Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-01-2025 14:39 UTC-8

Schreiber Gets Paid by Liberto, Calls Down Park

David Salituro

Level 28 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 50,000-100,000, 100,000-200,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 100,000 Completion 100,000-200,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50,000/80,000 Ante, 30,000-50,000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Matthew Schreiber raised to 110,000 on the button and Justin Liberto called in the big blind.

Liberto drew one and Schreiber two. Schreiber then bet 375,000 and Liberto called. Schreiber showed 8x7x6x5x2x and Liberto mucked.

Schreiber was then heads-up with Andrew Park after the draw when Park led out for 175,000 from the big blind. Schreiber took a minute before calling with 9x5x3x2xAx which was good enough to win another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	3,000,000 600,000	600,000

Andrew Park	700,000 300,000	300,000
Justin Liberto	525,000 635,000	635,000

Tags: Andrew Park Justin Liberto Matthew Schreiber

06-01-2025 14:35 UTC-8

Park Gives Up Two to Bohlman and Schreiber

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David Salituro

Level 28 : 100,000/200,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 50,000-100,000, 100,000-200,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 100,000 Completion 100,000-200,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50,000/80,000 Ante, 30,000-50,000 Blinds

Badeucy

Scott Bohlman raised on the button and Andrew Park called in the big blind.

Both players took two and Bohlman bet. Park called and took two, while Bohlman drew one. Bohlman then bet again and Park folded.

A few hands later, Park raised in the small blind and Matthew Schreiber called in the big blind.

Park drew three and Schreiber two. Schreiber then bet and Park called. Park again drew three and Schreiber drew two.

Schreiber bet again and Park again gave up his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	2,400,000 150,000	150,000

Scott Bohlman	1,700,000 200,000	200,000

Andrew Park	1,000,000 660,000	660,000

Tags: Andrew Park Matthew Schreiber Scott Bohlman

Level: 28

Limit Flop/Draw: 50,000-100,000, 100,000-200,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 100,000 Completion 100,000-200,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50,000/80,000 Ante, 30,000-50,000 Blinds

06-01-2025 14:13 UTC-8

Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 27 : 80,000/160,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-150,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-150,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

The final nine are going on a 15-minute break.

Play resumes in Level 28 with big bet game blinds at 30,000/50,000 and limits at 100,000/200,000 with an average stack of 1,660,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	2,250,000 50,000	50,000

Scott Jacewiczokelly	2,150,000 50,000	50,000
Benny Glaser	2,150,000 25,000	25,000

Timothy Knauf	1,800,000
Andrew Park	1,660,000 40,000	40,000
Stephen O'Dwyer (CA)	1,500,000 250,000	250,000
Scott Bohlman	1,500,000 300,000	300,000

Justin Liberto	1,160,000 110,000	110,000

Eric Baldwin	850,000 450,000	450,000

06-01-2025 14:11 UTC-8

Laurent Manderlier Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,563)

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David Salituro

Level 27 : 80,000/160,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-150,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-150,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Big O

Andrew Park limped in from the cutoff before Laurent Manderlier raised to 140,000 in the big blind. The flop came A♦7♠3♦ and Manderlier moved all in for 350,000. Park snap-called.

Laurent Manderlier: A♠A♣K♠9♣5♠ All in
Andrew Park: A♥Q♦10♠4♦2♦

Manderlier had flopped top set, but the 5♣ turn gave Park a wheel. The river was the Q♠ and Manderlier was eliminated in 10th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Park	1,700,000 300,000	300,000
Laurent Manderlier	Busted

Tags: Andrew Park Laurent Manderlier

06-01-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Knauf Doubles Through Glaser; Scoops Another Next Hand

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Brett Slezak

Level 27 : 80,000/160,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-150,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-150,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

Timothy Knauf and Benny Glaser got in a raising war that resulted in Knauf being all-in for 345,000 first to act against Glaser in the cutoff.

Timothy Knauf: A♠Q♣3♠2♠ All in
Benny Glaser: A♦J♦4♦2♣

The board ran out Q♥9♠8♥4♣K♦ as Knauf scooped with just his pair of queens.

The next hand, Knauf scooped another after getting a river bet through against Glaser and Scott Jacewiczokelly in a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	2,125,000 875,000	875,000

Scott Jacewiczokelly	2,100,000 500,000	500,000
Timothy Knauf	1,800,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Timothy Knauf

06-01-2025 14:08 UTC-8

Poker Player Who Hit $6.4M Pai Gow Jackpot Pulls $1M WSOP Mystery Bounty

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Jon Sofen

Level 27 : 80,000/160,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-150,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-150,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Is Thomas Zanot the luckiest gambler ever? The poker player from Arizona pulled the second $1 million mystery bounty at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Sunday, and it isn't even close to his biggest jackpot.

Day 2 of Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions, a tournament that reached 19,654 entrants, has been quite a thriller, and it hasn't even come close to reaching the final table. That is because the mystery bounty element is in play, and two individuals have already become millionaires.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: Thomas Zanot

06-01-2025 14:05 UTC-8

Glaser Takes from Jacewiczokelly

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Brett Slezak

Level 27 : 80,000/160,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-150,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-150,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

Scott Jacewiczokelly raised from the cutoff, Benny Glaser three-bet from the small blind, and Jacewiczokelly called.

On the 8♠4♦2♥ flop, Glaser led and Jacewiczokelly called.

The 4♣ turn checked through to the K♥ river which saw Glaser lead and Jacewiczokelly quickly called. Glaser tabled A♠Q♣4♥3♥ for trips as he collected the pot.

"I don't appreciate you trapping me like that," added Jacewiczokelly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	3,000,000 150,000	150,000

Scott Jacewiczokelly	2,600,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Scott Jacewiczokelly Benny Glaser

06-01-2025 14:00 UTC-8

Schreiber Makes a "Nitty Call" to Take From Liberto

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David Salituro

Level 27 : 80,000/160,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-150,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-150,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Matthew Schreiber raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Justin Liberto called in the big blind.

Both players checked the 9♥6♥6♦ flop. Liberto then led out for 85,000 on the 2♦ turn and Schreiber called.

The river was the 10♠ and Liberto bet 300,000. "Really nitty call," Schreiber said as he snap-called.

Liberto instantly mucked his hand and Schreiber showed K♠Q♥10♦6♠ for a full house as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	2,200,000 750,000	750,000

Justin Liberto	1,050,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Justin Liberto Matthew Schreiber

06-01-2025 13:52 UTC-8

Adam Greenlee Eliminated in 11th Place ($9,563)

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Brett Slezak

Level 27 : 80,000/160,000, 0 ante

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-150,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-150,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds