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

06-26-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Lugibihl Claims Another Soul

Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Sean Bresloff: 6♥3♠/3♣8♣10♣Q♥/4♦ All in
Michelle Konig: XxXx/J♣9♣K♥ - folded on fifth street
Aaron Lugibihl: 7♠2♥/A♥2♣5♦10♦/7♣

Aaron Lugibihl bet on fourth street, seeing Sean Bresloff and Michelle Konig call. Lugibihl bet again on fifth street. Bresloff called all-in for 16,000, while Konig got out of the way to create a showdown.

Bresloff's threes were still in the lead by sixth street, but Lugibihl made two pair on seventh street. Bresloff failed to improve, and he said his goodbyes before he left to pick up his payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Lugibihl	450,000 150,000	150,000
Michelle Konig	425,000 50,000	50,000
Sean Bresloff	Busted

Tags: Aaron Lugibihl Michelle Konig Sean Bresloff

06-26-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Konig Ascends Further

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Jeffery Taylor: XxXx/2♠3♠Q♥J♦/Xx
Michelle Konig: A♠A♦4♦/6♣K♠4♠7♠

Jeffery Taylor completed, Michelle Konig raised, and Taylor called. Konig bet every street until seventh street, with Taylor calling three times.

Both players then checked on seventh street, and Konig's aces and fours were awarded the entire pot when Taylor mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffery Taylor	615,000 90,000	90,000
Michelle Konig	565,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Jeffery Taylor Michelle Konig

06-26-2025 16:14 UTC-8

Chip Count Updates

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Nick Vazquez

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Here are some chip count updates from some of the big stacks and notable names in the field

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffery Taylor	660,000 45,000	45,000
Kevin Choi	584,000 7,500	7,500

Michelle Konig	565,000
Mary Jones	482,000 110,000	110,000

Robert Mizrachi	470,000 187,000	187,000

Jeff Madsen	385,000 73,000	73,000

Allen Kessler	324,000 209,000	209,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Jeff Madsen Kevin Choi Mary Jones Michelle Konig Robert Mizrachi

06-26-2025 16:20 UTC-8

Hellmuth KO's Defending Champ Negreanu in Poker Players Championship

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Eliot Thomas

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.

Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year's event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.

No Dilly-Dalying

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Jason Daly: 7♥4♠2♥/A♣5♣3♥10♥
Matthew Kursar: XxXx/A♦4♦10♣5♦/Xx

Jason Daly checked on fourth street, and Matthew Kursar tossed in a bet. Daly called to fifth street, where he bet when Kursar checked to him. Kursar called, leading out when he regained the betting advantage on sixth street.

Daly called to seventh street, where Kursar reverted to checking. Daly bet, Kursar called, and Daly revealed a wheel to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Daly	475,000 78,000	78,000

Matthew Kursar	117,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Jason Daly Matthew Kursar

06-26-2025 16:36 UTC-8

Big Stacks Battle

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Vasu Amarapu: 8♦8♣3♥/2♠7♦A♦10♣
Ivan Zhechev: A♠2♣Xx/3♣4♣Q♣J♥

Vasu Amarapu was the bring-in, and he called when Ivan Zhechev completed. Amarapu check-called Zhechev's bet on fourth street before he led out on fifth street.

Zhechev raised, and Amarapu called. Afterward, the action slowed down as the duo checked it to showdown.

Amarapu showed a pair of eights and an eight-low, and Zhechev tabled a wheel draw before he added his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasu Amarapu	750,000 75,000	75,000
Ivan Zhechev	745,000 572,000	572,000

Tags: Ivan Zhechev Vasu Amarapu

06-26-2025 16:48 UTC-8

Singer's Jacks Bust Prather

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Nick Vazquez

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

John Prather: XxXx / 8♠10♣5♣9♥ / XxXx
David Singer: J♠J♦ / 6♣4♠K♦7♦ / 9♦
Huck Seed: XxXx/ A♥10♥ - folded on fourth street
Suzan Landrum: XxXx / 2♦3♠ - folded on fourth street

John Prather, David Singer and Huck Seed all called Suzan Landrum's bring in.

On fourth street, action checked to Singer, who bet. Only Prather called.

Singer bet again on fifth and Prather called. This action repeated on sixth street, and Prather called for all of his chips.

After the river, Singer turned over a pair of jacks and Prather mucked, and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Singer	310,000 197,000	197,000
Suzan Landrum	270,000 142,000	142,000
Huck Seed	120,000 100,000	100,000

John Prather	Busted

Tags: David Singer Huck Seed John Prather Suzan Landrum

06-26-2025 16:48 UTC-8

Remaining Level 19 Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Puchkov	Busted

Albert Luna	Busted
Ryan Schoonbaert	Busted
Omar Mehmood	Busted
Thomas Westort	Busted
PJ Cha	Busted
Rafael Concepcion	Busted
Koji Fujimoto	Busted
Jonah Seewald	Busted
Peter Brownstein	Busted

06-26-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Rotholz Overtakes Dotson

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Hal Rotholz: 7♥7♦2♠/4♦7♣A♠K♣
Pierre Dotson: QxQxXx/A♥10♠8♠6♠

Hal Rotholz brought in, Pierre Dotson completed, and Rotholz called once the action had folded back to him.

Dotson checked fourth and fifth street, both times calling when Rotholz fired a bet. Rotholz then gained the betting lead on sixth street and bet out.

Dotson called to seventh street, which was checked to showdown. Dotson flashed a pair of queens, but Rotholz had three sevens to scoop the pot and chip up further.