Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-31-2025 13:44 UTC-8

Bach Rolls Over Phillips

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 27

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

David Bach: J♥J♠/J♣K♦7♥A♦/A♥
Tyler Phillips: K♣9♠/K♥Q♠9♦2♥/3♣

Tyler Phillips completed and David Bach called.

Phillips bet fourth street and Bach called again. On fifth street, Phillips checked, Bach bet, and Phillips called.

Bach kept up the aggression with bets on sixth and seventh street. Phillips called each time.

Phillips had two pair, kings and nines but Bach had started out with rolled-up jacks and ended with a full house to win a sizable pot, leaving Phillips with just over three big bets.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	3,950,000 550,000	550,000

Tyler Phillips	500,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: David Bach Tyler Phillips

05-31-2025 13:38 UTC-8

Phillips on the Short Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 27

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Dan Heimiller: XxXx/2♥10♣K♦K♣/Xx
Tyler Phillips: XxXx/7♥3♦J♥A♣/Xx

Tyler Phillips completed and Dan Heimiller defended his bring-in.

Heimiller called bets from Phillips on fourth and fifth streets and then led out for a bet on sixth after pairing his king.

Phillips looked annoyed and folded, awarding Heimiller the pot and slipping down to the short stack at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	3,200,000

Tyler Phillips	1,100,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller Tyler Phillips

05-31-2025 13:30 UTC-8

Heimiller Gets Some Back at Merivirta's Expense

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 27

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Dan Heimiller: K♠K♣/3♣4♣6♠Q♥/4♥
Jyri Merivirta: XxXx/10♠J♠8♦A♦/Xx

Jyri Merivirta coompleted and Dan Heimiller defended from the bring in.

Merivirta bet fourth and fifth street. Heimiller called on fourth, then raised on fifth and Merivirta called.

Action repeated itself on sixth and seventh streets, with Merivirta check-calling a bet from Heimiller each time. Heimiller showed that he had two pair, kings and fours. Merivirta looked frustrated as he sent his cards into the muck while Heimiller won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	3,200,000 800,000	800,000

Jyri Merivirta	1,405,000 945,000	945,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller Jyri Merivirta

05-31-2025 13:23 UTC-8

Bach is Rising

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Dan O'Hair

Level 27

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

David Bach: 8♠6♠5♣/5♦6♥7♥A♦
Dan Heimiller: XxXx/K♣Q♥10♠7♠/Xx

Dan Heimiller completed and was called by David Bach for a heads-up pot.

Bach raised a bet from Heimiller on fourth street and Heimiller called.

Heimiller then called bets from Bach on fifth and sixth street before both players checked on seventh.

Bach turned over 8♠6♠5♣ for two pair and Heimiller took a look at his hole cards before sending his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	3,400,000 500,000	500,000

Dan Heimiller	2,400,000 675,000	675,000

Tags: David Bach Dan Heimiller

05-31-2025 13:17 UTC-8

Merivirta Shows Down Two Pair

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 27

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Jyri Merivirta: Q♦9♣/4♦Q♥9♦5♥/K♣
Dan Heimiller: XxXx/6♣2♦4♥3♣/Xx

Dan Heimiller completed and Jyri Merivirta defended from the bring in.

Merivirta bet fourth and fifth street. Heimiller called on fourth before raising on fifth. Merivirta called the raise.

On sixth street Merivirta bet and Heimiller called. Both players then checked seventh street.

Merivirta showed two pair, queens and nines. Heimiller stared at his hand for about 20 seconds before mucking and Merivirta took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	3,075,000 25,000	25,000

Jyri Merivirta	2,350,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller Jyri Merivirta

Level: 27

Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

05-31-2025 13:05 UTC-8

MengQi Chen Eliminated in 5th Place ($23,271)

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Dan O'Hair

Level 26

Ante: 15,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

MengQi Chen: 5♦3♦/6♠7♦7♠6♣/10♥ All in
Dan Heimiller: 9♠8♠5♥/9♥8♣4♣3♥
Jyri Merivirta: XxXx/J♠Q♠4♥7♥/Xx

MengQi Chen completed and was raised by Dan Heimiller. Jyri Merivirta called and Chen called all in.

Heimiller called a bet from Merivirta on fourth street and then both players checked on fifth.

Merivirta called a bet from Heimiller on sixth street and action checked through on the end.

Heimiller turned over 9♠8♠5♥ for two pair, which got a muck from Merivirta. Chen was drawing live on seventh, but peeled the 10♥ — leaving him with an inferior two pair to be eliminated in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	3,100,000 500,000	500,000

Jyri Merivirta	1,700,000 540,000	540,000
MengQi Chen	Busted

Tags: MengQi Chen Eliminated MengQi Chen Jyri Merivirta Dan Heimiller

05-31-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Bach Takes the Lead

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26

Ante: 15,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

David Bach: A♥A♦/5♦2♣2♦6♠/3♦
Dan Heimiller: Kx10♥/K♠10♠Q♦7♠/9♠

David Bach completed, Dan Heimiller made it two bets and Bach called.

Heimiller bet fourth street and was called by Bach. Bach then bet fifth after pairing his deuces and Heimiller called.

On sixth street Heimiller called another bet from Bach before both players checked seventh street. Both players had two pair but Bach was ahead with aces-up to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	2,900,000 800,000	800,000

Dan Heimiller	2,600,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller David Bach

05-31-2025 12:49 UTC-8

Bach Leaves Chen With Crumbs

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Dan O'Hair

Level 26

Ante: 15,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

David Bach: Q♠J♥5♣/10♦8♣K♥A♣
MengQi Chen: A♦7♣4♠/J♣J♥K♠A♠

MengQi Chen completed and was raised by David Bach. Action folded back to Chen, who made it three bets to go. Bach called.

Bach then proceeded to call bets from Chen on every street.

Chen fanned out A♦7♣4♠ for aces-up, but it was no good against Bach's Q♠J♥5♣ for Broadway to claim the massive pot.

Chen is now by far the short stack with just 130,000 following the clash.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	2,100,000 400,000	400,000

MengQi Chen	130,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: David Bach MengQi Chen

05-31-2025 12:40 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26

Ante: 15,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Heimiller	3,050,000 250,000	250,000

Jyri Merivirta	2,240,000 315,000	315,000
Tyler Phillips	1,900,000 300,000	300,000
David Bach	1,700,000

MengQi Chen	505,000 265,000	265,000