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

06-21-2025 16:22 UTC-7

Big Stacks in the Room

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
Thomas Taylor	101,200 61,200	61,200
Allen Bari	92,200 40,200	40,200

Simeon Tsonev	82,600 82,600	82,600
Lawrence Brandt	80,000 40,000	40,000

James Tilton	78,100 78,100	78,100
Andrey Zaichenko	74,300 34,300	34,300

Giuseppe Liantonio	72,900 15,900	15,900
John Centeno	70,700 35,700	35,700
Chase Crouch	70,000 28,000	28,000
Martin Knorr	68,000 28,000	28,000
Ryan Hoenig	67,000 27,000	27,000

Masafumi Iijima	64,600 24,600	24,600
David "ODB" Baker	64,000 24,000	24,000

Bruno Portaro	63,500 23,500	23,500
Wayne Gregory	62,800 26,800	26,800
Brandon Shack-Harris	62,000 22,000	22,000

Sean Harder	61,000 61,000	61,000
Gershon Distenfeld	60,000

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

06-21-2025 16:00 UTC-7

Break Time

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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

Players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

The field is up to 202 entries. Of those, 199 remain in contention.

06-21-2025 15:56 UTC-7

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

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 15:46 UTC-7

Thomas and Guo Chop Up Massey after Fireworks on 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

Michelin Massey: 7x6xXx / 3♥5♠4♦J♠
Yuebin Guo: A♦A♣Q♦ / J♥9♦2♦8♦
Charles Thomas: 6♣4♠3♣ / A♠J♦7♠2♠

Action picked up on fourth as Thomas bet, Massey raised, Guo cold-called, and Thomas called.

Thomas checked to Massey on fifth who bet, and both opponents called. Thomas then elected to lead on sixth before both Massey and Guo called.

Things got interesting on seventh as Thomas led, Massey called, Guo raised, Thomas made it three bets, and Massey called. Guo then four-bet, and both opponents called.

Thomas had a six-four low for half and Guo made a flush to get the high. Massey revealed that he made a straight to the seven which was pipped on both sides.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Thomas	59,000 59,000	59,000
Yuebin Guo	43,000 43,000	43,000
Michelin Massey	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Charles Thomas Michelin Massey Yuebin Guo

06-21-2025 15:28 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Vicente	46,000
Brian Kirschner	24,000 16,000	16,000

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

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

06-21-2025 15:11 UTC-7

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.