000	150,000
Christopher Puetz	150,000 150,000	150,000
Chris Moorman	150,000 150,000	150,000

Sean Winter	150,000 150,000	150,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	150,000 150,000	150,000

Aram Oganyan	150,000 150,000	150,000

Manuel Fritz	150,000 150,000	150,000
Martin Zamani	150,000 150,000	150,000

Scott Seiver	150,000 150,000	150,000

Benny Glaser	150,000 150,000	150,000

Sam Laskowitz	150,000 150,000	150,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	150,000 150,000	150,000

06-08-2025 12:59 UTC-7

Mendoza Doubles Through Brannan

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Frank Brannan had raised from middle position to be met by a shove of 132,000 from James Mendoza in the big blind. Brannan confirmed the count and then made the call.

James Mendoza: A♦2♦ All in
Frank Brannan: K♠Q♠

The board ran out 7♦5♠2♥3♦2♠ for Mendoza to flop a pair of deuces and improve to trips on the river to double up with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Brannan	417,000 117,000	117,000

James Mendoza	278,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Frank Brannan James Mendoza

06-08-2025 12:53 UTC-7

Lonis Doubles Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alexandre Reard raised in middle position to 22,000, and Jesse Lonis, next to act, moved all in for 128,000. Reard called, and the cards were on their backs.

Jesse Lonis: A♣J♣ All in
Alexandre Reard: A♠7♠

The board ran out favourably for Lonis, coming A♥5♦9♦4♦6♦, giving him the full double up.

Another player at the table chirped, "Now you've done it". Aimed at Reard, alluding to him giving the talented Lonis chips to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	1,050,000 575,000	575,000

Jesse Lonis	280,000 201,000	201,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Jesse Lonis

06-08-2025 12:53 UTC-7

Song Busted by Gomez

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The board read 3♠8♣6♦10♠J♥ with around 130,000 in the middle.

Javier Gomez shoved from the big blind and Yunkyu Song was in the tank. After using a time bank, he made the call for the 150,000 he had in front of him. Gomez showed the 9♠7♣ for the straight for Song to get up from his chair and reveal he had the A♥10♥ for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Gomez	692,000 242,000	242,000
Jared Bleznick	540,000 50,000	50,000

Mikita Badziakouski	330,000 56,000	56,000

Georgios Sotiropoulos	235,000 75,000	75,000

Mustapha Kanit	129,000 147,000	147,000

Yunkyu Song	Busted

Tags: Javier Gomez Yunkyu Song

06-08-2025 12:50 UTC-7

Gomez Wins a Small Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Javier Gomez came in with a min-raise to 20,000 from under the gun. Charles Thomas called from the hijack, and Jared Bleznick defended his big blind.

Everyone checked the 5♣10♦A♥ flop to see the 4♣ appear on the turn. Bleznick led out for 40,000, which only Gomez called.

Two more checks followed on the J♦ river for Bleznick to reveal Q♦7♦ for queen-high. Gomez flipped up K♥10♥ for third pair to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	490,000 60,000	60,000

Javier Gomez	450,000 85,000	85,000
Charles Thomas	200,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Charles Thomas Jared Bleznick Javier Gomez

06-08-2025 12:47 UTC-7

Kaverman Makes the Right Call

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was around 90,000 in the middle and the flop read 8♥6♠8♣, both Cherish Andrews and Byron Kaverman opted to check in the blinds.

They did the same on the A♦ on the turn to the 5♠ on the river. Andrews bet 45,000 for Kaverman to make the call. Andrews tabled the 10♦7♠ for the missed straight draw for Kaverman to show the K♦Q♣ for the king-kicker with the pair on the board to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cherish Andrews	1,100,000 40,000	40,000
Byron Kaverman	893,000 393,000	393,000

Nadya Magnus	215,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: Byron Kaverman Cherish Andrews

06-08-2025 12:45 UTC-7

Kisacikoglu Shoves on Foxen

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Catching the action on the river with the board reading 10♦4♣4♥A♥J♦ and with around 150,000 in the middle. Kristen Foxen, who was seated in the big blind, led out for 195,000 with roughly 330,000 behind. Orpen Kisacikoglu shoved from under the gun for the remainder of Foxen's stack, sending Foxen into the tank.

Foxen burned through four of her time bank cards before she chose to fold her cards and relinquish the pot to Kisacikoglu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	900,000 746,000	746,000

Kristen Foxen	330,000 111,000	111,000

Tags: Kristen Foxen Orpen Kisacikoglu

06-08-2025 12:41 UTC-7

Blind Versus Blind

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Stewart Morrison

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With 80,000 chips already in the middle, Gregory Jensen and Joey Weissman were battling blind versus blind.

Jensen check-called a bet of 20,000 on the A♥5♣A♠ flop, then check-called a turn bet of 80,000 on the Q♠ turn.

After being checked to for a third time on the 6♠ river, Weissman checked behind.

Jensen tabled Q♥9♥ and Weissman mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	915,000 192,000	192,000

Gregory Jensen	880,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Gregory Jensen Joey Weissman

06-08-2025 12:41 UTC-7

New Entries & Reentries

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	150,000 150,000	150,000

Stephen Chidwick	150,000 150,000	150,000

Justin Dykes	150,000 150,000	150,000
David Stamm	150,000 150,000	150,000
Brad Owen	150,000 150,000	150,000

Michael Moncek	150,000 150,000	150,000

Dan Shak	150,000 150,000	150,000
John Hennigan	150,000 150,000	150,000

Philip Sternheimer	150,000 150,000	150,000

Brian Rast	150,000 150,000	150,000

Jamie Dwan	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jun Obara	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dinesh Alt	150,000 150,000	150,000
Leon Sturm	150,000 150,000	150,000

Galen Hall	150,000 150,000	150,000

Calvin Anderson	150,000

Nicholas Seward	150,000 150,000	150,000