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

06-30-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Amarapu and Rodawig Divide Three-Bet Pot

Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Vasu Amarapu: A♣J♣7♥/4♥9♥5♥2♠
Eric Rodawig: A♠7♣6♦/8♦6♠10♥5♣
Brad Ruben: XxXx/A♥J♦Q♦ - folded on fifth street

Vasu Amarapu completed, Eric Rodawig two-bet, and Brad Ruben reraised. Amarapu and Rodawig both called to fourth street, where Ruben checked.

Amarapu then bet, Rodawig raised, and Ruben and Amarapu both called. Ruben checked again on fifth street, and Amarapu led out once more. This time, Rodawig just called before Ruben folded.

Rodawig then check-called bets from Amarapu on sixth and seventh street, and they chopped up the pot as Rodawig's pair of sixes took the high half and Amarapu's seven-low the low half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasu Amarapu	82,000 14,000	14,000
Eric Rodawig	71,000 20,200	20,200

Brad Ruben	52,700 20,300	20,300

Tags: Brad Ruben Eric Rodawig Vasu Amarapu

06-30-2025 16:58 UTC-8

McClelland Bets Out Duczak

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David Salituro

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Hunter McClelland: XxXx/A♣K♠K♥9♥/Xx
Aaron Duczak: XxXx/7♠3♦10♣J♥/Xx

Hunter McClelland bet on fourth street and Aaron Duczak called.

McClelland continued betting on fifth and sixth as Duczak called him down to seventh. McClelland then put out another bet.

Duczak peeked down at his last card and let out a loud sigh before tossing his cards into the muck, surrendering the pot to McClelland.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Hui	75,000 15,000	15,000

Christopher Wallace	60,000 10,000	10,000

Hunter McClelland	55,000 5,000	5,000
Matt Vengrin	45,000 15,000	15,000

Aaron Duczak	40,000 25,000	25,000
Jon Shoreman	40,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Aaron Duczak Hunter McClelland

06-30-2025 16:59 UTC-8

Evans Attempts Ambitious Bluff

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Yuval Bronshtein: Q♠10♠10♦/Q♣5♦2♠4♥
John Evans: XxXx/6♥J♣3♥6♣/Xx
Yuebin Guo: A♥7♦3♠/3♦8♦6♠8♥

Three-way to fifth street, it checked to Yuebin Guo, who bet with three low cards showing. Yuval Bronshtein and John Evans both called to sixth street, where Guo led out when he made a pair of eights.

Bronshtein and Evans both stuck around to seventh street, where the action checked to Evans. Evans bet, but he mucked his cards when he was called in both spots.

Bronshtein then tabled two pair for the high, and Guo had an eight-low for the low half of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuebin Guo	63,000 8,000	8,000
Yuval Bronshtein	50,000 5,000	5,000

John Evans	32,500 43,500	43,500

Tags: John Evans Yuebin Guo Yuval Bronshtein

06-30-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Chad Plays Some Trivia

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David Salituro

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

"How many McDonald's locations are there worldwide?" Norman Chad asked his tablemates, handing out pieces of paper and putting $20 up for grabs to whoever guessed closest to the number.

"Three," Jared Rubin joked.

"That's going to be off," Chad replied.

"Hey Grok," Max Pescatori said into his phone before Chad told him not to look it up.

"That's my friend," Pescatori answered.

"Everyone is named Grok, Chad," Tom Koral added.

After each player had written their answer on their sheet of paper, Chad revealed the answer of 41,000. Andres Korn had guessed 43,000 and Chad handed him over the $20.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Koral	80,000 13,000	13,000

Andres Korn	70,000 20,000	20,000

Jared Rubin	70,000 2,000	2,000
Norman Chad	50,000 15,000	15,000
Max Pescatori	30,000 28,300	28,300

Tags: Andres Korn Jared Rubin Max Pescatori Tom Koral Norman Chad

06-30-2025 17:08 UTC-8

"Can't Beat Zinno"

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Anthony Zinno: XxXx/7♥7♦A♦K♣/Xx
Timothy Frazin: XxXx/6♦J♦Q♦4♥/Xx
Dylan Smith: XxXx/A♠J♠J♣ - folded on fifth street

Anthony Zinno completed, and Timothy Frazin and Dylan Smith called. Zinno paired his door card on fourth street and bet, seeing both Frazin and Smith call.

