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

06-25-2025 18:58 UTC-7

Pair of Eights Good for Garber

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Nick Vazquez

Level 7

Ante: 200
Bring-In: 200
Completion: 800
Limits: 800-1,600

Russ Garber: 8♦9♠/ A♦8♠10♣3♣/ 6♠
Koji Fujimoto: XxXx/ 7♥10♠2♠Q♣/ Xx

Russ Garber completed and was only called by Koji Fujimoto.

On fourth street, Garber bet and Fujimoto called. There was no further betting on any street, and Garber announced he had a pair of eights and Fujimoto mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koji Fujimoto	23,000
Russ Garber	10,500

Tags: Russ Garber Koji Fujimoto

06-25-2025 18:51 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
John Holley	27,400

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	26,100 2,200	2,200

Assorted Chip Counts and New Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 7

Ante: 200
Bring-In: 200
Completion: 800
Limits: 800-1,600

Chip counts as listed on the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Shkolnik	94,000 43,900	43,900
Philipp Zimmermann	82,000 82,000	82,000
Frank Athey	79,500 79,500	79,500
Michelle Konig	72,500 44,000	44,000
Frederik Brink	70,000 34,400	34,400
David Margolis	68,400 38,200	38,200
Frank Muir	66,000 1,000	1,000
Masatoshi Sekino	64,000 64,000	64,000
Frederic Moss	64,000 64,000	64,000
Tom Koral	58,800 33,800	33,800

John Centeno	58,100 26,000	26,000
Huck Seed	56,500 5,000	5,000

Nikolay Fal	55,100 4,900	4,900

Lawrence Wayne	52,200 4,400	4,400
Jay Kerbel	51,000 26,000	26,000

Kevin Choi	49,000 24,300	24,300

Mary Jones	48,100 19,800	19,800

Allen Kessler	48,000 8,000	8,000
Thor Morstol	46,500 21,500	21,500
Nicholas Kost	46,500 12,500	12,500

Andrew Kelsall	45,100 20,100	20,100

MengQi Chen	40,400 8,000	8,000
Walter Treccarichi	40,000 15,000	15,000
Adrienne Carter	40,000 2,000	2,000
Edward Jackson Spivack	39,200 12,000	12,000

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Level: 7

Ante: 200
Bring-In: 200
Completion: 800
Limits: 800-1,600

06-25-2025 18:16 UTC-7

Second Break of Day 2

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 100
Bring-In: 200
Completion: 600
Limits: 600-1,200

The clock has reached over 500 players, and those who remain have been sent on a 15-minute break.

06-25-2025 18:12 UTC-7

No New Stud Hi-Lo Bracelet for Viox

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 100
Bring-In: 200
Completion: 600
Limits: 600-1,200

Chris Viox won his first and only bracelet in the $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo in 2011. This year, he booked an early departure, however, being among the first few dozen players to be eliminated.

Other recent bust-outs include six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Viox	Busted

Nicolas Milgrom	Busted

Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Stephen Dauphinais	Busted
Sergio Braga	Busted
Au Ho	Busted
Brian Hastings	Busted

Eduards Rakuss	Busted
Ron Ware	Busted

Roger Frantz	Busted
Stephen Hubbard	Busted

Tags: Brian Hastings Chris Viox

06-25-2025 18:01 UTC-7

Nguyen Wins One

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Nick Vazquez

Level 6

Ante: 100
Bring-In: 200
Completion: 600
Limits: 600-1,200

Scotty Nguyen: XxXx/ A♦9♥6♠
Ross Bernstein : XxXx/ Q♦5♦6♣ folded on fifth street
Mike Krescanko: XxXx/ 2♣ folded on third street

Mike Krescanko brought this hand in, Ross Bernstein called and then Scotty Nguyen completed when the action folded to him. Only Bernstein called.

Nguyen bet again on fourth street, and Bernstein called again. When Nguyen bet on fifth, Bernstein folded and gave the 1998 WSOP Main Event champion the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross Bernstein	30,100
Mike Krescanko	28,000 3,000	3,000
Scotty Nguyen	13,200

Tags: Ross Berstein Scotty Nguyen Mike Krescanko

06-25-2025 18:01 UTC-7

Shannon Stash

35,000 17,000

06-25-2025 17:58 UTC-7

Defending Champion Tangles With "Talonchick"

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 100
Bring-In: 200
Completion: 600
Limits: 600-1,200

Ten years ago, Adrienne Carter helped promote mixed games when streaming online poker really took off. Under the moniker "Talonchick", she streamed countless hours, introducing a new audience to the various formats poker has to offer.

After taking a step back from the game in 2018, Carter took a different path in life. Poker never fully left her mind, however, as she made a reappearance at the WSOP in 2024, after a 14-year absence.

Getting a taste of glory by making one unofficial final table that year, Carter has returned to the tables this year, and she was involved in a pot with defending champion Nikolay Fal.

Nikolay Fal: J♦7♣4♦/J♠3♣5♦3♦
Adrienne Carter: 8♥8♦Xx/7♥9♥7♦6♠

Fal bet on fourth street and saw Carter call. Both players checked when Carter paired on fifth street. Carter checked again on sixth street. Fal bet, and Carter called.

It was checked to showdown on seventh street. Carter showed two eights in the hole for eights and sevens, but she mucked her last card when Fal tabled jacks and threes for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Fal	60,000 43,000	43,000

Adrienne Carter	38,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Adrienne Carter Nikolay Fal