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

06-25-2025 21:32 UTC-8

Treccarichi Chopped by Fal and Sanchez

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Frank Visser

Level 12

Ante: 500
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Walter Treccarichi: 6♣3♣/4♠9♥6♦J♥/5♣ All in
Sandy Sanchez: K♠K♥/10♣8♦2♣J♦/Q♦ All in
Nikolay Fal: 8♣4♣/5♠A♣2♥K♦/9♣

Nikolay Fal completed, Sandy Sanchez two-bet, and Walter Treccarichi three-bet. Fal called, Sanchez then four-bet, and both Treccarichi and Fal called.

Fal led out on fourth street, seeing Sanchez call and Treccarichi call all-in for 600 chips. Fal fired bets on fourth and fifth street, at which point Sanchez was also all in.

The players were dealt their seventh cards. Nobody improved, sending Treccarichi home with his pair of sixes. The pot was chopped between Fal's low and Sanchez's high, and the table was broken shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Fal	78,000 41,000	41,000

Sandy Sanchez	28,000 13,000	13,000
Walter Treccarichi	Busted

Tags: Nikolay Fal Sandy Sanchez Walter Treccarichi

06-25-2025 21:40 UTC-8

Koral Kicks Out Vallurupalli

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Frank Visser

Level 12

Ante: 500
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Jai Vallurupalli: 10♥6♥/6♦A♥8♣K♥/4♠ All in
Tom Koral: 10♣4♣/2♦7♣7♦4♦/A♠

Jai Vallurupalli went all in by fourth street, and was looked up by Tom Koral. Koral made a higher pair than Vallurpalli on fifth street, and two pair on sixth street.

Vallurupalli did not improve on seventh street, sending him to the rail just before the final break of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Koral	110,000 51,200	51,200

Jai Vallurupalli	Busted

Tags: Jai Vallurupalli Tom Koral

06-25-2025 21:46 UTC-8

Further Oustings

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Frank Visser

Level 12

Ante: 500
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brown	Busted

Felipe Ramos	Busted

David Shmuel	Busted

Quan Zhou	Busted
Todd Brunson	Busted

Renan Bruschi	Busted

Dan Heimiller	Busted

Barny Boatman	Busted

Sascha Manns	Busted
Nicholas Kost	Busted

Robert Wells	Busted

Chino Rheem	Busted
Barbara Schindler	Busted

06-25-2025 21:46 UTC-8

Break Time

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Nick Vazquez

Level 12

Ante: 500
Bring-In: 1,000
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Players are on their last 15-minute break of the night, and will come back to play the last three levels of the day.

Level: 13

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

06-25-2025 22:04 UTC-8

Assorted Break Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 13

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

Chip counts as listed on the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasu Amarapu	186,000
Michelle Konig	182,000 109,500	109,500
Joe McKeehen	167,000 67,000	67,000

Jonathan Bowers	161,500
David Lin	157,000 113,500	113,500
Nathanial Hutton	141,000
Steven Shkolnik	139,500 45,500	45,500
Omar Mehmood	138,000 93,000	93,000
Lawrence Wayne	132,000 51,700	51,700
Jeff Madsen	128,500 21,500	21,500

David Fhima	124,000
Michael Huguenot	120,000 78,000	78,000
Mary Jones	116,000 36,700	36,700

Salah Levy	115,000 60,000	60,000
Tom Koral	112,500 2,500	2,500

Thomas Westort	112,000
Kazuhiro Tamura	111,000 24,500	24,500
Cary Rosenthal	110,000
Justin Sternberg	110,000 33,500	33,500
Viktor Blom	110,000 40,000	40,000
Ahmed Mohamed	106,000
John Centeno	105,000 46,900	46,900
Peter Brownstein	105,000
John Comeau	104,000
Rafael Concepcion	103,000 66,000	66,000

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06-25-2025 22:16 UTC-8

Daly Downs Two

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Frank Visser

Level 13

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

Gordon Ernst: Q♦2♣Q♥A♣5♥7♣/Q♣ All in
Nathan Rosenberg: 3♠9♠3♥J♥8♦2♦/K♣ All in
Jason Daly: 8♠6♣5♠7♠Q♠K♥/6♠

Gordon Ernst and Nathan Rosenberg were both all in on third street, being looked up by Jason Daly.

Daly made a flush on seventh street, leaving Rosenberg drawing dead. Ernst bricked his low draw, and Daly was awarded the entire pot as he knocked out two players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Daly	135,000 114,000	114,000

Gordon Ernst	Busted
Nathan Rosenberg	Busted

Tags: Gordon Ernst Jason Daly Nathan Rosenberg

06-25-2025 22:26 UTC-8

Did Chip Dumping Occur with $1 Million Bonus at Stake During WSOP Final Table?

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Eliot Thomas

Level 13

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

Jesse Yaginuma pulled off a wild comeback on Wednesday night at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) to win a gold bracelet, which normally would be celebrated by the poker community. But the victory has become controversial as many poker players have made allegations of chip dumping during heads-up play.

The champion took down Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker for $1,255,180. He also received an extra $1 million from a ClubWPT Gold promotion. Yaginuma won a Gold Rush ticket from the sweeps coin poker site, which made him eligible for the seven-figure bonus if he were to take down a qualifying WSOP event.

James Carroll, the second-place finisher, earned $1,012,320 as a consolation prize. But social media blew up during the PokerGO livestream with players accusing the heads-up opponents of chip dumping to allow Yaginuma to win the tournament so that the $1 million bonus would be awarded.

O'Dell Chips Up With Fives

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Frank Visser

Level 13

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

Hasan Kural: XxXx/2♥Q♦7♦J♥/Xx - folded on seventh street
Frankie O'Dell: XxXx/5♦Q♠5♥9♦/Xx
Donny Rubinstein: XxXx/8♥Q♣Xx - folded on fifth street

Hasan Kural brought in, Frankie O'Dell completed, and Donny Rubinstein called. Kural also tossed in calling chips, after which each player caught a queen on fourth street.

They checked it through to fifth street, where O'Dell paired up and led out. Rubinstein made a quick fold, but Kural called, as he did on sixth street.

O'Dell fired a final time on seventh street, but Kural quickly mucked his hand as he forfeited the pot.

Kural was left with less than two big bets, which he put in the next hand to no avail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie O'Dell	73,000 6,000	6,000

Donny Rubinstein	45,000 5,000	5,000
Hasan Kural	Busted

Tags: Donny Rubinstein Frankie O'Dell Hasan Kural

06-25-2025 22:28 UTC-8

Straight Flush for Strebkov

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Nick Vazquez

Level 13

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

Denis Strebkov: 4♠J♠/ 6♠5♠J♣7♠/ 3♠
Alex Tchong: XxXx/ Q♦A♠4♦8♦/ Xx

Denis Strebkov completed, and only Alex Tchong called.

On fourth street, Tchong had the betting lead and he bet, Strebkov raised, and Tchong called.

On fifth and sixth, Tchong check-called a bet from Strebkov.

The dealer dealt seventh street face down to Strebkov, but accidentally dealt it face up to Tchong. The floor ruled for the dealer to shuffle in the 2♠ that was exposed back in with the stub of the undealt cards. The dealer did so and Tchong got his river card down face down. Then, Tchong checked, Strebkov bet, Tchong raised and Strebkov three bet. Tchong made the call. Strebkov announced "Straight Flush" and flipped it over, and Tchong mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Strebkov	127,000 48,000	48,000

Alex Tchong	11,000

Tags: Denis Strebkov Alex Tchong