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

06-27-2025 17:53 UTC-8

Seed Doubles Through Konig

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Nick Vazquez

Level 31

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 50,000
Completion: 2000,00
Limits: 200,000-400,000

Huck Seed: 6♥5♥ / 6♠K♥K♠K♣ / 8♠
Michelle Konig: A♣A♥ / 9♥4♦6♦3♠ /10♠

Michelle Konig completed, and Huck Seed called.

On fourth street, Konig bet and Seed called.

On fifth, Konig bet and Seed raised with his last chips going into the middle, and Konig called.

Seed made a full house on sixth street, and he won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huck Seed	2,100,000 720,000	720,000

Michelle Konig	1,300,000 1,460,000	1,460,000

Tags: Michelle Konig Huck Seed

06-27-2025 17:59 UTC-8

Seed on a Hot Streak

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Yori Epskamp

Level 31

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 50,000
Completion: 2000,00
Limits: 200,000-400,000

Huck Seed: XxXx / Q♣A♦J♣4♦ / Xx
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx / 8♠5♦8♥J♦ / Xx
Michelle Konig: XxXx / 7♥9♠A♠ folded on fifth street

Michelle Konig was the bring-in, Huck Seed completed the queen, Blaz Zerjav called, and Konig called as well. On fourth street, Seed checked to Zerjav who bet. Konig and Seed called.

Zerjav caught a pair of eights of fifth and bet. Konig folded and Seed called. Zerjav bet sixth street and Seed called. On seventh street, Zerjav checked and Seed bet.

The normally expressionless Zerjav showed a hint of emotion on his face and seemed displeased. He readjusted himself in his chair and sized up the Poker Hall of Famer, perhaps trying to get a read on the veteran, but Seed calmly stared at the board.

Zerjav ultimately slid in a call and Seed fanned out 5♥3♣2♣ for a wheel to scoop the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	5,800,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Huck Seed	4,300,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Huck Seed Michelle Konig

06-27-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Konig Finds a Double-Up

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Nick Vazquez

Level 31

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 50,000
Completion: 2000,00
Limits: 200,000-400,000

Michelle Konig: A♠5♠ / 9♦K♠A♥4♠ / 6♥
Blaz Zerjav: Q♠J♥ / 10♠8♠K♦10♣ / 2♠

Blaz Zerjav completed and Konig moved all in for her last bet next to act, and Zerjav called.

Konig won the pot with aces, but still has work to do to catch up to her opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	5,350,000 450,000	450,000

Michelle Konig	650,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Michelle Konig

06-27-2025 18:19 UTC-8

Konig in Trouble Again

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Yori Epskamp

Level 31

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 50,000
Completion: 2000,00
Limits: 200,000-400,000

Blaz Zerjav: XxXx / A♣5♦4♣9♣ / Xx
Michelle Konig: XxXx / 3♣2♠Q♣J♣ / Xx

Michelle Konig open-completed and Blaz Zerjav called. Both players checked fourth street. Zerjav bet fifth and sixth street and Konig called.

On seventh street, Zerjav bet and Konig open-folded 5x4x to go with her 3♣2♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Tolkachov	5,300,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Blaz Zerjav	5,200,000 150,000	150,000

Huck Seed	4,600,000 300,000	300,000

Michelle Konig	600,000 50,000	50,000

06-27-2025 18:38 UTC-8

Michelle Konig Eliminated in 4th Place ($48,931)

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Nick Vazquez

Level 31

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 50,000
Completion: 2000,00
Limits: 200,000-400,000

Michelle Konig: A♥5♠ / A♠10♥7♠2♣ / K♠ All in
Blaz Zerjav: 2♠5♣ / 7♣3♠9♦8♣ / Q♥
Sergei Tolkachov: 5♥6♥ / 4♥J♠3♥K♥ / J♥

Sergei Tolkachov completed, Blaz Zerjav called and Michelle Konig raised all in for less than a full bet. Both Tolkachov and Zerjav called.

