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

06-30-2025 10:30 UTC-8

Greenstein, Rast, and Negreanu Still Alive in Mixed Big Bet Day 2

Liam Gannon

A mix of seven poker variants occupies the players’ hearts and minds in Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet. A total of 458 entrants came out to play those seven variants, generating a prize pool worth $1,019,050, but as the day ended, only 101 survived. Those survivors return today at 1 p.m. to the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, with only 69 of them making the money. Only one of them will receive the WSOP bracelet and the $206,982 first-place prize.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chip Counts	Big Blinds (NLSD)	Big Blinds (PL/NL)
1	Christopher Vitch	United States	583,500	194	233
2	Matthew Schreiber	United States	556,000	185	222
3	James Obst	Australia	451,000	150	180
4	Julio Belluscio	Argentina	394,000	131	157
5	Jean Kabbaj	Austria	331,000	110	132
6	Yong Wang	China	324,500	108	129
7	Daniel Harmetz	United States	311,000	103	124
8	Barry Greenstein	United States	292,000	97	116
9	Jordan Siegel	United States	288,000	96	115
10	Jacob Babins	United States	288,000	96	115

Leading the way are WSOP bracelet winners Christopher Vitch (583,500) and Matthew Schreiber (566,000), who are looking for their fourth and second WSOP bracelets, respectively. Others that bagged include James Obst (451,000), Julio Belluscio (394,000), Barry Greenstein (292,000), Jon Turner (276,000), Jake Schwartz (260,500), Jeff Madsen (252,000), Nick Guagenti (204,000), and seven-time WSOP bracelet winners Brian Rast (201,000) and Daniel Negreanu (188,000). Blaz Zerjav (76,000) is looking to match Benny Glaser this summer and take down his third WSOP bracelet of the year.

Play will begin at Level 13 with blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 4,500 ante in No-Limit Single Draw and No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 ante in Pot-Limit Omaha, Big O, Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, and Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, and 1,000/2,500 with a 3,500 big blind ante in No-Limit Hold’em. They will play ten 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks at the conclusion of every two levels. A dinner break will occur at the conclusion of Level 18 at roughly 7:30 p.m.

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Tags: Barry Greenstein Benny Glaser Big Bet Mix Big Blinds Big O Blaz Zerjav Brian Rast Christopher Vitch Daniel Harmetz Daniel Negreanu Jacob Babins Jake Schwartz James Obst Jean Kabbaj Jeff Madsen Jon Turner Jordan Siegel Julio Belluscio Matthew Schreiber Nick Guagenti Paris Casino Yong Wang

06-30-2025 12:13 UTC-8

Strebkov Jams On Paz-Guttierez

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Liam Gannon

Level 13

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500/3,000, 4,500 Ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Denis Strebkov in the hijack and Jose Paz-Gutierrez on the button with 51,000 in the middle.

The board read 8♦10♠9♣5♠ and Strebkov bet 24,000 on the turn, receiving a call from Paz-Guttierez.

On the river 4♣, Strebkov moved all in for 70,000 which saw Paz-Guttierez contemplate before tossing his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Strebkov	168,000 57,000	57,000

Jose Paz-Gutierrez	110,000 46,500	46,500

Tags: Denis Strebkov Jose Paz-Gutierrez

06-30-2025 12:18 UTC-8

Wheely Good Start For Bach

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Brett Slezak

Level 13

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500/3,000, 4,500 Ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Marco Johnson opened from under the gun and was called by David Bach in the small blind.

Both took two as Bach checked to Johnson. He continued for 13,000 before Bach check-jammed for 62,500 and Johnson called.

Bach was now pat while Johnson took one.

Johnson still needed one on the final draw, but there was no need as Bach tabled 7x5x4x3x2x for the wheel as Johnson was drawing dead and Bach collected the full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	145,000 69,500	69,500

Marco Johnson	105,000 73,500	73,500

Tags: David Bach Marco Johnson

06-30-2025 12:30 UTC-8

Belluscio Takes Out Guagenti With Number One

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Liam Gannon

Level 13

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500/3,000, 4,500 Ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Action was picked up after the first draw in a pot between Nick Guagenti in first position and Julio Belluscio in the cutoff.

With 86,000 in the middle, Guagenti drew one on the second draw and Belluscio stood pat. Guagenti checked over to Belluscio who bet 40,000, prompting Guagenti to jam for 131,000 and Belluscio called.

Both players stood pat on the final draw.

Nick Guagenti: 8x6x4x3x2x All in
Julio Belluscio: 7x5x4x3x2x

Belluscio held number one and Guagenti's number six was rendered second best as the WSOP bracelet winner exited the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julio Belluscio	541,000 147,000	147,000

Nick Guagenti	Busted

Tags: Julio Belluscio Nick Guagenti

06-30-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Deeb Doubles Through Jordan

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Liam Gannon

Level 13

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500/3,000, 4,500 Ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Action was picked up after the second draw in a pot between Edward Jordan in the small blind and Shaun Deeb in the cutoff.

After thinking the hand was already over, Jordan had declared he had 8x6x5x3x2x, before realizing there was one draw left. Both players stood pat and Jordan checked over to Deeb who bet the pot of 101,000 with 1,000 behind.

"What have I gotten myself into?" Jordan lamented as he debated his decision. "I call."

"I have a seven," said Deeb as he tabled 7x6x5x4x2x and Jordan tossed his hand into the muck.

