2025 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $100,000 High Roller
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$2,649,158
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$9,939,500
Total Entries
103
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
77
Players Left
37
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Foxen KOs Mateos

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

The four-way action was picked up on the flop of 973 where Barak Wisbrod and Vinny Lingham checked from the small and big blind, Alex Foxen bet 15,000 into a pot of roughly 60,000 from early position, and Adrian Mateos raised to 55,000 sitting on the button. Both of the blinds folded and Foxen made the call.

The turn came the 2 and Foxen check-called the 126,000 chip bet from Mateos.

On the 8 river, Foxen checked once again, and Mateos slid his remaining 333,000 chips into the middle. Foxen made the call after some deliberation. Mateos rolled KQ over for king-high, while Foxen showed a pair of nines with K9.

Tags: Adrian MateosAlex FoxenBarak WisbrodVinny Lingham

Vogelsang Doubles Through Kisacikoglu

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

Christoph Vogelsang opened to 13,000 from under the gun, with action folding to Orpen Kisacikoglu, who was on the button. The entrepeneur three-bet to 39,000 which folded out the blinds. Vogelsang made it 97,000 and Kisacikoglu called.

Vogelsang continued for 30,000 on the AA9 flop and was called. The J turn then checked through to the J river.

Vogelsang, with 269,000, checked and Kisacikoglu fired out 300,000.

Vogelsang, with his tournament life on the line, thought for a moment and called.

Kisacikoglu showed 1010 which had been counterfeited by the board. Vogelsang tabled KK for aces and kings to scoop in the double up.

Ausmus for Three

Level 6 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jeremy Ausmus
Jeremy Ausmus

Jeremy Ausmus raised to 20,000 from under the gun and was called by Brandon Wilson in the small blind.

The flop came 876, Wilson checked, and Ausmus repeated his bet of 20,000. Wilson called.

On the 10 turn, Wilson check-called the 60,000 chip bet from Ausmus.

The river came the K and Wilson checked for a third time. Ausmus sent the shell for 210,000, and was called by Wilson. Ausmus tabled 98 for the straight and Wilson mucked.

Tags: Brandon WilsonJeremy Ausmus

[Removed:549] Busts After Flipping with Heath

Level 6 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ben Heath
Ben Heath

Landon Tice raised from early position before Ben Heath three-bet to 75,000 from the button. [Removed:548] jammed for around 310,000 from the small blind, forcing out Tice. Heath called as the slightly bigger stack and the cards were tabled.

[Removed:548]: AKAll in
Ben Heath: QQ

Heath's queens remained best as the board ran out with the 972610 to send [Removed:549] to the rail just before the dinner break.

Tags: Ben HeathLandon Tice

An Orbit with Alan Keating

Level 7 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Alan Keating
Alan Keating

Alan Keating took his seat the WSOP $100,000 High Roller as the dinner break ended, and PokerNews tracked an orbit of his hands.

Hand 1

Leon Sturm opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Alan Keating defended his big blind. Keating checked as the flop came down KJ4. Sturm bet 25,000 and Keating called. The Q turn checked through to the A river and Keating led out for 60,000. Sturm folded.

"Oh thank god," Keating said as he tabled 88 although he admitted he could've been bluffing with the better hand.

Hand 2

Emilien Pitavy raised from under the gun and folded out the table.

Hand 3

Ramiro Salinas raised to 20,000 from the cutoff. Keating folded his button before Sturm and Seth Davies called from the blinds. Salinas continued for 24,000 on the 1095 flop, which folded out Sturm. Davies raised to 65,000 and Salinas quickly released his hand.

Hand 4

The action folded to Keating in the cutoff and he followed suit in returning his cards to the dealer. Sturm raised to 23,000 from the button. Davies and Pitavy called from the blinds. The action checked through to the river for the board to read J6253. Davies checked and Pitavy bet 30,000, which was enough to take the pot down.

Hand 5

Keating opened to 20,000 from the hijack and Taylor von Kriegenbergh called from the big blind. Von Kriegenbergh check-called for 15,000 on the A66 flop before the 10 turn checked through to the Q river. Von Kriegenbergh fired out 25,000 and Keating quickly folded.

