Event #73: $1,500 Eight Game Mix Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-28-2025 18:22 UTC-7

Nine on River Busts Blomberg

Nick Vazquez

Level 20

Limit Flop/Draw: 15,000/30,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion 15,000-30,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000/8,000 Blinds

No Limit Hold'Em

Steve Billirakis raised to 24,000 from the small blind, and Colton Blomberg reraised from the big blind. Bilirakis went all in, and Blomberg called.

Colton Blomberg: K♥K♠ All in
Steve Billirakis: 9♠9♦

The board ran out A♠J♠10♦3♥9♥, so Billirakis' trip nines won the pot to eliminate Blomberg.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Billirakis	520,000 210,000	210,000

Colton Blomberg	Busted

Tags: Steve Billirakis Colton Blomberg

06-28-2025 18:35 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Bai	Busted
Luan Phan	Busted
Amauri Grutka	Busted
Horacio Chaves	Busted
Jeffrey Mcquillan	Busted
Nicolas Yunis	Busted
Arash Asadabadi	Busted
Pierre Dotson	Busted
Valentin Vornicu	Busted
Thomas Taylor	Busted
Jason Stockfish	Busted
Hiroshi Tanaka	Busted

Vigil Eliminated by Hastings

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 20,000/40,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion 20,000-40,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Brian Hastings: 6♣6♠/8♥7♥A♠3♦/8♠
Zachary Vigil: 10♠6♦/3♠10♣4♦Q♦/A♥

Zachary Vigil brought in with a three and Brian Hastings called the bring in.

Vigil bet fourth street, leaving only a few chips behind, and Hastings called. On fifth street Hastings bet and Vigil called all-in.

Hastings had a pair of sixes and a low draw while Vigil had a pair of tens. Vigil didn't improve on sixth or seventh while Hastings made two pair and a low to eliminate Vigil and claim the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Abrams	1,045,000 80,000	80,000

Sukhpaul Dhaliwal	760,000 9,000	9,000
Brian Hastings	720,000 525,000	525,000

Ari Engel	307,000 17,000	17,000

Noah Bronstein	160,000 62,000	62,000

Zachary Vigil	Busted

Tags: Brian Hastings Zachary Vigil

06-28-2025 19:25 UTC-7

Milgrom Takes Out Kakani

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Brett Slezak

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 20,000/40,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion 20,000-40,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Bhargav Kakani raised all-in for 24,000 first to act and was called by Nicolas Milgrom in the small blind and John Cipriano in the big blind.

Milgrom drew three, Cipriano drew no less than four cards, and Kakani drew two. Milgrom led and Cipriano folded.

Both took one on the second draw. Milgrom took one on the end and Kakani stood pat.

Bhargav Kakani: 8x7x6x3x2x All in
Nicolas Milgrom: 7x6x4x2x

Kakani had a made eight-seven against the seven draw of Milgrom. Kakani was better than a five-one favorite to triple-up until Milgrom peeled a 5x on the end to make number four to eliminate Kakani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Milgrom	820,000 490,000	490,000

John Cipriano	290,000 30,000	30,000
Bhargav Kakani	Busted

Tags: Bhargav Kakani John Cipriano Nicolas Milgrom

06-28-2025 20:39 UTC-7

Lipiner Eliminated on First Hand After Break

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000/50,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000/12,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

Jason Lipiner raised from the hijack and was three-bet by Espen Sandvik in the small blind.

"Alright, let's see a flop," Lipiner said as he put in a call.

The flop came 5♣4♥K♦ and Sandvik led out for a bet. Lipiner called all in and hands were revealed.

Jason Lipiner: A♠J♦6♦4♠ All in
Espen Sandvik: K♠10♥5♠2♥

The 5♦6♣ runout left Sandvik best with a higher two pair and Lipiner was sent to the rail just after sitting down from dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Sandvik	1,150,000 110,000	110,000

Jason Lipiner	Busted

Tags: Espen Sandvik Jason Lipiner

06-28-2025 21:33 UTC-7

Abrams Sends Engel Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000/50,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000/12,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Heads-up on a board of 3♣K♥9♥5♣ with a large pot already in the middle, Ari Engel checked from the small blind to Scott Abrams, who bet 100,000 from the big blind.

