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

07-10-2025 21:49 UTC-8

Shoichiro Hamada Eliminated in 24th Place ($107,125)

Jacob Wilson

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Shoichiro Hamada shoved his big blind following an open from Xiaoyao Ma in the hijack. Ma made the call when action returned to him.

Shoichiro Hamada: K♠9♠ All in
Xiaoyao Ma: K♦Q♠

Hamada did have hope on the turn, but his flush draw bricked on the full 10♦5♠A♣4♠7♦ runout, ending his run with slightly more than a mincash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaoyao Ma	1,650,000 635,000	635,000
Shoichiro Hamada	Busted

Tags: Shoichiro Hamada Xiaoyao Ma

07-10-2025 21:48 UTC-8

Final Three Table Redraw (full)

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Liam Gannon

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
660	1	Mathew Frankland	United Kingdom	1,190,000
660	2	Philip Sternheimer	United Kingdom	2,355,000
660	3	Jovan Kenjic	Serbia	3,860,000
660	4	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	2,800,000
660	5	Vinny Lingham	United States	6,600,000
660	6	Christopher Nguyen	Germany	9,100,000
660	7	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	2,500,000
660	8	Leonard Maue	Germany	3,800,000

664	1	Xiaoyao Ma	United States	1,015,000
664	2	Alexandre Reard	France	3,985,000
664	3	Shaun Deeb	United States	3,780,000
664	4	Dale Roesel	United States	615,000
664	5	Shoichiro Hamada	Japan	630,000
664	6	Jun Obara	Japan	4,100,000
664	7	Martin Zamani	United States	3,825,000
664	8	Manuel Fritz	Austria	3,480,000

665	1	Kyle Julius	United States	2,950,000
665	2	Andrew Pacheco	United States	2,050,000
665	3	Masashi Oya	Japan	1,275,000
665	4	Matthew Wantman	United States	2,600,000
665	5	Khoi Le Nguyen	Vietnam	4,225,000
665	6	Ryan Feldman	United States	1,225,000
665	7	Sam Soverel	United States	3,875,000
665	8	Sergio Aido	Spain	5,700,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	9,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Vinny Lingham	6,600,000 4,525,000	4,525,000
Sergio Aido	5,700,000 975,000	975,000

Khoi Le Nguyen	4,225,000 365,000	365,000
Jun Obara	4,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Alexandre Reard	3,985,000 2,455,000	2,455,000

Sam Soverel	3,875,000 525,000	525,000

Jovan Kenjic	3,860,000 1,985,000	1,985,000
Martin Zamani	3,825,000 1,575,000	1,575,000

Leonard Maue	3,800,000 450,000	450,000
Shaun Deeb	3,780,000 830,000	830,000

Manuel Fritz	3,480,000 580,000	580,000
Kyle Julius	2,950,000 510,000	510,000

Pavel Plesuv	2,800,000 50,000	50,000

Matthew Wantman	2,600,000 200,000	200,000

Fahredin Mustafov	2,500,000 400,000	400,000
Philip Sternheimer	2,355,000 1,035,000	1,035,000

Andrew Pacheco	2,050,000 200,000	200,000
Masashi Oya	1,275,000 1,025,000	1,025,000

Ryan Feldman	1,225,000 25,000	25,000
Mathew Frankland	1,190,000 310,000	310,000
Xiaoyao Ma	1,015,000 110,000	110,000
Shoichiro Hamada	630,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Dale Roesel	615,000 1,035,000	1,035,000

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07-10-2025 21:35 UTC-8

Yokosawa and Kulev Fall

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Liam Gannon

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Leonard Maue jammed all in from the small blind and in the big blind, Masato Yokosawa called for his last 215,000.

Masato Yokosawa: K♦4♣ All in
Leonard Maue: Q♦10♣

The board ran out 2♠A♥3♣Q♠Q♣ and the three queens was good for Maue to eliminate Yokosawa from the tournament.

