Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-15-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Chudnovsky Pips Shak to Scoop

Frank Visser

Level 5

Limit Flop: 500/1,000 Blinds, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring In, 1,000 Completion, 1,000-2,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Joshua Chudnovsky: 7♠6♥5♥/2♣A♣7♦Q♣
Dan Shak: 7♥6♣2♦/3♠5♣Q♥2♠
Ziya Rahim: XxXx/J♣2♥ - folded fourth street

Joshua Chudnovsky brought in, Dan Shak completed, and Ziya Rahim called. Chudnovsky tossed in the necessary chips for a call as well, and checked when he got the betting lead on fourth street.

Shak continued firing, folding out Rahim. Chudnovsky called, however, and led out on fifth street. Shak called, and bet once Chudnovsky reverted to a check on sixth street.

Chudnovksy called, signaling the end of the betting action as seventh street was checked down.

Shak showed a pair of deuces and a seven-low, while Chudnovsky tabled a a pair of sevens and a slightly lower seven to be awarded the entire pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Chudnovsky	52,500
Dan Shak	27,500 7,500	7,500
Ziya Rahim	27,000

Tags: Dan Shak Joshua Chudnovsky Ziya Rahim

06-15-2025 16:37 UTC-8

Gerhart Gets There on the River to Leave Rheem Short

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Brett Slezak

Level 5

Limit Flop: 500/1,000 Blinds, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring In, 1,000 Completion, 1,000-2,000 Limits

Omaha Hi-Lo

Chino Rheem raised from the cutoff and was called by William Coren in the small blind and Kevin Gerhart in the big blind.

On the K♣5♠4♦ flop, Rheem continued and both opponents called.

The turn brought the 10♥. The action checked to Rheem who bet again and both Coren and Gerhart stuck around.

On the Q♥ river, Gerhart led from the big blind, Rheem quickly called and Coren sigh-called. Gerhart tabled A♥K♠J♣6♦ for rivered broadway as he scooped.

Rheem lamented in the post-mortem, "I had five-five-deuce-three, I had you so f*cked."

Player	Chips	Progress
William Coren	46,000 46,000	46,000
Kevin Gerhart	39,000 4,000	4,000

Chino Rheem	5,500 29,500	29,500

Tags: Chino Rheem Kevin Gerhart William Coren

06-15-2025 16:43 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Chambers	35,000

Nick Pupillo	35,000

Mark Gregorich	35,000
Christopher Claassen	35,000

John Monnette	35,000

Matt Grapenthien	35,000

Samuel Sternfield	35,000
Nathan Gamble	35,000

Robert Mizrachi	35,000

Owais Ahmed	35,000

Andrew Brown	35,000

Scott Clements	35,000

David Funkhouser	35,000

Toby Lewis	35,000

Pescatori Reclaims Some Chips

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Limit Flop: 500/1,000 Blinds, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 300 Bring In, 1,000 Completion, 1,000-2,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Cristian Gutierrez: 5♠5♥Xx/7♥9♠3♠8♦
Max Pescatori: A♣5♦4♣/7♦3♣6♥8♣

Cristian Gutierrez completed, and Max Pescatori called. Gutierrez check-called bets by Pescatori on fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh street.

Pescatori showed a straight and a six-low, and Gutierrez showed two fives before he mucked his final card face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristian Gutierrez	35,000 35,000	35,000

Max Pescatori	32,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Cristian Gutierrez Max Pescatori

06-15-2025 17:34 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Motohiro Kondo	90,000 90,000	90,000
James Cheung	74,100 74,100	74,100
Anson Tsang	71,600 71,600	71,600

John Ruggieri	70,200 70,200	70,200
Jun Weng	69,000 30,000	30,000
Aaron Lipstet	68,500 68,500	68,500
Patrick Pezzin	67,800 67,800	67,800
Brian Rast	64,800 29,800	29,800

Kraige Jean	62,000 62,000	62,000
Michael Fishel	59,000 4,000	4,000
Eddie Blumenthal	57,400 22,400	22,400
Pearce Arnold	56,000 25,000	25,000
Travis Trail	53,000 53,000	53,000
Joseph Aronesty	51,000 20,000	20,000
Mike Henrich	50,000 11,000	11,000
Ruiko Mamiya	46,000 6,500	6,500
Xixiang Luo	45,300 10,300	10,300

Antonio Seremet	44,500 44,500	44,500
Gregory Russell	42,000 11,000	11,000
Michael Krescanko Jr	40,500 40,500	40,500
Wayne Greenberg	40,100 14,300	14,300
Toby Lewis	39,000 4,000	4,000

Murilo Souza Figueredo	38,500 38,500	38,500
Madhan Anandan	38,500 19,500	19,500
James Woods	35,000 35,000	35,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Zappulla	35,000 35,000	35,000

Nozomu Shimizu	35,000 35,000	35,000
Gary Benson	35,000 35,000	35,000

Aaron Duczak	35,000 35,000	35,000
Espen Sandvik	35,000 35,000	35,000

Andrew Ostapchenko	35,000 35,000	35,000

Yueqi Zhu	35,000 35,000	35,000

Ryan Hughes	35,000 35,000	35,000

Elie Nakache	35,000 35,000	35,000

Noah Bronstein	35,000 35,000	35,000

Bob Slezak	35,000 35,000	35,000

Jon Turner	35,000 35,000	35,000

Todd Brunson	35,000 35,000	35,000

Papastavrou Takes It on Seventh

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Frank Visser

Level 7

Limit Flop: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Stud Games: 300 Ante, 300 Bring In, 1,200 Completion, 1,200-2,400 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Yueqi Zhu: XxXx/2♠10♥ - folded fourth street
Emmanouil Chalkiotis: XxXx/8♦J♣7♦Q♠/Xx
Jason Papastavrou: XxXx/A♣5♦10♠A♠/Xx
Steve Chanthabouasy: XxXx/4♦2♥8♥J♠/Xx

Yueqi Zhu was the bring-in, and Emmanouil Chalkiotis completed. Jason Papastavrou raised, and was called by Steve Chanthabouasy, Zhu, and Chalkiotis.

Papastavrou's bet on fourth street folded out Zhu, while it got called by Chanthabouasy and Chalkiotis. Fifth street was checked by all players before Papastavrou bet out again on sixth street, this time with an open pair of aces.

Both opponents called to seventh street, where they eventually folded to a final bet from Papastavrou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Chanthabouasy	33,600 1,400	1,400
Yueqi Zhu	32,300 2,700	2,700

Jason Papastavrou	28,500
Emmanouil Chalkiotis	12,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Emmanouil Chalkiotis Jason Papastavrou Steve Chanthabouasy Yueqi Zhu

06-15-2025 18:08 UTC-8

Wells Scoops it All in Largest Pot of the Day

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Brett Slezak

Level 7

Limit Flop: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Stud Games: 300 Ante, 300 Bring In, 1,200 Completion, 1,200-2,400 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Brian Schwartz: A♦A♣ / 4♠6♠6♣3♠ / 9♠ All in
Jereld Sam: XxXx / 3♥3♣Q♠5♣ / Xx
John Zaleski: XxXx / 2♣5♥J♣ - folded on fifth street
Robert Wells: 9♦4♦ / 7♦3♦2♦7♠ / A♠
Shane Daniels: XxXx / 7♥6♦2♠4♣ / Xx - folded on seventh street

Wells limped, Schwartz completed, Daniels raised, Sam cold-called, Zaleski called from the bring-in, Wells called, and Schwartz called.

Sam led on fourth with open threes, Zaleski called, Wells called, Schwartz raised, Daniels called, Sam called, Zaleski called, and Wells called.

On fifth, Schwartz led with open sixes, Daniels called, Sam called, Zaleski folded, Wells raised, Schwartz three-bet all-in, Daniels called, Sam called, and Wells called.

Wells led on sixth with open sevens, Daniels called, and Sam called.

"Good luck on this one," a member of the table told PokerNews.

On seventh, Wells led again, Daniels folded, and Sam sigh-called. Wells tabled his flush and seven-perfect low while Sam mucked for the side pot. Schwartz was still live with two pair and better low draw, but he bricked on seventh as Wells scooped the pot of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Wells	85,000 50,000	50,000

John Zaleski	22,000 7,000	7,000
Shane Daniels	19,000 24,600	24,600
Jereld Sam	18,000 18,000	18,000
Brian Schwartz	Busted

Tags: Brian Schwartz Jereld Sam John Zaleski Robert Wells Shane Daniels

06-15-2025 18:08 UTC-8

Hubbard Scoops Matusow

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Frank Visser

Level 7

Limit Flop: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Stud Games: 300 Ante, 300 Bring In, 1,200 Completion, 1,200-2,400 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Stephen Hubbard: K♦8♥7♦/8♦3♦7♣A♠
Mike Matusow: XxXx/Q♠8♠10♥7♥/Xx

Stephen Hubbard completed, and Mike Matusow made it two bets. It folded back to Hubbard, who called. Matusow placed bets on fourth and fifth street, both times being called by Hubbard.

Hubbard gained the betting lead on sixth street, which was checked by both. Hubbard then bet seventh street, quickly being called by Matusow.

Hubabrd showed two pair, and Matusow took some time before adding his cards to the muck in an uncharacteristic silence.