Engel tanked for some time before deciding to raise all in for slightly more. Abrams snap-called and a showdown was held.

Ari Engel: 9♣7♦5♦2♣ All in
Scott Abrams: K♣K♦J♣10♦

Engel found himself drawing dead against Abrams set of kings and dominating flush draw.

An irrelevant J♥ completed the board and Engel wished his tablemates good luck as he got up from his seat

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Abrams	1,050,000 85,000	85,000

Ari Engel	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Scott Abrams

06-28-2025 22:08 UTC-7

Gruneberg Gets Wheeled Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000/60,000, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion 30,000-60,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 16,000/24,000 Ante, 8,000/16,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Zachary Gruneberg: 4♦3♥A♠/6♣Q♠7♦J♥ All in
Jonatas Freitas: K♣4♠3♠/5♦2♦9♦A♣

Jonatas Freitas completed with his five and was raised by Zachary Gruneberg. Action folded back to Freitas, who called.

Gruneberg check-called a bet from Freitas on fourth street and then led out for a bet on fifth. Freitas called.

Freitas led out for bets the rest of the way after catching an ace and Gruneberg called both streets, including for his remaining chips on seventh.

Freitas turned over K♣4♠3♠ and Gruneberg said, "Is that a wheel?" before turning over his inferior holding and wishing his tablemates good luck.

At other tables, Jon Turner and Robert Klein were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonatas Freitas	1,200,000 390,000	390,000
Zachary Gruneberg	Busted

Jon Turner	Busted

Robert Klein	Busted

Tags: Jonatas Freitas Zachary Gruneberg

06-28-2025 22:25 UTC-7

Miracle River as Rawn Takes Out Po in Disgusting Fashion

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Brett Slezak

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000/60,000, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion 30,000-60,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 16,000/24,000 Ante, 8,000/16,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Kenneth Po from under the gun and Elaine Rawn from the hijack were tangled in a three-bet pot with over 200,000 in the middle preflop.

On the 5♥3♣2♠ flop, Po checked to Rawn who bet 75,000 and Po called.

Po checked again on the 5♠ turn before Rawn immediately announced all-in as the covering stack and Po snap-called for his final 190,000.

"Oh no, do you have aces?" Rawn asked as she got the bad news.

Kenneth Po: A♥A♦ All in
Elaine Rawn: K♥K♣

It was a cooler scenario with Po having the best of it. He needed to fade just two outs on the river. However, the dealer peeled the K♦ on the river as the breath was taken out of the room as the brutal river was laid out, and Po sportingly wished his opponents farewell after taking a brual beat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elaine Rawn	1,200,000 755,000	755,000
Kenneth Po	Busted

Tags: Elaine Rawn Kenneth Po

06-28-2025 22:26 UTC-7

Rawn Takes Out Another

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Brett Slezak

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000/60,000, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion 30,000-60,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 16,000/24,000 Ante, 8,000/16,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Schuyler Thornton jammed his final 84,000 from the cutoff and Elaine Rawn called in the big blind.

Schuyler Thornton: K♥8♦ All in
Elaine Rawn: A♥J♦

Thornton was behind but held live cards. He found no help on the 6♥5♦2♥ flop but picked up a gutter on the 9♠ turn. However, the 10♦ completed the board and Thornton was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elaine Rawn	1,325,000 125,000	125,000
Schuyler Thornton	Busted

Tags: Elaine Rawn Schuyler Thornton

06-28-2025 22:29 UTC-7

Ruben Cracks Aces to Double

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000/60,000, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 30,000 Completion 30,000-60,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 16,000/24,000 Ante, 8,000/16,000 Blinds