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

06-16-2025 19:31 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Schertzer	267,000 137,000	137,000
Maxx Coleman	202,500 142,500	142,500

John Hennigan	194,000 39,000	39,000

Brian Tate	185,500 45,500	45,500
Qiang Xu	161,000 101,000	101,000

Andrey Zhigalov	160,500 87,400	87,400

Andres Korn	155,000 85,000	85,000

Bradley Snider	152,000 96,000	96,000
Sebastian Pauli	151,500 50,500	50,500
Boyd Burnett	150,000 10,000	10,000
Yaniv Birman	144,500 81,000	81,000

Clayton Mozdzen	137,500 11,500	11,500
David Stamm	128,000 48,000	48,000
Eric Rodawig	125,000 70,000	70,000

Xixiang Luo	123,500 3,500	3,500

Yuri Dzivielevski	113,000 44,000	44,000

Jerry Wong	113,000 17,000	17,000

Koji Fujimoto	99,500 39,500	39,500
Ray Fishman	98,500 20,600	20,600
John Monnette	97,500 58,500	58,500

Alex Livingston	96,500 7,500	7,500

George Alexander	96,500 12,500	12,500

Owais Ahmed	96,500 36,500	36,500

Max Pescatori	95,500 49,500	49,500

Johannes Becker	93,500 35,000	35,000

Tate Dents Funkhouser

Calum Grant

Level 8

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

David Funkhouser: XxXxXx / 2x8xQx2x
George Alexander: XxXx / 4x4x - folded fourth street
Brian Tate: Ax7x4x / 5x4x9x2x

George Alexander completed before Brian Tate raised. David Funkhouser made it three-bets and was called in both spots.

Tate bet on fourth street, then Funkhouser raised. Alexander folded before Tate called.

Funkhouser then called bets from fifth to seventh street.

Tate said he had a seven, and turned over his down cards to show he had 7-5-4-2-A. Funkhouser conceded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Tate	140,000 15,000	15,000
George Alexander	84,000 51,000	51,000

David Funkhouser	51,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Brian Tate David Funkhouser George Alexander

06-16-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Burnett Sends Schwartz Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8

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

Jake Schwartz: 8x6x/3xQxAx3x/10x All in
Boyd Burnett: 5xAx/7xKx3x4x/10x

Boyd Burnett completed and called a raise from Jake Schwartz.

Both players checked on fourth street and Schwartz led out for a bet on fifth. Burnett raised and Schwartz re-raised all in. Burnett called and boards were run.

Burnett improved to a seven by sixth street to leave Schwartz drawing dead. Both players were dealt irrelevant tens on seventh to make Schwartz's elimination official.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boyd Burnett	140,000 78,000	78,000
Jake Schwartz	Busted
Pat Pezzin	Busted
Jack Traylor	Busted
Renan Bruschi	Busted

Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	Busted
Ryan Johnson	Busted
Jyri Merivirta	Busted

Tags: Boyd Burnett Jake Schwartz

06-16-2025 19:20 UTC-8

Is This Player the Next Big Thing at the World Series of Poker?

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Jon Sofen

Level 8

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

Caleb Furth, known to most as Bruno, had already proven his chops on the felt before the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). But he's taken his game to the next level this summer — or about three levels — and he might be just getting started.

The Las Vegas local won his first bracelet last year, a $265,361 score for taking down the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, beating out 1,277 entrants. That victory was just the start of much bigger things to come.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: Bruno Furth

06-16-2025 19:16 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Wong	130,000 97,100	97,100

David Stamm	80,000 40,000	40,000
Ren Lin	70,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: David Stamm Jerry Wong Ren Lin

06-16-2025 19:02 UTC-8

More Entries and Exits

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Calum Grant

Level 8

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

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

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 19:00 UTC-8

Tate Beats Brunson in a Big One

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Calum Grant

Level 8

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

George Alexander: XxXx / 2x3x2x9x - folded on sixth street
Todd Brunson: 9x5x2x / 8x4x7xQx
Brian Tate: Ax8x3x / 2x6xJxJx

Todd Brunson completed, with Brian Tate raising on his direct left. The action folded to George Alexander, who three-bet. Both opponents called.

Alexander bet on fourth and was called in both spots. Brunson then led out as the new low on fifth, and was called by Tate and Alexander. Brunson bet on sixth, with Tate just calling this time.

Brunson check-called a bet on seventh, with Tate announcing he had an eight.

Tate tabled 8-6-3-2-A, besting Brunson's 8-7-5-4-2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Tate	125,000 45,000	45,000
George Alexander	120,000

Todd Brunson	50,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Brian Tate George Alexander Todd Brunson

06-16-2025 18:50 UTC-8

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 18:46 UTC-8

Ins and Outs

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Calum Grant

Level 8

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

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