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

07-10-2025 13:55 UTC-8

Nguyen Boats Up

Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn, with a board reading A♥Q♣A♣10♣. Khoi Le Nguyen shoved his remaining 235,000 into a pot of 130,000, and was called by Stanley Tang.

Khoi Le Nguyen: A♦10♦ All in
Stanley Tang: 7♣5♣

Tang was drawing stone dead despite his flush, as Nguyen's trips had improved to a boat on the turn. The 9♠ river changed nothing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Khoi Le Nguyen	600,000 300,000	300,000
Stanley Tang	335,000 305,000	305,000

Tags: Khoi Le Nguyen Stanley Tang

07-10-2025 13:56 UTC-8

All Gas No Brakes for Cada

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Brett Slezak

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Joe Cada opened from under the gun and Chang Lee called on the button.

On the A♦Q♠3♠ flop, Cada led with a bet and Lee called.

Cada fired again for 135,000 on the 3♥ turn, and Lee called once more.

On the 4♥, Cada kept up the aggression with a bet of 400,000, representing over half of Lee's remaining stack, and he was forced to lay it down after a small tank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	1,550,000 210,000	210,000

Chang Lee	725,000 425,000	425,000

Tags: Chang Lee Joe Cada

07-10-2025 14:02 UTC-8

Andrejevic Spikes His Ace

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Liam Gannon

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Andjelko Andrejevic jammed for 240,000 from the hijack and Joe Cada called in the cutoff which saw all other players fold.

Andjelko Andrejevic: A♥9♥ All in
Joe Cada: 9♣9♦

The board ran out A♣10♦6♠10♣8♣ and the ace on the flop gave Andrejevic his ace to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	1,315,000 235,000	235,000

Andjelko Andrejevic	435,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Andjelko Andrejevic Joe Cada

07-10-2025 14:07 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

Michael Moncek	Busted

Marius Gierse	Busted
Biao Ding	Busted
Chris Brewer	Busted

Tobias Schwecht	Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Jans Arends	Busted

Armin Rezaei	Busted
Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted

Alexandros Theologis	Busted
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Bryn Kenney	Busted

Aram Oganyan	Busted

Zamani Triples; Zizka Eliminated; Nguyen Takes the Side

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Brett Slezak

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Martin Zamani limped under the gun, Zdenek Zizka limped the hijack, Christopher Nguyen completed from the small blind, and David Chen checked his option in the big blind.

On the 9♠7♠5♣ flop, it checked to Zamani who bet 80,000 and Zizka called. Nguyen then check-raised to 280,000 and Chen folded. Zamani then announced all-in for 430,000 and Zizka flatted with 440,000 behind. Nguyen went deep into the tank before he announced all-in as the covering stack. However, since Zamani's all-in was not a full raise, Nguyen could only call.

On the J♥ turn, Nguyen jammed as Zizka called off his 440,000 stack.

Martin Zamani: 7♦7♣ All in
Zdenek Zizka: A♠8♠ All in
Christopher Nguyen: 10♠5♠

Zamani flopped a set while Zizka had the nut flush draw. Nguyen had a lesser flush draw but he also paired his five.

The J♣ fell on the river to give Zamani a full house to win the main pot, while Nguyen's pair of fives was good enough to win the side pot and eliminate Zizka.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	3,750,000 500,000	500,000

Martin Zamani	1,390,000 1,390,000	1,390,000

Zdenek Zizka	Busted

Tags: Christopher Nguyen David Chen Martin Zamani Zdenek Zizka

07-10-2025 14:12 UTC-8

Deeb Turns Set on Hunichen

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Shaun Deeb opened the action with a raise to 40,000 from the hijack, before Chris Hunichen shoved on the button for 250,000. The blinds folded, and Deeb stuck in the call.

Chris Hunichen: A♥10♣ All in
Shaun Deeb: 3♥3♣

The 4♣6♥J♥ flop didn't change much, and the 3♠ turn secured the win for Deeb. He celebrated with a fist pump as the 9♥ rolled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	2,715,000 415,000	415,000

Chris Hunichen	Busted

Tags: Chris Hunichen Shaun Deeb

07-10-2025 14:23 UTC-8

Registration Closed; Biggest 50k At The WSOP

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Liam Gannon

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

After the registration period closed, a total of 252 entrants came out to play Event #88: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. This generated a prize pool of $11,970,000 to be divided up among the final 38 players.

Every one of the final 38 will be assured $102,024, with first place taking home $2,686,913 and the WSOP bracelet. The full list of payouts is below.

Place	Prize
1	$2,686,913
2	$1,791,267
3	$1,242,660
4	$879,939
5	$636,279
6	$470,036
7	$354,901
8	$274,023
9	$216,467
10-11	$175,048
12-15	$144,985
16-20	$123,068
21-27	$107,125
28-38	$102,024

07-10-2025 14:30 UTC-8

Zaki Exits as Kudzmanas Triples

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Brett Slezak

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Justin Zaki moved all-in for 180,000 from under the gun. On the button, Brek Schutten reshoved covering, and Marius Kudzmanas called off his 210,000 stack from the small blind.

Justin Zaki: A♠J♥ All in
Marius Kudzmanas: K♦K♣ All in
Brek Schutten: A♦K♥

It was a huge preflop collision as the J♠10♠5♣ flop have Zaki a pair, Schutten a gutshot, while Kudzmanas was still ahead with kings. The board bricked out as it came 5♥4♦ as Kudzmanas held on to triple while Zaki was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	640,000 340,000	340,000

Brek Schutten	635,000 250,000	250,000

Justin Zaki	Busted

Tags: Brek Schutten Justin Zaki Marius Kudzmanas

07-10-2025 14:35 UTC-8

Yokosawa Spikes Double from Lee

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Yokosawa open-shoved his option from the cutoff. Both the button and small blind got out of the way, before big blind Chang Lee peeled his cards and sigh-called.

Masato Yokosawa: K♣Q♠ All in
Chang Lee: A♠7♠

Yokosawa hit a much-needed pair on the K♦6♦J♣ flop, and stayed in the lead as the board ran out J♦2♣ to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masato Yokosawa	530,000 230,000	230,000
Chang Lee	300,000 425,000	425,000

Tags: Chang Lee Masato Yokosawa

07-10-2025 14:40 UTC-8

[Removed:555] Spikes a Two-Outer to Double

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Brett Slezak

Level 13 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

[Removed:554] jammed for 235,000 under the gun and Vladimir Minko looked him up from the button.

[Removed:554]: 5♠5♦ All in
Vladimir Minko: 10♦10♣

[Removed:555] was in bad shape against the dominating pair of Minko as the A♠J♠4♥ flop was dealt. However, the 5♣ landed on the turn to vault [Removed:555] into the lead, and he held through the 4♦ river as he made a full house to collect the full double.