Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-01-2025 17:22 UTC-8

Schwartz Gets an Unwanted Three Against Born

David Salituro

Level 15

Ante: 2,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Jake Schwartz: XxXx/3♦3♣3♠
Laura Born: XxXx/6♣8♦J♦ - folded on fifth street

Craig Chait has been attempting to talk with tablemate Irvin Garcia Ramirez in Spanish, but without much success. "The only Spanish word he knows is Tijuana," Esther Taylor joked.

Meanwhile, Jake Schwartz had completed and Laura Born called. "Who raised, Jacob? Okay, back to folding," Chait said as he let Schwartz and Born go heads-up.

Schwartz made a pair on fourth street and bet as Born called. Schwartz made trips on fifth and bet again, and Born quickly folded.

"I don't know if I wanted that three," Schwartz said, revealing A♥A♠ as his down cards while taking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schwartz	450,000 110,000	110,000
Laura Born	120,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Jake Schwartz Laura Born

07-01-2025 17:25 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	Busted

Mike Gorodinsky	Busted

Walter Chambers	Busted

Blom Blasts Pan Off Aces

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David Salituro

Level 15

Ante: 2,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Viktor Blom: XxXx/10♦8♣7♦
Qinghai Pan: XxXx/A♦A♥6♠ - folded on fifth street

Qinghai Pan completed and Viktor Blom raised. Pan called and picked up a pair of aces on fourth street.

Pan then bet and Blom raised again. Pan called to fifth, where Blom put out another bet. Pan quickly folded and Blom took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qinghai Pan	800,000 100,000	100,000

Viktor Blom	480,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Qinghai Pan Viktor Blom

07-01-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Dinner's Served

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Frank Visser

Level 15

Ante: 2,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

The 38 remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.

The tournament will resume around 7:30 p.m. local time, ten spots away from the money.

07-01-2025 18:06 UTC-8

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 15

Ante: 2,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Qinghai Pan	744,000 56,000	56,000

Jose Paz-Gutierrez	522,000 377,000	377,000
Renan Bruschi	515,000 405,000	405,000

Felipe Ramos	486,000 18,000	18,000

Luke Schwartz	470,000 45,000	45,000
Alex Livingston	459,000 41,000	41,000

Viktor Blom	455,000 25,000	25,000
Tomasz Gluszko	450,000 20,000	20,000
Jake Schwartz	440,000 10,000	10,000
Larry Tull	425,000 155,000	155,000
Ryutaro Suzuki	420,000 15,000	15,000

Nikolay Fal	415,000 55,000	55,000

Phil Hellmuth	370,000 80,000	80,000

Timothy Frazin	365,000 15,000	15,000
Phil Hui	325,000 125,000	125,000

Jordan Siegel	307,000 173,000	173,000
Christopher Claassen	290,000 70,000	70,000

David Lin	279,000 21,000	21,000
Richard Bai	265,000 50,000	50,000
Ryuta Nakai	260,000 80,000	80,000
Donny Rubinstein	245,000 81,000	81,000
Esther Taylor	225,000 40,000	40,000

Paul Zappulla	225,000 5,000	5,000

Phil Ivey	221,000 74,000	74,000

Sachin Bhargava	215,000 40,000	40,000

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Level: 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

07-01-2025 18:38 UTC-8

Tull and Hui Chop Up Frazin's Aces

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Phil Hui: 6♦5♣2♦/2♣7♥K♠7♦
Timothy Frazin: XxXx/A♠A♥J♠K♥/Xx
Larry Tull: A♣6♣4♠/3♥8♦5♠Q♥

Phil Hui was the bring-in, Timothy Frazin completed, and Larry Tull called. Frazin paired his ace on fourth street and bet, but both oppontents called undeterred.

Frazin checked fifth street over to Tull, who caught his third open low card. Tull then bet, Hui called, and Frazin did as well. The same betting pattern happened on sixth and seventh street, after which the players showed down.

Tull revealed a low, and Hui showed sevens and deuces. Frazin was stuck with just aces as he mucked his three hole cards and saw the pot being chopped between Tull and Hui.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Tull	480,000 55,000	55,000
Phil Hui	400,000 75,000	75,000

Timothy Frazin	260,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Larry Tull Phil Hui Timothy Frazin

07-01-2025 18:38 UTC-8

Blom Bets Out Bronshtein While Hellmuth Gets a Gift From the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Viktor Blom: XxXx/3♠5♣3♦7♣/Xx
Yuval Bronshtein: XxXx/6♥A♠4♣J♦/Xx

A fan on the rail handed Phil Hellmuth a bag of candy as a gift when the players returned from dinner. "I'll keep these forever. But there's still miles to go. We're deep in the forest," Hellmuth said as he vlogged himself.

Back to the action on the table, Yuval Bronshtein had completed and Viktor Blom called.

Bronshtein bet on fourth street and Blom called again. Both players then checked on fifth.

Blom bet on sixth and Bronshtein called. Blom put out another bet on seventh, and this time Bronshtein folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	500,000 45,000	45,000
Yuval Bronshtein	120,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Viktor Blom Yuval Bronshtein

07-01-2025 18:42 UTC-8

Rubin Scoops Zinno to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Anthony Zinno: XxXx/6♦7♣2♦7♦/Xx
Jared Rubin: XxXx/3♠9♠4♥7♠/Xx

Anthony Zinno bet on fifth street and Jared Rubin called.

Zinno bet again on sixth and Rubin called. Zinno then put in his last 18,000 on seventh and Rubin called to put him at risk.

"I have a seven-high straight and a low," Rubin said, turning over A♦6♣5♦.

"Oh, shit," Zinno replied. "I don't have a boat, right?" he added as he rechecked his cards before sending them into the muck and heading to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Rubin	240,000 35,000	35,000
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno Jared Rubin

07-01-2025 18:49 UTC-8

Schwartz Makes Aces Up on Claassen

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David Salituro

Level 16

Ante: 3,000
Bring In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Luke Schwartz: XxXx/8♣5♣Q♦A♦/Xx
Christopher Claassen: XxXx/3♥6♣Q♣K♠/Xx

Christopher Claassen bet on fifth street and Luke Schwartz called.

Schwartz took the betting lead on sixth and Claassen called down to seventh, where Schwartz put out another bet. Claassen called and Schwartz turned over A♦8♠6♥ for aces and eights to win the pot.