Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jun 18, 2025

Roberts Short; Pots for Viera & Rast

Calum Grant

Level 21

Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Christian Roberts: XxXx / Qx4x8xJx - folded on sixth street
Brian Yoon: XxXx / 7x9x3x6x

Action was caught on sixth street, with around 500,000 in the middle. Brian Yoon bet and folded out Christian Roberts to leave him with 120,000.

Joao Vieira: 5x5x4x / 2xQx8x8x
Nikolay Ponomarev: XxXx / 9x10xKxKx / Xx

Joao Vieira completed, and Nikolay Ponomarev called. Fourth street checked through. Ponomarev then called bets across fifth and sixth before seventh checked to showdown.

Vieira tabled a Q-8-5-4-2, which Ponomarev couldn't beat.

Brian Yoon: XxXx / 7x10xAx8x / Xx
Brian Rast: XxXx / 9xJxAx4x / Xx

Brian Yoon completed, and Brian Rast called. Both players checked on fourth street before Rast called a bet on fifth. Sixth street checked through to seventh, where Yoon check-folded to a bet after some time in the tank.

Tags: Brian Rast Brian Yoon Christian Roberts Joao Vieira Nikolay Ponomarev

Jun 18, 2025

Ponomarev Keeps His Foot on the Gas

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Dan O'Hair

Level 21

Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Nikolay Ponomarev: XxXx/2x7x9xAx
Joao Vieira: XxXx/8x7xQxJx - folded on sixth street

Joao Vieira completed and called a raise from Nikolay Ponomarev. Vieira called bets from Ponomarev on fourth and fifth street, but let his hand go facing another bet on sixth to award Ponomarev the pot.

Tags: Joao Vieira Nikolay Ponomarev

Jun 18, 2025

Big Call: Rast Sniffs Out a Bluff on Seventh Street

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Calum Grant

Level 21

Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Christian Roberts: 4x3x2x / 3xKx2xAx
Brian Rast: 8x7x5x / Ax9xAx6x

Brian Rast called, then called again when Christian Roberts completed. Rast had a bet called on fourth street before calling down on fifth and sixth. When faced with a final bet on seventh, he went deep into the tank.

"You know the deuce pairs you a lot," Rast muttered, talking through the hand to himself.

"I have a really good hand here," he added, trying to elicit a reaction from Roberts. "I've really talked myself into this one," Rast said as he slid in the calling chips.

"Threes and twos up," announced Roberts, who had been caught bluffing with a final board of K-4-3-2-A.

Rast tabled 8x7x5x for an 8-7-6-5-A, good for the pot.

If this had been a streamed event, you'd expect Nick Schulman to be gushing over his good friend’s read in the commentary booth following that one.

Tags: Brian Rast Christian Roberts Nick Schulman

Jun 18, 2025

Yoon Can't Call Roberts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 21

Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Christian Roberts: XxXx/9x6x8xJx
Brian Yoon: XxXx/4x10xKxQx - folded on sixth street
Nikolay Ponomarev: XxXx/7xQx7x - folded on fifth street

Brian Yoon completed and was called by Nikolay Ponomarev and Christian Roberts for a three-way pot.

Yoon and Ponomarev called a bet from Roberts on fourth street and Roberts bet again on fifth. Yoon tanked a while before calling after catching a king and Ponomarev laid his hand down after pairing his seven.

On sixth street, Roberts bet again, which got a smirk from Yoon.

"I want to," Yoon said before folding.

"You can't always assume I have a pair," Roberts replied as he collected the pot.

Tags: Brian Yoon Christian Roberts Nikolay Ponomarev

Jun 18, 2025

Ali Eslami Eliminated in 7th Place ($43,706)

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Calum Grant

Level 21

Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Ali Eslami: XxXx / 9x3x6xJx / Xx
Brian Rast: 9x3xAx / 5x2x4x7x

Brian Rast completed and Ali Eslami called. Eslami called a bet on fourth street before raising on fifth street. Rast made it three-bets and was called. Eslami then called bets on sixth and seventh street.

Rast tabled a wheel, which left Eslami with 65,000.

Ali Eslami: 9x6x / QxAxKxAx / 2x All in
Christian Roberts: 8x3x / 8xAxJx9x / Qx

Christian Roberts completed on the next hand and Eslami called as the bring-in. His last 10,000 went in on fourth street for the two players to go to the races.

Roberts had J-9-8-3-A on seventh street, besting Eslami's Q-9-6-2-A to bring the Razz Championship to its final six players.

Tags: Ali Eslami Brian Rast Christian Roberts

Jun 18, 2025

Maksim Pisarenko Eliminated in 8th Place ($34,817)

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Dan O'Hair

Level 21

Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Maksim Pisarenko: 3xAx/5xAx8xQx/6x All in
Brian Yoon: 5x4x/3x7x3xKx/6x

Brian Yoon completed and was raised by Maksim Pisarenko. Action folded back to Yoon, who called.

Both players checked on fourth street, and then Yoon called a bet from Pisarenko on fifth.

Pisarenko bet his remaining chips on sixth, and Yoon called to put him at risk.

Yoon drew a 6x on seventh to improve to a seven, and Pisarenko ended with an eight to be sent out in eighth place.

Tags: Brian Yoon Maksim Pisarenko

Jun 18, 2025

Rast Takes in a Raised Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 21

Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Ali Eslami: XxXx / 3x - folded on third street
Joao Vieira: XxXx / 4xKxQx - folded on fifth street
Maksim Pisarenko: XxXx / 2x9x6x - folded on third street
Brian Rast: XxXx / 2x4x3x