On fourth street, Tolkachov check-called a bet from Zerjav.

Both players checked on fifth, then Tolkachov bet on sixth and Zerjav called.

Tolkachov bet on seventh and Zerjav called again. Tolkachov had a flush, and Zerjav had a low, so they chopped up both the main pot and the side pot, while Konig finished in fourth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Tolkachov	6,725,000 1,425,000	1,425,000
Blaz Zerjav	5,800,000 600,000	600,000

Huck Seed	3,800,000 800,000	800,000

Michelle Konig	Busted

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Michelle Konig Sergei Tolkachov

06-27-2025 18:39 UTC-8

Break

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Yori Epskamp

Level 31

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 50,000
Completion: 2000,00
Limits: 200,000-400,000

The three remaining players are on a 15-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Tolkachov	6,050,000 675,000	675,000
Blaz Zerjav	5,750,000 50,000	50,000

Huck Seed	3,550,000 250,000	250,000

Level: 32

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 75,000
Completion: 250,000
Limits: 250,000-500,000

06-27-2025 18:58 UTC-8

Seed Gets There

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Yori Epskamp

Level 32

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 75,000
Completion: 250,000
Limits: 250,000-500,000

Huck Seed: XxXx / 8♦3♠2♣7♦ / Xx
Sergei Tolkachov: XxXx / 10♥K♠9♥8♠ / Xx

Blaz Zerjav was the bring-in with a three. Sergei Tolkachov completed, Huck Seed called, and Zerjav folded. Both players checked fourth street.

Tolkachov check-called it down from fifth street onwards with Seed blasting all the way.

On showdown, Seed first revealed A♣4♥ for a wheel draw before looking at his final card.

"Gutshot," he quipped.

He then carefully squeezed his final card and, as if he had summoned it on the spot, slapped the 5♣ onto the felt to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huck Seed	5,400,000 1,850,000	1,850,000

Sergei Tolkachov	4,500,000 1,550,000	1,550,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Huck Seed Sergei Tolkachov

06-27-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Sergei Tolkachov Eliminated in 3rd Place ($70,071)

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Nick Vazquez

Level 32

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 75,000
Completion: 250,000
Limits: 250,000-500,000

Blaz Zerjav: 8♥5♥ / 2♣7♠6♥4♠ /3♥
Sergei Tolkachov: Q♥Q♣ / 2♥Q♠6♠9♥ / K♣

Sergei Tolkachov completed and Blaz Zerjav called.

On fourth street, Tolkachov bet and Zerjav called.

On fifth, Tolkachov checked and Zerjav bet Tolkachov raised, and Zerjav reraised. Tolkachov called.

Tolkachov then check-called sixth and seventh street, and Zerjav revealed a straight, while Tolkachov frustratingly showed that he had three queens.

On the very next hand, Tolkachov and Zerjav got all in on third street. Zerjav's ace high won against Tolkachov's queen high, and Tolkachov finished in third place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	9,200,000 3,450,000	3,450,000

Huck Seed	5,700,000 300,000	300,000

Sergei Tolkachov	Busted

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Sergei Tolkachov

06-27-2025 19:22 UTC-8

First Scoop for Seed During Heads Up

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Yori Epskamp

Level 32

Ante: 50,000
Bring-In: 75,000
Completion: 250,000
Limits: 250,000-500,000

Huck Seed: XxXx / 8♦3♣J♣10♠ / Xx
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx / 2♥J♥6♠10♥ / Xx

Blaz Zerjav was the bring-in, Huck Seed completed, and Zerjav called. Seed bet fourth and fifth street and Zerjav called. Seed checked on sixth street, Zerjav bet, and Seed called.

On the river, Seed checked and Zerjav checked behind after some thought.

Seed showed A♠A♦2♣ for a pair of aces, and Zerjav couldn't beat it.