Event #98: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-14-2025 21:08 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations (And Reentries)

Dan O'Hair

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Player	Chips	Progress
Gus Hansen	150,000 150,000	150,000

David "ODB" Baker	150,000 78,500	78,500

Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Xixiang Luo	Busted

Maksim Pisarenko	Busted

07-14-2025 21:15 UTC-8

Flush for Tong

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Brett Slezak

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Limit Hold'em

Brian Rast raised from under the gun and was called by Kristopher Tong in the hijack. In the small blind, Philip Sternheimer made it three bets and both opponents called.

On the Q♠5♥3♠ flop, Sternheimer led with a bet and both Rast and Tong put in the call.

The 9♣ turn checked through to the 4♠ river which saw Sternheimer lead again. Rast quickly folded before Tong announced a raise and Sternheimer immediately called. Tong revealed 8♠6♠ for a rivered flush which was good as Sternheimer mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	215,000 98,000	98,000

Kristopher Tong	158,000 18,500	18,500

Brian Rast	145,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Brian Rast Kristopher Tong Philip Sternheimer

07-14-2025 21:18 UTC-8

Baker Loses a Bunch on Second Bullet

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Omaha Hi-Lo

On the river of a A♥7♠5♥K♦7♣ board, Nicolas Milgrom bet out of the small blind and Andrew Yeh raised in the big blind. David "ODB" Baker on the button called and so did Milgrom eventually.

Yeh tabled his A♠A♦K♥8♣ for aces full to scoop the high, while Milgrom's Q♠10♠4♠2♣ pipped Baker's A♣7♥4♦3♥ for the low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Yeh	450,000 240,000	240,000

Nicolas Milgrom	275,000 80,000	80,000

David "ODB" Baker	89,500 60,500	60,500

Tags: Andrew Yeh David "ODB" Baker Nicolas Milgrom

07-14-2025 21:26 UTC-8

Schwartz's Board Keeps Getting Better

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Seven Card Stud

Luke Schwartz: XxXx/10♥10♣3♥3♦
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx/8♣A♣2♥3♠ - folded on sixth street

Yueqi Zhu completed and called a raise from Luke Schwartz.

Zhu called bets from Schwartz on fourth and fifth street, but shook his head and folded facing another bet on sixth after Schwartz made an open two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Schwartz	235,000 85,000	85,000
Yueqi Zhu	70,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Luke Schwartz Yueqi Zhu

07-14-2025 21:27 UTC-8

Ahmed Hits the Rail

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Brett Slezak

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Limit Hold'em

Owais Ahmed raised from under the gun, David Oppenheim three-bet from middle position, Ahmed four-bet all-in for 16,500, and Oppenheim called.

Owais Ahmed: Q♣9♠ All in
David Oppenheim: 10♠10♦

Ahmed was behind the tens of Oppenheim but had one over. The J♠7♦2♣ flop offered no help to either player as the board ran out 3♣2♠ and Ahmed was sent to the exit by Oppenheim.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Oppenheim	295,000 295,000	295,000

Owais Ahmed	Busted

Tags: David Oppenheim Owais Ahmed

07-14-2025 21:30 UTC-8

Engel Gets Some Chips Back

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Razz

Clayton Mozdzen: XxXx / 9x7x2x2x / Xx
Ari Engel: XxXx / 2x5x3xKx / Xx

Ari Engel bet all the way from fifth to seventh street and was called by Clayton Mozdzen, who had a pair of deuces showing as of sixth street. Engel tabled the Jx7x6x for a seven-six low and that won the pot. Leading the way on his table are John Hennigan and Kane Kalas by some margin.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	450,000 170,000	170,000

Kane Kalas	425,000 65,000	65,000
Biao Ding	315,000 45,000	45,000
Clayton Mozdzen	173,500 31,500	31,500
Ari Engel	140,000 15,000	15,000

Ryan Miller	120,000 15,000	15,000

Ryan Hoenig	37,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Ari Engel Clayton Mozdzen John Hennigan Kane Kalas

07-14-2025 21:38 UTC-8

Volpe Gets Full Value

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Jesse Lonis raised on the button and was three-bet by Paul Volpe in the small blind. Gus Hansen called cold from the big blind and Lonis called as well for a bloated three-way pot.

