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

07-09-2025 16:10 UTC-8

Wilson Left Short as Foxen Chips up

Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Simon Wilson opened to 8,500 from the cutoff and was called by Alex Foxen on the button, Motoki Jinno in the small blind, and Gregory Jensen in the big blind for a four-way pot.

The flop came 6♣A♣6♠ and it was checked to Wilson, who continued for 9,000. Foxen called and everyone else folded.

Both players checked on the Q♥ turn and Wilson checked a final time on the 10♠ river. Foxen put 28,000 into the middle and Wilson quickly let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Jensen	650,000 350,000	350,000

Motoki Jinno	380,000 80,000	80,000
Alex Foxen	140,000 145,000	145,000

Simon Wilson	95,000 260,000	260,000

07-09-2025 16:16 UTC-8

Koon Raises the River on Kulev

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Brett Slezak

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Heads-up to a completed board of Q♦5♦3♠7♠J♦ with around 215,000 in the middle, Alex Kulev led for 67,000 from the small blind.

From under the gun, Jason Koon then announced a raise to 280,000, which forced Kulev to lay it down after a small think as Koon crosses the seven figure threshold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	1,130,000 310,000	310,000

Alex Kulev	521,000 201,000	201,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Jason Koon

07-09-2025 16:29 UTC-8

Mateos Wins Race to Send Shylko Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Aliaksandr Shylko opened to 8,000 from the hijack and was called by Sean Winter on the button. Adrian Mateos then squeezed to 38,000 from the big blind, which was met with a shove from Shylko for approximately 150,000 total. Winter got out of the way and Mateos called to put Shylko at risk.

Aliaksandr Shylko: J♠J♦ All in
Adrian Mateos: A♥K♦

It was a fair fight, but the K♥5♥7♥5♣8♥ runout left Mateos best with a flush to eliminate Shylko, who quickly reentered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	485,000 270,500	270,500

Sean Winter	300,000 70,000	70,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	300,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Aliaksandr Shylko Sean Winter

07-09-2025 16:32 UTC-8

Jinno's Hand is Declared Dead

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action is picked up on the turn in a pot between Omer Smidt in the big blind and Motoki Jinno in the hijack.

The board read 10♦6♥5♠4♥ and Smidt bet 50,000, which saw Jinno raise to 120,000. Smidt announce he was all in and threw out a single chip, sending Jinno into the tank.

After burning every single time extension, Jinno's hand was declared dead. As the dealer went to grab for his hand, Jinno put his hands out and blocked the cards from being tossed into the muck.

Jinno said he had raised and once the dealer had said that his Smidt had moved all in, he said call. The floor was brought over to rule and declared that Jinno's hand was dead because the action was on him the whole time. Jinno showed that he had 6♣6♦ for a set of sixes and Smidt was awarded the pot, saying that he could not have beaten the set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omer Smidt	538,000
Motoki Jinno	185,000 195,000	195,000

Tags: Motoki Jinno Omer Smidt

07-09-2025 16:33 UTC-8

Foxen Hits the Rail in Questionable Fashion

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Brett Slezak

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jason Wong opened to 8,000 second to act before Alex Foxen jammed for 68,000 from the cutoff. On the button, Motoki Jinno immediately re-jammed for around 150,000, and Wong folded.

Alex Foxen: A♣K♥ All in
Motoki Jinno: J♠6♠

The table was surpised to see the hand that Jinno showed up with, but he must have known something as the J♣6♥6♦ flop gave him a full house. Foxen was drawing dead on the 2♥ turn to the irrelevant 8♥ river as the table stood aghast at what they just witnessed.

Jinno muttered something in Japanese after the hand that was roughly translated by a tablemate as "He [Jinno] doesn't care".

Player	Chips	Progress
Motoki Jinno	240,000 55,000	55,000
Alex Foxen	Busted

Tags: Alex Foxen Jason Wong Motoki Jinno

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

07-09-2025 16:47 UTC-8

Stanford Folds Out Takahashi

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Liam Gannon

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Yuya Takahashi raised to 12,000 on the button and in the big blind Cody Stanford called.

The flop rolled out 7♦Q♣Q♠ and Stanford checked over to Takahashi who bet 9,000 and Stanford called.

On the turn A♠, Stanford checked a second time over to Takahashi who bet 22,000 and Stanford responded by raising to 64,000 which Takashi called.

Stanford bet 82,000 on the river 8♠ and Takahashi burned every one of his time extensions before deciding to fold his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Stanford	451,000 151,000	151,000
Yuya Takahashi	164,000 116,000	116,000

Tags: Cody Stanford Yuya Takahashi

07-09-2025 16:50 UTC-8

Ace-King Versus Ace-King Does Not End in a Chop

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Brett Slezak

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Barak Wisbrod opened the cutoff to 10,000 and Shoichiro Hamada called on the button. In the big blind, David Peters squeezed to 45,000. Wisbrod then announced all-in, Hamada folded, and Peters snapped it off as the effective stack for 299,000.

David Peters: A♦K♦ All in
Barak Wisbrod: A♥K♠

A chop was looking likely until the Q♠9♦5♦ flop gave Peters a flush draw. Nothing changed on the 8♣ turn until the 10♦ landed on the river, giving Peters the flush and the full double, and Wisbrod took in on the chin as he tossed out his payment.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	615,500 30,500	30,500

Barak Wisbrod	15,500 406,500	406,500

Tags: Barak Wisbrod David Peters Shoichiro Hamada

07-09-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Easy Pickup for Shakerchi

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Viktor Ustimov opened to 10,000 from early position and was called by Brian Breck on the button and Talal Shakerchi in the big blind.

Action checked through on the A♦4♣J♦ flop and 3♣ turn; but Shakerchi led out for 15,000 on the Q♣ river. Ustimov and Breck quickly let their hands go and Shakerchi padded his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	375,000 134,000	134,000
Brian Breck	290,000
Viktor Ustimov	270,000 90,500	90,500

Tags: Talal Shakerchi Viktor Ustimov Brian Breck

07-09-2025 17:00 UTC-8

More For Shakerchi

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Liam Gannon

Level 6 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Talal Shakerchi raised to 12,000 from early position and Brian Breck called in the big blind.

The flop rolled out A♠Q♦5♦ and Breck check-called a bet of 10,000 from Shakerchi.

Breck checked the turn 7♠ over to Shakerchi who bet 25,000 and Breck quickly called.

Both players checked the river 9♠ and Breck turned over K♠J♣ for king-high. It was no good against Talal Shakerchi's A♥10♥ for a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	425,000 50,000	50,000
Brian Breck	254,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Brian Breck Talal Shakerchi