2025 World Series of Poker
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
With late registration now closed, the prizepool and payouts have been posted. A total of 1,168 entries were recorded in this event, generating a prizepool of $5,372,800. There will be 176 places getting paid with a min-cash being worth $9,957 and the winner taking home a whopping $855,515. A full list of prizes can be seen via the 'Payouts' tab.
Charles Pinckernell raised to 6,000 in the hijack. That was met by a three-bet by Zdenek Zizka to the minimum of 9,000. Pinckernell made the call.
The flop came out K♥Q♠6♦ and both players checked. The turn was the 8♣ and now Pinckernell bet out 7,000. Zizka called.
The river was the 8♥ and Pinckernell fired out 18,000. Zizka thought for a while before making the call, and Pinckernell showed A♥8♦, which won him the pot.
Meanwhile, Brad Owen has re-entered the event at this table, and now has 66,000.
After an open to 6,500 by the cutoff, Jakub Michalak in the small blind raised to 81,500. Samad Rashid called from the big blind and he made the open-raiser fold.
The dealer fanned a flop of 7♠8♦4♦. Michalak checked, Rashid bet 25,000 and Michalak called off his last 11,000.
Jakub Michalak: A♣J♠
Samad Rashid: A♦A♠
Michalak couldn't do much against aces and he was eliminated after the 6♣9♠ runout was revealed.
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Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas, where they break down the recent viral video fist fight from a Texas poker room involving former NFL running back Adrian Peterson, highlight the upcoming Ladies Week, and discuss whether or not Daniel Negreanu is having a "good" summer at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
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Guest Robert Jen, the world's greatest unknown WSOP historian, then goes one-on-one with Chad, offering fun and interesting trivia and stats involving 900 to keep in theme with the episode. Speaking of which, some of the biggest names in poker offered their support and congratulations to the PokerNews Podcast family on 900 episodes!
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A completed board of K♥Q♠6♠8♠4♣ was spread across the felt with over 100,000 chips in the middle already. The two chip leaders at the table were heads-up in the pot and it was Adrian Mateos who had a bet of 160,000 in front of him.
Sebastian Toro was in the tank for nearly two minutes before he finally slid out the call. Mateos turned over A♠J♥ for just ace-high while Toro held K♣3♠ for top pair to claim the pot.
"Did you win the pot, Adrian?" Martin Kabrhel questioned from a neighboring table. Mateos just shook his head. "Everyone knows you're the biggest bluffer in the room."
Blake Bohn went all-in for his 30,000 chips from the hijack and was called by Cameron Collins in the big blind.
Blake Bohn: A♣8♠
Cameron Collins: Q♣10♣
The board ran out J♥7♥3♠J♠9♠ and Bohn found the double-up.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni raised in the hijack to 6,500. Brendan Shiller called on the button, and then Joe Kuether moved all in from the small blind for 20,000. Doddapanei called, before Shiller moved all in himself. Doddapanei looked frustrated and threw his hand away.
Joe Kuether: K♣K♦
Brendan Shiller: 10♥10♠
The board came out J♣9♣4♠5♦8♥, so Kuether won the pot to more than triple his stack.