Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-18-2025 20:31 UTC-8

Late Arrivals and Recent Eliminations

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000, 1,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	60,000

Matthew Schreiber	60,000

Christian Roberts	60,000

Richard Green	60,000
Allan Le	60,000

Dario Alioto	60,000

Kane Kalas	60,000
Paul Volpe	60,000

Justin Liberto	60,000

Lawrence Brandt	60,000

David Funkhouser	60,000

Carol Fuchs	Busted

Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	Busted
Daniel Scroggins	Busted
James Obst	Busted

David Lin	Busted
Andrew Brown	Busted

Gabriel Ramos	Busted
Fu Wong	Busted
Mark Rubbathan	Busted

Roland Israelashvili	Busted

Greg Mueller	Busted

Qinghai Pan	Busted

Luigi Santoro	Busted
Phil Hui	Busted

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06-18-2025 20:44 UTC-8

Schulman Among the Latest Bustouts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000, 1,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Benson	Busted

William Romaine	Busted
Matthew Schreiber	Busted

Barbara Schindler	Busted
Michael Parizon	Busted
Mike Lang	Busted
Jose Velador	Busted

Nick Schulman	Busted

06-18-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Heikkila Takes one from Johnson

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000, 1,000 Ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Ilkka Heikkila: 7♦5♥/2♦K♥4♥9♥/K♦
Marco Johnson: XxXx/A♣8♥Q♥J♦/Xx
Daniel Mayoh: XxXx/7♠Q♣ - folded on fourth street

Marco Johnson completed, Daniel Mayoh called and Ilkka Heikkila defended from the bring in.

Johnson bet fourth street and only Heikkila called. The two players then checked fifth through seventh street.

Heikkila showed a pair of kings and Johnson mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	249,500 14,500	14,500

Ilkka Heikkila	101,000 31,500	31,500
Daniel Mayoh	27,000 88,500	88,500

Tags: Daniel Mayoh Ilkka Heikkila Marco Johnson

06-18-2025 21:10 UTC-8

Last-Minute Entries and Exits

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000, 1,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jiyang Gan	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ryutaro Suzuki	60,000 60,000	60,000

Michael Moncek	60,000 60,000	60,000

Josh Arieh	Busted

Kevin Song	Busted

Owais Ahmed	Busted

Xixiang Luo	Busted

Bob Slezak	Busted

Nicolas Milgrom	Busted

David "ODB" Baker	Busted

Kane Kalas	Busted
Greg Mascio	Busted
Blaz Zerjav	Busted

Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted
Max Pescatori	Busted

06-18-2025 21:27 UTC-8

Lake Gets Paid Off With Aces Full

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000, 1,000 Ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Scott Lake opened from middle position, Qiang Xu called from the small blind and Pat Pezzin called from the big blind.

Action checked around to Lake who fired a continuation bet on the A♣5♦10♣ flop that both opponents called.

Lake bet again when checked to on the 6♠ turn and this time only Pezzin called.

On the 5♠ river Pezzin check-called another bet from Lake.

Lake turned over top boat with A♠A♥J♦2♣ and Pezzin's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Stann	245,000 110,000	110,000
PJ Cha	141,000 16,000	16,000
Tobias Hausen	105,500 25,500	25,500
Scott Lake	93,000 33,000	33,000
Qiang Xu	79,000 8,500	8,500

Ryan Hoenig	77,000 32,000	32,000

Pat Pezzin	36,000 94,000	94,000
Matthew Valeo	32,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Pat Pezzin Qiang Xu Scott Lake

06-18-2025 21:34 UTC-8

Big Huni Bounces $1,000,000 Bounty Winner Buckley

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Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000, 1,000 Ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Chris Hunichen: 3♠5♣ / 4♥Q♥2♥10♠ / Q♣
DJ Buckley: 7♦4♠ / 6♣2♦9♥2♠ / J♠ All in

Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen brought it in, and Minnesota's DJ Buckley, who last year drew a $1,000,000 bounty in the Mystery Bounty event, completed. Hunichen called and then check-called a bet on fourth.

Hunichen bet out after taking the lead on fifth and then Buckley checked sixth after taking the lead.

Hunichen bet and Buckley called off his last 5,000 with what turned out to be a pair of deuces and a low draw. He was actually ahead of Hunichen, who didn't have a pair and was drawing to a low of his own.

Hunichen showed first after he received the Q♣ on seventh for a pair of queens, and it wound up being good as Buckley failed to improve with the J♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	100,000 25,000	25,000

DJ Buckley	Busted

Tags: Chris Hunichen DJ Buckley

06-18-2025 21:48 UTC-8

Heimiller Gets a Fold From Taylor

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000-3,000, 3,000-6,000, 1,000 Ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Dan Heimiller: XxXx/A♦7♣8♣2♠
Esther Taylor: XxXx/A♥8♥Q♣J♠ - folded on sixth street
Philip Sternheimer: XxXx/10♥ - folded on third street
Ray Fishman: XxXx/5♠ - folded bring in