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

06-11-2025 12:33 UTC-8

Jennifer Tilly on Nearly Voicing Marge Simpson, Dating Phil Laak & Bracelet Anniversary

Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 29th episode, Connor talks with actress and high-stakes poker player Jennifer Tilly about the 20th anniversary of her World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet win, high-stakes cash games, the recent cancellation of Chucky, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, voicing Bonnie Swanson on Family Guy, dating poker pro Phil Laak, and her goal of getting into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Tilly also revealed that she tried to stop her ex-husband, Sam Simon, from creating The Simpsons and told the story of how she was nearly the voice of Marge Simpson.

Check Out the Interview Here!

Tags: Connor Richards Jennifer Tilly Phil Laak

06-11-2025 12:34 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	660,000 20,000	20,000

Alexandros Theologis	650,000 50,000	50,000
Matthew Belcher	640,000 40,000	40,000
Landon Tice	620,000 20,000	20,000
Dan Smith	600,000

Thomas Muehloecker	600,000
Nacho Barbero	600,000

David Peters	520,000 85,000	85,000

06-11-2025 12:37 UTC-8

Jensen Chipping Up

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Robert Jones

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Gregory Jensen raised from the cutoff to 9,000 and was called by Ben Heath in the big blind.

On a flop of A♠Q♠8♥ Heath check-called the 26,000 chip bet from Jensen.

The 10♦ turn was followed by two checks.

As was the 9♥ river.

Ben Heath tabled A♣3♣ which was beaten by the 10♣9♦ of Jensen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Jensen	700,000 180,000	180,000

Ben Heath	525,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Ben Heath Gregory Jensen

06-11-2025 12:39 UTC-8

34 Entries Makes It Five Tables

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Calum Grant

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Casino	Area	Table	Seat	Player
Paris	Purple	59	1	Fahredin Mustafov
Paris	Purple	59	2	David Peters
Paris	Purple	59	3	Alexandros Theologis
Paris	Purple	59	4	Matthew Belcher
Paris	Purple	59	6	Thomas Muehloecker
Paris	Purple	59	7	Nacho Barbero

Paris	Purple	60	2	Chang Lee
Paris	Purple	60	3	Thomas Boivin
Paris	Purple	60	4	Orpen Kisacikoglu
Paris	Purple	60	5	Nicholas Petrangelo
Paris	Purple	60	7	Stephen Chidwick
Paris	Purple	60	8	Christoph Vogelsang

Paris	Purple	61	1	Leon Sturm
Paris	Purple	61	2	Ben Heath
Paris	Purple	61	3	Aram Oganyan
Paris	Purple	61	4	Emilien Pitavy
Paris	Purple	61	5	Dan Smith
Paris	Purple	61	6	Manuel Fritz
Paris	Purple	61	7	Gregory Jensen

Paris	Purple	65	1	Mathew Frankland
Paris	Purple	65	2	Aleksejs Ponakovs
Paris	Purple	65	3	Adrian Mateos
Paris	Purple	65	4	Barak Wisbrod
Paris	Purple	65	5	Vinny Lingham
Paris	Purple	65	7	Alex Foxen
Paris	Purple	65	8	Isaac Haxton

Paris	Purple	66	1	Landon Tice
Paris	Purple	66	2	Santhosh Suvarna
Paris	Purple	66	3	Joao Vieira
Paris	Purple	66	4	Alex Kulev
Paris	Purple	66	6	[Removed:548]
Paris	Purple	66	7	Brandon Steven
Paris	Purple	66	8	Andrew Pacheco

06-11-2025 12:40 UTC-8

A Few More Chip Counts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinny Lingham	810,000 280,000	280,000
Barak Wisbrod	630,000 90,000	90,000

Isaac Haxton	625,000 135,000	135,000

Adrian Mateos	620,000 10,000	10,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	610,000 10,000	10,000

[Removed:548]	600,000 10,000	10,000
Santhosh Suvarna	590,000 10,000	10,000

Mathew Frankland	460,000 140,000	140,000

06-11-2025 12:52 UTC-8

Lee Applies Pressure

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Robert Jones

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

After a raise from the hijack by Andrew Pacheco to 7,000, Stephen Chidwick and Chang Lee called from the cutoff and big blind.

