Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-11-2025 21:24 UTC-8

Baker Finds a Double With Trips

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Dan O'Hair

Level 12

Limit Flop: 1,500-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-2500, 2,500-5,000 Limits, 500 Ante

Stud Hi-Lo

David "ODB" Baker: 4♠2♥/4♣4♦5♦K♠/9♦
Andreas Bremer: 7♠7♦/Q♥J♣A♠3♦/K♣

Catching up on fourth street, Andreas Bremer called bets from David "ODB" Baker until Baker was all in on sixth.

Baker revealed a four in the hole for trips and Bremer showed a pair of sevens.

Seventh street changed nothing and Baker doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Bremer	82,000
David "ODB" Baker	32,000 9,500	9,500

Tags: Andreas Bremer Baker Finds

Level: 12

Limit Flop: 1,500-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-2500, 2,500-5,000 Limits, 500 Ante

06-11-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Shorr Avoids Elimination

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits, 500 Ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Shannon Shorr was already all in preflop from early position against Eric Jaroch, who had Shorr covered from the cutoff.

Shannon Shorr: 10♥10♣6♠4♣ All in
Eric Jaroch: A♦K♦K♠3♥

The J♦3♠8♠4♠A♣ runout gave Jaroch the high with his kings, but provided Shorr with the low using 4-6 and they chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Jaroch	32,000 32,000	32,000
Shannon Shorr	9,500 26,200	26,200

Tags: Eric Jaroch Shannon Shorr

06-11-2025 20:51 UTC-8

Nighttime Knockouts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits, 500 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	Busted

Matt Grapenthien	Busted

Karina Jett	Busted
Nam Le	Busted
Dan Heimiller	Busted

Jyri Merivirta	Busted
Ismael Bojang	Busted

Brandon Shack-Harris	Busted

Michael Trivett	Busted

Ben Ludlow	Busted
Andreas Frohli	Busted
Ken Aldridge	Busted
John Hennigan	Busted

Jun Obara	Busted
Brad Owen	Busted

Matthew Wantman	Busted

Katherine Fleck	Busted
John Racener	Busted

Barry Greenstein	Busted

06-11-2025 20:38 UTC-8

Prize Pool Announced

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits, 500 Ante

Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. drew 867 entries, generating a prize pool of $1,150,943.

A total of 131 players will make the money, with a min-cash being worth $3,017 while the eventual champion will take home a cool $197,923.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$197,923	16-23	$7,562
2	$131,916	24-31	$6,299
3	$91,545	32-39	$5,354
4	$64,607	40-47	$4,647
5	$46,384	48-55	$4,118
6	$33,885	56-63	$3,729
7	$25,198	64-71	$3,453
8	$19,078	72-79	$3,269
9	$14,713	80-87	$3,167
10-11	$11,561	88-131	$3,017
12-15	$9,260

Level: 11

Limit Flop: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits, 500 Ante

06-11-2025 20:23 UTC-8

John Evans

51,000

Table 121Seat 7

06-11-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Forrest Forces a Fold From Mirin

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10

Limit Flop: 800-1,500, 1,500-3,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-1,500, 1,500-3,000 Limits, 300 Ante

Razz

Ted Forrest: XxXx/2x6xJxAx
Richard Mirin: XxXx/9xAx9x5x - folded on sixth street

Richard Mirin called the bring-in and Ted Forrest completed with his deuce. Action folded back to Mirin, who called.

Mirin called bets from Forrest on fourth and fifth street, but folded facing a bet from Forrest on sixth to award the six-time bracelet winner the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Forrest	38,000 10,900	10,900

Richard Mirin	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Forrest Forces Richard Mirin Ted Forrest

06-11-2025 19:58 UTC-8

Late Registration Over; A New Champion Will be Crowned

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10

Limit Flop: 800-1,500, 1,500-3,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-1,500, 1,500-3,000 Limits, 300 Ante

Defending champion Phil Hui was a no-show today, which means a new $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. champion will be made over the next few days.

With late-registration now over, Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. has officially drawn 867 entries — surpassing the previous record of 836.

Prize pool and payout information will be posted as soon as it is made available.

06-11-2025 19:47 UTC-8

Stack Updates

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10

Limit Flop: 800-1,500, 1,500-3,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-1,500, 1,500-3,000 Limits, 300 Ante

...as seen on the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alyn Dagher	130,000 74,000	74,000
Nick Guagenti	125,600 82,600	82,600

Scott Seiver	97,000 79,000	79,000

Hal Rotholz	63,500 39,100	39,100

Dario Sammartino	54,300 36,300	36,300
Andrew Kelsall	52,300 29,300	29,300

Todd Brunson	48,500 48,500	48,500

Jeff Lisandro	46,000 18,000	18,000

Nam Le	46,000 42,100	42,100
Jared Jaffee	43,000 43,000	43,000

Mike Noori	42,500 42,500	42,500

Norman Chad	40,000 1,800	1,800
Steve Zolotow	37,800 37,800	37,800
Andres Korn	36,000 36,000	36,000

Mike Leah	31,000 31,000	31,000
Martin Staszko	30,900 2,900	2,900
Robert Mizrachi	30,000 30,000	30,000

Dan Heimiller	29,000 29,000	29,000

Ted Forrest	27,100 4,000	4,000

Naoya Kihara	25,000 25,000	25,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	15,200 18,800	18,800

Dan Shak	14,000 14,000	14,000
Robert Wells	7,300 26,200	26,200

Ken Aldridge	3,700 24,300	24,300