Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-17-2025 12:54 UTC-8

Pauli Adds to Big Stack at Urbanovich's Expense

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Sebastian Pauli: XxXx/6x2x2x3x
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx/3x7x8xKx

Sebastian Pauli completed and was called by Dzmitry Urbanovich.

Urbanovich called a bet from Pauli on fourth street and then led out for a bet after Pauli paired his deuce on fifth. Pauli called.

Urbanovich caught a dreaded king on sixth and folded facing a bet from Pauli to slip to approximately 50,000 in chips.

Pauli, however, climbed to over 300,000 and remains among the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Pauli	315,000 79,500	79,500
Dzmitry Urbanovich	50,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Sebastian Pauli

06-17-2025 12:52 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	60,000 60,000	60,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	60,000 60,000	60,000
Steve Zolotow	60,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Moncek	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andres Korn	Busted

Ben Yu	Busted

Jason Mercier	Busted

Matt Vengrin	Busted

Eric Wasserson	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted

Gamble Pays Off for Lin

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Calum Grant

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Ivan Schertzer: 8x5xAx / 6x3xAx8x
Ren Lin: 7x6x5x / 2x9x3xKx

Ren Lin completed and Ivan Schertzer called. Schertzer became the new low on fourth street and bet across fourth, fifth and sixth.

"Okay, gamble," Lin said as he called after picking up a king on sixth street.

Another bet from Schertzer came on seventh street with Lin peeling his downcards. He raised and was quickly called.

Lin tabled 7x6x5x to make a 7-6-5-3-2 to take the pot while Schertzer sent his eight-six into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Schertzer	133,000 67,000	67,000
Ren Lin	130,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Ivan Schertzer Ren Lin

06-17-2025 12:42 UTC-8

Fun Fact of the Day

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Kasey Taormino

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1935073975731896732

06-17-2025 12:41 UTC-8

Stamm Gets a Reluctant Fold From Defending Champ

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

David Stamm: XxXx/2x9x4x3x/Xx
George Alexander: XxXx/5x7xAxJx/Xx

David Stamm completed and was called by George Alexander.

Stamm called bets from Alexander on fourth and fifth street and then bet himself on sixth after catching a trey. Alexander called.

On seventh street, Stamm bet a final time and Alexander shook his head and tanked a bit before sending his cards into the muck.

"That was a nice catch of the three there," Alexander said.

"I had six-four," Stamm replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Stamm	210,000 50,000	50,000
George Alexander	75,000 94,500	94,500

Tags: David Stamm George Alexander

06-17-2025 12:36 UTC-8

Dzivielevski Makes a Seven on Seventh Street

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Calum Grant

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Yuri Dzivielevski: 7x4x2x / AxJx5x10x
Andrey Zhigalov: XxXxXx / 4x9x2x3x

Action was caught on fourth street with Andrey Zhigalov betting and Yuri Dzivielevski calling. Fifth street checked through to sixth street where Dzivielevski called another bet.

On seventh, Zhigalov slowed down with a check. Dzivielevski bet and after some thought, Zhigalov called.

"Seven," said Dzivielevski who's 7x4x2x downcards gave him a 7-5-4-2-A. Zhigalov looked a bit sickened as the Brazilian was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	210,000 120,500	120,500

Andrey Zhigalov	90,000 79,500	79,500

Ismael Bojang	60,000 60,000	60,000

Matthew Schreiber	60,000

Tags: Andrey Zhigalov Yuri Dzivielevski

06-17-2025 12:30 UTC-8

Eslami Sent Massive Pot, Okamura Eliminated

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Motoyoshi Okamura: Jx6x2x/7x3xKxKx All in
Ali Eslami: 10x2xAx/4xQx3x6x
Nikolay Ponomarev: 8x5xAx/3x6xAx9x

Motoyoshi Okamura completed and was raised by Nikolay Ponomarev. Ali Eslami called cold and action folded back to Okamura, who made it three bets to go. Ponomarev four-bet and Eslami capped it at five bets. Okamura called all in and Ponomarev called as well.

Eslami called bets from Ponomarev on fourth and fifth street and then Ponomarev check-called bets from Eslami on sixth and seventh.

Eslami turned over 10x2xAx for six-perfect, which was good for it all to score the massive pot and eliminate Okamura.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	200,000 90,500	90,500

Nikolay Ponomarev	110,000 55,000	55,000
Motoyoshi Okamura	Busted

Tags: Ali Eslami Motoyoshi Okamura Nikolay Ponomarev

06-17-2025 12:27 UTC-8

Ins and Outs

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Calum Grant

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Maximilian Schindler	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ben Yu	60,000 60,000	60,000

Maksim Pisarenko	60,000 60,000	60,000

Scott Bohlman	Busted

Calvin Anderson	Busted

Felipe Ramos	Busted

06-17-2025 12:25 UTC-8

2000s Poker Icon Smith Falls Early

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Calum Grant

Level 11

Ante: 1,000
Bring In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Justin Smith: JxXx / Ax8x2x7x / Xx
Qiang Xu: Ax6x / 10x4xKx7x / 6x

Late 2000s poker phenom Justin Smith completed with Qiang Xu calling from the next seat over.

Xu, who finished third in the $10,000 Stud Championship for $135,828, called all of Smith's bets from fourth to seventh street.

Smith was caught speeding as he sheepishly showed a jack-low. Xu tabled Ax6x6x for a T-7-6-4-A to take the pot.

Smith was left with just 12,000 after the hand and was eliminated shortly after.

PokerNews caught up with Smith at the 2024 WSOP, where he made his first appearance in nine years. You can find out what he's been up in this article.