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

06-16-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Ponomarev Leaves Hoffman Short

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7

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

Nikolay Ponomarev: 10x6x5x/4xAx3x7x
Max Hoffman: XxXx/4xJxAxJx/Xx

Nikolay Ponomarev completed and called a raise from Max Hoffman.

Hoffman then proceeded to call bets from Ponomarev on fourth street through seventh and Ponomarev showed 10x6x5x for a six.

Hoffman mucked his hand and slipped to approximately 23,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	90,000 30,000	30,000
Max Hoffman	23,000 20,300	20,300

Tags: Max Hoffman Nikolay Ponomarev

06-16-2025 17:32 UTC-8

Updated Counts & New Entries

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Calum Grant

Level 7

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

Chip counts as per WSOP+

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	156,500 106,500	106,500

George Alexander	148,000 88,000	88,000

Clayton Mozdzen	126,000 66,000	66,000
Scott Milkey	121,700 8,200	8,200
Xixiang Luo	120,000 67,500	67,500

Alex Livingston	104,000 36,000	36,000

Sebastian Pauli	101,000 13,000	13,000
David Stamm	99,200 17,200	17,200
John Hennigan	97,900 47,900	47,900

Jordan Siegel	95,000 5,000	5,000
John Racener	90,100 30,100	30,100

Mark Epstein	82,700 3,700	3,700
Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	81,200 81,200	81,200
Brian Tate	80,000 20,000	20,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	78,400 18,400	18,400

Philip Sternheimer	78,200 20,200	20,200

Ray Fishman	77,900 17,900	17,900
Thomas Keller	77,600 6,400	6,400

Matthew Valeo	73,500 25,500	25,500

Andrey Zhigalov	73,100 14,900	14,900

Scott Seiver	71,000 26,000	26,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	69,000 4,000	4,000

Jason Papastavrou	67,700 7,300	7,300
Pedro Bromfman	65,600 11,400	11,400

Brad Ruben	64,000 14,000	14,000

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Level: 7

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

06-16-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Break Time

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Players in the field have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day.

The tournament is now up to 64 entrants. Of those, 61 remain.

06-16-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Valeo Gets Sticky Against Stamm

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

David Stamm: Kx4xAx/3x3x9x7x
Matthew Valeo: XxXx/3x10xQxJx/Xx

David Stamm completed and called a raise from Matthew Valeo.

Stamm called a bet from Valeo on fourth street and then Valeo check-called a bet from Stamm on fifth.

Stamm bet again after being checked to and Valeo shrugged and shook his head before calling

On seventh street, Valeo checked and reluctantly called a bet from Stamm, who tabled Kx4xAx for a nine. Valeo mucked and Stamm collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Stamm	82,000 22,000	22,000
Matthew Valeo	48,000 7,000	7,000

Yueqi Zhu	Busted

Tags: David Stamm Matthew Valeo

06-16-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Siegel Gets a Nice Pot Before the Break

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Calum Grant

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Xiaomin Liu: 6x4x / 2x9x10x8x / Kx
Jordan Siegel: Ax7x / 2x9x4x9x / 4x

Xiaomin Liu completed and Jordan Siegel called.

Both players had the same upcards on fourth street and the action checked through. Liu called a bet on fifth street before taking the betting lead on sixth street. Siegel raised and Liu called.

Seventh street checked through. Liu tabled 9-8-6-4-2 but Seigel had that beat with his 9-7-4-2-A.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Siegel	90,000 35,000	35,000
Xiaomin Liu	27,500 27,500	27,500

Tags: Jordan Siegel Xiaomin Liu

06-16-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Liu Has the Goods in Five-Way Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Philip Sternheimer: XxXxXx / 4x3x4xJx - folded on seventh street
Xixiang Luo: XxXx / 7xQx - folded on fourth street
Scott Seiver: XxXxXx / 7xAxJx10x
Xiaomin Liu: 7x6x3x / 5xKx10x8x
Jordan Siegel: XxXx / KxXx - folded on fourth street

Jordan Siegel was the bring-in. Philip Sternheimer, Xixiang Luo, Scott Seiver and Xiaomin Liu all called.

Sternheimer bet on fourth street with Seiver and Liu being the only callers.

Fifth street then checked through to sixth street, where Seiver became the low. The 2024 WSOP Player of the Year bet and saw both opponents call.

"I guess I check," said Seiver before looking at his final down card. Liu bet, forcing out Sternheimer to put the action on Seiver. The latter contemplated before electing on a call.

Liu showed 8-7-6-5-3, with the 7x6x3x being his down cards. Seiver mucked and fell to a stack of 45,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	58,000 5,000	5,000

Jordan Siegel	55,000 12,700	12,700
Xiaomin Liu	55,000
Xixiang Luo	52,500 500	500

Scott Seiver	45,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Jordan Siegel Philip Sternheimer Scott Seiver Xiaomin Liu Xixiang Luo

06-16-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Barthe Gets Some Breathing Room

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Nicolas Barthe: Qx4x3x/Ax5xAx8x
Ivan Schertzer: XxXx/2x5xQx9x/Xx
Philip Sternheimer: XxXx/AxKxQx - folded on fifth street
Xiaomin Liu: XxXx/J♣3x - folded on fourth street

Philip Sternheimer completed and was called by Nicolas Barthe, Ivan Schertzer, and Xiaomin Liu for a four-way pot.

Barthe bet on fourth, which got a call from Schertzer and Sternheimer and a fold from Liu.

Schertzer then led out for a bet on fifth after Barthe paired his ace and Barthe called.

Schertzer check-called bets from Barthe on sixth and seventh and Barthe tabled Qx4x3x for an eight. Schertzer mucked his hand upon seeing it and Barthe added to his short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaomin Liu	55,000 5,000	5,000
Philip Sternheimer	53,000 7,000	7,000

Ivan Schertzer	40,000 40,000	40,000
Nicolas Barthe	37,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Ivan Schertzer Nicolas Barthe Philip Sternheimer Xiaomin Liu

06-16-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Epstein Makes Ma Day 1's Second Casualty

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Calum Grant

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

John Ma: 6x5x2x / 6xJx3x5x All in
Matthew Valeo: XxXxXx / Ax5xKxAx
Mark Epstein: 8x6x6x / 4x9x10x7x

Matthew Valeo completed before Mark Epstein raised on his direct left. Two seats over was John Ma, who reraised and received calls from Valeo and Epstein.

Valeo remained as the low on fourth street and bet. Epstein called with Ma putting in his last chips to be at risk of elimination.

Fifth street checked through where Valeo called a bet. Seventh street then checked through to showdown.

Epstein showed his 8x6x6x down cards to have 9-8-7-6-4, which prompted Valeo to muck his board. Ma, who turned over 6x5x2x, paired up twice to leave him with J-6-5-3-2, which wasn't enough to save him from elimination.