2025 World Series of Poker

Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$986,337
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$5,077,800
Total Entries
546
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
450
Players Left
179
Players Left 1 / 546

Kobayashi Left on Fumes

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action started with a raise from the player in the cutoff to 2,000, before Mike Watson three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff. The action then folded to the big blind, Hirokazu Kobayashi, who put in a cold four-bet to 23,000. The original raiser folded, but Watson made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of 497 and Kobayashi started with a check. Watson responded by placing a bet of 12,500, which Kobayashi then check-raised to 33,000. Watson called, and the two took a turn.

The 2 hit the turn, and Kobayashi moved all in, covering Watson's stack of 54,800 by a whisker. A dismayed Watson made an unhappy call but was shown good news.

Mike Watson: QQ All in
Hirokazu Kobayashi: AK

The river brought no help for Kobayashi, who sent the majority of his stack across the table to Watson, leaving him just 4,500 left to rebuild from.

Tags: Hirokazu KobayashiMike Watson