The flop came J♠7♦3♣. Lee and Pacheco checked, Chidwick bet 6,000, Lee raised to 17,000, Pacheco folded, and Chidwick called.

On the 4♥ turn, Lee bet 58,000, which was enough to force Chidwick to release his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chang Lee	660,000 60,000	60,000

Stephen Chidwick	565,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Andrew Pacheco Chang Lee Stephen Chidwick

06-11-2025 12:58 UTC-8

More Chip Counts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Jensen	710,000 10,000	10,000

Leon Sturm	645,000 45,000	45,000

Emilien Pitavy	630,000 30,000	30,000
Manuel Fritz	580,000 20,000	20,000
Aram Oganyan	530,000 70,000	70,000

Alex Kulev	510,000 30,000	30,000

Ben Heath	415,000 110,000	110,000

06-11-2025 13:03 UTC-8

Lee Shows the Bluff, Boivin in Reverse

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Chang Lee raised the cutoff to 9,000, and next to act, Thomas Boivin raised to 28,000, which Lee called.

The flop came J♥8♠Q♠, which slowed the action as both players checked.

Lee decided to lead out on the 3♠ turn, betting 17,000, which Boivin called.

On the river 8♣, Lee assembled a big bet of 150,000 and pushed it into the middle.

When Boivin folded, Lee rolled over the 7♠4♣ for the successful bluff.

"Could you beat that?" he chirped.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chang Lee	705,000 45,000	45,000

Thomas Boivin	300,000 290,000	290,000

Tags: Chang Lee Thomas Boivin

06-11-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Action Heating Up on Table 65

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Calum Grant

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mathew Frankland opened to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by Barak Wisbrod and Vinny Lingham from the cutoff and button. Isaac Haxton also called from the big blind.

Action checked to Wisbrod on the K♥Q♠2♣ flop and he bet 15,000. Lingham folded before Haxton called. Frankland then made it 78,000. Wisbrod quickly got out of the way, but Haxton called once more.

The 5♦ turn checked through to the 6♠ river. Haxton asked Frankland to see his stack, and saw the Englishman was playing around 375,000. Haxton jammed for around the same, and after some thought, Frankland folded.

On the next deal, Adrian Mateos opened to 7,000 and Wisbrod called from the hijack. Lingham three-bet to 27,000 from the cutoff. Only Wisbrod called.

Wisbrod check-called for 25,000 on the Q♥6♦2♣ flop before the 9♥ turn checked through to the 3♦ river. Wisbrod bet 30,000 and Lingham got curious, throwing in a calling chip.

Wisbrod tabled 10♥10♦ for a pair of tens. Lingham said, "Nice hand," before turning over his no good AxJx.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinny Lingham	790,000 20,000	20,000
Isaac Haxton	620,000 5,000	5,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	600,000 10,000	10,000

Barak Wisbrod	600,000 30,000	30,000

Adrian Mateos	413,000 207,000	207,000

Mathew Frankland	375,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Barak Wisbrod Isaac Haxton Mathew Frankland Vinny Lingham

06-11-2025 13:06 UTC-8

Heath First Out

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Robert Jones

Level 2 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The action was picked up on the flop with 78,000 in the middle on a board of Q♣8♠5♥. Ben Heath, in the small blind, check-called the 26,000-chip bet from Emilien Pitavy, sitting under the gun.

The turn came the J♦ and Heath once again check-called Pitavy's bet, this time for 90,000.

Heath checked a third time on the 5♠ river, and Pitavy announced all in, putting Heath's remaining 250,000 chips and tournament life in play. Heath made the call, tabling A♦A♥, which was no good versus the 10♠9♠ for a queen-high straight of Pitavy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	840,000 210,000	210,000
Ben Heath	Busted

Tags: Ben Heath Emilien Pitavy