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

06-29-2025 21:16 UTC-8

Stansbury Stands Pat Vs. Leonard

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 20:59 UTC-8

Roman Jams On Savakinas

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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

No-Limit Hold'em

Michael Savakinas raised to 3,000 from the hijack and in the big blind Christopher Roman called.

The flop rolled out 7♠10♥Q♠ and both players checked to the turn 6♦ where Roman bet 4,000 and Savakinas called.

On the river 4♦, Roman moved all in for 35,000 and Savakinas quickly tossed his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Savakinas	83,000 33,100	33,100

Christopher Roman	53,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Christopher Roman Michael Savakinas

06-29-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Obst Gets Kerkaert to Fold an Eight

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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

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

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

06-29-2025 20:35 UTC-8

Negreanu Soars After Eliminating Kerbel

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Liam Gannon

Level 9

No-Limit Hold’em: 500/1,000, 1,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 500/1,000, 1,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante

Big O

Max Kruse called in the hijack while Jay Kerbel called on the button. Daniel Negreanu came along in the small blind and Lawrence Berg checked his option in the big blind.

The flop rolled out K♥4♥8♦ and Negreanu lead out for 2,500, folding out Berg while Kruse called. Kerbel raised to 15,000, prompting Negreanu to raise to 52,500. Kruse folded and Kerbel called.

On the turn A♣, Negreanu moved all in for 23,000 effective.

"That was a terrible card for me, but I'm still calling," said Kerbel as he put in the chips.

Jay Kerbel: A♦K♠J♥5♥4♦ All in
Daniel Negreanu: A♥Q♥Q♣Q♦2♦

Kerbel was leading with his two pair against Negreanu's flush draw, but the river 3♥ put Negreanu out in front making the nut flush and an eight-perfect low to scoop Kerbel and soar up the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Berg	205,000 16,000	16,000

Daniel Negreanu	204,500 144,500	144,500

Max Kruse	26,500 3,700	3,700

Jay Kerbel	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jay Kerbel Lawrence Berg Max Kruse

06-29-2025 20:29 UTC-8

Zerjav Doubles Through Holder

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Calum Grant

Level 9

No-Limit Hold’em: 500/1,000, 1,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 500/1,000, 1,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante

NL 2-7 Single Draw

Ofir Mor raised to 3,000 from the hijack before Blaz Zerjav jammed for around 15,000 from the cutoff. Paul Holder raised on the button, which folded out Mor.

Zerjav and Holder drew one, discarding a 6x and 2x respectively.

Zerjav and Holder tabled their four cards, Zerjav had 8x7x6x4x while Holder was drawing to a wheel with 7x5x3x2x.

Holder turned his fifth card over first, revealing a 7x to pair up. Zerjav just need to fade an eight and he did so, catching a 2x to make an eight-seven to collect the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Holder	280,000 75,400	75,400
Ofir Mor	51,000 19,100	19,100
Blaz Zerjav	36,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Ofir Mor Paul Holder

06-29-2025 20:04 UTC-8

Andrew's Three Queens Are Good

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Liam Gannon

Level 9

No-Limit Hold’em: 500/1,000, 1,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 500/1,000, 1,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante

No-Limit 5 Card Draw

Jay Kerbel raised to 3,000 from under the gun and on the button Lawrence Berg called while Kyle Andrews called in the big blind.

Andrews drew two, Kerbel drew one, and Berg drew two. Andrews checked over to Kerbel who bet 10,000 which only Andrews called.

Kerbel sighed and shrugged his hands in defeat while Andrews turned over A♠Q♣Q♥Q♦8♠ for three queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Berg	221,000 11,000	11,000

Jay Kerbel	67,000 39,200	39,200
Kyle Andrews	53,000 32,900	32,900

Tags: Jay Kerbel Kyle Andrews Lawrence Berg

06-29-2025 20:03 UTC-8

Leng Folds a Set

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Calum Grant

Level 9

No-Limit Hold’em: 500/1,000, 1,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 500/1,000, 1,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante

Pot Limit Omaha

"A game for the people by the people," said Arthur Morris as the game plaque changed to PLO. He raised to 3,500 from the cutoff and saw Christopher Roman and Ryan Leng call from the blinds.

Roman led out for 11,500 on the 8♠7♦4♠ flop and Leng was the only caller.

Roman continued for 35,000 on the J♠ turn and Leng snap-folded and showed he had Jx8x7x7x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	125,000 10,000	10,000

Arthur Morris	90,000 6,400	6,400
Christopher Roman	70,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Arthur Morris Christopher Roman Ryan Leng

06-29-2025 19:49 UTC-8

Updated Counts Per WSOP+ (full)

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Calum Grant

Level 9

No-Limit Hold’em: 500/1,000, 1,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 500/1,000, 1,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Berg	232,000 48,000	48,000

Julio Belluscio	215,000 132,500	132,500

Dario Alioto	213,700 90,100	90,100

Paul Holder	204,600 122,600	122,600
Jon Turner	196,700 196,700	196,700

Philip Sternheimer	186,000 48,000	48,000

Christopher Vitch	178,700 135,900	135,900

Alex Epstein	177,600 38,000	38,000

Steve Billirakis	174,100 140,700	140,700

Robert Mclaughlin	169,600 120,600	120,600
Majid Yahyaei	166,500 50,500	50,500
Bariscan Betil	164,700 67,900	67,900
Espen Sandvik	163,000 3,000	3,000

Jeffrey Williams	159,200 4,900	4,900
Robert Gussoni	154,000 21,000	21,000

Jake Schwartz	154,000 74,000	74,000
Jeff Madsen	147,400 111,900	111,900

Nitesh Rawtani	139,000 51,000	51,000
Jacob Hamed	137,000 70,000	70,000
Ryan Leng	135,000 51,700	51,700

Brian Rast	131,500 21,500	21,500

Jonathan Bowers	130,000 95,000	95,000
Brian Battistone	127,000 94,000	94,000
David Bach	125,000 90,000	90,000

Jean Kabbaj	123,500 46,500	46,500

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Level: 9

No-Limit Hold’em: 500/1,000, 1,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 500/1,000, 1,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 600/1,200, 1,800 Ante