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

06-21-2025 13:09 UTC-8

Zhu Turns a Boat

Dan O'Hair

Level 1

Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Heads-up on a flop of 8♦6♥8♠ with a sizable pot already in the middle, Yueqi Zhu bet 700 from the big blind and Tom Koral called on the button.

The J♣ fell on the turn and Zhu continued for 1,200. Koral let his hand go and Zhu said, "Dammit! How did you know?" as he tabled J♠J♥ for jacks-full.

"That's one of those hands on TV where I have zero percent next to my name," Koral replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	42,000 2,000	2,000

Tom Koral	38,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Tom Koral Yueqi Zhu

06-21-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Stacey	40,000 40,000	40,000
Frankie O'Dell	40,000 40,000	40,000

Donny Rubinstein	40,000 40,000	40,000
Chris Hundley	40,000 40,000	40,000
Richard Acovino	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ariel Mantel	40,000 40,000	40,000
Tal Avivi	40,000 40,000	40,000
Edward Jackson Spivack	40,000 40,000	40,000
Jason Papastavrou	40,000 40,000	40,000
Roland Israelashvili	40,000 40,000	40,000

Jason Stockfish	40,000 40,000	40,000
Nick Guagenti	40,000 40,000	40,000

Anthony Arvidson	40,000 40,000	40,000
Adam Miller	40,000 40,000	40,000
Jacek Ladny	40,000 40,000	40,000
Craig Carrillo	40,000 40,000	40,000
Brant Hale	40,000 40,000	40,000
Xiaochuan Zhang	40,000 40,000	40,000
Patrick Leonard	40,000 40,000	40,000

Nam Le	40,000 40,000	40,000
David Bach	40,000 40,000	40,000

Dario Alioto	40,000 40,000	40,000

Antonio Seremet	40,000 40,000	40,000
Christopher Claassen	40,000 40,000	40,000

Ashish Gupta	40,000 40,000	40,000

Crouch Wins Five-Way Pot

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-500, 500-1000 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 500 Completion, 500-1,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds

Razz

Chase Crouch: XxXx/10xAx5x2x/Xx
Christopher Vitch: XxXx/5x8x9x5x/Xx - folded on seventh street
Mark Algara: XxXx/7x6xKx - folded on fifth street
Denis Bilodeau: XxXx/10xJx - folded on fourth street
Brian Hastings: XxXx/Qx9x - folded on fourth street

Christopher Vitch, Chase Crouch, Mark Algara, and Denis Bilodeau all called Brian Hasting's bring-in for a five-way pot.

"Alright, it's a party," Vitch said.

Alrgara bet on fourth street, which got folds from Bilodeau and Hastings, but a raise from Vitch. Crouch called cold and Algara called as well.

Vitch bet on fifth street and only Crouch called.

Crouch then led out for a bet on sixth street after Vitch paired his five and Vitch called.

On seventh street, Crouch bet once more and Vitch quickly laid his hand down to award Crouch the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Algara	45,000 8,000	8,000
Brian Hastings	43,000 1,000	1,000

Chase Crouch	42,000 42,000	42,000
Christopher Vitch	35,000

Denis Bilodeau	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Brian Hastings Chase Crouch Christopher Vitch Denis Bilodeau Mark Algara

06-21-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Some Level 2 Entrants

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Brett Slezak

Level 2

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-500, 500-1000 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 500 Completion, 500-1,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	40,000

James Karamanis	40,000
Brad Owen	40,000

Konstantin Puchkov	40,000

Michael Wolff	40,000
Daniel Blum	40,000
Alex Livingston	40,000

Hal Rotholz	40,000

Leonard August	40,000
Talal Shakerchi	40,000
Chip Jett	40,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	40,000

Viktor Blom	40,000
David "ODB" Baker	40,000

Robert Wells	40,000

Andrey Zaichenko	40,000

Nicolas Milgrom	40,000

Sebastian Schulz	40,000
Danny Noam	40,000
Masafumi Iijima	40,000
Travis Erdman	40,000
Jordan Siegel	40,000
Daniel Mayoh	40,000
Ilia Krupin	40,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	40,000

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06-21-2025 14:11 UTC-8

Velador Takes From Defending Champ

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-500, 500-1000 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 500 Completion, 500-1,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 700 from the hijack and was called by Luis Velador in the big blind.

Both players checked on the 6♣A♦2♥ flop and then Velador check-called an 800 bet from Dzivielevski on the 5♣ turn.

