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

06-17-2025 19:22 UTC-8

Pauli's Departure Sets Up Soft Bubble

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Calum Grant

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Sebastian Pauli: 6xAx / 5xQxQx5x / 3x All in
David Funkhouser: 6x2x / 7x5xAx2x / Kx

David Funkhouser completed and called when Sebastian Pauli put in his last 20,000 on his direct left.

Funkhouser made a seven-six by fifth street, with Pauli then drawing dead on sixth street to set up the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Funkhouser	420,000 212,000	212,000

Sebastian Pauli	Busted

Tags: David Funkhouser Sebastian Pauli

06-17-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Lin Wins Bigs With a Six

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Ren Lin: 6x4xAx/8x2x2x3x
Christian Roberts: 9x7xAx/6x3x5xQx
Daniel Negreanu: XxXx/5x6x6x - folded on fifth street
Brian Rast: XxXx/Kx4x - folded on fourth street

Four ways on fourth street, Daniel Negreanu bet and was called by Ren Lin and Christian Roberts.

Roberts led out for a bet on fifth street after both Negreanu and Lin paired up and only Lin called.

Action checked through on sixth street and Roberts checked again on seventh — prompting a bet from Lin. Roberts then check-raised and Lin paused before saying, "Ok, I just call. I have a six," and revealing his hole cards. Roberts showed a seven and Lin was sent the pot.

"You have the second nuts! You have to re-raise!" Negreanu scolded Lin. "He can't have a wheel there. I try to teach you."

"Don't listen to him Ren," Roberts replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	320,000 130,000	130,000

Brian Rast	230,000 80,000	80,000

Daniel Negreanu	160,000 50,000	50,000

Christian Roberts	125,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Brian Rast Christian Roberts Daniel Negreanu Ren Lin

06-17-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw (full)

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
654	1	Joao Vieira	Portugal	370,000	15
654	2	Brian Yoon	United States	535,000	22
654	3	George Alexander	United States	140,000	6
654	4	Ray Fishman	United States	600,000	25
654	5	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	560,000	23
654	6	Ryutaro Suzuki	Japan	220,000	9
654	7	Ali Eslami	United States	750,000	31
654	8	Nikolay Ponomarev	United Kingdom	235,000	10

655	1	Christian Roberts	Venezuela	185,000	8
655	2	Brian Rast	United States	310,000	13
655	3	Max Hoffman	United States	360,000	15
655	4	James Obst	Australia	220,000	9
655	5	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	210,000	9
655	6	Ren Lin	China	190,000	8
655	7	David Steicke	Australia	260,000	11
655	8	Maksim Pisarenko	Russian Federation	585,000	24

658	1	Maxx Coleman	United States	300,000	13
658	2	David Funkhouser	United States	208,000	9
658	3	Sebastian Pauli	Germany	82,000	3
658	4	David Lin	United States	595,000	25
658	5	Andrew Yeh	United States	484,000	20
658	6	Boyd Burnett	United States	197,000	8
658	7	Matthew Schreiber	United States	161,000	7
658	8	John Monnette	United States	118,000	5

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	750,000 130,000	130,000

Ray Fishman	600,000 32,000	32,000
David Lin	595,000 5,000	5,000
Maksim Pisarenko	585,000 79,000	79,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	560,000 30,000	30,000

Brian Yoon	535,000 43,000	43,000

Andrew Yeh	484,000 146,000	146,000

Joao Vieira	370,000 35,000	35,000

Max Hoffman	360,000 30,000	30,000
Brian Rast	310,000 28,000	28,000

Maxx Coleman	300,000 5,000	5,000

David Steicke	260,000 35,000	35,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	235,000
Ryutaro Suzuki	220,000 60,000	60,000

