Event #88: $50,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-09-2025 20:02 UTC-8

Morris Bluffs it Off Against Mustafov

Dan O'Hair

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

Fahredin Mustafov opened to 16,000 from early position and was called by Christopher Puetz from directly behind. Arthur Morris then squeezed to 85,000 from the big blind, which got a call from Mustafov and a fold from Puetz.

Mustafov proceeded to call bets from Morris on every street. First for 75,000 on the J♣9♥5♠ flop, then for 175,000 on the 2♦ turn, and lastly for Morris's remaining stack on the 6♠ river.

Morris revealed A♠K♠ for just ace-king high and Mustafov tabled 9♣9♦ for a set to send Morris to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	1,370,000 730,000	730,000
Christopher Puetz	265,000 9,000	9,000
Arthur Morris	Busted

Tags: Arthur Morris Christopher Puetz Fahredin Mustafov

07-09-2025 20:07 UTC-8

Redemption for Morris

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Brett Slezak

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

Vladimir Minko opened to 16,000 from under the gun before Arthur Morris, who had just sat down for his second attempt of the day, three-bet to 55,000 on his immediate left. In the hijack, Jason Palker jammed for his remaining 119,000. It folded back to Morris who snap-called.

Jason Palker: K♠J♣ All in
Arthur Morris: A♠Q♠

Palker held live cards but was still behind the ace-high of Morris. It quickly got desperate for Palker on the A♦8♥5♦ flop as Morris paired his ace. Nothing changed on the 2♣2♥ runout as Palker was sent to the rail by Morris.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Minko	621,000 183,000	183,000
Arthur Morris	455,000 455,000	455,000
Jason Palker	Busted

Tags: Arthur Morris Jason Palker Vladimir Minko

07-09-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Miracle River for Soverel

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Brett Slezak

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

Jason Koon opened to 16,000 from early position before Sam Soverel three-bet to 48,000 from the cutoff, and Koon called.

On the A♠Q♠2♣ flop, Koon checked in flow to Soverel who bet 36,000. Koon then check-raised to 110,000, and Soverel called.

The turn brought the 3♣ as Koon led all-in for 269,000 effective as the covering stack, and Soverel grimaced as he quickly put in the call.

Sam Soverel: A♦K♦ All in
Jason Koon: A♥Q♦

Koon flopped top two pair and was primed for the elimination as Soverel had just three outs. However, the K♥ magically appeared on the river as Soverel was able to survive as Koon falls below seven figures for the first time in several levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	874,000 574,000	574,000

Jason Koon	865,000 405,000	405,000

Tags: Jason Koon Sam Soverel

07-09-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Shylko Gives Scheinberg Respect

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Dan O'Hair

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

Brock Wilson opened from under the gun and was three-bet to 50,000 by Aliaksandr Shylko in the small blind. Isai Scheinberg called cold from the big blind and Wilson got out of the way.

Shylko continued for 26,000 on the A♣J♣4♣ flop and Scheinberg raised to 75,000. Shylko quickly laid his hand down and Scheinberg collected the pot.

Shylko was left with just over 100,000 following the hand and was seen exiting his seat shortly after, having been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isai Scheinberg	630,000 630,000	630,000
Brock Wilson	260,000 168,000	168,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Brock Wilson Isai Scheinberg

07-09-2025 20:22 UTC-8

Furuse Flips Well Against Wilson

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Liam Gannon

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

Action was picked up in a pot where Kazuomi Furuse was all in and at risk from under the gun for 390,000 up against Brandon Wilson from the button.

Kazuomi Furuse: J♥J♣ All in
Brandon Wilson: A♣K♣

The board ran out 9♥8♠4♣J♠J♦ and the quad jacks was good for Furuse to take down the pot at the expense of Wilson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuomi Furuse	800,000 342,000	342,000
Brandon Wilson	176,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Brandon Wilson Kazuomi Furuse

07-09-2025 20:28 UTC-8

Showers for Shakerchi

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Brett Slezak

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Ustimov	975,000 525,000	525,000
Talal Shakerchi	Busted

Tags: Talal Shakerchi Viktor Ustimov

07-09-2025 20:29 UTC-8

Wilson Shoves on Vaitiekunas

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Dan O'Hair

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

Brandon Wilson opened to 16,000 from the hijack and was called by Paulius Vaitiekunas in the big blind.

Vaitiekunas checked to Wilson, who continued for 11,000 on the 2♥Q♠5♠ flop. Vaitiekunas check-raised to 28,000 and, undeterred, Wilson announced he was all in for a bit under 200,000 total.

Vaitiekunas quickly laid his hand down and Wilson collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas	950,000 61,000	61,000

Brandon Wilson	230,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Paulius Vaitiekunas Brandon Wilson

07-09-2025 20:31 UTC-8

Break (full)

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Liam Gannon

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

The players have gone on their final 15-minute break of the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Feldman	1,590,000 299,000	299,000
Zhengpeng Liu	1,300,000 68,000	68,000
Brek Schutten	1,196,000 636,000	636,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	984,000

Paulius Vaitiekunas	968,000 18,000	18,000

Chris Brewer	936,000 582,000	582,000

Martin Kabrhel	900,000 110,000	110,000

Masashi Oya	889,000 574,000	574,000

Christoph Vogelsang	876,000 490,000	490,000
Pavel Plesuv	871,000

Viktor Ustimov	855,000 120,000	120,000
Alex Kulev	844,000 111,000	111,000

Kristen Foxen	825,000 295,000	295,000

Kazuomi Furuse	816,000 16,000	16,000
Jason Koon	813,000 52,000	52,000

Aram Zobian	774,000 550,000	550,000

Albert Daher	774,000 474,000	474,000
Sam Soverel	770,000 104,000	104,000

Eric Wasserson	757,000 165,000	165,000

Dale Roesel	749,000 26,000	26,000
Fahredin Mustafov	738,000 632,000	632,000
Mike Meskin	710,000 275,000	275,000
Keyavash Hemyari	709,000 41,000	41,000
Kevin Rabichow	709,000 106,000	106,000

Phong Turbo Nguyen	689,000 389,000	389,000

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Level: 9

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

07-09-2025 21:00 UTC-8

Casino Royale! into the Chip Lead

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Brett Slezak

Level 9 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Martin Kabrhel opened the cutoff to 20,000 before Yuri Dzivielevski three-bet to 75,000 on the button. It folded back to Kabrhel who put out a four-bet to 245,000. Dzivielevski then shoved as the covering stack and Kabrhel called off for 894,000.

Martin Kabrhel: K♥K♣ All in
Yuri Dzivielevski: A♥K♠

It was a cooler scenario with Kabrhel having the best of it. The Q♦Q♣4♠ flop gave Dzivielevski a backdoor straight draw, but the board ran out 9♦J♥ and Kabrhel held on to become the chip leader in a massive pot during the final frame of play

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	1,813,000 913,000	913,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	235,000 749,000	749,000

Tags: Martin Kabrhel Yuri Dzivielevski