Event #88: $50,000 High Roller Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-10-2025 19:59 UTC-8

Sternheimer Leaves Punsri Short

Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Punnat Punsri raised to 100,000 in late position and in the hijack, Philip Sternheimer three-bet to 300,000 which saw Punsri call.

The flop rolled out 10♥6♥2♣ and Punsri checked over to Sternheimer who bet 275,000. Punsri jammed for 1,295,000 effective and Sternheimer called.

Philip Sternheimer: Q♥Q♦ All in
Punnat Punsri: Q♣10♣

The board ran out K♦3♠ and Sternheimer took a massive pot off of Punsri to leave him as the shortest stack in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	3,315,000 1,795,000	1,795,000

Punnat Punsri	45,000 1,375,000	1,375,000

Tags: Philip Sternheimer Punnat Punsri

07-10-2025 20:03 UTC-8

Punnat Punsri Sent to Rail

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Punnat Punsri opened the action as he called all in under the gun to put himself at risk. Shaun Deeb raised to 175,000, two doors down, and Manuel Fritz shoved for 1,030,000 from the hijack. Deeb made the fold.

Punnat Punsri: A♠5♠ All in
Manuel Fritz: 9♣9♦

Fritz held to send Punsri home on the K♥3♦6♥3♠K♣ runout. Deeb admitted that he had folded AxJx. At another table, Benny Glaser was eliminated also.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	3,450,000 900,000	900,000

Manuel Fritz	1,380,000 630,000	630,000
Punnat Punsri	Busted

Benny Glaser	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Manuel Fritz Punnat Punsri Shaun Deeb

07-10-2025 20:05 UTC-8

Roesel Takes Out Lonis

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Brett Slezak

Level 17 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Dale Roesel opened the cutoff to 100,000 before Jesse Lonis jammed for 630,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Roesel who snap-called.

Jesse Lonis: 8♥8♣ All in
Dale Roesel: 10♥10♦

Lonis was in rough shape against the dominating pair of Roesel. The board ran out K♥5♥3♥9♥10♠ as Roesel improved to the better flush to eliminate Lonis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Roesel	1,650,000 345,000	345,000
Jesse Lonis	Busted

Tags: Dale Roesel Jesse Lonis

07-10-2025 20:07 UTC-8

Fritz Jams on Cada

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Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn in a sizable pot between Joe Cada in late position, Alexandre Reard in the hijack, and Manuel Fritz in the big blind.

The board read 4♥3♥10♥9♦ and action checked around to Cada who bet 200,000 which saw only Fritz call.

On the river 7♣, Fritz checked over to Cada who bet 500,000 and Fritz burned a time extension before moving all in for 1,050,000 effective.

"It's so sick," Cada muttered as he shook his head in frustration. He contemplated for a little while before deciding to toss his cards into the muck.

As Fritz raked in the pot, Cada told the table he had a set of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Fritz	2,350,000 970,000	970,000
Alexandre Reard	1,530,000 50,000	50,000

Joe Cada	550,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Joe Cada Manuel Fritz

Level: 18

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

07-10-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Nguyen Taking it to the Streets

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Brett Slezak

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Christopher Nguyen opened to 120,000 from early position before Martin Zamani three-bet to, you guessed it, 420,000 from the button, and Nguyen called.

The J♣7♦3♥ flop checked through to the A♠ turn which saw Nguyen check for a second time before Zamani announced a bet of 275,000. Nguyen took some time before he started to cut out a check-raise to what appeared to be 900,000, and Zamani tossed his cards into the middle before the raise was made official.

"C'mon show, I've shown you every time," Zamani pleaded, "I'll never show again if you don't show."

Nguyen obliged, tabling 5♥4♥ which prompted a round of laughter around the table as his bluff got through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	6,300,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Martin Zamani	3,600,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Christopher Nguyen Martin Zamani

07-10-2025 20:20 UTC-8

Kulev Comes from Behind to Double Through Zamani

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Brett Slezak

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Alex Kulev opened from the hijack before Martin Zamani three-bet to 410,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Kulev who jammed for 1,355,000 and Zamani snapped it off.

Alex Kulev: A♥10♥ All in
Martin Zamani: A♣K♥

Zamani woke up with the goods and Kulev needed to improve to stay alive. He did just that on the 10♠7♣4♦ flop as he made top pair. Nothing changed on the 8♥8♣ runout as Kulev held on to double through Zamani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	2,820,000 755,000	755,000

Martin Zamani	2,250,000 1,350,000	1,350,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Martin Zamani

07-10-2025 20:23 UTC-8

Poker Player Wins Two $100K Bounty Prizes in Same WSOP Tournament

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Calum Grant

Level 18 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Some people really do have all the luck — and the rest of the field in Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2025 World Series of Poker might be thinking just that after Vincent Moscati pulled both of the $100,000 jackpot mystery bounty prizes.

His mother, sister, and friends were all on the rail to celebrate as Moscati cracked open the second six-figure chest on the big screen, completing one of the most incredible back-to-back bounty sweats of the summer.

With $201,500 now locked up in bounty prizes, Moscati has already secured more than the third-place payout of $164,090, and if he finds one of the remaining $25,000 chests, he’ll surpass second place as well.

See How He Did It Here

07-10-2025 20:26 UTC-8