Event #58: $3,000 Nine Game Mix Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-22-2025 00:00 UTC-8

Gerhart Busts As Play Winds Down

Dan O'Hair

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,600/2,400 Ante, 800-1,600 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Kevin Gerhart raised first to act and was called by Robert Wells in the cutoff, Brian Kirschner on the button, and Jeff Madsen in the big blind for a four-way pot.

Madsen drew one and everyone else drew two on the first draw. Madsen then led out for a bet and Gerhart raised all in for his last 4,800. Robert Wells raised, Kirschner called cold, and Madsen folded.

On the second draw, Gerhart and Kirschner drew one while Wells stood pat. Kirschner then called a bet from Wells.

The same drawing action occurred on the final round and Wells check-called a bet from Kirschner, who tabled 8x6x5x3x2x for an eight-six.

It was best against Wells' 8x7x4x3x2x and Gerhart's 7x6x6x4x2x — sending Gerhart to the rail just as it was announced five more hands will be dealt before play concludes for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Wells	210,000 145,000	145,000

Brian Kirschner	90,000 65,000	65,000
Jeff Madsen	72,000 37,000	37,000

Kevin Gerhart	Busted

Tags: Brian Kirschner Jeff Madsen Kevin Gerhart Robert Wells

06-21-2025 23:58 UTC-8

Late Night Casualties

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Brett Slezak

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,600/2,400 Ante, 800-1,600 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	Busted

Paul Sokoloff	Busted
Alexander Condon	Busted
Kane Kalas	Busted
Jason Daly	Busted

Martin Knorr	Busted
Gary Benson	Busted

Bjorn Gravlien	Busted
Ilkka Heikkila	Busted
Jonathan Krela	Busted
Mike Dreese	Busted
John Prather	Busted
Ariel Mantel	Busted
Sami Bechahed	Busted
Cary Katz	Busted

Christopher Grzadziel	Busted
Jason Stockfish	Busted
Jerry Wong	Busted

Tomasz Gluszko	Busted
John Monnette	Busted

06-21-2025 23:23 UTC-8

Fallen by the Wayside

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Brett Slezak

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,600/2,400 Ante, 800-1,600 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Harder	Busted
Ilia Krupin	Busted
Per Hildebrand	Busted
Long Tran	Busted
Lawrence Brandt	Busted

Mark Gregorich	Busted
Jen Harman	Busted

Lamont Davis	Busted
Yuebin Guo	Busted
Greg Mascio	Busted
Xiaomin Liu	Busted
Bob Mather	Busted
Horacio Chaves	Busted
Fernando Zuliani	Busted
Juan Caridad	Busted
Anderson Ireland	Busted

James Tilton	Busted
Jason Papastavrou	Busted
Vasu Amarapu	Busted

06-21-2025 22:42 UTC-8

Gone But Not Forgotten

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 700 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1200/1800 Ante, 600-1200 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Chung	Busted
Frank Brannan	Busted

Matthew Valeo	Busted

Vladislavs Petrovs	Busted
Ethan Bennett	Busted
Per Hildebrand	Busted
Adam Miller	Busted
Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Giuseppe Liantonio	Busted
Xiaochuan Zhang	Busted
David Lin	Busted
Sachin Bhargava	Busted
Saulo Galvao	Busted
Hye Park	Busted
Dylan Smith	Busted
Chris Hundley	Busted
Edward Jackson Spivack	Busted
Scott Lake	Busted
Ashish Gupta	Busted
Itay Kimhi	Busted

06-21-2025 22:35 UTC-8

Brown Outdraws Ramos

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 700 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1200/1800 Ante, 600-1200 Blinds

2-7 Single Draw

Andrew Brown opened on the button and just behind him, Gabriel Ramos shoved for his last 9,400 from the small blind. It was folded back to Brown, who called to put Ramos at risk.

Ramos stood pat and Brown drew one.

Gabriel Ramos: 10x9x7x6x3x All in
Andrew Brown: 9x7x3x2x

Brown tossed his draw face up on the table, which happened to be an 8x — giving Brown a nine to eliminate Ramos.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brown	82,000 42,000	42,000

Gabriel Ramos	Busted

Tags: Andrew Brown Gabriel Ramos

06-21-2025 22:24 UTC-8

Shimelfarb Wins Classic Race to Bust Suzuki

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 700 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1200/1800 Ante, 600-1200 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Roland Israelashvili raised to 4,000 from early position and it was folded to Ryutaro Suzuki, who shoved for 47,000 from the small blind.

"It's time for you to go home," Gennady Shimelfarb said from the big blind just before announcing he was also all in for slightly more. Israelashvili got out of the way and a showdown was held.