Just after that, former High Roller Champion Alex Kulev was eliminated from the other table to bring the field down to just 24 for the redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonard Maue	4,250,000 1,855,000	1,855,000
Alex Kulev	Busted

Masato Yokosawa	Busted

Tags: Alex Kulev Leonard Maue Masato Yokosawa

07-10-2025 21:28 UTC-8

Nguyen Doubles Through Yokosawa

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Liam Gannon

Level 19 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Khoi Le Nguyen raised to 160,000 from under the gun and Masato Yokosawa three-bet to 480,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Nguyen who bet 2,100,000 of his 2,195,000 stack, prompting Yokosawa to jam for the rest and Nguyen called.

Khoi Le Nguyen: J♥J♦ All in
Masato Yokosawa: A♥K♥

The board ran out 10♣9♣10♥3♠7♦ and the jacks and tens were good for Nguyen to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Khoi Le Nguyen	4,590,000 3,025,000	3,025,000
Masato Yokosawa	510,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Khoi Le Nguyen Masato Yokosawa

Level: 19

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

07-10-2025 21:06 UTC-8

Break

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Brett Slezak

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

The final 26 are going on another 15-minute break.

Play resumes in Level 19 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 with an average stack of 2,900,000.

07-10-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Sternheimer Spars With Deeb

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Liam Gannon

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

Shaun Deeb raised to 120,000 from under the gun and Philip Sternheimer called in the big blind.

The flop rolled out K♦6♥5♦ and Sternheimer check-called a bet of 140,000 from Deeb.

Both players checked the turn 2♣ to the river 7♣ where Sternheimer bet 175,000 and Deeb folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	3,390,000 75,000	75,000

Shaun Deeb	2,950,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Philip Sternheimer Shaun Deeb

07-10-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Lingham Good With Threes

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Jacob Wilson

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

Three players saw a flop of 2♣Q♠Q♥ with 400,000 in the middle. Action checked through, leading the dealer to peel off the 4♣ turn. Here, small blind Sergio Aido led out for 140,000. Ryan Feldman folded from the big blind, and Vinny Lingham came along for the ride from the cutoff.

The 6♥ river checked through. Aido showed A♣10♣ for a missed flush draw, meaning the 3♦3♠ of Lingham was good to scoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	4,725,000 1,005,000	1,005,000

Vinny Lingham	2,075,000 1,310,000	1,310,000
Ryan Feldman	1,200,000 1,450,000	1,450,000

Tags: Ryan Feldman Sergio Aido Vinny Lingham

07-10-2025 20:58 UTC-8

A "Donation to the Austrian Community"

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Brett Slezak

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

Vladimir Minko from the big blind and Christopher Nguyen from early position were tangled in a big pot with around 1,000,000 in the middle by the river.

With the completed board reading A♠A♣Q♠10♥J♣, Minko checked to Nguyen who jammed for around 800,000 effective as the covering stack. Minko would burn through all five of his remaining time banks before he announced, "Alright, donation to the Austrian community," as he put in the call.

Vladimir Minko: A♥4♠ All in
Christopher Nguyen: A♦K♣

Nguyen was always in good shape with the better kicker as both players flopped trips. Nguyen improved to a straight on the river and Minko could not get away as he hit the exit.

At another table, Kristen Foxen was also eliminated

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	8,000,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Vladimir Minko	Busted
Kristen Foxen	Busted

Tags: Christopher Nguyen Vladimir Minko

07-10-2025 20:55 UTC-8

Soverel Bombs The River

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Liam Gannon

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

Fahredin Mustafov raised to 120,000 in the cutoff and in the big blind Sam Soverel defended.

The flop rolled out 8♦4♠2♦ and Soverel checked over to Mustafov who bet 70,000. Soverel opted to raise to to 240,000 and Mustafov called.

Both players checked the turn 10♦ to the river 9♣ where Soverel bet 1,000,000 and Mustafov burned a time extension before tossing his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	4,400,000 500,000	500,000

Fahredin Mustafov	2,900,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Sam Soverel