Paul Volpe raised to 2,600 under the gun and Ali Eslami three-bet to 6,500 on the button. Volpe called and drew one, while Eslami stood pat.
Volpe then led out for 12,000 and Eslami quickly called. Volpe showed 9x8x7x5x4x and Eslami mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
70,000 | |
|
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Darren Elias raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and Taylor Wilson three-bet to 10,000 on the button. Dan Zack called in the small blind, while Elias also stuck around and called.
All three players took one and Zack then moved all in for 22,500. Elias called and Wilson got out of the way.
Zack showed 8x7x5x3x2x and Elias mucked 9x7x6x4x3x as Zack earned the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
With around 25,000 in the pot, Matthew Schreiber and Philip Sternheimer went heads-up after the draw. Sternheimer then bet 25,000 from the hijack.
"I have no sevens or deuces in my hand. That makes me want to call," Schreiber said.
"I feel like you're snowing me, Philip. But every time I pay you off you have it," Schreiber added. "Okay, you deserve it," he added, tossing in the chips.
Sternheimer showed 9x7x6x5x2x and Schreiber mucked. "You have me pipped," Schreiber told him as Sternheimer took in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
43,700
|
43,700 |
|
|
||
|
130,000 | |
|
|
||
Scott Seiver opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 8,000 by Taylor Paur on the button. It was folded back to Seiver, who called.
Seiver drew one and Paur stood pat. Seiver then bet 15,000 and Paur decided to look him up after a bit of thought.
"Nine-seven," Seiver said as he turned over 9x7x5x4x3x as advertised. Paur mucked his hand and Seiver added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
Joshua Faris raised to 2,500 in early position and Brian Rast called on the button. Hal Rotholz then three-bet to 12,000 in the small blind, Faris four-bet to 28,000, and Rast got out of the way. Rotholz called and they both stood pat.
Rotholz then led out for 28,000 and Faris moved all in. Rotholz tanked for several minutes before calling for 25,000 more as Faris showed him the bad news by turning over 7x5x4x3x2x for a pat wheel. Rotholz tossed 9x8x7x6x4x into the muck as he hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
120,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Players in the field have been sent on another 15-minute break.
There are now 127 entries in the tournament. Of those, 94 remain in contention.
The first week of the 2025 World Series of Poker came out swinging with big bluffs, brutal beats, and more than a few moments that had the entire poker world talking.
Whether it was Nick Schulman dropping the coldest line of the summer, Michael "Texas Mike" Moncek shoving blind into four premium hands, or Christopher Zollo turning a meme-worthy alias into a legit bracelet run, the first seven days of poker's biggest festival did not disappoint.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
288,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
|
230,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
185,800
|
185,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
189,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
187,900
27,900
|
27,900 |
|
173,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
171,500
33,300
|
33,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
151,200
11,200
|
11,200 |
|
|
||
|
145,900
35,900
|
35,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
143,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
139,700
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
|
||
|
138,600
28,600
|
28,600 |
|
135,200
95,200
|
95,200 |
|
||
|
134,400
79,400
|
79,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
122,700
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
|
||
|
116,400
16,400
|
16,400 |
|
|
||
|
113,700
58,700
|
58,700 |
|
|
||
|
113,700
43,700
|
43,700 |
|
112,000 | |
|
106,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
|
105,600
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
99,000 | |
|
|
||
|
81,500
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
79,000 | |
|
|
||
Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,800
Samuel Sternfield raised to 3,000 under the gun and Yuri Dzivielevski moved all in for 23,000 on the button. Frank Kassela reshoved in the big blind and Sternfield folded.
Dzivielevski and Kassela both stood pat and Dzivielevski showed 9x7x6x4x2x. Kassela went digging through the muck to find out what he would've gotten on a draw before mucking and handing over the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
26,400
|
26,400 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
25,700
|
25,700 |
|
||
|
50,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
