Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-29-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Obst Gets Kerkaert to Fold an Eight

Calum Grant

Level 10

No-Limit Hold’em: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 600/1,200, 1,200 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante

NL 2-7 Single Draw

William Kerkaert raised from the button before James Obst made it 19,000 from the big blind. Kerkaert four-bet to 34,000 but was sent into the tank after Obst jammed as the slightly bigger stack.

Kerkaert had 61,000 behind and thought for several minutes before Scott Seiver warned that we would be calling the clock shortly.

"Okay, I'm folding an eight," said Kerkaert as he mucked his hand. "Were you going to take a card?"

Obst remained muted with Kerkaert starting to lament his decision.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	140,000 53,000	53,000

Scott Seiver	110,000 36,500	36,500

William Kerkaert	61,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: James Obst Scott Seiver William Kerkaert

06-29-2025 21:16 UTC-8

Stansbury Stands Pat Vs. Leonard

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Calum Grant

Level 10

No-Limit Hold’em: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 600/1,200, 1,200 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante

NL 2-7 Single Draw

James Stansbury raised to 3,500 from under the gun before Patrick Leonard three-bet to 11,700 from the cutoff. After some thinkinig time, Stansbury called.

Stansbury stood pat, while Leonard drew one. Stansbury, who had 46,500 behind, checked. Leonard bet 49,500 sending Stansbury into the tank. The latter eventually called for his tournament life and heard two golden words from Leonard: "Good call."

Leonard had paired up, making 9x9x6x4x3x, while Stansbury had 10x8x6x3x2x to double up.

Leonard was left with 5,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Stansbury	115,000 44,000	44,000
Joao Vieira	36,500 36,500	36,500

Patrick Leonard	5,000 41,200	41,200

Tags: James Stansbury Patrick Leonard

06-29-2025 21:23 UTC-8

Wirjo Doubles Through Okamura

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Liam Gannon

Level 10

No-Limit Hold’em: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 600/1,200, 1,200 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Jeff Madsen called in first position and on the button, Motoyoshi Okamura raised to 3,500. Jonathan Wirjo in the big blind called with Madsen calling behind him.

Wirjo drew one, Madsen drew two, and Okamura drew one. Action checked around to Okamura who bet 10,000 and Wirjo jammed all in for 24,500. Madsen folded while Okamura called.

Both players stood pat on the following two draws.

Jonathan Wirjo: 8x6x5x4x3x All in
Motoyoshi Okamura: XxXxXxXxXx

Okamura mucked his hand and Wirjo's eight-six was good for the pot and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	191,000 43,600	43,600

Jonathan Wirjo	61,700 61,700	61,700
Motoyoshi Okamura	14,700 16,100	16,100

Tags: Jeff Madsen Jonathan Wirjo Motoyoshi Okamura

06-29-2025 21:26 UTC-8

Roberts Busts to Obst

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Calum Grant

Level 10

No-Limit Hold’em: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 600/1,200, 1,200 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante

James Obst opened to 3,000 from the button and called when Christian Roberts made it 10,200 from the small blind.

Roberts jammed for around 17,000 on the 10♠8♣5♣ flop and was snap-called.

Christian Roberts: KxKx4x2x All in
James Obst: J♦10♣5♦4♣

Obst was ahead of Roberts' kings with two pair, and he filled on the 7♥10♥ runout to send Roberts out.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	320,000 180,000	180,000

Christian Roberts	Busted

Tags: Christian Roberts James Obst

06-29-2025 21:37 UTC-8

Kerber Coolers Harman for a Double

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Calum Grant

Level 10

No-Limit Hold’em: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 600/1,200, 1,200 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante

Jen Harman and Kelvin Kerber were in the blinds and exchanged raises that saw both players all-in. Kerber had 46,700 and Harman covered by 1,000.

Harman drew one, while Kerber stood pat.

Kelvin Kerber: Q♠J♠5♠3♠2♠ All in
Jen Harman: KxKxKx7x

Both players tabled their cards ahead of the draw, with Harman needing a king or seven to seal the checkmark.

The hall of famer turned over her last card, revealing the Q♦ and Kerber held on to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelvin Kerber	95,000 95,000	95,000

Jen Harman	1,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Jen Harman Kelvin Kerber

06-29-2025 22:31 UTC-8

Bechahed Rivers Nines Full

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Liam Gannon

Level 11

No-Limit Hold’em: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 800/1,600, 1,600 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante

Big O

Dylan Weisman called on the button which saw Sami Bechahed call in the small blind while Huck Seed checked in the big blind.

The flop rolled out 8♣J♣9♠ and action checked around to Weisman who bet 4,400 and only Bechahed called.

On the turn A♦, Bechahed checked over to Weisman who bet 14,600 and Bechahed called.