James Obst	220,000 116,000	116,000

Daniel Negreanu	210,000 79,000	79,000

David Funkhouser	208,000 61,000	61,000

Boyd Burnett	197,000 43,000	43,000
Ren Lin	190,000 35,000	35,000

Christian Roberts	185,000 60,000	60,000

Matthew Schreiber	161,000 24,000	24,000

George Alexander	140,000 41,000	41,000

John Monnette	118,000 82,000	82,000

Sebastian Pauli	82,000 28,000	28,000

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06-17-2025 18:47 UTC-8

Lin's Stack is Slipping

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Yuri Dzivielevski: Jx8x3x/5x10x8x10x
Ren Lin: 7x6x4x/6x5xKxKx

Heads-up on fourth street, Yuri Dzivielevski called bets from Ren Lin on fourth and fifth and then Dzivielevski bet on sixth after both players caught a pair. Lin called.

Action checked down on seventh and Dzivielevski showed Jx8x3x for a jack-low.

"Yuri!" Lin shouted as he revealed 7x6x4x for a king before mucking — conceding the pot to Dzivielevski.

At other tables, Yaniv Birman and Max Pescatori were eliminated to set up the three-table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	530,000

Ren Lin	155,000

Yaniv Birman	Busted

Max Pescatori	Busted

Tags: Ren Lin Yuri Dzivielevski

06-17-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Boyd's Snow Attempt Backfires

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Calum Grant

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Boyd Burnett: 5x3x3x / 3xAx5xAx
Ali Eslami: XxXx / 8x4x - folded on fourth street
Max Hoffman: 10x8x2x / 9x10xAx10x

Ali Eslami completed and was called by Max Hoffman and Boyd Burnett.

Burnett picked up an ace on fourth street and bet. Eslami folded while Hoffman called.

Hoffman then proceeded to call down Boyd across each betting round.

Boyd frustratingly turned over his hand, where he was unable to make a low meaning Hoffman's T-9-8-2-A was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Hoffman	330,000 171,000	171,000
Boyd Burnett	240,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Boyd Burnett Max Hoffman

Level: 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

06-17-2025 18:23 UTC-8

The SCOTUS Lawyer Who Won $50m Playing Poker—And Got Indicted

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Connor Richards

Level 15

Ante: 2,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

For two decades, Tom Goldstein was at the top of the legal world. He argued more cases before the United States Supreme Court than almost any private attorney and founded SCOTUSblog, a legal blog that quickly became the go-to source for Supreme Court analysis. He lectured at Stanford University and Harvard University and regularly appeared on national news programs.

But Goldstein had another life. When he wasn’t arguing before Supreme Court justices, Goldstein was flying to Hollywood or Hong Kong and winning or losing millions in ultra-high-stakes poker matches. He played heads-up against California businessmen and foreign gamblers, at one point allegedly winning over $50 million in just a few sessions.

Goldstein’s luck turned in January 2025 when the US Department of Justice a federal grand jury initiated a 22-count indictment accusing the attorney of failing to report millions in poker winnings and diverting law firm funds to pay his personal poker debts.

In a new PokerNews video essay, we take a look at the life of Tom Goldstein and the high-stakes poker game that led to his federal indictment.

Watch the Video Essay Here!

Tags: Tom Goldstein

06-17-2025 17:34 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15

Ante: 2,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

The remaining 26 players have been sent on a 60-minute break.

Action will get back underway at approximately 7:35 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	880,000 340,000	340,000

David Lin	600,000 20,000	20,000
Brian Yoon	578,000 88,000	88,000

Ray Fishman	568,000 198,000	198,000
Joao Vieira	335,000 60,000	60,000

Ren Lin	319,000 54,000	54,000

Christian Roberts	245,000 93,000	93,000

Nikolay Ponomarev	235,000 53,000	53,000
David Steicke	225,000 75,000	75,000
Matthew Schreiber	185,000 90,000	90,000

George Alexander	181,000 131,000	131,000

David Funkhouser	147,000 23,000	23,000

Yaniv Birman	138,000 27,000	27,000

Daniel Negreanu	131,000 68,000	68,000

Sebastian Pauli	110,000 2,000	2,000
James Obst	104,000 6,000	6,000