Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-26-2025 12:50 UTC-8

More Chips for Amarapu

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Nick Vazquez

Level 16

Ante: 1,500
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Vasu Amarapu: 4♠7♠ / 3♠9♣3♦4♣ / 8♦
Timothy Finne: XxXx/ 3♣9♦4♦K♦/ Xx
Christopher Claassen: XxXx/ A♣5♠8♥10♦/ Xx

Timothy Finne called, Christopher Claassen completed, and Vasu Amarapu and Finne called.

On fourth street, Claassen bet and both players called. Amarapu made an open pair of threes, but still checked it over and Claassen bet once again.

Amarapu did take over the betting lead on sixth street, and both players called.

All players checked on seventh street, and Amarapu showed two pair and that was good for the entire pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasu Amarapu	312,000 166,000	166,000
Timothy Finne	72,000 22,500	22,500
Christopher Claassen	6,100 27,300	27,300

Tags: Christopher Claassen Timothy Finne Vasu Amarapu

06-26-2025 12:54 UTC-8

Gregorich Scoops Big With Three Threes

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Ante: 1,500
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Omar Mehmood: XxXx/2♠2♣7♠K♦/Xx - folded on seventh street
Thomas Westort: A♦J♦10♦/7♦A♥Q♥J♥
Mark Gregorich: 3♠3♣/3♥6♣K♠10♥/Q♠

Omar Mehmood brought in, Thomas Westort completed, and Mark Gregorich raised. Mehmood and Westort both called to fourth street, where Mehmood led out after pairing his deuce.

Westort and Gregorich called to fifth street, where Mehmood placed another bet. Westort called again, but Gregorich raised this time.

Mehmood and Westort tossed in calls, and did so too when Gregorich kept betting on sixth street.

Mehmood checked again on seventh street, after which Westort led out. Gregorich called, and Mehmood mucked his hand. Westort revealed two pair, but Gregorich tabled trip threes to rake in the entire pot.

"Of course he was rolled up, it's the only thing that makes sense," tablemate Allen Kessler commented.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Choi	315,000 61,500	61,500

Sandy Sanchez	223,000 119,500	119,500
Omar Mehmood	205,000 45,000	45,000
Mark Gregorich	195,000 127,000	127,000
Allen Kessler	160,000 15,000	15,000
Thomas Westort	107,000 5,000	5,000
John Prather	35,500 76,500	76,500
Elias Hourani	19,500 53,500	53,500

Tags: Allen Kessler Mark Gregorich Omar Mehmood Thomas Westort

06-26-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Remaining First-Level Casualties

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Ante: 1,500
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Sternberg	Busted
Andy Bloch	Busted

Gary McGee	Busted
Eldon Brown	Busted
Joe McKeehen	Busted

Nathanial Hutton	Busted
Arthur Cobb	Busted
Matthew Bode	Busted

Andrew Vandervolgen	Busted
Scott Lake	Busted

Level: 17

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

06-26-2025 13:13 UTC-8

Lake Sunk by Moss

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Scott Lake: J♥3♦ / 4♥Q♥7♥A♠ / 7♠ All in
Frederic Moss: 4♦6♣/ 5♣8♥K♥7♣ / 7♦
James Balestrere: XxXx/ 4♠J♣6♣ -folded on fifth street

Frederic Moss completed, and both Scott Lake and James Balestrere called.

On fourth street, Lake bet and Moss and Balestrere called.

On fifth, Moss had the betting lead, he checked, Lake put in his last 16,000, Balestrere folded but Moss made the call.

By the river, Moss made an eight high straight for a high and a low, so that straight was good for the whole pot and eliminated Lake.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Moss	195,500 17,500	17,500
James Balestrere	74,000 42,000	42,000
Scott Lake	Busted

Tags: Frederic Moss James Balestrere Scott Lake

06-26-2025 13:14 UTC-8

Quintero Joins Soft Bubble Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 17

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Ricardo Quintero: 6♣4♥/7♦5♥7♥K♣/J♣ All in
Robert Mitchell: XxXx/A♠9♣3♥6♥ - folded on sixth street
Mary Jones: J♦10♦/J♥2♥A♦J♠/8♠

Robert Mitchell completed, and Mary Jones and Ricardo Quintero called. Mitchell continued betting on fourth street, seeing Jones call but Quintero raise.

Mitchell and Jones both called ot fifth street, where Quintero committed his final 4,500 chips. Two more calls followed, after which Jones bet out when she paired her jack.

After some thought, Mitchell laid his hand down, forcing a showdown. Quintero had a low draw and straight draw against the three jacks of Jones, but his seventh street brought him the last jack in the deck.

Unimproved, Quintero said his goodbyes from the tournament, only a couple of spots away from reaching the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mary Jones	372,000 40,000	40,000

Robert Mitchell	145,000 48,000	48,000
Ricardo Quintero	Busted
Tsutomu Inoue	Busted
Viktor Blom	Busted
Zakary Ronis	Busted
Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Lynda Tran	Busted

Tags: Mary Jones Ricardo Quintero Robert Mitchell

06-26-2025 13:15 UTC-8

Hand for Hand

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

The tournament is now playing hand-for-hand as they are two eliminations from the money.

06-26-2025 13:37 UTC-8

Finne Triples During Hand-for-Hand

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Frank Visser

Level 17

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Timothy Finne: K♥K♦/K♣9♣3♥Q♦/6♥ All in
Huck Seed: A♠Q♥5♠/J♠3♠3♣4♦
Marian Fridrich: Q♠7♣5♦/5♣9♠4♣10♣

Catching the action on fourth street, Timothy Finne bet out. Huck Seed and Marian Fridrich called, after which the action checked to Finne on fifth street.

Finne put in his remaining 12,500, which both opponents called. Sixth and seventh street were checked to showdown, where Finne's rolled up kings scooped the entire pot, having faded the low, straight, and flush draws of Seed and Fridrich.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Fridrich	245,000 25,000	25,000
Timothy Finne	95,000 23,000	23,000
Huck Seed	20,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Huck Seed Marian Fridrich Timothy Finne

06-26-2025 13:45 UTC-8

Mizrachi Busts Anderson Just Before Bubble

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Davin Anderson: A♥6♣ / 2♠J♦K♦5♣ / 9♦ All in
Robert Mizrachi: 6♦2♥ / 4♠Q♥A♠9♠/ 6♥

Davin Anderson was all in from the ante in the previous hand and was able to win. In this hand, he completed, Robert Mizrachi raised and Anderson called to be all in again.

Anderson was ahead until Mizrachi paired his six on the river, and Anderson couldn't find a card to catch up and he was eliminated just shy of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	272,000 182,500	182,500

Davin Anderson	Busted

Tags: Davin Anderson Robert Mizrachi

06-26-2025 13:54 UTC-8

Assorted Stacks as Bubble Continues

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Frank Visser

Level 17

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffery Taylor	605,000 240,000	240,000
Michelle Konig	380,000 270,000	270,000
Blaz Zerjav	275,000 109,500	109,500

Will Failla	265,000 180,000	180,000
John Comeau	220,000 74,500	74,500
Ahmed Mohamed	190,000 37,500	37,500
PJ Cha	170,000 62,500	62,500
Aaron Lugibihl	157,000 13,500	13,500
Kenneth Kavowras	135,000 58,000	58,000
Konstantin Puchkov	120,000 102,500	102,500

Sean Bresloff	106,000 34,000	34,000
Bich Nguyen	45,000 35,000	35,000
Gina Hecht	35,000 77,000	77,000
Mark Provenzano	16,000 61,000	61,000