Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-16-2025 17:48 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	60,000 60,000	60,000
Qiang Xu	60,000 60,000	60,000

Christopher Vitch	60,000 60,000	60,000

Maxx Coleman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Pat Pezzin	60,000
Ryan Hoenig	Busted

$1,500 Razz Champ Le Among Latest Entries

Calum Grant

Level 7

Ante: 500
Bring In: 500
Completion: 2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Gluszko	60,000 60,000	60,000
Noah Bronstein	60,000 60,000	60,000

Koji Fujimoto	60,000 60,000	60,000
Todd Ivens	60,000 60,000	60,000
Allan Le	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Nicolas Barthe	Busted

06-16-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Hennigan Shows a Wheel

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7

Ante: 500
Bring In: 500
Completion: 2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000

John Hennigan: 4x3xXx/2x5xAx4x
Hal Rotholz: XxXx/8x10x3xQx - folded on sixth street
Ariel Mantel: XxXx/7xKx9x - folded on fifth street

Ariel Mantel and Hal Rotholz called the bring-in and then called after John Hennigan completed.

Both Mantel and Rotholz called a bet from Hennigan on fourth street, but only Rotholz called facing another bet from Hennigan on fifth.

Hennigan caught four cards to a wheel on sixth and continued betting, which got a quick fold from Rotholz.

Hennigan showed 4x3x before collecting the pot.

At other tables, William Kakon and Everett Carlton were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	155,000 70,000	70,000

Ariel Mantel	35,000 11,100	11,100
Hal Rotholz	12,500 37,100	37,100

William Kakon	Busted

Everett Carlton	Busted

Tags: Ariel Mantel Hal Rotholz John Hennigan

06-16-2025 18:37 UTC-8

Stamm Stymies Valeo

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

David Stamm: 8x6x2x/4x5xAxAx
Matthew Valeo: 5x4xXx/10x7x2x8x

David Stamm completed with his four and Matthew Valeo called.

Valeo proceeded to call bets from Stamm on every street and Stamm announced, "Eighty-six" as he tabled 8x6x2x.

"No, you have a six," Valeo said as he showed 5x4x and mucked.

"Oh, I don't know what I'm doing," Stamm replied as he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Stamm	120,000 20,800	20,800
Matthew Valeo	23,000 50,500	50,500

Tags: David Stamm Matthew Valeo

06-16-2025 18:44 UTC-8

Seiver and Liu on Short Stacks

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Calum Grant

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Scott Seiver: XxXx / 5x2x7x4x / Xx - folded seventh street
Xiaomin Liu: XxXx / XxXx - folded fourth street
Ivan Schertzer: XxXx / 9x2x4xAx / Xx

Scott Seiver completed and was called by Xiaomin Liu and Ivan Schertzer.

Seiver bet on fourth street, folding out Liu but picking up a call from Schertzer.

Schertzer called a bet on fifth street before raising Seiver's bet on sixth street. The latter called.

Seiver checked on seventh street, and seemed taken back by Schertzer's bet.

He toyed with his cards, and chips, with a few outward hand gestures.

"Very small chance we chop," muttered Seiver before releasing his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Schertzer	130,000 102,500	102,500
Scott Seiver	17,300 53,700	53,700

Xiaomin Liu	10,000 22,500	22,500

Tags: Ivan Schertzer Scott Seiver Xiaomin Liu

06-16-2025 18:46 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Owais Ahmed	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jake Schwartz	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ryan Johnson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Joshua Rhodes	60,000 60,000	60,000
Hal Rotholz	Busted

Christopher Vitch	Busted

Denis Strebkov	Busted

Thomas Taylor	Busted

Siegel Lays it Down

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Allan Le: XxXx/8x6xJx5x
Jordan Siegel: XxXx/5x8x3x3x

Jordan Siegel completed and was called by Allan Le.

Le raised a bet from Siegel on fourth street and Siegel called.

Siegel then led out for a bet on fifth after Le caught a jack and Le called.

On sixth street, Siegel paired his trey and Le bet. Siegel layed his hand down and Le, who is fresh off a victory yesterday in the $1,500 Razz, was sent the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Siegel	50,000 45,000	45,000
Allan Le	45,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Allan Le Jordan Siegel

06-16-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Defending Champ Gets Some Back

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

George Alexander: XxXx/6x5xAx
Aaron Kupin: XxXx/4x4x9x - folded on fifth street
Todd Ivens: XxXx/6x5xAx - folded on fifth street

Aaron Kupin called the bring-in and Todd Ivens completed. George Alexander made it three bets to go and both Kupin and Ivens called.

Kupin led out for a bet on fourth street and Ivens raised. Alexander three-bet and both Kupin and Ivens called once again.

Alexander caught an ace on fifth and led out for a bet. Kupin folded and Alexander shouted, "Don't fold, don't fold!" as Ivens laid his hand down as well — awarding the 2024 champ the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	135,000 15,000	15,000

Aaron Kupin	68,000 52,200	52,200
Todd Ivens	47,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Aaron Kupin George Alexander Todd Ivens

06-16-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
David Funkhouser	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ari Engel	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ren Lin	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tomasz Gluszko	Busted
Jeff Madsen	Busted

Xiaomin Liu	Busted
Gershon Distenfeld	Busted

Adam Owen	Busted
Pedro Bromfman	Busted

Sebastian Schulz	Busted

Razz Too Easy for Lin

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Calum Grant

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Jerry Wong: XxXx / 8x7xKx - folded on fifth street
David Stamm: XxXx / 3x - folded on third street
Ren Lin: XxXx / 3x5x4x

Jerry Wong completed and was called by David Stamm, before Razz "newcomer" Ren Lin raised. Only Wong called.

Wong called a bet on fourth street before folding to a bet on fifth street.

Throughout the hand, Lin kept asking the dealer if he was the player who got to act first, possibly hiding how much he knows about the game. Lin doesn't have any Razz cashes on his WSOP profile so there could be some truth in that he's not sure how the game works.

Despite this, he proclaimed "This game is too easy," before saying he was soon going to be the chip leader.