Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-30-2025 14:24 UTC-8

Eychenne Hits the River to Progress

Stewart Morrison

Level 10 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

James Gorham limped the button, prompting Thomas Eychenne to move all-in from the big blind, covering his opponents stack.

Gorham called, and the players revealed their holdings.

James Gorham: Ax5x All in
Thomas Eychenne: 6♥4♥

The board ran out 9♦K♣7♦5♦6♣, giving Eychenne the best hand and a pass to the next round.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	300,000 38,000	38,000
James Gorham	Busted

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05-30-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Wilson Evens It Up, Jaka Well Out Front

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Brock Wilson raised to 12,000 on the button, and Shawn Smith just called from the big blind. The flop came A♠A♣2♥ and Smith led out with a bet of 20,000. Wilson min-raised to 40,00,0, which forced Smith to use one of his time banks before electing to fold.

Next door, Daisuke Hayashi led out with a large bet of 32,000 on the river, and Faraz Jaka jammed all in. Hayashi quickly folded, leaving himself with just 27,000 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	273,000 58,000	58,000

Shawn Smith	152,000 2,000	2,000
Brock Wilson	148,000 2,000	2,000
Daisuke Hayashi	27,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Brock Wilson Daisuke Hayashi Faraz Jaka Shawn Smith

Level: 10

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

05-30-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Rabichow and Shi Lock Up a Spot in Round Two

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Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Heads-up specialists Kevin Rabichow and Mike Shi have advanced through their opening round matchups versus Rick Salomon and John Pannucci, respectively. They will be returning at 5 p.m. local time for Round 2 which will complete the action on day one of this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rabichow	300,000 95,000	95,000

Mike Shi	300,000 150,000	150,000
Rick Salomon	Busted
John Pannucci	Busted

Tags: Rick Salomon Mike Shi Kevin Rabichow John Pannucci

05-30-2025 14:07 UTC-8

Seiver Moving On

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Nick Vazquez

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

A short-stacked Michael Steele limped on the button, and then called when Scott Seiver went all in.

Steele: A♣6♠ All in
Seiver: J♥ 5♠

The board ran out with 6♥4♠3♥10♣7♠ and Seiver's straight won him the pot and put him into the second round.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	300,000 175,000	175,000

Michael Steele	Busted

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05-30-2025 14:03 UTC-8

Tice Eliminated, Chen Continues On

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Stewart Morrison

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

David Chen raised to 8,000 on the button, and Landon Tice responded by moving all-in for roughly 120,000.

Chen took some time before calling.

Landon Tice: A♠9♥ All in
David Chen: K♦J♦

The flop of 2♥3♥3♦ was safe for Tice, but the J♣ had him in trouble. No help on the 4♥ river and David Chen heads to round two.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Chen	300,000 186,000	186,000
Landon Tice	Busted

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05-30-2025 14:01 UTC-8

Zamani and Martirosian Advance

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Erick Torres

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Martin Zamani eliminated Takashi Ogura to move on in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Artur Martirosian also scored a knockout, defeating Jeremy Ausmus to move on to the next round.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	300,000 150,000	150,000

Artur Martirosian	300,000 170,000	170,000

Takashi Ogura	Busted
Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Jeremy Ausmus Martin Zamani Takashi Ogura

05-30-2025 14:01 UTC-8

Fei Advances, Disappoints the Audience

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Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Frank Cucchiara was down to just 40,000 chips and got them all in preflop against Wesley Fei. Cucchiara turned over Q♥8♥ and was up against the A♠7♠ of Fei.

The board ran out K♥4♠2♦4♣4♥ and Fei's ace-high held on to eliminate Cucchiara.

"You disappointed a lot of people," Xuan Liu stated from the sideline.

"That's OK. I'm a good player," Fei responded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Fei	300,000 125,000	125,000
Frank Cucchiara	Busted

Tags: Frank Cucchiara Wesley Fei

05-30-2025 13:55 UTC-8

Double Up for Salomon

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Nick Vazquez

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Rick Salomon limped the button and Kevin Rabichow checked his option.

The flop was 8♦6♦4♣ and Rabichow checked. Salomon bet 3,000 and Rabichow raised to 10,500. That quickly met with an all from Salomon, which Rabichow called.

Salomon: 9♦4♦ All in
Rabichow: Q♦7♦

The board ran out with the J♥ and the 4♥ and Salomon stayed alive in the match.