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

06-18-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Rast's Board Bricks Out

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Nikolay Ponomarev:; XxXx / 6x8x7x4x
Brian Rast: XxXx / 6x3x6xKx - folded on sixth street

Nikolay Ponomarev completed, and Brian Rast called.

Ponomarev called a bet on fourth street before his bet was called by Rast on fifth street. Another bet followed from Ponomarev, which forced Rast to concede the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	1,000,000 260,000	260,000

Nikolay Ponomarev	940,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Brian Rast Nikolay Ponomarev

06-18-2025 15:18 UTC-8

Roberts Continues his Ascent

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Christian Roberts: 5x3x2x/2x9x4x8x
Maksim Pisarenko: XxXx/10x4x8x3x/Xx

Heads-up on fourth street Christian Roberts called bets from Pisarenko until seventh street and then both players checked down.

Roberts tabled 5x3x2x for an eight-five and Pisarenko flung his cards into the muck.

With that hand, Roberts has made a strong comeback after being on the brink of elimination and is no longer the short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Roberts	700,000 225,000	225,000

Maksim Pisarenko	440,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Christian Roberts Maksim Pisarenko

06-18-2025 15:14 UTC-8

Eslami Drops Two

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Ali Eslami: XxXx / 6x3x7xJx / Xx
Brian Rast: Qx3x2x / 9xAx6x5x

Action picked up on fourth street with Ali Eslami firing out a bet. Brian Rast was the other player, and he called. The same action took place on fifth street.

Rast became the new low on sixth and bet, with Eslami calling. The same action then took place on seventh.

Rast tabled his Qx3x2x to make a 6-5-3-2-A, which forced Eslami to muck.

Andrew Yeh: XxXx / Kx6xJx - folded on fifth street
Ali Eslami; XxXx / 8x9x9x8x - folded on sixth street
Joao Vieira: XxXx / 7xJx4x9x
Nikolay Ponomarev: XxXx / Ax2xJx - folded on fifth street

Andrew Yeh was the bring-in. Ali Eslami, Joao Vieira, and Nikolay Ponomarev all limped in.

The action checked through on fourth street and then checked to Vieira on fifth street. Vieira bet, and only Eslami called. The latter then snap-folded after double pairing his board on sixth street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	2,100,000 100,000	100,000

Brian Rast	1,260,000 210,000	210,000

Nikolay Ponomarev	900,000 100,000	100,000
Joao Vieira	685,000 40,000	40,000

Ali Eslami	500,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Andrew Yeh Brian Rast Joao Vieira Nikolay Ponomarev

06-18-2025 15:04 UTC-8

Roberts Triples up

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Christian Roberts: 4xAx/5xQxQx8x/3x All in
Andrew Yeh: 8x5x4x/3xKx3x5x
Nikolay Ponomarev: 10x7xAx/4x9xJx8x

Andrew Yeh completed and was raised by Christian Roberts. Nikolay Ponomarev made it three bets to go, and Yeh called. Roberts then made it four bets, and both Ponomarev and Yeh called.

Ponomarev bet on fourth street, which received a call from Yeh and a call all-in from Roberts.

Yeh called two more bets from Ponomarev on fifth and sixth, and then action checked down on seventh.

Ponomarev held a nine and Roberts squeezed out a 3x on seventh, leaving him best with an eight for the triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	2,000,000 400,000	400,000

Nikolay Ponomarev	800,000 70,000	70,000
Christian Roberts	475,000 289,000	289,000

Tags: Andrew Yeh Christian Roberts Nikolay Ponomarev

06-18-2025 14:49 UTC-8

Eslami Folds Out Pisarenko

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Ali Eslami: XxXx / Ax2x4x7x
Joao Vieira: XxXx / Jx2x - folded on fourth street
Maksim Pisarenko: XxXx / 6x3xJxKx - folded on sixth street

Maksim Pisarenko and Ali Eslami limped in when Joao Vieira was the bring in. Eslami picked up A-2 on fourth street and bet. Vieira folded before Pisarenko raised. Eslami called.

Eslami bet again on fifth street, with Pisarenko picking up a jack. The Russian stuck around for one more street before folding to a bet on sixth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	850,000 125,000	125,000

Maksim Pisarenko	600,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Joao Vieira Maksim Pisarenko

06-18-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Yeh Scoops Another Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Andrew Yeh: XxXx / Ax4x2x5x / Xx
Christian Roberts: XxXx / 4x3xAx8x / Xx

Andrew Yeh completed and Christian Roberts called on his direct left. Both players picked up nice cards on fourth street, where Roberts called a bet. Their boards started looking wheel-y good on fifth, where the action checked through. On sixth, Yeh had four to a wheel and he bet. After some deliberation, Roberts folded to a bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	2,400,000 200,000	200,000

Christian Roberts	186,000 129,000	129,000

Tags: Andrew Yeh Christian Roberts

06-18-2025 14:42 UTC-8

Yeh Extends His Lead

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Andrew Yeh: Jx7x4x/2x9x3x10x
Brian Rast: 6x2xAx/3x3xAxQx
Christian Roberts: XxXx/8x9x5x - folded on fifth street
Ali Eslami: XxXx/8xJx - folded on fourth street

Brian Rast completed and was called by Andrew Yeh, Christian Roberts, and Ali Eslami for a four-way pot.

Yeh led out for a bet on fourth street and was called by Roberts and Rast.

On fifth street, Yeh bet again and this time only Rast called.

Rast called another bet on sixth and then Yeh check-called a bet from Rast on seventh, who showed 6x2xAx for a queen. Yeh tabled Jx7x4x for a nine was sent the large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	2,200,000 60,000	60,000

Brian Rast	1,050,000 275,000	275,000

Ali Eslami	725,000 175,000	175,000

Christian Roberts	315,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Andrew Yeh Brian Rast Christian Roberts

06-18-2025 14:38 UTC-8

Roberts Doubles Through Ponomarev

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Christian Roberts: 6x5x/Qx3x8x7x/Qx All in
Nikolay Ponomarev: 6x5x/9xKxAx8x/Kx

Nikolay Ponomarev completed and Christian Roberts defended his bring-in.

Roberts called a bet from Ponomarev on fourth street and then led out for a bet on fifth. Ponomarev called.

Roberts bet his remaining chips on sixth and Ponomarev called to put him at risk.

Ponomarev drew to a nine, which was no good against Roberts' eight to award Roberts the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	870,000 130,000	130,000
Christian Roberts	350,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Christian Roberts Nikolay Ponomarev

06-18-2025 14:34 UTC-8

Roberts Back From the Brink

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Calum Grant

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Christian Roberts: XxXx / 10x6x10x - folded on fifth street
Joao Vieira: XxXx / 2x5x3x

Christian Roberts called and then called again when Joao Vieira completed. Roberts called a bet on fourth street before folding fifth to drop to around 140,000.

Christian Roberts: XxXx / 2x8xQx - folded on fifth street
Brian Rast: XxXx / Ax5x3x

Two hands later, Brian Rast completed and called when Roberts raised. Rast caught well on fourth and fifth street, and folded out Roberts to his final big bet.

Christian Roberts: 10xAx / 2x10x9x6x / Xx All in
Maksim Pisarenko: 6x5x / 2x9xKx4x / 4x
Nikolay Ponomarev: Ax - folded third street

On the next deal, Nikolay Ponomarev called before Maksim Pisarenko completed. Roberts raised all-in for his last 47,000 with Pisarenko being the only caller.

Pisarenko ended up with 9-6-5-4-2 by seventh. Roberts was behind going into seventh with a ten-nine low, but was still drawing live. He celebrated triumphantly when he peeled a 5x to make the superior 9-6-5-2-A

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	1,325,000 75,000	75,000

Joao Vieira	725,000 125,000	125,000

Maksim Pisarenko	700,000 100,000	100,000

Christian Roberts	160,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Brian Rast Christian Roberts Joao Vieira Maksim Pisarenko Nikolay Ponomarev

06-18-2025 14:20 UTC-8

Vieira Gets Some Breathing Room

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Ante: 7,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Joao Vieira: XxXx/4x3x5x
Brian Rast: XxXx/3xAx10x - folded on fifth street
Nikolay Ponomarev: XxXx/8x - folded on third street

Joao Vieira completed and was called by Nikolay Ponomarev. Brian Rast then raised and Vieira made it three bets to go. Ponomarev got out of the way and Rast called for a bloated heads-up pot.

Rast called a bet from Vieira on fourth street, but folded facing another bet on fifth after catching a ten against Vieira's low board.