Aaron Lugibihl: XxXx / 5♥3♠8♠K♥ / Xx
Sergei Tolkachov: XxXx / Q♣4♣2♣6♣ / Xx
Aaron Lugibihl was the bring in with the 5♥. Sergei Tolkachov completed his queen and Lugibihl called. Both players checked fourth street. Tolkachov check-called on fifth street.
On sixth street, Lugibihl caught a king to gain the betting lead. This time, he check-called against Tolkachov's four to a flush showing. Lugibihl called a bet on the river as well.
Tolkachov showed 7♣6♥3♦ for a flush and 7-6-4-3-2 low to scoop the first hand of the day.
In the next hand, Lugibihl and Tolkachov tangled again with Lugibihl taking it on seventh street with an uncalled bet.
Poker Hall of Famer Huck Seed's return at the 2025 World Series of Poker has been nothing short of remarkable thus far. With a rekindled love for the game, Seed has been grinding it out all summer as if it were 1996 all over again, when he captured poker's most prestigious event back in the day at Binion's Horseshoe in Downtown Las Vegas.
The four-time bracelet winner has already racked up ten cashes this summer — eleven if you include this one — and finds himself in a spot to capture his first bracelet since 2003.
Only ten players stand between Seed and the coveted prize as action resumes at 1 p.m. in the Event Center in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for the final day of Event #69: $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. Seed returns eighth in chips (635,000, 5 big bets), but if limit poker has taught us anything over the years, it's still anyone's game with a big scoop falling the right way.
Day 3 Seat Draw
Casino
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Bets
Event center
Gold 645
2
Aaron Lugibihl
Canada
2,350,000
20
Event center
Gold 645
3
John Comeau
United States
330,000
3
Event center
Gold 645
4
Michal Frejka
United States
1,925,000
16
Event center
Gold 645
7
Blaz Zerjav
Slovenia
2,515,000
21
Event center
Gold 645
8
Sergei Tolkachov
United States
830,000
7
Event center
Gold 646
1
David Lin
United States
2,200,000
18
Event center
Gold 646
2
Jay Kerbel
United States
3,525,000
29
Event center
Gold 646
3
Michelle Konig
United States
720,000
6
Event center
Gold 646
4
Huck Seed
United States
635,000
5
Event center
Gold 646
6
Vasu Amarapu
United States
160,000
1
Event center
Gold 646
7
Denis Strebkov
Russia
320,000
3
Jay Kerbel
Coming back as the overnight chip leader is Jay Kerbel (3,525,000 - 29 big bets). Fresh off a deep run in the $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw earlier (19th for $6,422), he jumped straight into this $1,500 Stud 8 and again is putting himself in bracelet contention.
Rounding out the top three are 2025 bracelet winner Blaz Zerjav (2,515,000 - 21 big bets), who could win a second bracelet in an event that couldn't be further removed from the first one he captured in Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. Canada's Aaron Lugibihl (2,350,000 - 20 big bets) sits in third when cards go back in the air.
Blaz Zerjav
Levels will be 60 minutes throughout, with play resuming in Level 26 at 1 p.m. local time. The ante will be 15,000, bring-in 20,000, a completion is 60,000, and the limits will be 60,000/120,000.
As always, PokerNews will be circling the tables until the final card has been pitched off the deck, so make sure to check back regularly as we crown a new bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker!
