Event #32: $50,000 High Roller Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-10-2025 21:33 UTC-8

Joao Vieira Eliminated in 14th Place ($107,514)

Calum Grant

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Joao Vieira moved all in for 750,000 second to act. `Viktor Blom reshoved from the small blind, which pushed out Aliaksei Boika in the big blind.

Joao Vieira: K♦Q♦ All in
Viktor Blom: 7♥7♣

Vieira became the 71% favorite to win the pot despite not connecting with the J♦10♦2♠ flop. Vieira, with an open-ended straight flush draw to go along with his overcards, had 21 outs twice.

The 4♥ turn and 3♥ river kept Blom's middling pair as the best hand and Vieira departed in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	5,235,000 200,000	200,000
Viktor Blom	4,715,000 950,000	950,000
Joao Vieira	Busted

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Joao Vieira Viktor Blom

Level: 17

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

06-10-2025 21:09 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	9,995,000 995,000	995,000
Jason Koon	5,700,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Aliaksei Boika	5,435,000 585,000	585,000
Ben Tollerene	4,950,000 230,000	230,000
Alexandre Reard	3,950,000 490,000	490,000

Viktor Blom	3,765,000 145,000	145,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	3,560,000 440,000	440,000

Sergey Lebedev	2,960,000 35,000	35,000
Sean Winter	2,760,000 260,000	260,000
Reagan Silber	2,670,000 160,000	160,000
Chongxian Yang	1,900,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	1,860,000 70,000	70,000
Alexandros Theologis	1,180,000 1,490,000	1,490,000
Joao Vieira	750,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Koon Doubles Through Yang

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Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Chongxian Yang opened to 160,000 from under the gun and Andrew Lichtenberger called in the small blind before Jason Koon three-bet jammed a stack of 1,900,000 in the big blind. Yang re-shoved and Lichtenberger folded.

Jason Koon: A♣K♠ All in
Chongxian Yang: K♣Q♣

Koon had his opponent dominated and only improved on the runout of 2♦A♠3♣J♥A♥ for a big double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	4,300,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	4,000,000 800,000	800,000

Chongxian Yang	3,000,000 1,840,000	1,840,000

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Chongxian Yang Jason Koon

06-10-2025 21:08 UTC-8

Mikolaitis Flops a King to Double

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The action folded to Sergey Lebedev on the button who splashed a chunk of 100,000 chips into the middle, having two shorter stacks in the blinds. It was Dominykas Mikolaitis who called off his stack of 890,000 from the big blind.

Dominykas Mikolaitis: K♥J♥ All in
Sergey Lebedev: A♥9♠

The flop came K♣7♥2♦ to pair up one of Mikolaitis' live cards. The 7♠ and 3♠ runout changed nothing and Mikolaitis doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Lebedev	2,925,000 1,075,000	1,075,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	1,930,000 960,000	960,000

Tags: Dominykas Mikolaitis Sergey Lebedev

06-10-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Wilson Continues to Slide

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Viktor Blom made it 160,000 on the button and Brock Wilson called from the big blind. The flop fell J♦8♣8♦ and Wilson checked to Blom who continued with a bet of 120,000. Wilson check-raised to 350,000 and Blom instantly called.

The turn was the 4♣ and Wilson checked again. Blom counted out a bet of 560,000 and Wilson was forced to dump his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	9,000,000 600,000	600,000
Viktor Blom	3,620,000 1,270,000	1,270,000

Tags: Viktor Blom Brock Wilson

06-10-2025 20:52 UTC-8

Actress Jennifer Tilly Tried to Stop Sam Simon from Co-Creating 'The Simpsons'

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Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The Simpsons is widely regarded as one of the most successful and beloved television shows of all time. But actress and high-stakes poker player Jennifer Tilly, who was married to Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, tried to stop her ex-husband from making the iconic show.

Tilly, the star of the Chucky franchise and a recent guest on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, revealed her skepticism about Simon pursuing the cartoon in a new episode of the PokerNews Life Outside Poker podcast.

"I remember us trying to keep Sam from doing it because he had been offered his own deal, multi-million-dollar deal, at Hollywood Pictures, which was at the time very trendy," Tilly told PokerNews. "And I said, 'Sam, don't you want to be your own person and do your own shows?'"

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Tags: Jennifer Tilly Sam Simon

06-10-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Koon Trips Up Lichtenberger

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Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

In a battle between the blinds, Andrew Lichtenberger bet 80,000 on the flop of 10♦10♣9♦ and Jason Koon called.

Lichtenberger then checked on the Q♥ turn and Koon bet 240,000. Lichtenberger checked again on the 7♦ turn and Koon slid out a bet of 450,000.

Lichtenberger used a time bank and called, only to muck as Koon showed J♣10♥ for trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger	3,200,000 800,000	800,000

Jason Koon	1,700,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Jason Koon

06-10-2025 20:42 UTC-8

Daniel Negreanu Reaches Another 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Final Table

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Jon Sofen

Level 16 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu, already off to a strong start to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for the first time since 2017, has reached another final table as he chases his eighth bracelet.

The GGPoker ambassador is deep in Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, his second final table appearance this summer. He finished second to Ryan Bambrick in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship a week ago, and also has an 11th-place finish at the 2025 WSOP.

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Tags: Daniel Negreanu

06-10-2025 20:42 UTC-8

Mikolaitis Bluffs It Off

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dominykas Mikolaitis raised to 160,000 in the cutoff and Aliaksei Boika defended from the big blind. The flop came A♦10♥9♥ and both players checked to the 3♦ on the turn.

Boika led out with a bet of 300,000 and Mikolaitis called to see the 9♣ on the river. Boika checked this time and Mikolaitis slid out a bet of 700,000. Boika quickly flicked in a chip to call and Mikolaitis sent his cards to the muck and the pot to Boika without having to show his cards.