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

06-08-2025 11:53 UTC-8

Lonis Doubles Up

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 11:59 UTC-8

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 12:00 UTC-8

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 12:05 UTC-8

Split Pot for Petrangelo and McCully

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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 12:05 UTC-8

Negreanu Heads to the Rebuy Desk

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Stewart Morrison

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

Daniel Negreanu encouraged the table to play quickly as the rebuy period was about to end and he was short on chips.

The table obliged as the first few players returned their cards to the dealer with haste. The hijack then raised to 22,000, and Laszlo Bujtas called on the button. Negreanu then moved all in for 93,000.

The hijack folded but Bujtas called.

Daniel Negreanu: A♠4♥ All in
Laszlo Bujtas: 6♦6♥

The board ran out 5♦8♦10♣Q♥K♥, sending the pot in the direction of Bujtas.

Negreanu seemed okay with this, though, and headed off to get a fresh stack of 150,000 before the rebuy period ended.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laszlo Bujtas	610,000 222,000	222,000
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Laszlo Bujtas

06-08-2025 12:06 UTC-8

Players Head on a Break

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Stewart Morrison

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

The remaining players are taking a 15-minute break.

This is the final 15 minutes to register for this tournament.

06-08-2025 12:09 UTC-8

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

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

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."

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06-08-2025 12:14 UTC-8

The Max Late Registrants

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	150,000 150,000	150,000
Chad Eveslage	150,000 150,000	150,000

Taylor von Kriegenbergh	150,000 150,000	150,000
Adrian Mateos	150,000 150,000	150,000

Dimitar Danchev	150,000 150,000	150,000

Fabian Gumz	150,000 150,000	150,000
Mathew Frankland	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jonathan Jaffe	150,000 150,000	150,000
Tom Middleton	150,000 150,000	150,000
Oliver Weis	150,000 150,000	150,000

Yulian Bogdanov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Adam Owen	150,000 150,000	150,000
Stanley Tang	150,000 150,000	150,000
John Riordan	150,000 150,000	150,000

Samuel Mullur	150,000 150,000	150,000
Atanas Malinov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Emilien Pitavy	150,000 150,000	150,000
Landon Tice	150,000 150,000	150,000
Asher Conniff	150,000 150,000	150,000

Christopher Staats	150,000 150,000	150,000

Clemen Deng	150,000 150,000	150,000
Blaz Zerjav	150,000 150,000	150,000

David Chen	150,000 150,000	150,000
Eric Wasserson	150,000 150,000	150,000

Fabiano Kovalski	150,000 150,000	150,000

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06-08-2025 12:24 UTC-8

Short Delay

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Shirley Ang

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

Due to the large number of late registrations, the start of the new level has been delayed as all the players will be redrawn to new tables and the currently seated players will need to move to their new seats.

06-08-2025 12:32 UTC-8

Kabrhel Needles Chidwick

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Zach Thompson

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