Both players went back to checking on the 9♦ river and Velador announced, "Two pair" as he tabled K♣10♣9♣6♦. Dzivielevski sent his hand into the muck and Velador was sent the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	36,000 4,000	4,000

Luis Velador	29,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Luis Velador Yuri Dzivielevski

06-21-2025 14:28 UTC-8

Distenfeld Check-Raises Seventh

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Brett Slezak

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-600, 600-1,200 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 600 Completion, 600-1,200 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 300/500 Ante, 200-300 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Gershon Distenfeld: XxXx / 8♠9♠7♥7♦ / Xx
Alex Livingston: XxXx / 2♣6♣A♥K♥ / Xx

Distenfeld completed from middle position and Livingston defended his bring-in.

Distenfeld checked-called on fourth before Livingston showed the higher board on fifth and led.

Distenfeld paired on sixth but elected to check-call. He checked again on seventh, Livingston bet, and Distenfeld raised. Livingston would think it over for around 30 seconds before he elected to fold, admitting that he didn't make a low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	36,000 4,000	4,000

Gershon Distenfeld	34,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Gershon Distenfeld

06-21-2025 14:54 UTC-8

Tsang Pads His Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-600, 600-1,200 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 600 Completion, 600-1,200 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 300/500 Ante, 200-300 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Maxx Coleman raised first to act and was called by Christina Hill on the button. Anson Tsang three-bet in the big blind and both Coleman and Hill called.

Tsang drew one, while Coleman and Hill took two off on the first draw. Tsang bet and both Coleman and Hill called.

On the second draw, Tsang stood pat and Coleman and and Hill drew two again. Tsang bet and took down the pot after both his opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christina Hill	45,000
Maxx Coleman	37,000

Anson Tsang	29,000

Oscar Johansson	Busted

Tags: Anson Tsang Christina Hill Maxx Coleman

06-21-2025 14:56 UTC-8

Level 3 Entrants

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Brett Slezak

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-600, 600-1,200 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 600 Completion, 600-1,200 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 300/500 Ante, 200-300 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Owais Ahmed	40,000

Kelvin Kerber	40,000

Travis Pearson	40,000
Robert Mizrachi	40,000

Dylan Weisman	40,000

Ryan Moriarty	40,000
Jon Turner	40,000

Chad Eveslage	40,000

Matthew Schultz	40,000
Maxx Coleman	40,000 3,000	3,000

Mike Matusow	40,000

Tony Cousineau	40,000
Stephen Hubbard	40,000
Matthew Valeo	40,000

Jeff Madsen	40,000

Hye Park	40,000
Phillip Hui	40,000

Renan Bruschi	40,000

Matt Grapenthien	40,000

Daniel Idema	40,000

Tamon Nakamura	40,000
Ray Fishman	40,000

06-21-2025 15:37 UTC-8

Owen up Early

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 400-800, 800-1,600 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 800 Completion, 800-1,600 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 400/600 Ante, 200-400 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Brad Owen: K♣8♥2♥/9♠3♣8♣6♥
Dave Stann: XxXx/6♦4♥4♠Q♦/Xx

Brad Owen completed and Dave Stann defended his bring-in.

Stann called a bet from Owen on fourth street and then Owen called bets from Stann on fifth and sixth.

Action checked down on seventh and Owen showed K♣8♥2♥ for a pair of eights. Stann sent his hand into the muck and Owen added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Owen	55,000 15,000	15,000

Dave Stann	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Brad Owen Dave Stann

06-21-2025 15:48 UTC-8

Level 4 Entries

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Brett Slezak

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 400-800, 800-1,600 Limits
Stud Games: 200 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 800 Completion, 800-1,600 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 400/600 Ante, 200-400 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Sokoloff	40,000 40,000	40,000
Timothy Knauf	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ian Johns	40,000 40,000	40,000

Richard Ashby	40,000 40,000	40,000

John Bunch	40,000 40,000	40,000
Dario Sammartino	40,000 40,000	40,000
Adam Friedman	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tom McCormick	40,000 40,000	40,000
Narcis Nedelcu	40,000 40,000	40,000

Bob Slezak	40,000 40,000	40,000

Anthony Hu	40,000 40,000	40,000
Scott Bohlman	40,000 40,000	40,000

Yingui Li	40,000 40,000	40,000

Daniel Strelitz	40,000 40,000	40,000

Andrew Kelsall	40,000 40,000	40,000

Anthony Ribeiro	40,000 40,000	40,000
Max Pescatori	40,000 40,000	40,000

Huck Seed	40,000 40,000	40,000

Jeremy Ausmus	40,000 40,000	40,000

Jonathan Krela	40,000 40,000	40,000
Dan Smith	40,000 40,000	40,000

Kevin Gerhart	40,000 40,000	40,000

Brian Rast	40,000 40,000	40,000

Andrew Brown	40,000 40,000	40,000

Yuval Bronshtein	40,000 40,000	40,000