2025 World Series of Poker

Event #88: $50,000 High Roller
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♥3♠
Prize
$2,686,913
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$11,970,000
Total Entries
252
Places Paid
38
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
194
Players Left
79
Players Left 1 / 252

Showers for Shakerchi

Level 8 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Talal Shakerchi opened the button to 16,000 and Viktor Ustimov defended his big blind.

On the J♦6♦2♠ flop, Ustimov check-called a bet of 17,000 from Shakerchi.

Ustimov checked again on the 7♥ turn as Shakerchi sized up to 51,000, and Ustimov stuck around again.

On the 6♠ river, Ustimov checked for a final time to Shakerchi who bet 106,000. Ustimov responded with a check-jam for 285,000 effective as the covering stack. Shakerchi would burn through a time bank, a rare sight, before he flicked in the call. He got the bad news as Ustimov tabled Q♣6♣ for trip sixes, and Shakerchi mucked his hand on his way the exit, wishing his opponents good luck along the way.

Tags: Talal ShakerchiViktor Ustimov