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

06-25-2025 15:06 UTC-8

Negreanu Shows No Mercier

Connor Richards

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Jason Mercier raised to 9,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu called on the button. Both players drew one.

Mercier checked after the draw and Negreanu flicked in a 25,000-chip. Mercier went in the tank for over a minute and called.

Negreanu showed an eighty-six with 8x6x5x3x2x and it was good to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	720,000 80,000	80,000

Jason Mercier	300,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jason Mercier

06-25-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Players Upset When Golden Nugget Cancels $1M Gtd. Poker Tournament After Level 1

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Jon Sofen

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

Golden Nugget pulled the plug on a $1,200 buy-in, $1 million guarantee after the Grand Poker Series tournament had already begun Wednesday morning.

The Las Vegas card room would inevitably cancel the tournament and refund all players after receiving criticism from those who'd entered and expected to be playing for a seven-figure prize pool.

PokerNews spoke with the poker room's Director of Poker Operations, Joel Garcia, and a player who entered the tournament, David Mcconachie, to find out what happened.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: David Mcconachie

06-25-2025 15:14 UTC-8

Deeb Gets Two Streets with Ace-High

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Chino Rheem opened from the button and Shaun Deeb defended from the big blind.

The flop came 9♥7♠3♥. Deeb checked, Rheem bet, Deeb check-raised and Rheem called.

Deeb bet again on the 3♦ turn before both players checked the 9♦ river. Rheem had 10♠8♠ for a missed straight draw while Deeb had just ace-high with A♠4♠ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	1,020,000 379,000	379,000

Johannes Becker	616,000 86,000	86,000

Jon Kyte	600,000 6,000	6,000
Greg Mueller	405,000 130,000	130,000

Shaun Deeb	275,000 62,000	62,000

Joey Couden	275,000 50,000	50,000

Chino Rheem	95,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Shaun Deeb

06-25-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Gerhart Shows Schwartz the Higher Straight

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David Salituro

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Action folded to Luke Schwartz who raised in the small blind. Kevin Gerhart then reraised in the big blind and Schwartz called.

The flop came K♣K♦Q♣ and Gerhart continued with a bet. Schwartz called and they both checked the Q♦ turn.

Schwartz led out on the J♥ river and Gerhart called. Schwartz showed 10♥9♦ for a straight, but Gerhart had the nut straight with A♥10♦ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	350,000 46,000	46,000

Luke Schwartz	190,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Kevin Gerhart Luke Schwartz

06-25-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Gorodinsky Trips Up Vengrin

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Brett Slezak

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Matthew Vengrin: XxXx / 9♦10♠10♥9♠ / Xx
Mike Gorodinsky: 6♠4♥3♠ / 4♦8♠4♣Q♣
Aaron Katz: XxXx / 3♥6♥7♠ - folded on fifth street

Gorodinsky completed first to act, Katz called on his left, Vengrin two-bet, and both called. Fourth street checked through.

Vengrin led fifth with open tens, Gorodinsky called, and Katz folded.

Vengrin led again on sixth with open two pair and Gorodinsky called.

Vengrin slowed down with a check on seventh, Gorodinsky bet, and Vengrin quickly called hoping to see a low. However, Gorodinsky announced three fours, and his trips were good as Vengrin could only frustratingly muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gorodinsky	890,000 37,000	37,000

Aaron Katz	360,000 119,000	119,000

Matthew Vengrin	175,000 136,000	136,000

Tags: Aaron Katz Matthew Vengrin Mike Gorodinsky

06-25-2025 15:24 UTC-8

Foxen Makes a Number Four

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Connor Richards

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Alex Foxen raised in the cutoff and Yosuke Miki defended his big blind. Miki drew one and Foxen drew two.

Miki bet after the first draw and Foxen called. Miki stood pat and Foxen again drew two. Miki bet again and Foxen called. Miki again patted and Foxen drew one.

Miki bet once more after the final draw and Foxen raised. Miki called, only to muck as Foxen showed 7x6x5x4x2x to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yosuke Miki	400,000 143,000	143,000
Alex Foxen	240,000 396,000	396,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Yosuke Miki

06-25-2025 15:27 UTC-8

Schreiber Frustrates Seiver on Seventh

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David Salituro

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Matthew Schreiber: XxXx/4♥2♠10♠3♥/Xx
Scott Seiver: XxXx/5♣2♦K♥4♠/Xx
Aaron Kupin: XxXx/9♣K♣8♦10♠/Xx
Chad Eveslage: XxXx/8♣4♣Q♦Xx - folded on sixth street

Scott Seiver bet on fourth street and was called by Matthew Schreiber, Chad Eveslage, and Aaron Kupin.

All four players checked on fifth. Seiver then bet again on sixth and Schreiber and Kupin called, while Eveslage got out of the way.

Seiver bet on seventh, but this time Schreiber came back with a raise. Kupin folded and Seiver called.

Schreiber showed 6♦5♠3♦ for a straight and Seiver mucked, muttering to himself as Schreiber scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Eveslage	360,000 140,000	140,000

Matthew Schreiber	350,000 207,000	207,000

Scott Seiver	350,000 170,000	170,000

Aaron Kupin	160,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Aaron Kupin Chad Eveslage Matthew Schreiber Scott Seiver

06-25-2025 15:35 UTC-8

Lamb Leads into Obst

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

James Obst limped in from early position, Jeremy Ausmus limped behind from the cutoff, Dario Alioto limped behind from the button, Matthew Ashton called from the small blind and Ben Lamb checked from the big blind.

The flop came K♠6♥5♣ and action checked around to Obst who bet 12,000. Only Lamb called.

Lamb bet 26,000 on the 4♥ turn and Obst called before both players checked the A♥ river. Lamb showed 8♥7♠2♥2♦ for a flush and Obst mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	830,000 25,000	25,000

Dario Alioto	370,000 150,000	150,000

Ben Lamb	295,000 140,000	140,000

Matthew Ashton	210,000 10,000	10,000

James Obst	180,000 200,000	200,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	125,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Dario Alioto James Obst Jeremy Ausmus Matthew Ashton

06-25-2025 15:37 UTC-8

Daher Gets Dealt the Goods

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Brett Slezak

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Maximilian Schindler opened from the hijack, Albert Daher three-bet from the cutoff, and Schindler called to create a pot of over 80,000.

Schindler took one and Daher stood pat. Schindler then led for a little under 50,000 before Daher raised to 240,000 and Schindler reluctantly called. Daher showed 8x6x5x3x2x for a monster hand to drag a massive one off Schindler.

"You should add Never Run Like Albert, NRLA," joked tablemate Philip Sternheimer, "Just get dealt a pat number seven."

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Daher	675,000 305,000	305,000
Maximilian Schindler	150,000 182,000	182,000

Tags: Albert Daher Maximilian Schindler

06-25-2025 15:37 UTC-8

Matusow Makes Runner-Runner Boat Against Flopped Flush

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Connor Richards

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4000/6000 Ante, 2000-4000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Arthur Morris raised to 10,000 in the cutoff and Mike Matusow called in the big blind.

Matusow checked on the flop of Q♥J♥5♥ and Morris continued for 11,000. Matusow called. Matusow check-called again on the Q♠ turn as Morris sized up to 30,000.

Matusow checked once more on the J♠ river and Morris shook his head before checking back. Matusow showed K♣J♣ for a runner-runner full house and Morris mucked what he said was a flopped flush.

"You flopped a flush?! Really? That's so sick!" Matusow said.

"He's like 1% to win," Morris said in dismay.