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

Jul 03, 2025

Livingston With a Bubble Double

Brett Slezak

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Alex Livingston: J♥7♥ / A♥5♠K♦ All in
Jeremy Ausmus: A♠9♣ / J♦7♠2♣

Ausmus completed, Livingston raised, and Ausmus called.

Livingston led fourth, Ausmus raised, and Livingston called all-in for 13,000.

On sixth, Ausmus caught the 10♦ and Livingston paired with the J♣. Ausmus got the 10♥ on seventh and was drawing dead as Livingston caught the inconsequential 10♠ and he secured the double plus antes.

Tags: Alex Livingston Jeremy Ausmus

Jul 03, 2025

Selbst Gets Value

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Josh Noy

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

Razz

Vanessa Selbst: 6x4x3x / Ax2xJx5x
Kahle Burns: XxXx / 2x7xQx4x / Xx

Kahle Burns fired a bet on fourth street, with Vanessa Selbst making the call. Action then flipped on fifth, with Selbst leading and Burns calling.

Selbst checked sixth street before raising Burns' bet. The call was made to seventh, where Selbst led out one last time.

Burns tossed in the call, and Selbst turned over her wheel to take down the pot.

Tags: Kahle Burns Vanessa Selbst

Jul 03, 2025

Worse Than Ever? Hellmuth WSOP Entrance Branded 'Cringe' and 'Awkward'

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Jon Sofen

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

Phil Hellmuth said months ago he would boycott the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Many poker fans on social media, upon seeing video of his grand entrance on Thursday, are probably wishing he'd stuck to his original plan.

The "Poker Brat" traditionally arrives fashionably late for the $10,000 buy-in World Championship event he won in 1989. He showed up about five hours after play began on Day 1b, dressed like a 1980s hair band rockstar, full glam metal hairstyle and all.

Read the Full Story Here

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Jul 03, 2025

Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

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Josh Noy

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

The final 32 players have started hand-for-hand play, two eliminations away from the money.

Jul 03, 2025

Ruben Quarters Kay

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Josh Noy

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

Brad Ruben raised from under the gun, and Joshua Kay made the call on the button. Ruben led out with a bet on the [3dc5cQd] flop, with Kay calling to see the J♦ turn.

Both players checked through to the 8♣ river, where Ruben fired again. Kay made the call, and the hands were turned up.

Ruben showed A♣8♠8♦4♦ for trip aces with an ace-four low, while Kay could only claim a quarter after tabling A♠J♠6♣4♥ for the same low.

Tags: Brad Ruben Joshua Kay

Jul 03, 2025

Ausmus Leads into Vieira

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Josh Noy

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Joao Vieira raised on the button, finding a call from Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind. Ausmus asked for three cards, and Vieira took two.

Both players checked to the second draw, each asking for two cards. Ausmus led out with a bet, and Vieira made the call.

Ausmus stood pat on the final draw, while Vieira took one. Ausmus tossed out a bet, sending Vieira into the tank. After taking some time, Vieira let his hand go before stacking up the rest of his chips.

Tags: Joao Vieira Jeremy Ausmus

Jul 03, 2025

Phillips Makes a Flush to Eliminate Becker and Take from Xu

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Tyler Phillips: XxXx / 5♦8♥A♥10♥ / Xx
Daniel Becker: XxXx / 9♦9♣8♠A♣ / Xx
Qiang Xu: XxXx / 10♠6♠2♣7♥ / Xx

Action picked up on fourth as a series of raises resulted in Becker being all-in with an already bloated pot with side action pending.

Xu was the aggressor the whole way, leading on fourth, fifth, and sixth as he was to the left of Becker's paired high board.

On seventh, Xu led for a final time, Phillips raised, and Xu reluctantly called.

"Flush," Phillips announced as he tabled K♣J♥5♥ in the hole. Becker had already gotten out of his seat once he heard the raise come from Phillips as he showed K♦J♦9♠ in the hole as he had three nines on fourth but could not fill up. Xu had K♠K♥7♦ in the hole for two pair, as he lost a huge one to Phillips.

Tags: Daniel Becker Qiang Xu Tyler Phillips

Jul 03, 2025

Ten Enough as Vieira Finds Some Breathing Room

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Action picked up on the second draw with several bets in the middle already between Joao Vieira from the cutoff and Jeremy Ausmus from the button.

Both players took one and Vieira check-called a bet.

On the final draw, Vieira took one and Ausmus stood pat before the action checked through. Vieira tabled 10x6x4x3x2x for a ten-six which was enough for the win as Ausmus mucked, and Vieira collected some much-needed chips as he would have been quite short had he lost this hand.

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus Joao Vieira

Jul 03, 2025

Ruben Flips Out Eveslage

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Josh Noy

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Shortly after returning from dinner, Chad Eveslage was all in and at risk against Brad Ruben.

Chad Eveslage: A♥Q♣ All in
Brad Ruben: 7♠7♦

Eveslage was unable to connect on the 4♣J♦K♣4♠4♦ runout, as Ruben finished with a full house to score the knockout.

At the same time, Jiyang Gan was send to the rail at a nearby table.

Tags: Brad Ruben Chad Eveslage Jiyang Gan

Jul 03, 2025

Ramos Falls to Wasserson

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Brett Slezak

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 12,000/24,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000/6,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Gabriel Ramos was all-in for his final 175,000 from under the gun, at risk against the covering stack of Eric Wasserson in the big blind.

Gabriel Ramos: A♦Q♦ All in
Eric Wasserson: A♣K♥

Ramos was in rough shape against the dominating ace of Wasserson who moved further in front on the K♣8♣2♣ flop with top pair and the nut flush draw. Nothing changed on the 7♠2♠ runout as Ramos made his way to the exit.

Tags: Eric Wasserson Gabriel Ramos