Both players checked the river 9♣ and Bechahed turned over A♣9♦8♦5♣2♦ for nines full of aces, which was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	253,000 20,200	20,200

Sami Bechahed	115,000 104,400	104,400
Huck Seed	22,600 12,400	12,400

Tags: Dylan Weisman Huck Seed Sami Bechahed

06-29-2025 22:41 UTC-8

Brown’s Game Mix-Up Causes Calamity on #64; Stavrakis Literally Flips a Coin

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Calum Grant

Level 11

No-Limit Hold’em: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 800/1,600, 1,600 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante

Big O

Gabriel Ramos opened to 4,000 from under the gun, before Tyler Brown made it 14,500 from the hijack, and had 5,500 behind. Filippos Stavrakis four-bet to 30,000 from the cutoff. The button and small blind folded and then Christopher Vitch made potted it to 109,200.

Ramos went deep into the tank, and after a few minutes — and a clock being called — he eventually folded.

Brown put in his last few chips, with Stavrakis then finding himself in the blender. He thought for several minutes, before calling, which left him with around 98,000 behind.

Vitch jammed on the J♦J♣7♠ flop, and Stavrakis found himself again in another tough spot. He thought for several minutes more, and decided his fate rested on the flip of a coin. He asked if anyone at the table had one, and Eric Garma reached into his wallet to hand one over.

He flicked it onto the table, and then folded.

Vitch and Brown tabled their cards.

Tyler Brown: 9♣6♥4♠4♣3♠ All in
Christopher Vitch: A♠A♣8♥5♦2♥

At this point, Brown admitted he thought they were still playing Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, not realizing the game plaque had changed.

The board ran out with the 3♣2♦ and Vitch scooped the massive pot to be one of the biggest stacks in the room. Vitch took the high with aces and the low with 7-5-3-2-A.

"Wow, can you believe that cost me 109K!" bemoaned Stavrakis, as the hand would've played out much differently had Brown realized what game they were playing.

"Thank God, the coin landed on a fold."

Stavrakis explained that he was taking so long because he had A-K-K, was double suited and thought that it would be hard for Vitch to have aces due to Ramos' open and Brown's three-bet.

Vitch agreed the action was sick, but it benefitted him with his stack sitting around 450,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Vitch	450,000 123,000	123,000

Filippos Stavrakis	98,000 74,000	74,000

Gabriel Ramos	36,000 14,000	14,000
Tyler Brown	Busted

Tags: Christopher Vitch Eric Garma Gabriel Ramos Tyler Brown Filippos Stavrakis

06-29-2025 22:47 UTC-8

Bust Outs After Late Registration

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Calum Grant

Level 11

No-Limit Hold’em: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 800/1,600, 1,600 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lin	Busted
Jesse McVicker	Busted
Eric Garma	Busted
Zachary Hirst	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

Danny Noam	Busted
Rodrigo Portaleoni	Busted
Sean Troha	Busted

Leonardo Fernandez	Busted
Marian Fridrich	Busted
Alexander Schwartz	Busted
Adam Owen	Busted
Noah Bronstein	Busted

Jonathan Wirjo	Busted
Joshua Reichard	Busted
Ryan Leng	Busted

Joao Vieira	Busted

Daniel Bedson	Busted
Juan Caridad	Busted
Michael Parisi	Busted
Jonathan Krela	Busted
Alberto Masis	Busted
Arthur Morris	Busted
Daniel Shak	Busted
Richard Bai	Busted

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06-29-2025 23:02 UTC-8

More Level 11 Bust Outs

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Calum Grant

Level 12

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Gluszko	Busted
Huck Seed	Busted

Paul Tedeschi	Busted
Ari Engel	Busted

Manuel Rodriguez	Busted
Yuri Dzivielevski	Busted

Jun Weng	Busted
Richard Acovino	Busted
Toby Boas	Busted

06-29-2025 23:31 UTC-8

Deeb With the... Slowroll?

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Liam Gannon

Level 12

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante

5 Card Draw

Action was picked up on the first draw after Shaun Deeb had opened in the cutoff, Andrew "AJ" Kelsall called on the button, and Peter Levine called in the big blind.

Levine and Deeb drew three while Kelsall drew one. Action checked around to Kelsall who moved all in for 28,500, quickly folding out Levine and Deeb went into the tank.

"This could be a slowroll," Deeb said after some time in the tank.

"It won't phase me," replied Kelsall, "you slowrolled me the day we met years ago and since then you've done it to me a couple of times. It hasn't phased me."

After some more time in the tank, Deeb put in the call and the hands were tabled.

Andrew "AJ" Kelsall: A♣4♣3♥3♣3♠ All in
Shaun Deeb: Q♥Q♦Q♣10♦6♦