Event #38: $100,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-11-2025 11:55 UTC-8

Small One for Boivin

Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Isaac Haxton opened to 5,000 from under the gun. Thomas Boivin and Vinny Lingham called from the cutoff and small blind.

The 5♦5♠2♦ flop checked through to the 2♠ turn, where action checked to Boivin. He bet 9,000 and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinny Lingham	650,000 10,000	10,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	645,000 35,000	35,000

Isaac Haxton	615,000 10,000	10,000

Brandon Steven	600,000 600,000	600,000
[Removed:548]	600,000
Andrew Pacheco	600,000 600,000	600,000
Thomas Boivin	590,000 10,000	10,000

Gregory Jensen	500,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Thomas Boivin Vinny Lingham

06-11-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Real Life Misclick?

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Vinny Lingham on the button, and he raised to 30,000. Gregory Jensen then threw in a 5,000 chip, thinking the raise was a more standard 6,000.

The floor was called, but before they arrived, Jensen decided to call the 30,000 anyway.

Lingham promised he wasn't angling and it was just a case of mistaken chip identity.

The flop came down 4♠7♥10♠, and Jensen check-called a bet of 25,000.

The turn 5♥ and river K♠ both checked through. Lingham revealed A♣10♦, which was good enough to beat Jensen's 6♦6♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinny Lingham	660,000 50,000	50,000
Isaac Haxton	625,000 25,000	25,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	610,000 14,000	14,000

[Removed:548]	600,000
Thomas Boivin	600,000

Gregory Jensen	495,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Gregory Jensen Vinny Lingham

06-11-2025 11:41 UTC-8

Pitavy and [Removed:549] Hop In to Make Three Tables

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Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Casino	Area	Table	Seat	Player
Paris	Purple	59	2	David Peters
Paris	Purple	59	3	Alexandros Theologis
Paris	Purple	59	4	Matthew Belcher
Paris	Purple	59	5	Joao Vieira
Paris	Purple	59	6	Barak Wisbrod
Paris	Purple	59	7	Adrian Mateos

Paris	Purple	60	2	[Removed:548]
Paris	Purple	60	3	Thomas Boivin
Paris	Purple	60	4	Orpen Kisacikoglu
Paris	Purple	60	5	Vinny Lingham
Paris	Purple	60	7	Gregory Jensen
Paris	Purple	60	8	Isaac Haxton

Paris	Purple	61	1	Aleksejs Ponakovs
Paris	Purple	61	2	Ben Heath
Paris	Purple	61	3	Aram Oganyan
Paris	Purple	61	4	Emilien Pitavy
Paris	Purple	61	6	Manuel Fritz
Paris	Purple	61	8	Alex Kulev

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	600,000 600,000	600,000
[Removed:548]	600,000 600,000	600,000

06-11-2025 11:23 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	600,000 600,000	600,000

Manuel Fritz	600,000 600,000	600,000
Thomas Boivin	600,000 600,000	600,000

Kulev Triple Barrels

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Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Matthew Belcher, Joao Vieira and Aleksejs Ponakovs folded to put the action on Alex Kulev, who was in the small blind. He raised to 8,000, and David Peters defended his big blind.

Peters check-called bets of 7,000 and 21,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read 9♠6♣4♦3♥K♥. Peters checked for a third time, and Kulev fired a third barrel of 24,000. Peters took little time calling, and dragged in the pot after Kulev tabled 8♦7♦ for eight high. Peters had J♣9♥ for a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	660,000 60,000	60,000

Barak Wisbrod	600,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	600,000 50,000	50,000

Alex Kulev	540,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Alex Kulev David Peters Joao Vieira Matthew Belcher

06-11-2025 11:20 UTC-8

Belcher Defends and Wins

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Robert Jones

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and was called by both Alex Kulev on the button and Matthew Belcher in the big blind.

The flop of K♦5♥4♠ was checked through

On the 9♠ turn, the action checked to Kulev who bet 13,000. Belcher called and Ponakovs raised to 65,000. Kulev folded and Belcher called once again.

The river came the A♠ and both players checked. Belcher tabled K♥J♠ for a pair of kings, which was a winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Belcher	675,000 75,000	75,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	550,000 50,000	50,000

Alex Kulev	540,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Alex Kulev Matthew Belcher

06-11-2025 11:13 UTC-8

New Faces in the Field

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	600,000 600,000	600,000

Gregory Jensen	600,000

Barak Wisbrod	600,000 600,000	600,000

Isaac Haxton	600,000 600,000	600,000

Aram Oganyan	600,000 600,000	600,000

Alexandros Theologis	600,000

06-11-2025 11:13 UTC-8

Heath Asserting Early Table Dominance

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The table has played just a few hands so far, and Ben Heath raised the first two, getting folds from all other players and then three-bet the next two in a row, again getting folds from the original raisers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	620,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Ben Heath

06-11-2025 11:12 UTC-8

First Pot Goes to Lingham

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Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vinny Lingham opened to 6,000 from the button and Ben Heath called from the small blind. Orpen Kisacikoglu released his hand in the big blind for Lingham and Heath to see the A♠5♦3♣ flop.

Heath quickly check-folded to a bet of 6,000. Lingham flashed the A♦ to start the day off with top pair.

After the hand finished, Gregory Jensen joined the table.