Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-30-2025 18:59 UTC-8

Taylor, Milgrom Leave Ahmed on Fumes

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David Salituro

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Esther Taylor: XxXx/4♣9♠2♠7♠/Xx
Nicolas Milgrom: XxXx/8♠10♦9♣5♣/Xx
Owais Ahmed: XxXx/4♦K♦4♥3♥/Xx

Esther Taylor bet on fourth street and Nicolas Milgrom and Owais Ahmed called.

Taylor continued betting on fifth and sixth streets as Milgrom and Ahmed called down to seventh. All three players then checked.

Taylor showed 6♣4♠3♦ for a low, while Milgrom had 8♥7♦6♠ for a straight. Ahmed mucked to leave himself nursing a short stack.

At the same table, Donny Rubinstein has amassed a stack of around 140,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esther Taylor	160,000 65,000	65,000

Donny Rubinstein	140,000 85,000	85,000
Nicolas Milgrom	30,000 90,000	90,000

Owais Ahmed	4,000 46,100	46,100

Tags: Donny Rubinstein Esther Taylor Nicolas Milgrom Owais Ahmed

06-30-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Newest Names Join Thinning Field

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	60,000 60,000	60,000
Max Kruse	60,000 60,000	60,000

Shaun Deeb	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andrew Yeh	60,000 60,000	60,000

Bari Sklar	60,000
Nick Schulman	60,000

Qiang Xu	Busted

Nicolas Barthe	Busted
John Monnette	Busted

Hal Rotholz	Busted

Mike Krescanko	Busted
Ariel Mantel	Busted
Dario Sammartino	Busted
Ray Fishman	Busted
Philip Shing	Busted
Mike Matusow	Busted

Martin Staszko	Busted
Owais Ahmed	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted

06-30-2025 19:07 UTC-8

Nakai, McClelland Chop a Monster Against Yeh

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David Salituro

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Ryuta Nakai: XxXx/J♦J♠4♣9♥/Xx
Hunter McClelland: XxXx/5♠6♣Q♦2♣/Xx
Andrew Yeh: XxXx/K♦5♥6♦10♥/Xx

Around 60,000 was already in the middle as Ryuta Nakai, Hunter McClelland, and Andrew Yeh went to sixth street. Nakai then bet and McClelland raised.

Yeh came back with a reraise and Nakai made it four bets. Both McClelland and Yeh called.

Nakai bet on seventh street and both opponents called once more. Nakai turned over 9♦9♠6♥ for nines and sixes, while McClelland had 7♠3♥2♦ for a low.

"Oh, jeez," Yeh said upon seeing their cards as he mucked while the massive pot worth more than 100,000 was chopped up between Nakai and McClelland

Player	Chips	Progress
Hunter McClelland	110,000 25,000	25,000
Ryuta Nakai	80,000 20,000	20,000
Andrew Yeh	40,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Andrew Yeh Hunter McClelland Ryuta Nakai

06-30-2025 19:13 UTC-8

Frazin Getting Short as Schulman and Kruse Chop

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Nick Schulman: A♦8♠7♦/A♣8♦Q♦5♣
Timothy Frazin: XxXx/2♣J♣K♥Q♥
Max Kruse: 4♣3♥2♦/5♦Q♣7♠4♥

Nick Schulman bet on fourth street, and Timothy Frazin and Max Kruse called. The same happened on fifth street, after which Schulman bet again on sixth street.

Frazin folded this time, but Kruse called. Kruse called Schulman's final bet on seventh street as well, and the pot was chopped between Schulman's two pair and Kruse's seven-low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Kruse	66,500 6,500	6,500

Nick Schulman	65,000 5,000	5,000

Timothy Frazin	21,300 34,200	34,200

Tags: Max Kruse Nick Schulman Timothy Frazin

06-30-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Doshi Finds a Triple Up Through Seed, Israelashvili

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David Salituro

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Paresh Doshi: XxXx/8♠A♣5♥ All in
Huck Seed: XxXx/5♠5♦K♦
Roland Israelashvili: XxXx/3♦9♥10♣ - folded on fifth street

Roland Israelashvili completed and Huck Seed raised. Paresh Doshi then reraised and Israelashvili called. Seed made it five bets and Doshi called all in, while Israelashvili also called.