Smith made a higher pair on fifth street but checked it over to Zinno, who bet. Frazin still called, but Smith opted to fold. Zinno fired another bet on sixth street, which Frazin called, and did so too on seventh street.

"Can't beat Zinno," Frazin uttered as he shrugged and added his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	140,000 80,000	80,000

Dylan Smith	52,500 6,000	6,000
Timothy Frazin	44,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Dylan Smith Timothy Frazin

06-30-2025 17:12 UTC-8

Recent Additions and Substractions to the Field

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Bai	60,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Noori	60,000 60,000	60,000

David "Bakes" Baker	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dario Alioto	60,000 60,000	60,000

Renan Bruschi	60,000 60,000	60,000

Joey Couden	60,000 60,000	60,000

Justin Smith	60,000 60,000	60,000
Nate Silver	60,000 60,000	60,000
Nick Guagenti	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mike Gorodinsky	60,000 60,000	60,000

Gary Benson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Walter Chambers	60,000 60,000	60,000

Carol Fuchs	60,000 60,000	60,000

Robert Mizrachi	60,000

Yingui Li	Busted

Karl Tretter	Busted
John Holley	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted

06-30-2025 17:12 UTC-8

Chait Hangs On For a Chop

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David Salituro

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

Dario Sammartino: XxXx/4♣J♦7♥J♣/Xx
Craig Chait: XxXx/8♦2♠A♥5♣/Xx
Dan Shak: XxXx/4♦3♥9♦A♠/Xx

Four players headed to sixth street where Craig Chait bet. Dario Sammartino then raised and Dan Shak called. The table folded back to Chait who also called.

Sammartino bet again on seventh and both Shak and Chait called. Sammartino flashed the J♥ for trips, while Shak turned over A♣6♦4♥ for aces and fours. Chait showed 8♣5♥3♠ for a low and chopped the pot with Sammartino.

"i was hanging on for dear life," Chait said after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	70,000 10,000	10,000
Dan Shak	70,000 10,000	10,000
Craig Chait	40,000 13,200	13,200

Tags: Craig Chait Dan Shak Dario Sammartino

06-30-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Break Time

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Ante: 300
Bring In: 500
Completion: 1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

The 108 remaining players have been sent on another 15-minute break.

When they come back, the levels will increase to 60 minutes.

Level: 7

Ante: 500
Bring In: 500
Completion: 2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000

06-30-2025 17:31 UTC-8

Updated Stacks

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Frank Visser

Level 7

Ante: 500
Bring In: 500
Completion: 2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000

All stacks that have been updated on the WSOP+ app are listed below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Houvener	154,500 79,500	79,500
Anthony Zinno	148,000 8,000	8,000

Maxx Coleman	119,700 59,700	59,700

Nicolas Milgrom	119,000 29,000	29,000

Qinghai Pan	108,000 17,500	17,500

Martin Staszko	107,100 44,100	44,100
Brian Hastings	107,000 37,000	37,000

Andres Korn	103,000 33,000	33,000

Phillip Hui	101,000 26,000	26,000

David Lin	97,800 37,800	37,800
Long Tran	94,100 9,100	9,100
Erich Gmur	93,600 30,000	30,000
Arthur Peters	93,300 28,300	28,300
Davin Anderson	93,000 62,500	62,500
Yehuda Buchalter	92,500 500	500
Nikolay Fal	89,600 32,600	32,600

Vasu Amarapu	87,000 5,000	5,000
Dario Sammartino	86,000 16,000	16,000
Tom Koral	86,000 6,000	6,000

Christopher Claassen	85,100 25,100	25,100

James Cheung	85,000 15,800	15,800
Jason Papastavrou	84,800 24,800	24,800
Andrey Zhigalov	83,700 23,700	23,700

Jared Rubin	83,200 13,200	13,200
Max Hoffman	83,000 8,000	8,000

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