Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jul 03, 2025

Vieira Catches Queens

Josh Noy

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000/10,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000/2,500 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Joao Vieira: XxXx / Q♦9♣Q♥
Jesse Lonis: XxXx / 5♠A♠4♦ - folded on fifth street
Paul Volpe: XxXx / 7♦A♥8♦ - folded on fifth street

Paul Volpe completed, with Jesse Lonis and Joao Vieira both calling to fourth street. Volpe and Lonis declined to bet their aces, and Vieira checked behind.

Vieira then caught an open pair of queens, tossing out a bet. That produced folds from both Volpe and Lonis, as Vieira added to his stack.

Tags: Jesse Lonis Joao Vieira Paul Volpe

Jul 03, 2025

Registration Numbers

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Brett Slezak

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000/10,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000/2,500 Blinds

A total of 195 entries were tallied for the second edition of this event, besting last year's total of 189.

89 players remain in contention with Thomas Taylor, Jon Turner, and Qiang Xu leading the way, and the final 30 will be in the money.

Level: 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000/10,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000/2,500 Blinds

Jul 03, 2025

Counts at Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000/8,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000/2,000 Blinds

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Jul 03, 2025

Break and End of Registration

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Brett Slezak

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000/8,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000/2,000 Blinds

The players are going on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Registration will close at the start of Level 12.

Jul 03, 2025

Obst Sends Kyablue Out

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Josh Noy

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000/8,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000/2,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

Xavier Kyablue was all in from the big blind, and at risk against two opponents to the 9♥3♥A♠ flop. James Obst led out with a bet from the small blind, with Ashish Gupta calling on the button.

Obst fired again on the 9♠ turn, producing a fold from Gupta.

Xavier Kyablue: K♠10♦8♣8♥ All in
James Obst: A♥K♥8♦5♥

Obst's superior two pair of aces and nines remained ahead after the 2♣ river, sending Kyablue to the rail just before break.

Tags: Ashish Gupta James Obst Xavier Kyablue

Jul 03, 2025

Kabrhel Enters; Chaos Ensues

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Brett Slezak

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000/8,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000/2,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Martin Kabrhel registered this tournament but waited until the No-Limit Hold'em round to take his seat, and he was sat between the small blind and the button, and had to sit out a hand.

"I came here to play the great Texas Hold'em and I only get five hands? This is ridiculous!"

Kabrhel received his first hand and was unaccustomed to the large symbols on the cards used for mixed games, utilized to help with visibility in the Stud games.

"Why are these cards so big? The symbols are crazy," Kabrhel continued, "Who made these cards?"

After a few folds, Kabrhel was sat in the small blind. Fabrizio Gonzalez opened the cutoff to 5,000 and Anson Tsang called on the button. In the small blind, Kabrhel announced "All-in, 17 million!" as he jammed for 55,000, and everyone folded.

The various media workers surrounded the table much to the dismay of Kabrhel, who complained, "No recording please sir, too small of buy-in for this. Where is your media pass?"

Tags: Anson Tsang Fabrizio Gonzalez Martin Kabrhel

Jul 03, 2025

Lonis Bets Out Volpe

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Josh Noy

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000/8,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000/2,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Jesse Lonis raised to 5,000 from under the gun, with Paul Volpe calling in the big blind.

Volpe checked the Q♠J♣4♠ flop, and Lonis continued for 6,000. That was enough to produce a fold from Volpe, and Lonis moved above his starting stack.

Tags: Jesse Lonis Paul Volpe

Jul 03, 2025

Last Year's Day 1b Chip Leader Busts First in Same Flight at 2025 WSOP Main Event

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Jon Sofen

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000/8,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000/2,000 Blinds

One year you're the chip leader on Day 1b of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, the next you're barely making it past "shuffle up and deal."

That's George Dolofan's story after going from first to first out the door. The Floridian was a quick elimination from the 2025 edition of poker's World Championship event, 12 months after bagging the biggest stack in the same flight.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: George Dolofan

Jul 03, 2025

Xu Rivers Zack, Kessler Doubles

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Josh Noy

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000/8,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000/2,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Daniel Zack got his short stack all in against Day 1 chip leader Qiang Xu.

Daniel Zack: J♥J♦ All in
Qiang Xu: A♠Q♥

Zack found a safe 6♥10♣8♦ flop, while the 9♣ turn brought Xu some additional outs. Xu then connected with the J♣ river, making a straight to send Zack to the rail.

At a nearby table, Allen Kessler doubled up in 2-7 Triple Draw with 7x6x5x3x2x.

Tags: Allen Kessler Daniel Zack Qiang Xu