Level: 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,150,943
Entries
867
Level
36
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
195
Players Left
18
Players Left 1 / 867
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Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Razz
Alex Livingston: XxXx/6xKxQx
Tal Avivi: XxXx/JxKx7x
Alex Livingston bet on fourth street and Tal Avivi called. Avivi then bet on fifth and Livingston called all in.
Avivi finished with 3x4x2xQx for a J-7-4-3-2, while Livingston had Ax8x7x showing going to seventh and caught a 2x to make 8-7-6-2-A and double up.
"Emergency deuce," a tablemate told him.
"I needed it," Livingston replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,050,000
400,000
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400,000 |
|
350,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Razz
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx/6x9x6x9x/Xx
Joe Jeffery: XxXx/3xQx9xAx/Xx
Blaz Zerjav bet on fourth street and Joe Jeffery called.
Zerjav bet again on fifth and Jeffery called. Jeffery then bet on sixth and Zerjav called to seventh, where Jeffery bet again. Zerjav folded this time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
150,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
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|
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Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Razz
David Christ: AxJx/5xJx7x4x/7x 
Sachin Bhargava: 5x3x/8xQx3xJx/6x
After a few raises, David Christ got his stack in on third street against Sachin Bhargava. Christ made a jack-seven low on sixth street, leaving Bhargava's jack-eight draw drawing dead and locking up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
930,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Razz
Alex Livingston had a 2x showing and Tal Avivi had a 5x as they exchanged raises until Livingston was all in on third street.
Avivi ended up with Qx7x10x3x7x9x for 10-9-7-5-3, while Livingston made 5x8x4x6x6x4x for 8-6-5-4-2 to win the pot and double up.
Avivi also got involved in the next pot, this time against Joe Jeffery.
Joe Jeffery: XxXx/4xAxAx7x/Xx
Tal Avivi: XxXx/Ax9x7x10x/Xx
Jeffery completed, Avivi raised, and Jeffery called.
Jeffery then bet on fourth street and Avivi called. Avivi bet on fifth and Jeffery called, while Jeffery opened the betting on sixth.
Avivi called down to seventh, where Jeffery bet again. Avivi called and Jeffery showed 8x6x2x for 7-6-4-2-A to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
|
400,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
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Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Seven Card Stud
Andrey Zhigalov: A♣8♥2♦/K♥9♥9♦A♥
Nicolas Milgrom: XxXx/5♦9♠5♣8♣/Xx
Andrey Zhigalov completed and was called by Nicolas Milgrom.
Milgrom called a bet from Zhigalov on fourth street and then both players checked on fifth.
Zhigalov went back to betting on sixth and Milgrom called.
Action checked through on seventh and Zhigalov announced, "Aces-up" as he turned over his hole cards.
Milgrom couldn't beat it and mucked — conceding the pot to Zhigalov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
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|
750,000
50,000
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50,000 |
|
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Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Razz
Thomas Taylor: 4x2x/5x9x3x7x/Ax
Clarence Judkins: Ax3x/4xKx5x8x/6x
Thomas Taylor completed, Clarence Judkins raised, and Taylor called. Taylor took the lead on fourth street and bet out. Judkins called before the same recipe occurred on fifth street.
On sixth street, Taylor's 350,000 remaining chips were put in the middle, being looked up by Judkins. Judkins' made eight became a six-low on seventh street, but Taylor turned his seven-low into the nuts to secure his double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,190,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
370,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Seven Card Stud
Dzmitry Malets: XxXx/5♠8♠K♠K♣/Xx
Michael Palermo: XxXx/J♦Q♦6♠Q♥/Xx
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/9♥K♥J♠ - folded on fifth street
Thomas Taylor completed and Michael Palermo called. Dzmitry Malets then raised and both opponents called.
Malets bet on fourth street and Taylor and Palermo both called. He bet again on fifth, and this time only Palermo called.
Malets continued betting on sixth and seventh and Palermo called him down. Malets then showed A♣A♠6♣ for aces and kings, and Palermo mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
110,000
1,190,000
|
1,190,000 |
Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Seven Card Stud
Michael Palermo: XxXx/A♣K♥
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/6♦5♦
Michael Palermo doubled up once off Dzmitry Malets when he made a wheel against Malets' two pair. He then tangled in a pot with Thomas Taylor where Taylor completed, Palermo raised, and Taylor called. Palermo then put in his last chips on fourth street.
Palermo finished with A♥9♠2♦K♦9♥ for aces and kings, but Taylor had made a straight by sixth street with 4♦Q♦3♣2♣4♣ to send Palermo to the rail in 21st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 25
Limit Flop: 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000 Limits, 10,000 Ante
Seven Card Stud
Clarence Judkins: J♣9♦/7♦J♥5♣Q♠/Q♣
Thomas Taylor: A♦A♠/2♠5♥7♥4♥/6♣
Heads-up on fourth street Clarence Judkins and Thomas Taylor took turns raising each other until the cap was reached.
Judkins bet his remaining chips on fifth and Taylor called to put him at risk.
Taylor held aces in the hole against Judkins split jacks, but Judkins improved to queens-up on seventh — awarding him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
800,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