Hand 6

Keating folded under the gun, with Sturm raising to 20,000 from the next seat over. Salinas came along from the big blind but folded to a bet on the J22 flop.

Hand 7

Sturm raised to 20,000 from under the gun. The play folded to Von Kriegenbergh, who asked Sturm how many blue T-100,000 chips he had. Once confirmed it was three, he three-bet to 75,000. Salinas and Keating folded in the blinds, and Sturm did the same.

"Most obvious bluff of all time," commented Keating.

"You play with me more than these guys," replied Von Kriegenbergh.

As the hand finished, defending champion Chris Hunichen joined the table.

Tags: Alan KeatingChris HunichenEmilien PitavyLeon SturmRamiro SalinasSeth DaviesVon Kriegenbergh

Sturm's Queens Runs into Kings

Level 7 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Leon Sturm
Leon Sturm

Emilien Pitavy opened to 23,000 second to act. Ramiro Salinas and Alan Keating called from the cutoff and button. The action was on Chris Hunichen in the small blind and he three-bet to 140,000. Leon Sturm then jammed for 350,000 from the big blind. Pitavy took a moment before deciding to call. The rest of the players then got out of the way.

Leon Sturm: QQAll in
Emilien Pitavy: KK

Pitavy had the cowboys and they managed to stay ahead to lock up the pot after the 8622K runout.

Tags: Alan KeatingChris HunichenEmilien PitavyLeon SturmRamiro Salinas

Belcher Sends Ponakovs Home

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Matthew Belcher
Matthew Belcher

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 20,000 from the button and was re-raised by Matthew Belcher in the small blind to 70,000. Ponakovs then went all-in and was beaten into the middle by Belcher.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: A7 All in
Matthew Belcher: 88

The board ran out KJ3Q7 and Ponakovs was eliminated while Belcher surpasses the 2,000,000 chip mark.

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsMatthew Belcher

Puetz Downs Kulev; Suvarna Cracks Aces to Bust Jensen

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Gregory Jensen
Gregory Jensen

Landon Tice opened to 22,000 from the hijack before Christopher Puetz three-bet to 66,000 from the cutoff. Alex Kulev four-bet jammed for 195,000 from the button. Tice folded while Puetz called.

Alex Kulev: AxQxAll in
Christopher Puetz: K9

Puetz paired up on the 9x7x3x3xXx runout to bust the Bulgarian. Kulev then reentered.

As that hand finsihed, on another table, Gregory Jensen was all in and at risk to Santhosh Suvarna. The chips got in on the J54 flop, with Jensen holding AA. Suvarna had a flush draw with his K8.

The 6 turn was safe for Jensen but Suvarna made the flush on the 3 river to bounce back up above the starting stack.

Tags: Alex KulevChristopher PuetzGregory JensenLandon TiceSanthosh Suvarna

Keating Bored Already?

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Alan Keating
Alan Keating

Emilien Pitavy raised the hijack to 23,000, and Taylor von Kriegenbergh called on the button. Action was then on Alan Keating in the small blind, who had just lost a pot in the previous hand. Keating announced he was all in, saying, "I've had enough already", before suggesting that he was reacting to having just lost a pot.

Pitavy folded to the all-in, but von Kriegenbergh called.

Alan Keating: A8 All in
Taylor von Kriegenbergh: AQ

Keating was at risk and dominated, but fortunately for him, the deck would cooperate, as the board came down 64383, giving Keating an unexpected double-up.

Tags: Alan KeatingVon KriegenberghEmilien Pitavy

Kornuth Finally Arrives

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Chance Kornuth
Chance Kornuth

Chance Kornuth had been registered for the $100,000 High Roller since the start of the day but was nowhere to be seen until now.

The Chip Leader Coaching co-founder has finally taken his seat and finds himself in tough company, sharing a table with current chip leader Emilien Pitavy, defending champion Chris Hunichen, and high-stakes regular Alan Keating.