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

06-25-2025 22:42 UTC-8

Deeb and Po Wave Off Ragir

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Frank Visser

Level 13

Ante: 500
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Marshall Ragir: A♠Q♦6♣/5♠7♠K♠Q♣ All in
Kenneth Po: A♥A♦6♦/2♠A♣2♦J♦
Shaun Deeb: 5♣4♥2♥/8♦7♦J♣10♦

The action was caught on fifth street, where Kenneth Po lead out with a pair of deuces showing. Shaun Deeb called, Marshall Ragir raised, and Po and Deeb called.

It checked to Ragir on sixth street, who bet. Po and Deeb both called to seventh street, where it checked to Ragir again. He fired again, Po raised, Deeb called, and Ragir called all in for 11,000.

Po showed a full house for the high, and Deeb tabled an eight-low, leaving the queens of Ragir in the dust and sending him out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	128,000 27,500	27,500

Kenneth Po	75,000 75,000	75,000
David Margolis	66,500 8,500	8,500
David Bach	40,000 30,500	30,500

Marshall Ragir	Busted

Tags: Kenneth Po Marshall Ragir Shaun Deeb

Level: 14

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

06-25-2025 22:45 UTC-8

Reigning Champion Among Level 13 Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 14

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Fal	Busted

Kane Kalas	Busted
Jonathan Tamayo	Busted

Robert Klein	Busted
Justin Saliba	Busted

Owais Ahmed	Busted

Joey Couden	Busted

Stanislav Ivanov	Busted
Ariel Mantel	Busted
Andrey Zaichenko	Busted

Tom McCormick	Busted
David Kluchman	Busted
Lonnie Heimowitz	Busted
Richard Ashby	Busted

06-25-2025 22:55 UTC-8

Two Pair Gives Sauer the Scoop

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Nick Vazquez

Level 14

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Ryan Sauer: Q♥5♥/ 4♥J♣6♣5♦ / J♠
Pierre Dotson: 6♥9♥/ A♥Q♠4♠8♥ / A♦
Deven Lane: Xx/ A♣K♥7♥10♣/ Xx

Ryan Sauer brought it in, Deven Lane raised, Pierre Dotson and Sauer made the call.

Fourth street came and Lane bet, both other players called.

Players checked it all the way down on the remaining streets and at showdown, Sauer announced he had two pair, and that beat both of his opponents' holdings, which had no qualifying low. Sauer was able to scoop the pot to help boost his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Sauer	59,000
Pierre Dotson	46,500
Deven Lane	19,500

Tags: Ryan Sauer Pierre Dotson Deven Lane

06-25-2025 22:59 UTC-8

"Bakes" Runs Into Wheel

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Frank Visser

Level 14

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

David "Bakes" Baker: XxXx/A♣5♦7♣6♦/Xx
Alexander Jung: A♥10♦3♦/2♥5♣J♦4♦

David "Bakes" Baker checked fourth street, and Alexander Jung followed suit. Baker then bet out on fifth street, which Jung called. Baker kept firing on sixth street, calling when Jung tossed in a raise.

Baker check-called a final bet on seventh street, but frustratedly mucked his cards when Jung showed him the nut low, a straight to the five.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Jung	125,000 125,000	125,000
David "Bakes" Baker	45,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Alexander Jung David "Bakes" Baker

06-25-2025 23:21 UTC-8

Batow Scoops an All In

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Nick Vazquez

Level 14

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Tim Batow: A♥6♣ / 4♥8♣5♣6♠ /7♠
Zachary Gilbert: XxXx/ K♦7♠2♠7♣/ Xx
Sebastian Pauli:XxXx/ 7♥9♥4♣A♣/ Xx

Zachary Gilbert raised, Sebastian Pauli reraised, Tim Batow called from the bring in and Gilbert called as well.

All players checked on fourth street. On fifth, action checked to Batow, who bet. Both players called. On sixth, the players checked to Batow again, who put in his last 5,000 chip. Again, the remaining players called.

The two players who were not all in checked on the river, and Batow revealed he made a straight on the river as well as a 7 6 low, and he scooped the pot to stay in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Pauli	95,500 41,500	41,500
Tim Batow	68,000 68,000	68,000
Zachary Gilbert	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Sebastian Pauli Tim Batow Zachary Gilbert

06-25-2025 23:23 UTC-8

Latest Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 14

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Cousineau	Busted
David Bach	Busted

Kristan Lord	Busted
Deven Lane	Busted
Dan Matsuzuki	Busted

Ryan Hughes	Busted

Steven Girouard	Busted
Chun Li	Busted
Lawrence Wayne	Busted
Aaron Kupin	Busted
Claude Marbleu	Busted
Gary Bolden	Busted

Brian Rast	Busted

Noah Bronstein	Busted

Donny Rubinstein	Busted
Alex Tchong	Busted

Level: 15

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

06-25-2025 23:33 UTC-8

Jones Building Late

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Frank Visser

Level 15

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

Mary Jones: Q♣J♣3♣/Q♦3♦7♥5♠
John Centeno: 6♥XxXx/2♥Q♠2♦6♦

Mary Jones bet on fourth street and was called by John Centeno. Centeno and Jones then checked through fifth and sixth street before Jones fired again on seventh street.

Centeno called for Jones to table queens and threes. Centeno showed he had a less two pair before adding his cards to the muck and surrendering the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mary Jones	260,000 144,000	144,000

Ahmed Mohamed	200,000 94,000	94,000
John Centeno	57,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: John Centeno Mary Jones

06-25-2025 23:52 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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Nick Vazquez

Level 15

Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

Here are some chip counts as play winds down for the day:

Player	Chips	Progress
Mary Jones	328,000 68,000	68,000

Jeff Madsen	201,000 72,500	72,500

Joe McKeehen	157,500 9,500	9,500

Arthur Morris	135,500 110,500	110,500
Allen Kessler	126,000 61,500	61,500
Robert Mizrachi	86,500 16,500	16,500

Huck Seed	80,000 46,000	46,000

Viktor Blom	65,000 45,000	45,000
Steve Zolotow	26,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Steve Zolotow Arthur Morris Allen Kessler Viktor Blom Robert Mizrachi Mary Jones Jeff Madsen Joe McKeehen Huck Seed