Level: 23
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,925,100
Entries
207
Level
28
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
16
Players Left
4
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Seven Card Stud
Jason Mercier: XxXx/5♠J♣A♣Q♥
Alex Livingston: XxXx/Q♣7♦4♠2♥ - folded on sixth street
Jason Mercier limped in before Alex Livingston completed. Mercier called.
Livingston bet again on fourth street and Mercier called. Both players then checked on fifth.
Mercier bet on sixth and Livingston quickly tossed his cards away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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900,000 | |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Seven Card Stud
Alex Livingston: Q♠6♠9♥ / 9♠K♦5♠K♠
Marco Johnson: XxXx / 10♥3♣7♦10♦ / Xx
Alex Livingston completed with his nine, making the call after Marco Johnson raised on his ten. Action checked through fourth street, with Livingston leading out on fifth.
Johnson called to sixth, where Livingston bet his open pair of kings. Johnson called with his pair of tens.
Livingston bet one last time on seventh, finding a call from Johnson.
"Flush," said Livingston as he showed down his spades. That was good to claim the pot, as Johnson mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,680,000
470,000
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470,000 |
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1,150,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Seven Card Stud
Jason Mercier: XxXx/8♠9♦A♠9♥/Xx
Marco Johnson: XxXx/7♥Q♣4♥J♣/Xx
Marco Johnson completed, Jason Mercier raised, and Johnson called.
Mercier continued betting on each street down to seventh as Johnson called. Mercier ended up showing 10♦10♣10♥ for a full house and Johnson mucked.
Scott Seiver: XxXx/K♣2♦6♥2♣/Xx
Jason Mercier: XxXx/9♦A♥7♣K♦
The next hand, Scott Seiver completed and Mercier called.
Both players checked on fourth before Mercier bet on fifth. Seiver called and opened the betting on sixth. Mercier called that bet and another on seventh.
Seiver showed J♣J♦10♣ for jacks and deuces, and Mercier mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000 | |
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1,500,000
450,000
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450,000 |
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1,200,000
480,000
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480,000 |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Jason Mercier: 5♥4♥2♥ / 4♦7♥A♥7♣
Kristopher Tong: XxXx / K♠6♦J♥3♠ / Xx
Alex Livingston: XxXx / 4♠2♦J♣ - folded on fifth street
Three-way action to fourth street saw Kristopher Tong check to Alex Livingston, who slid out a bet. Jason Mercier raised, with Tong and Livingston making the call.
Mercier bet his ace on fifth, with Tong calling and Livingston mucking his hand. Mercier bet again on sixth and Tong called.
After looking at his final down card, Mercier bet one last time. Tong tossed in a call, with Mercier showing down his nut flush and seven-five low.
Tong looked back at his cards before sliding them into the muck, as Mercier scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,200,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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1,400,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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1,240,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Kristopher Tong: XxXx/A♠3♦J♣4♠/Xx
Jason Mercier: XxXx/J♥5♣7♥2♠/Xx
Maximilian Schindler: XxXx/3♣K♦ - folded on fourth street
The table had been teasing Kristopher Tong about being the only player with blue 100,000 chips and not changing them out.
"Complete with a blue," Tong then announced as he put in one of them.
"Words never uttered before," Jason Mercier said as the rest of the table burst out in laughter. Maximilian Schindler and Mercier ended up calling.
Tong left his blue chip in the middle on fourth as he announced another bet. Mercier called, while Schindler folded.
Tong then bet on fifth, Mercier raised, and Tong called with three blue chips. Mercier then bet on sixth and seventh as Tong called him down.
"Boat," Tong announced, showing 4♣3♠3♥.
"Boat? I thought you said low," Mercier replied as he turned over A♥8♣4♥ to chop the pot. The dealer then asked Tong if he wanted his blue chips back as she divided up the pot.
"I'm the shortest stack and the only one with blue chips. As long as they keep coming back," Tong said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,200,000 | |
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2,100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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1,500,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Jason Mercier: 7♣7♥7♦ / 3♠8♣6♠6♦
Brad Ruben: XxXx / 4♣K♦2♣2♦ / Xx
Jason Mercier's bring in was completed by Brad Ruben. Action folded back around to Mercier, who made the call.
Both players checked through fourth street before Mercier fired on fifth. Ruben called, and both players paired up on sixth.
Mercier bet and Ruben called to seventh. Another bet from Mercier was called down by Ruben. Mercier turned over three sevens, making a full house and taking the pot from Ruben.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,600,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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770,000
730,000
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730,000 |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Limit Hold'em
Alex Livingston raised in the hijack and Maximilian Schindler reraised in the small blind. Livingston called and they saw a flop of 9♠5♠4♦.
Schindler continued with a bet and Livingston called. Both players checked down the 7♦ turn and 8♥ river, and Livingston showed A♠K♣ to win the pot.
Schindler then raised on the button and Jason Mercier called in the big blind.
Schindler bet on the K♥Q♣8♦ flop and Mercier called. The turn was the A♠ and Schindler bet again. Mercier called and they checked the 3♥ river. Mercier showed Q♠J♣ for a pair of queens and Schindler mucked.
Marco Johnson won a small pot on the flop off Kristopher Tong the next hand, but it was notable that Tong finally lost one of his blue 100,000 chips.
"I'll buy it for 95,000, Marco," Scott Seiver offered.
"Let the word go out that I have a blue," Johnson said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,800,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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2,500,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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1,600,000
360,000
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360,000 |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Limit Hold'em
Scott Seiver raised on the button, with Maximilian Schindler announcing a three-bet in the big blind. Seiver called, and the 5♦9♦4♥ flop was fanned out.
Schindler bet and Seiver quickly called. The dealer flipped over the 10♠ turn, where Schindler bet again.
Seiver did not take long to fold, as Schindler collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,680,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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1,250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Level 23
: Limits 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Limit Flop: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Stud Games: 20,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000, 15,000 Ante
Limit Hold'em
Maximilian Schindler raised in the small blind and Marco Johnson called.
The flop came J♥4♦2♠ and Schindler bet. Johnson called to the 5♠ turn, where Schindler bet again. Johnson called once more.
Schindler bet on the A♠ river and Johnson called again. "Steel wheel," Schindler said, showing 4♠3♠ for a straight flush.
Schindler's rail waited a few seconds before erupting in applause. "That's the most delayed reaction ever to a straight flush," Scott Seiver said.
"They only care about wins and losses," Schindler replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,500,000
820,000
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820,000 |
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600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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