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

06-18-2025 18:14 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Slezak	60,000 60,000	60,000

Gabriel Ramos	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ofir Mor	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jake Schwartz	60,000 60,000	60,000
Scott Seiver	60,000 60,000	60,000

PJ Cha	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jyri Merivirta	60,000 60,000	60,000
George Alexander	60,000 60,000	60,000

Richard Sklar	60,000 60,000	60,000
David "ODB" Baker	60,000 60,000	60,000

Roland Israelashvili	60,000 60,000	60,000

Gary Benson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Greg Mueller	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matt Vengrin	Busted

Patrick Stacey	Busted
Mehmet Cetinkaya	Busted
Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Adam Friedman	Busted

Sachin Bhargava	Busted
Ian Johns	Busted

Brian Breck	Busted
Ryuta Nakai	Busted
Jason Berilgen	Busted
Christopher Chung	Busted

Hunichen Gets Mueller to Fold

Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-2,000, 2,000-4,000, 500 Ante

Chris Hunichen: XxXx/6xJxJx
Greg Mueller: XxXx/6xKxKx - folded on fifth street
Nacho Barbero: XxXx/Ax - folded on third street
Daniel Buckley: XxXx/Jx - folded bring in

Nacho Barbero called the bring in and Greg Mueller completed. Chris Hunichen raised to two bets, Daniel Buckley folded from the bring in and Barbero folded.

Hunichen bet fourth and fifth street. Mueller called fourth before folding on fifth and Hunichen took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Miller	139,500 42,500	42,500

Nacho Barbero	103,000 27,700	27,700

Craig Chait	68,000 17,000	17,000
Greg Mueller	53,000 7,000	7,000

Chris Hunichen	51,000 3,000	3,000

Brad Ruben	37,000 23,000	23,000

DJ Buckley	36,000 24,000	24,000

Tony Cousineau	35,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Daniel Buckley Greg Mueller Nacho Barbero

06-18-2025 18:40 UTC-8

Anderson Doubles Through Fuchs

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Limit Flop: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500-2,000, 2,000-4,000, 500 Ante

Razz

Calvin Anderson: 8x5x/7x4x8x10x/6x
Carol Fuchs: Ax6x/3x3x4xKx/6x
Jerry Wong: XxXx/Jx - folded bring in

Carol Fuchs completed with a three and Calvin Anderson called showing a seven.

Anderson bet fourth, fifth, and sixth street, committing his last 4,600 chips on sixth to put himself all-in. Fuchs called the whole way with a covering stack.

Anderson had a ten-low on sixth street while Fuchs was drawing to a six-low. Fuchs caught a second six on seventh street and Anderson improved to an eight-low to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	134,000 44,000	44,000

Brian Hastings	130,000 52,500	52,500

Chris Grigorian	92,000 32,000	32,000
Matt Glantz	53,500 3,500	3,500

Calvin Anderson	36,500 8,500	8,500

David Lin	34,000 26,000	26,000
Jerry Wong	19,000 27,000	27,000

Carol Fuchs	14,500 59,500	59,500

Tags: Calvin Anderson Carol Fuchs Jerry Wong

Level: 8

Limit Flop: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 500 Ante

06-18-2025 18:49 UTC-8

Dzivielevski Shows the Goods

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 2,500 ante

Limit Flop: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 500 Ante

Razz

Suketu Patel: XxXx / 6x3x4x10x / Xx - mucked
Yuri Dzivielevski: 4x3x5x6x / Ax7x9x

Picking up action on fourth street, both Yuri Dzivielevski and Suketu Patel checked and then the former check-called a bet of 5,000 on fifth.