A couple of hands later, Jordan was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	281,000 137,000	137,000

Edward Jordan	Busted

Tags: Edward Jordan Shaun Deeb

06-30-2025 12:58 UTC-8

Ahmed Bombs The End

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Liam Gannon

Level 14

No-Limit Hold’em: 2,000/3,000, 5,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 2,000/4,000, 6,000 Ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Owais Ahmed raised to 7,500 in the cutoff and was called by Jacob Babins on the button and Jean Kabbaj in the big blind.

Kabbaj drew two while both Ahmed and Babins drew one. Kabbaj checked to Owais who bet 22,000.

Both of his opponents folded and the WSOP bracelet winner took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Kabbaj	251,000 80,000	80,000
Owais Ahmed	158,000 56,000	56,000

Jacob Babins	112,000 93,000	93,000

Tags: Jacob Babins Jean Kabbaj Owais Ahmed

06-30-2025 13:09 UTC-8

"Now We've Got a Game!" Schreiber Bluffs Deeb & Shows It

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Connor Richards

Level 14

No-Limit Hold’em: 2,000/3,000, 5,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 2,000/4,000, 6,000 Ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Back-to-back no-limit hold'em hands got the table laughing as Shaun Deeb goaded Matthew Schreiber to "just raise blind" in the cutoff.

"Okay, I raise," Schreiber said after looking at his cards.

Jon Turner and James Obst called the 6,500 raise and all three players checked on the 3♣3♠4♣ flop and 7♥ turn.

Turner checked again on the 9♣ river and Obst bet 10,000. Schreiber raised to 26,000 and Turner folded. Obst laughed about his predicament and called.

Schreiber showed K♠9♠ for top pair, but he was pipped by the A♦9♦ of Obst and got an earful about it from Deeb.

"Great raise!" laughed Deeb. "You're playing great!"

The next hand, Schreiber raised to 4,000 and Deeb was ready to play.

"Why less this time? Let's find out," Deeb said as he three-bet to 20,000, which Schreiber called.

Schreiber checked on the flop of 9♦A♦8♠ and Deeb continued for 15,500. Schreiber questioned the bet size and called.

"I'm trying to confuse you," said Deeb.

Schreiber checked on the 8♦ turn and Deeb checked back. Schreiber then led out for 45,000 on the 5♦ river and Deeb complained that it was a "below average runout" for his hand, before folding.

Schreiber then proudly tabled Q♣J♣ for a bluff with queen-jack, which Deeb said was good anyway since he had J♥7♥.

"Now we've got a game!" said Erick Lindgren.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	470,000 19,000	19,000

Matthew Schreiber	320,000 236,000	236,000

Shaun Deeb	210,000 71,000	71,000

Tags: Erick Lindgren James Obst Jon Turner Matthew Schreiber Shaun Deeb

06-30-2025 13:13 UTC-8

Deeb Gets His Revenge on Schreiber with Massive Double

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Brett Slezak

Level 14

No-Limit Hold’em: 2,000/3,000, 5,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 2,000/4,000, 6,000 Ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Following an open, Matthew Schreiber three-bet to 34,000 on the button. In the small blind, Shaun Deeb cold four-bet to 100,000. With the action back on Schreiber, he took a peek at Deeb's stack before he announced "all in" as the covering stack.

"Hey PokerNews, we're all in," and Deeb called off his 246,500 stack.

Deeb stood pat and Schreiber patted behind.

Shaun Deeb: 8x7x5x3x2x All in
Matthew Schreiber: 9x7x5x4x2x

It was a cooler scenario with both players being dealt strong pat hands, with Deeb the beneficiary.

"What a setup, just brutal," Schreiber lamented.

As further needle, Deeb took a look at what would have been Schreiber's card had he broken, only to reveal a 6x and Schreiber would have made a seven.

"Look Matt, you would have made it," Deeb joked as he pointed at the six.

"Ah yes, I should broken my nine-seven," replied Schreiber.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	508,500 298,500	298,500

Matthew Schreiber	95,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Matthew Schreiber Shaun Deeb

06-30-2025 13:23 UTC-8

Ruben Puts Pressure on Wang

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Liam Gannon

Level 14

No-Limit Hold’em: 2,000/3,000, 5,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 2,000/4,000, 6,000 Ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Brad Ruben opened in first position to 10,000 and in the hijack, Yong Wang three-bet to 33,000 which Ruben called.

Ruben drew one, while Wang stood pat and Ruben opted to lead out for 68,000.

Wang went into the tank for a couple of minutes, staring at Ruben intently as he debated his decision.

After some thought, he tossed his hand into the muck and the five-time WSOP bracelet winner won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yong Wang	435,000 110,500	110,500
Brad Ruben	173,000 110,500	110,500

Tags: Brad Ruben Yong Wang

06-30-2025 13:27 UTC-8

Jansen Trips Up Kabbaj and Alioto

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Brett Slezak

Level 14

No-Limit Hold’em: 2,000/3,000, 5,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 2,000/4,000, 6,000 Ante

No-Limit Five Card Draw

Jean Kabbaj opened to 10,000 from the hijack before Dario Alioto three-bet to 30,000 from the cutoff. Bradley Jansen on the button weighed his options before he cold-called, which brought along Kabbaj as well.

Kabbaj took three, Alioto took one, and Jansen took two.

Kabbaj and Alioto checked to Jansen who also checked back after a small tank, revealing Q♠Q♦Q♣6♥2♥ for trip queens as the others mucked, and Jansen collected another pot as he has more than tripled his stack during the first frame of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Jansen	305,000 90,000	90,000

Jean Kabbaj	180,000 71,000	71,000
Dario Alioto	130,000 89,500	89,500

Tags: Bradley Jansen Dario Alioto Jean Kabbaj