Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jun 26, 2025

Rotholz Overtakes Dotson

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Hal Rotholz: 7♥7♦2♠/4♦7♣A♠K♣
Pierre Dotson: QxQxXx/A♥10♠8♠6♠

Hal Rotholz brought in, Pierre Dotson completed, and Rotholz called once the action had folded back to him.

Dotson checked fourth and fifth street, both times calling when Rotholz fired a bet. Rotholz then gained the betting lead on sixth street and bet out.

Dotson called to seventh street, which was checked to showdown. Dotson flashed a pair of queens, but Rotholz had three sevens to scoop the pot and chip up further.

Tags: Hal Rotholz Pierre Dotson

Jun 26, 2025

Remaining Level 19 Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Jun 26, 2025

Singer's Jacks Bust Prather

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Nick Vazquez

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

John Prather: XxXx / 8♠10♣5♣9♥ / XxXx
David Singer: J♠J♦ / 6♣4♠K♦7♦ / 9♦
Huck Seed: XxXx/ A♥10♥ - folded on fourth street
Suzan Landrum: XxXx / 2♦3♠ - folded on fourth street

John Prather, David Singer and Huck Seed all called Suzan Landrum's bring in.

On fourth street, action checked to Singer, who bet. Only Prather called.

Singer bet again on fifth and Prather called. This action repeated on sixth street, and Prather called for all of his chips.

After the river, Singer turned over a pair of jacks and Prather mucked, and was eliminated.

Tags: David Singer Huck Seed John Prather Suzan Landrum

Jun 26, 2025

Big Stacks Battle

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Vasu Amarapu: 8♦8♣3♥/2♠7♦A♦10♣
Ivan Zhechev: A♠2♣Xx/3♣4♣Q♣J♥

Vasu Amarapu was the bring-in, and he called when Ivan Zhechev completed. Amarapu check-called Zhechev's bet on fourth street before he led out on fifth street.

Zhechev raised, and Amarapu called. Afterward, the action slowed down as the duo checked it to showdown.

Amarapu showed a pair of eights and an eight-low, and Zhechev tabled a wheel draw before he added his cards to the muck.

Tags: Ivan Zhechev Vasu Amarapu

Jun 26, 2025

No Dilly-Dalying

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Jason Daly: 7♥4♠2♥/A♣5♣3♥10♥
Matthew Kursar: XxXx/A♦4♦10♣5♦/Xx

Jason Daly checked on fourth street, and Matthew Kursar tossed in a bet. Daly called to fifth street, where he bet when Kursar checked to him. Kursar called, leading out when he regained the betting advantage on sixth street.

Daly called to seventh street, where Kursar reverted to checking. Daly bet, Kursar called, and Daly revealed a wheel to scoop the pot.

Tags: Jason Daly Matthew Kursar

Jun 26, 2025

Hellmuth KO's Defending Champ Negreanu in Poker Players Championship

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Eliot Thomas

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.

Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year's event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.

Chip Count Updates

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Nick Vazquez

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Here are some chip count updates from some of the big stacks and notable names in the field

Tags: Allen Kessler Jeff Madsen Kevin Choi Mary Jones Michelle Konig Robert Mizrachi

Jun 26, 2025

Konig Ascends Further

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Jeffery Taylor: XxXx/2♠3♠Q♥J♦/Xx
Michelle Konig: A♠A♦4♦/6♣K♠4♠7♠

Jeffery Taylor completed, Michelle Konig raised, and Taylor called. Konig bet every street until seventh street, with Taylor calling three times.

Both players then checked on seventh street, and Konig's aces and fours were awarded the entire pot when Taylor mucked his hand.

Tags: Jeffery Taylor Michelle Konig

Jun 26, 2025

Lugibihl Claims Another Soul

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000

Sean Bresloff: 6♥3♠/3♣8♣10♣Q♥/4♦ All in
Michelle Konig: XxXx/J♣9♣K♥ - folded on fifth street
Aaron Lugibihl: 7♠2♥/A♥2♣5♦10♦/7♣

Aaron Lugibihl bet on fourth street, seeing Sean Bresloff and Michelle Konig call. Lugibihl bet again on fifth street. Bresloff called all-in for 16,000, while Konig got out of the way to create a showdown.

Bresloff's threes were still in the lead by sixth street, but Lugibihl made two pair on seventh street. Bresloff failed to improve, and he said his goodbyes before he left to pick up his payout.

Tags: Aaron Lugibihl Michelle Konig Sean Bresloff

Level: 19

Ante: 3,000
Bring-In: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000