Action picked up after the first draw as Andres Korn bet from the hijack and was called by Vanessa Selbst on the button and Thomas Taylor in the big blind.
Taylor took one, Korn stood pat, and Selbst took two. Taylor checked to Korn who bet, Selbst raised, Taylor folded, and Korn called.
Both stood pat on the end as Korn checked to Selbst who bet and Korn quickly folded. Selbst let out a small celebration as she tabled 9x7x5x5x2x for the bluff as she collected the pot.
"Oohh, you just got bluffed by a girl," joked Yuval Bronshtein.
Selbst added, "The number of fives and deuces I saw that hand, if that didn't work..."
Allen Kessler: A♦J♠J♣ / A♣4♣J♦4♥
Dario Alioto: A♠5♥3♥ / 2♦8♦5♣A♥
Allen Kessler completed after Dario Alioto's bring-in, with Alioto the only caller to fourth street. Kessler bet and was called to fifth, firing again and Alioto came along.
Sixth street saw Kessler check his open pair of fours, making the call after Alioto bet. Kessler checked again on seventh, and Alioto tossed out a bet.
"I raise just in case," said Kessler as Alioto called. Kessler tabled a full house to claim the high pot, while Alioto turned over his eight-five low to take the low.
Following a raise, defending champion Calvin Anderson three-bet from the hijack after losing a huge pot. Brian Beck then made it four bets from the button, Josh Arieh capped it at five bets from the small blind, and both Anderson and Breck called.
Action resumed on the turn with the board reading K♦8♣7♥9♣ as Anderson bet, Breck raised, Arieh cold-called from the small blind, and Anderson called.
On the 6♥ river, the action checked to Breck who bet and only Arieh called.
"i was already there and the river screwed me," Breck added as he tabled 10♣6♠ for the cold-four bet which turned a straight.
"Hold on, I just have to take a picture of this for my wife," Arieh commented as he took out his phone, showing A♥A♣ in the foreground with the board and Breck's hand in the background.
Anderson was off to a rough start but found a triple the next hand.
Todd Rodenborn opened to 1,000 from the hijack and got two callers before Maxx Coleman potted from the big blind to 5,000. Rodenborn then four-bet pot to 17,000 and only Coleman called to create a bloated pot.
On the J♥8♠2♣ flop, Coleman led for pot, Rodenborn raised, and Coleman called all-in for 49,700.
Maxx Coleman: 8♦7♠5♦4♠
Todd Rodenborn: A♠A♥8♥8♣
Coleman was in rough shape with middle pair and some backdoors against the middle set of Rodenborn. The 6♦ turn gave Coleman a flurry of outs with a wrap, before the 3♣ completed the board as Coleman made his straight and Rodenborn could not believe his luck as the table fell silent at the brutal runout.
Tyler Phillips limped from the hijack and Jonathan Glendinning completed the small blind before Dylan Weisman potted to 1,200 from the big blind and only Phillips called.
On the A♠9♥6♦ flop, Weisman continued with a half-pot bet of 1,500 and Phillips called.
Weisman sized up on the K♥ turn as he announced pot for 6,000 and Phillips called again.
On the 2♠ river, Weisman took a moment before he announced pot again for 18,000 and Phillips snap-called.
Dylan Weisman: Q♠J♠J♥7♥
Tyler Phillips: A♥4♥3♠2♦
Phillips made the right call with just top and bottom pair as he collected the largest pot of the day so far.
Xixiang Luo raised from under the gun, making the call after Erick Lindgren three-bet on the button.
Luo checked the 4♣4♥8♠ flop, calling again after Lindgren continued with a bet. Action repeated on the 3♥ turn, and Luo checked one last time after seeing the J♠ river.
Lindgren fired again, this time taking down the pot as Luo slid his cards into the muck.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and your home for live coverage of every WSOP bracelet event.
A true test of all-around poker begins today at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with Event #82: $10,000 Eight-Game Mixed Championship, one of the most demanding events on the WSOP schedule.
Cards are in the air at 2 p.m. local time. Players will receive 60,000 in chips and compete across three days of play, rotating through a mix of No-Limit Hold’em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Razz, Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit Hold’em, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better and 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw.
Levels start at 40 minutes and increase to 60 and 90 minutes deeper into the tournament. Day 1 features 10 levels with 15-minute breaks every two hours. Late registration remains open through Level 11 on Day 2 (around 2:15 p.m.), and the event will play down to a champion on Day 3.
Five-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson is the defending champion, having triumphed in the first-ever running of this event in 2024, outlasting a 189-player field to earn $413,446. Anderson carried the chip lead into an unscheduled Day 4 and wasted no time sealing the deal, defeating Japan’s Dai Ishibashi in less than a single 90-minute level.
“I’ve never really taken down a big eight-game tournament, this is what the player’s championship used to be,” Anderson told PokerNews after his victory. “To win this is certainly a great accomplishment, what I set out to do. I have a lot of titles in different games, but then you throw them all in the mix, and to navigate a field like this, it’s rewarding, it feels really good actually to accomplish something like that.”
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