Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-27-2025 16:07 UTC-8

Straight for Konig

Nick Vazquez

Level 29

Ante: 30,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000

Michelle Konig: K♠J♦/ 10♦10♠Q♥5♦ / 9♣
Jay Kerbel: XxXx / 2♠7♦5♣4♠ / Xx
Huck Seed: XxXx / A♠J♠ - folded on fourth street

Michelle Konig and Huck Seed called Jay Kerbel's bring in.

On fourth street, Konig made tens and bet. Seed folded, but Kerbel called.

Konig check-called fifth and sixth, and then both player checked seventh. Konig showed that she made a straight on the river, and Kerbel frustratingly turned over the J♣ and mucked the rest of his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	4,900,000 740,000	740,000

Michelle Konig	2,900,000 100,000	100,000
Jay Kerbel	2,450,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Sergei Tolkachov	2,400,000 610,000	610,000
Huck Seed	1,760,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Huck Seed Jay Kerbel Michelle Konig

06-27-2025 15:52 UTC-8

There and Back Again

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Yori Epskamp

Level 29

Ante: 30,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000

Jay Kerbel: XxXx / 8♠4♦3♠2♣ / Xx
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx A♠10♦ folded on fourth street
Michelle Konig: XxXx / 3♦7♣7♦A♣ / Xx

Jay Kerbel is blasting almost every hand now and did so again in a pot against Michelle Konig.

Konig was the bring-in, Kerbel completed, Blaz Zerjav called, and Konig called. Konig bet fourth street, Kerbel instantly made it two bets, Zerjav folded, and Konig called.

Catching an open pair on fifth street, Konig bet again, only to be met by another snap-raise from Kerbel. Konig called and called a bet from Kerbel on sixth as well. The river got checked by both players.

Konig showed 9♠7♠6♦ for three sevens, Kerbel confirmed it was good and mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Kerbel	3,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Michelle Konig	3,000,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Jay Kerbel Michelle Konig

06-27-2025 15:48 UTC-8

Kerbel Firing on All Cilinders

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Yori Epskamp

Level 29

Ante: 30,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000

Jay Kerbel: XxXx / 3♣5♣7♣8♠ / Xx
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx / 5♦3♠7♦3♦ / Xx

Jay Kerbel completed with the three of clubs and Blaz Zerjav called.

"Who's first?" Kerbel inquired on fourth street. Zerjav checked, Kerbel bet, and Zerjav called.

"Who's first?" Kerbel repeated with a laugh with both players still showing the same cards on fifth street. Zerjav checked and called a bet from Kerbel.

On sixth street, Zerjav checked his pair of threes and Kerbel fired another bet. Zerjav raised, Kerbel put in three bets, and Zerjav called. Zerjav check-called a final bet from Kerbel on the river.

"Low and a flush," Kerbel announced and tabled A♠10♣9♣ for a ten-high flush and 8-7-5-3-A low. Disgruntled, Zerjav flashed 10♦4♦ for an inferior ten-high flush and mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Kerbel	4,500,000 1,770,000	1,770,000

Blaz Zerjav	4,160,000 740,000	740,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Jay Kerbel

06-27-2025 15:41 UTC-8

Zerjav Makes Trips to Take from Kerbel

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Nick Vazquez

Level 29

Ante: 30,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000

Blaz Zerjav: 7♦7♠ / 3♣Q♥7♥6♣ / 8♥
Jay Kerbel: XxXx / 3♥K♦K♥A♠ / Xx

Jay Kerbel called, Blaz Zerjav completed, and Kerbel called.

Kerbel bet on fourth and fifth, with Zerjav calling.

On sixth street, Kerbel bet again but was met by a raise from Zerjav. Kerbel called.

On the river, Kerbel check-called a bet from Zerjav, and was given the bad news as Zerjav showed three sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	4,900,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Jay Kerbel	2,730,000 3,470,000	3,470,000

Tags: Jay Kerbel Blaz Zerjav

Level: 29

Ante: 30,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000

06-27-2025 15:31 UTC-8

Kerbel Extends the Lead

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Yori Epskamp

Level 28

Ante: 20,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000

Jay Kerbel: XxXx / 5♦7♣9♦8♠ / Xx
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx / 3♣6♠A♦J♥ / Xx

Blaz Zerjav was the bring-in and Jay Kerbel completed. Zerjav followed with a call and called a bet on fourth street as well. With the ace, he bet on fifth street and Kerbel called.

Kerbel had four to a straight showing on sixth and Zerjav checked. Kerbel bet and Zerjav called. Kerbel bet the river as well and the Slovenian called it off.

Kerbel showed J♦J♣5♥ for jacks and fives and Zerjav mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Kerbel	6,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Blaz Zerjav	2,700,000 1,325,000	1,325,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Jay Kerbel

06-27-2025 15:28 UTC-8

Denis Strebkov Eliminated in 6th Place ($25,307)

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Yori Epskamp

Level 28

Ante: 20,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000

Huck Seed: XxXx / 2♦J♣J♠ folded on fifth street
Denis Strebkov: XxXx / 7♥J♥Q♠5♠ / Xx
Jay Kerbel: XxXx / 7♣8♣3♠7♠ / Xx
Michelle Konig: XxXx / 10♥A♥K♠6♦ / Xx

Huck Seed was the bring-in and received calls from Denis Strebkov, Jay Kerbel, and Michelle Konig. Konig caught an ace on fourth street and bet, receiving three calls.

On fifth street, Seed made an open pair of jacks and checked. Strebkov checked, Kerbel bet, Konig called, and Seed went in the tank. After about thirty seconds, he opted to fold his hand. Strebkov came along with a call.

Kerbel bet sixth street, Konig called, and Strebkov called all in for 190,000 total. The two active players checked the river.

Kerbel showed K♥9♠8♠ for two pair, eights and sevens. Konig showed K♣J♦7♦ and ended up with a pair of kings. Strebkov flung his hand face-down in the muck, having made neither a low nor a better high, and said his goodbyes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Kerbel	5,000,000 1,035,000	1,035,000

Michelle Konig	2,850,000 300,000	300,000
Huck Seed	1,550,000 100,000	100,000

Denis Strebkov	Busted

Tags: Denis Strebkov Huck Seed Jay Kerbel Michelle Konig

06-27-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Chip Count Update

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Nick Vazquez

Level 28

Ante: 20,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000

In the last 20 minutes, the biggest pot was a double up for Denis Strebkov in which he rivered two pair against Sergei Tolkachov. He still sits as the shortest stack in the updated chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	4,025,000 225,000	225,000

Jay Kerbel	3,965,000 335,000	335,000

Michelle Konig	2,550,000 150,000	150,000
Sergei Tolkachov	1,790,000 940,000	940,000
Huck Seed	1,450,000 150,000	150,000

Denis Strebkov	445,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Denis Strebkov Sergei Tolkachov

06-27-2025 14:53 UTC-8

David Lin Eliminated in 7th Place ($18,758)

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Yori Epskamp

Level 28

Ante: 20,000
Bring-In: 30,000
Completion: 100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000

David Lin: 7♦2♣ / A♣2♦K♦K♥ / 9♣
Blaz Zerjav: 8♥4♦ / 4♥8♦7♠7♥ / 8♠

Blaz Zerjav was the bring-in, David Lin completed, and Zerjav called. Lin checked fourth street and called a bet from Zerjav. On fifth street, Lin was all in for his final 175,000 in chips and the cards went on their backs.

A "whoa" from the table followed when Lin made kings up on sixth street, while Zerjav caught a third pair. The Slovenian opened up his river card first, revealing an eight to make a full house to an even louder "whoa" from the table.

Lin needed one of the remaining kings if he was to survive but caught the nine instead to finish in seventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Kerbel	4,300,000 785,000	785,000

Blaz Zerjav	3,800,000 125,000	125,000

Sergei Tolkachov	2,730,000 330,000	330,000
Michelle Konig	2,700,000 765,000	765,000
Huck Seed	1,300,000 150,000	150,000

Denis Strebkov	450,000 45,000	45,000

David Lin	Busted