Dzivielevski then took the lead on sixth and bet 5,000, which Patel called. After both players received seventh street down, Dzivielevski bet another 5,000. Patel thought long and hard before calling only to muck when his Brazilian opponent showed an ace for a 6x5x4x3xAx low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Suketu Patel	180,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	75,000

Tags: Suketu Patel Yuri Dzivielevski

06-18-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Pezzin Fills Up on Distenfeld

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 2,500 ante

Limit Flop: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 500 Ante

Stud

Gershon Distenfeld: XxXx / K♠7♥K♣Q♣ / Xx - mucked
Qiang Xu: XxXx / 8♠9♠J♣3♥ / Xx - folded on seventh
Pat Pezzin: 10♦J♦9♣5♦ / 9♦9♥10♥

On fifth street, WSOP gold bracelet winner Gershon Distenfeld was showing a pair of kings and bet 5,000, which both Qiang Xu and Pat Pezzin called.

The action repeated itself on sixth street and the Distenfeld checked on seventh. Xu did the same and Pezzin bet 5,000. Distenfeld called, Xu folded, and Pezzin rolled over nines full of tens. It was good as Distenfeld had little recourse but to send his hand to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Pezzin	130,000 25,000	25,000
Gershon Distenfeld	32,000 9,000	9,000

Qiang Xu	30,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Gershon Distenfeld Pat Pezzin Qiang Xu

06-18-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Late Entries and Recent Bustouts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 2,500 ante

Limit Flop: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 500 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	60,000

Everett Carlton	60,000
Per Hildebrand	60,000
Tobias Hausen	60,000
Kevin Gerhart	60,000

Freddy Deeb	Busted

Jake Schwartz	Busted
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Ken Aldridge	Busted
Viktor Blom	Busted
Allen Bari	Busted

Christina Hill	Busted
David "Bakes" Baker	Busted

Christopher Claassen	Busted

Yueqi Zhu	Busted

Edward Jackson Spivack	Busted
Paul Zappulla	Busted

06-18-2025 19:22 UTC-8

Eslami Not Left with Much Breathing Room

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 2,500 ante

Limit Flop: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 500 Ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Nicolas Barthe raised under the gun, and Ali Eslami called from the small blind. Tom Koral came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to a flop of 5♣7♣K♦.

Two checks saw Barthe continue for 2,500 and both his opponents called.

After the K♠ paired the board on the turn, two checks put action on Barthe and he bet 5,000. Only Eslami called, leaving himself just 3,000 behind, and the 7♦ double paired the board on the river.

Eslami checked and then folded after Barthe bet for a final time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Barthe	125,000 20,000	20,000
Ali Eslami	3,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Nicolas Barthe Tom Koral

06-18-2025 19:25 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Updates

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 2,500 ante

Limit Flop: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 500 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	162,000 97,000	97,000

Michael Estes	154,000 99,000	99,000
John Hennigan	151,000 41,000	41,000

Mike Matusow	147,500 65,200	65,200

Nacho Barbero	138,000 35,000	35,000

Benny Glaser	128,500 46,000	46,000

Esther Taylor	124,000 56,300	56,300

Ray Fishman	81,000 18,000	18,000
Thomas Keller	81,000 55,000	55,000

Jon Kyte	77,000 7,500	7,500
Philip Sternheimer	75,000 15,000	15,000

Dave Stann	73,200 5,200	5,200
David "ODB" Baker	53,500 6,500	6,500

Christopher Vitch	53,000 7,000	7,000

William Romaine	50,000 50,800	50,800
Brad Owen	46,500 27,700	27,700

Huck Seed	45,000 15,000	15,000

Michael Parizon	44,000 13,000	13,000
Brad Ruben	44,000 16,000	16,000

Nick Schulman	30,200 29,800	29,800

David Bach	26,000 44,000	44,000

06-18-2025 19:28 UTC-8

Calvin Anderson Done and Dusted

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 1,300/2,500, 2,500 ante

Limit Flop: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 500 Ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Calvin Anderson: 7♣8♦ / 9♦2♣10♦10♥ / K♥ All in
Matt Glantz: K♣6♣ / K♦6♠8♥2♥ / A♦

The short-stacked Calvin Anderson got his last few chips in after the initial deal against Matt Glantz. The hands were quickly turned up and run out, resulting in Anderson ending up with a pair of tens while Glantz was good with two pair kings and sixes.

With that, Anderson pulled out his phone to late reg the $1,500 NLH Freezeout and headed across the room to jump back into action.