Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-12-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Rotholz Doubles, Wong Left Short

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits, 2,000 Ante

Seven Card Stud

Hal Rotholz: 5♠5♥/8♠10♣6♣8♣/3♥ All in
Timothy Wong: Q♦4♦/A♦Q♣K♥7♣/3♠

Timothy Wong bet on fourth and fifth street, with Hal Rotholz calling both times. Rotholz paired his board on sixth street, and tossed in his final 6,000.

Wong made the call and tabled a pair of queens, but was unable to improve on seventh street against the two pair of Rotholz, seeing him double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	118,000 83,000	83,000

Timothy Wong	32,000 64,500	64,500

Tags: Hal Rotholz Timothy Wong

06-12-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Assorted Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits, 2,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	450,000 90,000	90,000

David "Bakes" Baker	380,000 147,000	147,000

David Bach	330,000 247,500	247,500

Nick Guagenti	315,000 94,000	94,000

Ryan Leng	185,000 86,000	86,000

Ray Fishman	165,000 35,000	35,000
Marcel Vonk	165,000 96,000	96,000

06-12-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Le Spikes Seventh to Avoid Elimination

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19

Limit Flop: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

Razz

Nghia Le: 6x4x/7x2x3x2x/Ax All in
David "Bakes" Baker: 7x6x/2x4xKxKx/Ax
Fernando Garcia Garay: XxXx/Qx9x - folded on fourth street

Nghia Le called Fernando Garcia Garay's bring-in and David "Bakes" Baker called as well for a three-way pot.

Baker bet on fourth street, which got a fold from Garay and a call from Nghia.

Nghia then led out for a bet after Baker received a king on fifth and Baker called.

Nghia bet his remaining chips on sixth and Baker quickly called to put him at risk.

Baker peeled an Ax on seventh — leaving Nghia drawing to an ace or five to make a better low.

Nghia slowly squeezed his card and shouted, "Yes!" as he triumphantly turned over an Ax for the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	390,000 10,000	10,000

Fernando Garcia Garay	130,000 52,000	52,000
Nghia Le	105,000 30,000	30,000
Eddie Blumenthal	Busted
Dekel Balas	Busted
Jose Razo	Busted
Charles Dawson	Busted
Jason Bigelow	Busted
Jeanne David	Busted

Tags: Fernando Garcia Garay Fernando Garcia Garay's Le Spikes Seventh Nghia Le

06-12-2025 15:57 UTC-8

Anderson Annihilates Opposition in Stud

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Limit Flop: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

Seven Card Stud

Hand #1
Calvin Anderson: XxXx/4♣Q♠Q♥8♣
Hal Rotholz: XxXx/5♦7♣9♦10♣ - folded sixth street

Calvind Anderson completed, Hal Rotholz raised, and Anderson called. Fourth street action checked through, after which Anderson paired up on fifth street.

He bet, receiving a call from Rotholz. Anderson fired again on sixth street, but this time Rotholz folded after some thought.

Hand #2
Calvin Anderson: XxXx/9♠

Anderson completed and picked up the antes and bring-in when the entire table folded.

Hand #3
Hal Rotholz: XxXx/9♠Q♥J♦A♥/Xx
Marcel Vonk: XxXx/J♥K♣6♣ - folded fifth street
Calvin Anderson: Q♣10♦3♣/K♠A♣J♠J♣

Rotholz competed, receiving calls from Marcel Vonk and Anderson. Anders led out when he caught an ace on fourth street, which both his opponents called.

Fifth street saw Anderson bet again, this time folding out Vonk after Rotholz had called. Rotholz called Anderson's bets on sixth and seventh street as well, but lost the pot when Anderson tabled his straight at showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	620,000 170,000	170,000

Marcel Vonk	335,000 65,000	65,000

Hal Rotholz	48,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Calvin Anderson Hal Rotholz Marcel Vonk

06-12-2025 16:16 UTC-8

Fujimoto Pads His Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19

Limit Flop: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

Seven Card Stud

Koji Fujimoto: XxXx/J♣A♥Q♥
Greg Mueller: XxXx/4♦5♣9♠ - folded on fifth street
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/A♠ - folded on third street

Thomas Taylor completed and was called by Greg Mueller. Koji Fujimoto then raised, which got an immediate fold from Taylor and a call from Mueller.