Volpe continued for a bet on the A♥2♥5♦ flop, which got a fold from Hansen and a call from Lonis.

Lonis called bets from Volpe on the J♦ turn and 7♥ river and Volpe turned over A♠2♠ one-by-one for two pair.

Lonis showed he held an Ax and mucked — awarding the pot to Volpe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	240,000 90,000	90,000

Jesse Lonis	225,000 194,500	194,500

Gus Hansen	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Gus Hansen Jesse Lonis Paul Volpe

07-14-2025 21:38 UTC-8

A Rare Razz Chop

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Brett Slezak

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Razz

Ashish Gupta: XxXx / 4x7x8x9x / Xx
Aaron Kupin: XxXx / 4x8x9xQx / Xx
Tom Mccormick: XxXx / Ax6xQx - folded on fifth street

Action picked up on fifth as Gupta led and Kupin called before McCormick folded after a long tank.

Gupta led sixth before seventh street checked through. Gupta tabled Jx10x3x in the hole for a nine-eight before Kupin revealed 10x7x3x. It took a moment before the players realized that it was a chop, as both were playing 9-8-7-4-3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashish Gupta	375,000 287,000	287,000
Tom McCormick	185,000 74,500	74,500
Aaron Kupin	90,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Aaron Kupin Ashish Gupta Tom Mccormick

07-14-2025 21:44 UTC-8

Yockey Back in the Mix

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Seven Card Stud

Viktor Blom: XxXx / 9♦A♣K♠ folded on fifth
Rom McCormick: XxXx / 3♠ folded on third
Bryce Yockey: XxXx / K♣7♥7♠

Bryce Yockey had dropped to a short stack and survived thanks to a seven-high straight in Seven Card Stud to essentially double through Ashish Gupta. Tom McCormick then limped in and Yockey completed, Viktor Blom called and McCormick folded.

Blom check-called on fourth street and then folded fifth against a bet when Yockey paired his seven.

One table over, Ryan Hoenig was spotted on his way out with the chips being pushed to Kane Kalas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kane Kalas	520,000 95,000	95,000
Ashish Gupta	260,000 115,000	115,000
Bryce Yockey	195,000 65,000	65,000

Tom McCormick	170,000 15,000	15,000
Viktor Blom	145,000 13,000	13,000
Ryan Hoenig	Busted

Tags: Ashish Gupta Bryce Yockey Kane Kalas Rom McCormick Ryan Hoenig Tom McCormick Viktor Blom

07-14-2025 21:47 UTC-8

Final Break

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8

5,000/10,000, 2,500-5,000 Limits
1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits

Players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of Day 1.

Chip updates taken from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kane Kalas	570,000 50,000	50,000
Phil Ivey	511,000 306,000	306,000

John Hennigan	469,000 19,000	19,000

Erick Lindgren	469,000 469,000	469,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	458,000 207,000	207,000

Andres Korn	434,000 174,000	174,000

Brad Ruben	392,000 64,000	64,000

Andrew Yeh	391,000 59,000	59,000

Paul Volpe	358,000 118,000	118,000

David Oppenheim	351,000 56,000	56,000

Brian Yoon	337,500 52,500	52,500

Ashish Gupta	330,000 70,000	70,000
Chad Eveslage	306,000 134,500	134,500

Alexander Kostritsyn	300,000 198,500	198,500
Ali Eslami	298,000 207,000	207,000

Scott Seiver	291,000 166,000	166,000

Nicolas Milgrom	287,500 12,500	12,500

Philip Sternheimer	285,000 70,000	70,000

Justin Liberto	268,000 50,000	50,000

Christian Roberts	267,500 243,500	243,500

Matt Glantz	267,000 47,000	47,000

Shaun Deeb	253,000 34,000	34,000

Scott Bohlman	252,000 102,000	102,000

Jerry Wong	240,500 29,500	29,500

Daniel Negreanu	236,000 46,000	46,000

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