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

06-25-2025 19:30 UTC-8

Boatman Ships Multiway Pot

Frank Visser

Level 9

Ante: 200
Bring-In: 300
Completion: 1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

Barny Boatman: Q♦Q♣10♦/4♣6♠5♣4♦
Barry Greenstein: XxXx/3♥7♠9♦K♠ - folded on sixth street
David Margolis: XxXx/A♠10♥2♠8♣/Xx
Stephen Nussrallah: XxXx/5♥Q♥3♦3♠/Xx

Barny Boatman completed and found three callers in Barry Greenstein, David Margolis, and Stephen Nussrallah. Boatman continued with a bet on fourth street, which all opponents called.

Fifth street then checked through, after which Boatman led out again after pairing on sixth street. Greenstein had seen enough and got out of the way, while Margolis and Nussrallah wanted to see a seventh street.

The trio then checked to showdown, where Boatman's two pair was awarded the full pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Margolis	75,000 5,000	5,000
Barny Boatman	50,000 10,000	10,000

Shaun Deeb	16,000 6,500	6,500

Stephen Nussrallah	14,000 4,500	4,500
Barry Greenstein	13,500 5,500	5,500

Tags: Barny Boatman Barry Greenstein David Margolis Stephen Nussrallah

06-25-2025 19:31 UTC-8

Wheel Give Brant Huge Scoop, busts Wang

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Nick Vazquez

Level 9

Ante: 200
Bring-In: 300
Completion: 1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

Lewis Brant: A♦2♦/ 4♠3♣J♥5♦ / 10♠
David Levy: 10♠10♥/ 8♦7♦9♥7♣ /5♥
Song Wang: A♥3♦ / 2♠9♦K♥6♦ / 5♣ All in
David Singer: XxXx 8♥ - folded on third street

Song Wang brought it in, David Levy raised, Lewis Brant three bet, David Singer called, Song Wang put in a four bet, Levy raised again, Brant called, Singer folded and Wang called.

On fourth street, Wang checked, Levy bet, Brant raised, Wang called, Levy three bet, Brant and Wang called.

On fifth, Wang checked, Levy bet, and both players called.

On sixth street, Levy bet and Brant raised. Wang called for all of his chips, and Levy called.

On the river, Levy checked and Brant bet. Levy called. One of the players at the table guessed that Brant had a wheel, and they were correct, as he showed A♦2♦10♠ and took down this massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lewis Brant	61,000 61,000	61,000
David Levy	5,500 5,500	5,500
Song Wang	Busted

Tags: David Levy David Singer Lewis Brant Song Wang

06-25-2025 19:31 UTC-8

Break Time; Late Registration to Close

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Frank Visser

Level 9

Ante: 200
Bring-In: 300
Completion: 1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

The players have been sent on another 15-minute break.

When they come back, the late registration will have been closed.

Level: 10

Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

06-25-2025 19:48 UTC-8

Last Entries, Some Eliminations, and a Bunch of Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 10

Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Gage Trichel	122,000
Shane Daniels	115,000
Frederic Moss	110,000 46,000	46,000
Jeff Madsen	107,000 72,400	72,400

Chun Li	95,000
Steven Girouard	94,500
Richard Ashby	88,500 52,500	52,500

Joe McKeehen	88,000 50,700	50,700

Kazuhiro Tamura	86,500 3,500	3,500
Hal Rotholz	85,400 70,400	70,400

Edward Jackson Spivack	82,500 43,300	43,300
Lawrence Wayne	80,300 28,100	28,100
Mary Jones	79,300 31,200	31,200

Jay Kerbel	74,200 23,200	23,200

Satoshi Tanaka	64,500 44,500	44,500

Robert Mizrachi	63,000 37,900	37,900

Ryan Hughes	62,000 37,000	37,000

Viktor Blom	58,000 6,000	6,000
Nicholas Kost	55,700 9,200	9,200

Joey Couden	55,100 30,100	30,100

Salah Levy	55,000 33,000	33,000
Travis Pearson	53,500 53,500	53,500
Martin Staszko	50,000 25,000	25,000
Sean Akhavi	48,000 23,000	23,000
Dan Heimiller	48,000 23,000	23,000

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06-25-2025 19:54 UTC-8

A Tip From "Chainsaw"

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Frank Visser

Level 10

Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

https://twitter.com/AllenKessler/status/1938070145819394395

06-25-2025 19:58 UTC-8

Akkari Takes from Fal

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Frank Visser

Level 10

Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Nikolay Fal: 8♦7♠5♦/8♣J♠5♣6♣
Andre Akkari: 8♥7♦5♠/7♥J♥4♣6♠

Heads-up on fourth street, Nikolay Fal checked, and Andre Akkari bet. Fal called to fifth street, where both players checked.

Fal then check-called bets from Akkai on sixth and seventh street. Akkari tabled a straight and the worst possible low, scooping the pot when Fal tabled his two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	42,000 17,000	17,000

Nikolay Fal	37,000 18,100	18,100

Tags: Andre Akkari Nikolay Fal

06-25-2025 20:00 UTC-8

Justin Sternberg

76,500

Table 87Seat 8

06-25-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Blom Builds Further

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Frank Visser

Level 10

Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Robert Quiring: XxXx/Q♦A♣6♦ - folded on fifth street
Viktor Blom: 6♥4♠2♠/3♦5♦K♦6♠
Jesse McVicker: XxXx/2♥3♥3♣10♠/Xx

Three-way to fourth street, Robert Quiring checked over to Viktor Blom, who bet. Jesse McVicker called, as did Quiring. Blom continued betting on fifth street, this time folding out Quiring.

McVicker called to sixth street, where he check-called again. He check-called one more time on seventh street, but mucked his cards when Blom tabled a straight to the six.

McVicker was left with about two big bets, which he lost the next hand to be eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	70,000 12,000	12,000
Robert Quiring	47,000
Jesse McVicker	Busted

Tags: Jesse McVicker Robert Quiring Viktor Blom

06-25-2025 20:19 UTC-8

On the Chopping Block

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Frank Visser

Level 10

Ante: 300
Bring-In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Ribeiro	Busted
Craig Chait	Busted
Brad Ruben	Busted

Jesse Lonis	Busted

Valentin Vornicu	Busted
Jerry Wong	Busted

Barry Greenstein	Busted

Joseph Bowers	Busted
Matt Grapenthien	Busted

Tomasz Gluszko	Busted
Eddie Blumenthal	Busted
Max Pescatori	Busted

Chris Hunichen	Busted

Mike Thorpe	Busted
Andres Korn	Busted