Mueller called a bet from Fujimoto on fourth street, but folded facing another bet on fifth to award Fujimoto the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koji Fujimoto	650,000
Greg Mueller	525,000

Thomas Taylor	440,000
Mojgan Stringham	Busted
Daniel Wokoun	Busted
Emmanuel Barcoma	Busted

Tags: Greg Mueller Koji Fujimoto Thomas Taylor

06-12-2025 16:34 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 20

Limit Flop: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

The counts listed below have been pulled from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	949,000 756,000	756,000

Tal Avivi	772,000 167,000	167,000
Joseph Villella	750,000 85,000	85,000
Ari Engel	745,000 670,000	670,000

Tony Ma	688,000 474,000	474,000

Clarence Judkins	688,000 567,000	567,000
Calvin Anderson	660,000 40,000	40,000

Greg Mueller	616,000 91,000	91,000

Koji Fujimoto	603,000 47,000	47,000
Ray Fishman	507,000 342,000	342,000
Michael Palermo	490,000 100,000	100,000
Travis Kubota	482,000 339,500	339,500
Eddie Ramey	470,000 341,500	341,500
Shane Daniels	467,000 267,000	267,000
Christopher Kay	439,000 21,000	21,000
Thomas Taylor	430,000 10,000	10,000
Richard Baker	407,000 302,000	302,000
David "Bakes" Baker	382,000 8,000	8,000

Linda Johnson	375,000 65,000	65,000

Blaz Zerjav	371,000 29,000	29,000

Andrey Zaichenko	370,000 135,000	135,000

Dennis Axel	363,000 254,000	254,000
Andreas Bremer	331,000 6,000	6,000
Timothy Loehr	314,000 64,000	64,000
Ryan Leng	307,000 122,000	122,000

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06-12-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Ma Makes Broadway to Eliminate Rotholz

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Limit Flop: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

Limit Hold’em

Tony Ma raised on the button and Hal Rotholz called all in for his last 24,000 in the small blind. Joe Brindle also called in the big blind.

Action checked through on the K♣2♦J♦ flop and J♥ turn and Ma bet after being checked to a third time on the A♠ river.

Brindle let his hand go and Ma showed Q♠10♦ for Broadway. A disappointed Rotholz showed he held J♠9♠ for trip jacks before getting up from his seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Brindle	400,000 212,000	212,000
Tony Ma	195,000 493,000	493,000

Hal Rotholz	Busted

Tags: Hal Rotholz Tony Ma Joe Brindle

06-12-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Livingston Crosses Seven Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 20

Limit Flop: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Alex Livingston raised from early position, and David Singer called in the seat next over. Livingston check-called Singer's bet on the 10♠8♦Q♦ flop before the check-raised his opponent on the 6♥ turn.

Singer called to the 5♦ river, where he called Livingston's final bet as well. Livingston tabled A♠9♦7♥5♥ for a straight to the ten and a eight-seven low, and he took down the entire pot when Singer mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	1,000,000 51,000	51,000

David Singer	48,000 151,000	151,000

Tags: Alex Livingston David Singer

06-12-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Damm Loses Final Chips

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Frank Visser

Level 20

Limit Flop: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

Limit Hold'em

Joshua Damm had committed most of his small stack before the flop from the cutoff against Thomas Taylor in the hijack, and the rest flew in when 5♣A♠4♣ was put on the table.

Joshua Damm: K♣10♦ All in
Thomas Taylor: A♣8♣

Taylor had a dominating lead with his pair and flush draw, and Damm was left without outs after the 5♠ turn. The A♦ river made Taylor a full hosue to finish the hand in style as Damm headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Taylor	875,000 445,000	445,000
Joshua Damm	Busted

Tags: Joshua Damm Thomas Taylor

06-12-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Fujimoto Has Mueller Fuming

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Limit Flop: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 3,000 Ante

Limit Hold’em

Koji Fujimoto and Greg Mueller were heads-up in a raised pot on a flop of 4♠2♥10♥

Mueller was in the hijack and check-called a bet from Fujimoto, who was on the button.

Mueller proceded to check-call bets from Fujimoto on the Q♣ turn and A♣ river and Fujimoto tabled A♦5♥ for a rivered pair of aces.

"F**k, nice hand," Mueller said before sending his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	525,000 91,000	91,000

Koji Fujimoto	505,000 98,000	98,000
Robert Klein	Busted
Richard Bremer	Busted

Tags: Greg Mueller Koji Fujimoto