Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jun 25, 2025

Vitch Fires at Kyte

David Salituro

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Christopher Vitch raised in middle position and Justin Liberto reraised in the hijack. Jon Kyte made it four bets on the button and both Vitch and Liberto called.

The flop came 8♥8♦2♠ and Kyte bet. Vitch then raised, Liberto folded, and Kyte called.

Vitch led out with a bet on the 7♦ turn and Kyte called. The river was the J♠ and Vitch bet again. Kyte called and Vitch turned over 9♠8♠ for trips to win the pot.

Tags: Christopher Vitch Jon Kyte Justin Liberto

Jun 25, 2025

Mueller Doubles Through Katz

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Aaron Katz opened from middle position, Greg Mueller three-bet from the cutoff and Katz called.

The flop came 2♦3♠6♥ and Katz checked. Mueller bet, leaving 2,000 behind, Katz raised and Mueller called, putting himself at risk.

Greg Mueller: A♠K♠ All in
Aaron Katz: Q♦9♦

The K♦ turn improved Mueller to top pair while giving Katz a flush draw. The 10♣ river was a brick and Mueller doubled up through Katz.

Tags: Aaron Katz Greg Mueller

Jun 25, 2025

Liberto Picks Off Vitch's Bluff

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Brett Slezak

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Christopher Vitch opened from the hijack and was called by Justin Liberto in the cutoff and Jon Kyte in the small blind.

On the 4♣3♥3♣ flop, Vitch bet 21,000 before Liberto clicked it to 52,000. Kyte folded and Vitch called.

The 5♥ turn checked through to the 3♦ river which saw Vitch lead for 120,000. Liberto would think it over for almost two minutes, clearly pained by the decision, before he put in the call. Vitch announced ace-king while Liberto tabled K♠K♥9♦2♠ for the winner with his full house, threes full of kings.

Tags: Christopher Vitch Jon Kyte Justin Liberto

Jun 25, 2025

Moncek Trips Up Daher

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Connor Richards

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

In a heads-up pot on a board of 4♣K♣7♥, Albert Daher checked and Tyler Moncek bet. Daher called. Daher checked again on the 4♦ turn and Moncek bet. Daher check-raised and Moncek called.

Daher bet again on the Q♦ river and Moncek called.

Daher showed A♣10♦8♥2♠ for a missed nut low, which was no good against the trips of Moncek with 6♥5♦5♠4♠.

Tags: Albert Daher Tyler Moncek

Jun 25, 2025

Lamb Trips Up Moncek

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David Salituro

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Michael Moncek: XxXx/2♦3♠A♦4♠ All in
Ben Lamb: XxXx/K♣7♣4♥Q♦/Xx
James Obst: XxXx/8♣3♥J♠6♥/Xx

Ben Lamb, James Obst, and Michael Moncek went to sixth street where Lamb bet. Obst called, while Moncek committed the rest of his chips.

"Mike, I've done the math and this is an important pot for you," Lamb told Moncek going to seventh as he and Obst checked it down.

Moncek turned over K♥K♠, but Lamb had Q♠Q♥2♣ for trip queens to win the pot and send Moncek to the rail.

Tags: Ben Lamb Michael Moncek James Obst

Level: 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Jun 25, 2025

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

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Jun 25, 2025

Break Time

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Brett Slezak

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

The 50 remaining players are going on a 15-minute break, with two more levels left to play tonight.

Play resumes in Level 11 with big bet blinds of 4,000/8,000, and limits of 15,000/30,000 with an average stack of 642,000.

Jun 25, 2025

Lamb Frustrates Schreiber

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Brett Slezak

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Matthew Schreiber: A♥7♣6♣ / A♦5♦K♣3♥
Ben Lamb: 3♠3♦2♠ / 4♥K♦A♠2♥

Dzmitry Urbanovich limped with the 10♦, Michael Moncek limped with the Q♦, Schreiber completed, Lamb raised from the bring-in, and the limpers folded.

Schreiber opted to check on fourth, Lamb bet, Schreiber raised, and Lamb called.

Schreiber then led on fifth and sixth with Lamb staying around.

On seventh, Schreiber slowed down with a check, Lamb bet, and Schreiber sighed as he called, saying that he started with aces. Lamb tabled his two pair, threes and deuces, which were good as he squeezed some extra value out of his two baby pair.

Tags: Ben Lamb Dzmitry Urbanovich Matthew Schreiber Michael Moncek

Jun 25, 2025

Smith Raises Big on the River

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David Salituro

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Jason Mercier and Dan Smith went heads-up to the turn with the board showing 9♥3♣Q♠4♥. Mercier then bet 48,000 from the big blind and Smith called in the hijack.

The river was the 6♣ and Mercier bet another 72,000. Smith then raised to 290,000.

Mercier tanked for a few minutes until eventually calling, and Smith turned over A♣A♥5♠2♠ for a rivered straight to win the pot.