Ryutaro Suzuki: A♦K♥ All in
Gennady Shimelfarb: Q♣Q♠

It was a fair fight, but the 3♣9♦9♥8♣7♠ runout came clean for Shimelfarb's queen — eliminating Suzuki late in the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gennady Shimelfarb	100,000 100,000	100,000
Roland Israelashvili	42,000 5,600	5,600

Ryutaro Suzuki	Busted

Tags: Gennady Shimelfarb Roland Israelashvili Ryutaro Suzuki

06-21-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Julia Hits the Rail

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Brett Slezak

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 700 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1200/1800 Ante, 600-1200 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Nicholas Julia: K♠5♠ / A♠J♥6♦Xx / Xx All in
Martin Schamaun: K♣J♣ / 8♣5♦6♥Xx / Xx

Julia completed first to act and Schauman called.

Julia led on fourth and led all-in for 2,300 on fifth, which Schauman called.

"I'm way ahead," Julia joked as the hands were tabled. Much to his surprise, he was in the lead with ace-high. Julia caught the Q♥ on sixth and Schamaun got the Q♣ to pick up a flush draw.

Schamaun revealed first on seventh with the 8♠ to pair. Julia needed to improve to stay alive, but he caught the 9♦ on the end as he was left with just ace-high, and the 2021 champion of this event hit the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Schamaun	55,000 15,000	15,000
Nicholas Julia	Busted

Tags: Martin Schamaun Nicholas Julia

06-21-2025 21:51 UTC-8

Level 10 Eliminations

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Brett Slezak

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 500 Bring-In, 2,000 Completion, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,000/1,500 Ante, 500-1,000 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Thomas	Busted
Nicolas Julien	Busted
Chofungalan Wong	Busted
Matthew Schreiber	Busted

Abdel Hamid	Busted
Xixiang Luo	Busted

Anthony Zinno	Busted

Brian Tate	Busted
Timothy Knauf	Busted
Mike Wattel	Busted

Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	Busted
Takuro Matsumoto	Busted
Anson Tsang	Busted

Alex Livingston	Busted

Chase Crouch	Busted
Kristan Lord	Busted
Bryce Yockey	Busted

Luiz Neto	Busted
Patrick Stacey	Busted
Michelle Konig	Busted
Denis Strebkov	Busted

Tom Koral	Busted

Christian Roberts	Busted

Noah Bronstein	Busted

Francois Scapula	Busted

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06-21-2025 21:37 UTC-8

Brunner Sends Out Trojand

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Brett Slezak

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 500 Bring-In, 2,000 Completion, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,000/1,500 Ante, 500-1,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Brian Brunner opened too 2,500 from under the gun and was called by Jeremy Trojand in the cutoff, Hooman Nikzad on the button, and Tom McCormick in the big blind.

On the A♦Q♣5♦ flop, Brunner continued for 4,500, Trojand called all-in for 3,900, and Nikzad called on the button.

Brunner opted to check on the 8♦ turn before Nikzad bet 5,000 and Brunner called.

On the J♦ river, Brunner reluctantly check-called a bet of 10,000 from Nikzad.

Jeremy Trojand: K♥J♣10♥8♥ All in
Brian Brunner: Q♦J♥10♠7♦
Hooman Nikzad: A♠10♦7♠3♦

Trojand rivered broadway but was no good against the flushes of Brunner and Nikzad, who value-owned himself on the turn and river betting a worse flush, as Brunner made the right call on the river with the second nuts to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Brunner	165,000 105,000	105,000
Tom McCormick	125,000 48,700	48,700
Hooman Nikzad	42,000
Jeremy Trojand	Busted

Tags: Brian Brunner Hooman Nikzad Jeremy Trojand Tom McCormick

06-21-2025 21:24 UTC-8

Breck Spikes the River to Take the Rest from Williams

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Brett Slezak

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,000-2,000, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 500 Bring-In, 2,000 Completion, 2,000-4,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,000/1,500 Ante, 500-1,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Action was picked up three-ways to the Q♦5♥2♣ flop with 17,000 in the middle. David Williams led for 7,000 from the small blind before Brian Breck potted to 38,000 from the hijack. Lawrence Brandt got out of the way from the hijack before Williams called all-in for 32,900.

David Williams: A♠A♣8♦6♣ All in
Brian Breck: 6♦5♠4♠4♥

Williams was ahead with aces against the middle pair and gutter of Breck. The K♥ offered no help to either player before the 4♦ river gave Breck a set of fours as Williams could only shrug at the brutal river on his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Breck	105,000 65,000	65,000
Lawrence Brandt	73,000 34,000	34,000

David Williams	Busted

Tags: Brian Breck David Williams Lawrence Brandt