Event #32: $50,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-09-2025 15:09 UTC-8

Two for Suvarna

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Oliver Weis opened to 11,000 in the cutoff and Santhosh Suvarna three-bet to 41,000 on the button. Weis laid it down.

The next hand, Stephen Chidwick opened in early position and Suvarna called in the cutoff to get things heads up.

Chidwick continued for 7,000 on the flop of 4♣2♦A♠ and Suvarna called. Both players then checked on the J♥ turn.

Chidwick checked once more on the K♣ river and Suvarna bet 21,000. Chidwick called, only to muck as Suvarna showed top pair with A♦5♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	420,000 100,000	100,000

Santhosh Suvarna	420,000 175,000	175,000

Stephen Chidwick	165,000 86,000	86,000

Tags: Oliver Weis Santhosh Suvarna Stephen Chidwick

06-09-2025 15:14 UTC-8

Saliba and Yang Getting After It

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Justin Saliba opened to 11,000 and Chongxian Yang three-bet to 28,000 in the cutoff. Alexandros Theologis stuck in a four-bet to 64,000 on the button and both players folded.

On the next hand, Viktor Blom raised to 11,000 from early position and Saliba three-bet to 33,000. Yang four-bet to 75,000 which got Blom to fold but Saliba called.

The flop fell J♣9♠2♣ and Saliba check-called a bet of 55,000 from Yang. The turn was the 6♥ and Saliba check-called another bet of 65,000 from Yang. The river brought the 7♦ and Saliba checked one more time. Yang used two of his time banks before finally checking back.

Saliba turned over J♠10♠ for top pair and Yang was unable to beat it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Saliba	554,000

Alexandros Theologis	469,000 68,000	68,000
Chongxian Yang	295,000
Viktor Blom	242,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Justin Saliba Chongxian Yang Alexandros Theologis Viktor Blom

06-09-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Another Break

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players have been sent on another 15-minute break with the clocks showing 82 entrants so far.

06-09-2025 15:32 UTC-8

Full Chip Counts After Break

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Steven	1,260,400 615,400	615,400
Alexandros Theologis	842,000 373,000	373,000
Keyavash Hemyari	825,000 825,000	825,000
Laszlo Bujtas	650,000 250,000	250,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	600,000 190,000	190,000

Jason Koon	596,000 76,000	76,000

Brandon Wilson	560,000 138,000	138,000
Brek Schutten	530,000 88,000	88,000

Justin Saliba	530,000 24,000	24,000

David Peters	526,000 69,000	69,000

Sergey Lebedev	515,000 39,000	39,000
Shannon Shorr	504,000 204,000	204,000

Oliver Weis	495,000 75,000	75,000

Yaji Ren	493,000 493,000	493,000
Santhosh Suvarna	487,000 67,000	67,000

Cary Katz	485,000 185,000	185,000

Reagan Silber	465,000 212,000	212,000
Kathy Lehne	450,000 150,000	150,000
Jakob Miegel	435,000 229,000	229,000
[Removed:548]	406,500 406,500	406,500
Clemen Deng	400,000 40,000	40,000
Leon Sturm	353,500 37,500	37,500

Chongxian Yang	305,000 10,000	10,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	293,000 7,000	7,000
Michael Jozoff	290,000 152,000	152,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-09-2025 15:53 UTC-8

Plesuv Slows Down Reard

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Pavel Plesuv raised to 12,000 in the hijack and Alexandre Reard defended from the big blind. The flop came 10♥3♠3♥ and Reard checked to Plesuv who continued with a bet of 10,000. Reard check-raised to 35,000 and Plesuv called.

The turn brought the Q♣ and Reard led out with another bet of 85,000. Plesuv still called and the 2♠ completed the board. Reard checked this time and Plesuv quickly checked it back. Reard showed 6♥4♥ for a missed flush draw while Plesuv had the winner with A♣K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	1,380,000 1,380,000	1,380,000

Pavel Plesuv	423,000 423,000	423,000

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Alexandre Reard

06-09-2025 15:58 UTC-8

Green's Aces Get Run Over

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With around 45,000 in the middle, a completed board of K♠8♠7♠9♥7♣ was spread across the felt. The action was on Richard Green who was first to act and he shipped all in for 105,000, more than twice the size of the pot.

Brock Wilson was faced with a decision and used a time bank before flicking in the call. Green flipped over A♥A♦ but Wilson showed 10♥7♥ for trip sevens, sending Green to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	400,000 118,000	118,000
Richard Green	Busted

Tags: Richard Green Brock Wilson

06-09-2025 16:02 UTC-8

More Late Entries on Day 1

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	300,000

Jesse Lonis	300,000 300,000	300,000

Joao Simao	300,000

Lou Garza	300,000

Chance Kornuth	300,000

Paul Jager	300,000 300,000	300,000
David Coleman	300,000

Punnat Punsri	300,000

Mustapha Kanit	300,000

John Hennigan	300,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	300,000 300,000	300,000

Gregory Jensen	300,000 300,000	300,000

Mikita Badziakouski	300,000 300,000	300,000

Chino Rheem	300,000 300,000	300,000

06-09-2025 16:02 UTC-8

Gierse Tangles with Rheem

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chino Rheem opened to 13,000 in the hijack and Marius Gierse three-bet to 50,000 in the small blind. Rheem called.

Gierse continued for 28,000 on the flop of A♥4♦K♠ and Rheem flicked his cards before sending them into the muck.

Rheem was up late last night chasing his first WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship as he finished runner-up to Nick Guagenti.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	650,000 390,500	390,500
Chino Rheem	180,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Marius Gierse Nick Guagenti

06-09-2025 16:08 UTC-8

The First-Ever PokerNews Podcast Fantasy Draft for the 2025 WSOP feat. Joey Ingram & Christina Gollins

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Chad Holloway

Level 5 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Before the 2025 World Series of Poker started, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz were joined by Joey Ingram and Christina Gollins on the PokerNews Podcast to host the show's first-ever Fantasy Draft!

After reviewing the scoring system and choosing team names, a draft was conducted and the stakes were set. The owner of the worst team will buy the winning three teams a nice Las Vegas dinner. Plus, fans can choose which team they're rooting for, and if that team wins, they'll be entered into a random giveaway.

Who was drafted early? Who was put on the bench? And who wasn't drafted at all?

Find out in this episode of the PokerNews Podcast: