Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-16-2025 21:32 UTC-8

Livschitz Survives the Bubble

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Russell Head raised from the hijack, and Victoria Livschitz moved all of her chips in for 47,000. Head made the call.

Victoria Livschitz: A♣A♠ All in
Russell Head: 7♦7♣

The board ran out with 5♣4♥3♦8♥J♣, and Livschitz was safe, so she went back to her massage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Head	120,000 120,000	120,000
Victoria Livschitz	110,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Russell Head Victoria Livschitz

06-16-2025 21:19 UTC-8

Reichenstein Fills Up

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John Avelino

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Before the flop, Uri Reichenstein raised to 30,000 his neighbor Girish Reknar also in late position made the call.

On a flop of 10♥J♦4♥ Reichenstein bet 25,000 and Reknar took a long time tanking before making the call.

The K♠ hit the turn and Reichenstein bet 45,000. After tanking for a couple minutes the clock was called on Reknar and he made the call.

On the river, K♥ after a short moment Reichenstein bet 200,000 and Reknar again took his time to make the call.

Uri Reichenstein: K♦J♥
Girish Reknar: K♣8♣

Both players holding a king, Reichenstein made a boat on the river to grab a huge pot off Reknar.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	780,000 480,000	480,000
Girish Reknar	290,000 160,500	160,500

Tags: Girish Renkar Uri Reichstein

06-16-2025 21:17 UTC-8

Zhang KOs Katz

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Cary Katz shoved for 83,000 from the cutoff and Yang Zhang called with a covering stack on the button to put him at risk.

Cary Katz: K♠10♠ All in
Yang Zhang: A♣5♣

Zhang was ahead preflop but Katz had a bunch of outs on the 4♣5♠7♠ flop with two overs and a flush draw. The rest of the board ran out 3♣8♣ bringing in a backdoor flush for Zhang to send Katz to the rail four spots shy of making the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang	545,000 460,000	460,000

Cary Katz	Busted

Tags: Cary Katz Yang Zhang

06-16-2025 21:08 UTC-8

Hand for Hand

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With 218 players remaining and 214 spots paid, the tournament staff have announced the start of hand-for-hand play.

06-16-2025 21:07 UTC-8

More Players Fall as the Bubble Looms

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Naor Slobodskoy	Busted
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	Busted
Sebastian Toro Henao	Busted
Yita Choong	Busted
Alan Sternberg	Busted

Yueqi Zhu	Busted

Paulo Villena Gini	Busted
Josselin Gardes	Busted
Johan Guilbert	Busted

Jonathan Wang	Busted
Cody Wiegmann	Busted
Alan Cho Fung Wong	Busted
Duy Duong	Busted
Dani Genov	Busted
Nicholas Davidson	Busted
Manuel Fritz	Busted
Shannon Shorr	Busted

Steve Zolotow	Busted
Ian O'Hara	Busted

David Williams	Busted

06-16-2025 21:03 UTC-8

"Fabian I have a pair and not a small pair!"

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John Avelino

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

"How can I fold a pair for two bigs Fabian?" Johan Guilbert exclaimed as he was faced with a decision with a bet from Fabian Niederreiter in front of him from the small blind.

"I have a pair Fabian I swear, I didn't study the spot" Said Guilbert.

Johan Guilbert slammed his remaining 30,000 in the middle and the players revealed their hands.

Johan Guilbert:8♥8♠ All in
Fabian Niederreiter: J♥10♦

A board of A♦3♦10♣ was no help for Guilbert, needing an eight or running straight cards.

The turn of 6♠ changed nothing with Niederreiter's pair of tens still in the lead.

A river 9♣ was close but not enough for Guilbert as he shook hands and said "GGs" to his tablemates and was eliminated from teh tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Niederreiter	780,000 555,000	555,000
Johan Guilbert	Busted

Tags: Johan Guilbert Fabian Niederreiter

06-16-2025 21:02 UTC-8

Zobian Turning On the Pressure

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Barry Russell

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Aram Zobian raised in the hijack to 20,000, Justin Vaysman called in the big blind.

Zobian fired out a bet of 11,000 when the flop came Q♦K♠7♦, Vaysman called. Zobian fired another bet for 51,000 when the 6♠ hit the turn, Vaysman folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	225,000 225,000	225,000
Pingfeng Wu	175,000 175,000	175,000
Justin Vaysman	155,000 155,000	155,000
Aram Zobian	150,000 135,000	135,000

Patrick Leonard	95,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Aram Zobian Justin Vaysman

06-16-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	567,000 83,000	83,000

Hongru Zhang	355,000 315,000	315,000
Anatoly Nikitin	310,000 5,000	5,000
Vlastimil Stastny	173,000 173,000	173,000
Nicholas Wright	155,000 183,000	183,000
Brad Owen	152,000 56,000	56,000

Kenny Hallaert	120,000 120,000	120,000

Jonathan Pastore	120,000 8,600	8,600

Seunghyun Nam	109,000 111,000	111,000
Didier Guerin	58,000 58,000	58,000

06-16-2025 20:54 UTC-8

Mathis Decimates Roberts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 9♥5♠4♠3♥K♦ and around 120,000 in the middle, Christian Roberts bet 120,000 from out of position and Martin Mathis, seated directly to his left, shoved for slightly more. Roberts called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Roberts had top pair with A♣K♠ but Mathis had him beat with 7♥6♥ for the nut-straight to secure a massive double up.

Roberts was left with around 40,000 following the hand and busted out shortly after.