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

06-26-2025 14:03 UTC-8

Seed Doubles on Stone Bubble

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17

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

Huck Seed: 2♠3♣/ 5♠3♥2♦K♥/ 5♦ All in
Timothy Finne: J♦7♠ / A♥3♠9♣Q♦ /10♥

Timothy Finne raised and Huck Seed called for the remainder of his chips. Seed made made two pair and scooped the pot to stay in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Finne	160,000 65,000	65,000
Huck Seed	20,000

Tags: Timothy Finne Huck Seed

06-26-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Provenzano Providing Miracles

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Frank Visser

Level 17

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

Mark Provenzano: J♦8♠/A♥4♣J♣J♠/A♦
Aaron Lugibihl: 7♥4♥/6♥10♦7♠8♥/9♦

Mark Provenzano had already stayed alive during two previous all-ins when he once again put in his final ante on third street.

Aaron Lugibihl was the only interested party, and the players tabled their cards under the watchful eye of the tournament director.

By sixth street, Provenzano had made trip jacks, while Lugibihl had flush and straight outs.

Ligibihl made his straight on seventh street, but Porvenzano filled up to a full house. He raked in the antes to buy himself a few more hands on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Lugibihl	145,000 12,000	12,000
Mark Provenzano	16,000

Tags: Aaron Lugibihl Mark Provenzano

06-26-2025 14:16 UTC-8

Fujimoto Spikes Straight to Burst Bubble

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17

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

Koji Fujimoto: 7♥6♥/ 5♠3♠4♦5♣ / Q♣
Kyle Miholich: A♠2♥/ A♥Q♥4♠9♠ / A♣

The players got all in on fourth street with Miholich's pair of aces ahead, but Fujimoto made a straight on fifth and Miholich could not catch up, making him the bubble boy for this event.

The remaining 93 players are now in the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koji Fujimoto	159,000 11,000	11,000
Kyle Miholich	Busted

Tags: Koji Fujimoto Kyle Miholich

06-26-2025 14:28 UTC-8

Brink Fires With Sevens

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Frank Visser

Level 17

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

Gregory Kolo: XxXx/A♥Q♦10♣4♣ - folded on sixth street
Frederik Brink: XxXx/7♠7♣Q♣A♠
John Comeau: XxXx/6♠5♣ - folded on fourth street

Frederik Brink checked his open sevens on fourth street, and John Comeau bet with two to a low. Gregory Kolo then called, Brink raised, and Comeau folded.

Kolo stuck around and called, as he did when Brink bet on fifth street. Brink's unrelenting pressured continued on sixth street, but this time Kolo found a fold and preserved himself some chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Brink	335,000 236,000	236,000
John Comeau	205,000 15,000	15,000
Gregory Kolo	55,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Frederik Brink Gregory Kolo John Comeau

06-26-2025 14:32 UTC-8

Schwartz and Li Split One

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17

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

Jake Schwartz: 8♥6♥ / A♠3♣4♣J♣/ 9♥
Yingui Li: J♦J♠ / 7♠2♠7♦Q♦ / Q♥

Jake Schwartz completed and Yingui Li called.

On fourth street, Schwartz bet and Li called.

Li got the betting lead on fifth, and opted to check. Schwartz checked behind.

Both players checked on sixth before Li check-called a bet on seventh. Schwartz's 8-6 low took half while Li's two pair took the other half.

Schwartz is an accomplished tournament player who is still looking for his first bracelet, and is definitely a name to watch in this field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schwartz	197,000 13,500	13,500
Yingui Li	145,000 119,500	119,500

Tags: Jake Schwartz Yingui Li

06-26-2025 14:33 UTC-8

Heading to Payout Desk

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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
Alexander Jung	Busted
Mark Provenzano	Busted
Steven Shkolnik	Busted
Will Failla	Busted
Irvin Garcia Ramirez	Busted
William McMahan	Busted
Gina Hecht	Busted
Bich Nguyen	Busted
Elias Hourani	Busted
Tom Koral	Busted

Ben Tang	Busted
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	Busted
Christopher Claassen	Busted

Martin Knorr	Busted

06-26-2025 14:34 UTC-8

First Break of Day 2

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Frank Visser

Level 17

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

The players have been sent on a post-bubble break of 15 minutes.

Level: 18

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

06-26-2025 14:50 UTC-8

Updated Stacks

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

All stacks that have been updated on the WSOP+ app are listed below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Choi	576,500 261,500	261,500

Jeffery Taylor	555,000 50,000	50,000
Blaz Zerjav	540,000 265,000	265,000

Vasu Amarapu	479,000 167,000	167,000
Jason Daly	397,000 180,000	180,000

Jared Koppel	395,000 146,000	146,000
Jay Kerbel	389,000 140,000	140,000

Koji Fujimoto	388,000 229,000	229,000
Michael Moon	382,000 185,500	185,500
Frederik Brink	380,000 45,000	45,000
David Lin	369,000 211,500	211,500
Robert Mizrachi	359,000 87,000	87,000

Michelle Konig	351,000 29,000	29,000
Hunter Mcclelland	349,000 304,000	304,000
Pierre Dotson	340,000 157,500	157,500
Hal Rotholz	316,000 216,000	216,000

Jeff Madsen	312,000 121,500	121,500

Timothy Batow	294,000 226,000	226,000
Ahmed Mohamed	292,000 102,000	102,000
Timothy Finne	290,500 130,500	130,500
Robert Quiring	288,000 140,500	140,500
Peter Brownstein	265,000 160,000	160,000
Sergei Tolkachov	260,000 127,000	127,000
Denis Strebkov	254,000 129,500	129,500

Aaron Lugibihl	221,000 76,000	76,000

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06-26-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Kolo Going Solo

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Ante: 2,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Gregory Kolo: J♠8♦3♠/9♠10♠4♥3♥ All in
Ahmed Mohamed: 9♥8♣6♠/Q♣2♣8♠K♥
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx/3♣6♥10♣4♦

The action was picked up on fifth street, where the action checked to Gregory Kolo. He put in his final chips for an all-in bet and was called by Ahmed Mohamed and Blaz Zerjav.

Mohamed and Zerjav then checked it to showdown, where Mohamed's pair of eights was high enough to scoop the pot and send Kolo out.