Seed bet on fourth street and Israelashvili called to create a side pot. Seed then bet on fifth, and Israelashvili folded this time.

"I say we just chop," Seed said as he had A♦2♠3♣ showing, while Doshi had 10♦10♥4♠. Seed turned over the 2♣ on his last card to make two pair, but Doshi caught a better two pair with the 8♣ to win the pot and triple up.

"Once again, I gambled and lost," Seed lamented.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huck Seed	50,000 12,000	12,000

Roland Israelashvili	40,000 40,000	40,000

Paresh Doshi	30,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Huck Seed Paresh Doshi Roland Israelashvili

06-30-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Deeb Chipping Up

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Hisashi Yamanouchi: XxXx/5♠Q♠A♦J♥/Xx - folded on seventh street
Koji Fujimoto: 5♥4♥3♣/A♥7♠4♣Q♦
Shaun Deeb: K♣J♦5♣/7♣J♣5♦10♦

Hisashi Yamanouchi checked to Koji Fujimoto on fifth street, who bet. Shaun Deeb called, as did Yamanouchi. The same pattern occured on sixth street, and Fujimoto bet on seventh street as well.

Deeb called before Yamanouchi check-folded. Fujimoto tabled a seven-low, and Deeb received the high half of the pot with two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	90,000 30,000	30,000

Koji Fujimoto	76,500 3,500	3,500
Hisashi Yamanouchi	39,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Hisashi Yamanouchi Koji Fujimoto Shaun Deeb

06-30-2025 19:22 UTC-8

Alex Foxen Multi-Tabling Poker Tournaments at Separate Las Vegas Venues

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Jon Sofen

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Alex Foxen left the Horseshoe on a Day 3 dinner break on Monday at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) to take his seat in another tournament across town that was approaching the money bubble.

The high roller traveled a mile up the Strip to Wynn Las Vegas, where Day 2 in the $10,400 buy-in Wynn Summer Championship took place. He bagged a stack on a Day 1 flight and played briefly early in the Day 2 session before returning to the WSOP for Day 3 of Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.

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Tags: Alex Foxen

06-30-2025 19:25 UTC-8

Milgrom Straightens Out Bohlman; Coleman Doesn't Regret His Career Choice

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David Salituro

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Nicolas Milgrom: XxXx/4♣7♦5♠K♦/Xx
Scott Bohlman: XxXx/2♥J♥5♣J♦/Xx

"If you could go back in time, would you still become a poker player?" Mike Thorpe asked tablemate Maxx Coleman, who nodded and said yes.

"I don't know what else I would do," Coleman replied.

"What else would he do? Become a mortgage broker?" Esther Taylor added.

In the meantime, Nicolas Milgrom had bet on fourth street and Scott Bohlman raised. Milgrom called to fifth street where he bet again. Bohlman just called this time.

Milgrom continued betting on sixth and seventh as Bohlman called both bets. Milgrom then showed Q♣8♠6♣ for a straight and Bohlman mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Milgrom	65,000 35,000	35,000

Scott Bohlman	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Nicolas Milgrom Scott Bohlman

06-30-2025 19:28 UTC-8

Blom Busts Tate

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Ante: 500
Bring In: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Brian Tate: 9♣8♥6♠6♣4♦2♠/K♣ All in
Viktor Blom: A♠5♥/2♥5♠3♣7♠/7♦

Brian Tate had an open pair of sixes, which he check-called Viktor Blom's bet with on fifth street. He check-called again on sixth street, this time putting him all-in.

Tate's sixes were best for the high, but Blom made two pair on seventh street to scoop the pot as Tate bricked.