Peter Nghia Le raised to 20,000 sitting in early position, and Alexey Laptev went all in for 167,000 from middle position. The action folded back around to Le, who made the call.
Alexey Laptev: 6♦6♠ 
Peter Nghia Le: A♥Q♦
The board came K♣5♠3♦K♠9♥ and Laptev secured his double up, while Le was left with less than two big blinds.
Ken Beckers was forced all in on the big blind for his last 10,000. Sven Wedekin raised under the gun to 40,000 and saw calls from Raymond Padgett in early position and Brandon Mitchell from middle position.
The flop came 4♠5♥5♦ and Wedekin led out for 30,000. Padgett then went all in for 120,000. Mitchell folded, and Wedekin snap called.
Ken Beckers: J♠3♠
Raymond Padgett: 8♣8♦
Sven Wedekin: J♦J♥
Padgett was in trouble and needed to hit an eight or miracle running cards for a straight to stay alive. No help when the K♠ came on the turn, but this did give Beckers some hope of staying alive.
The 6♠ fell on the river and gave Beckers a flush, but was no help to Padgett, who was sent to the cage. Wedekin was happy to be pushed the big side pot, leaving Beckers scooping in a bowl of rice, but still happy to be alive.
The $250,000 Super High Roller — the biggest buy-in on the 2025 World Series of Poker schedule — got underway Sunday at noon inside Paris Las Vegas. And it didn’t take long for fireworks.
Austrian high-stakes crusher Matthias Eibinger, who has more than $24 million in live earnings according to The Hendon Mob, attempted an ambitious seven-high bluff with a 15% pot shove on businessman Brandon Steven. But did the gutsy move pay off?
Jeremy Streuli limped in the small blind but Sean Donnelly in the big blind defended with a 24,000 bet which Streuli called.
The flop came 7♦6♦3♦ and after a knuckle, Donnelly fired another 35,000 into the growing pot. Streuli stayed on, unbothered by the escalating heat.
On the J♠ turn, the same dynamic happened with Donnelly betting 55,000. The pressure was not affecting Streuli at all, and he still tagged along to see the last card.
On the river 5♣, Streuli decided to lead with an 80,000 bet and Donnelly just flat-called.
Streuli showed A♦9♥ for ace-high while Donnelly tabled K♦K♠ then scooped the pot.
Ludovic Uzan raised from the cutoff to 20,000 and was re-raised by Brian Vazquez, in the small blind, to 100,000.
In the big blind, Yiannis Liperis went all-in for 490,000. Uzan folded and Vazquez called.
Yiannis Liperis: A♦Q♣
Brian Vazquez: K♥K♠
The board of K♣9♠5♠9♥Q♠ sent Liperis to the rail and 1,200,000 chips to Vazquez.
Dane Lomas went all in from middle position for 122,000 and was put at risk by Zakhar Galper who called near the button. Galper was ahead pre-flop:
Dane Lomas: A♦10♠
Zakhar Galper: A♠Q♥
And the dealer ran out a board of Q♣A♥5♣4♦10♣, ending Lomas's impressive run in Event #37
With the pot at over 150,000 and the board reading A♦9♥8♥10♦ Jonathan Anav bet out for 100,000 after Esther Taylor checked from the big blind. Taylor called.
The river saw the 7♣ fall, and both players checked. Anav proudly turned over AxKx, thinking he would scoop the pot, but Taylor quickly tabled A♣10♣ for two pair, and the pot was pushed her way.
In the 898th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna Englandn and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio to offer their thoughts on Doug Polk's recent appearance on Kill Tony, the popular Austin-based stand-up comedy program. How did Doug do in front of Tony Hinchcliffe and company? Let's just say you might be surprised.
Mike, who made a recent appearance in Daniel Negreanu's vlog, then sounds off on the cancelled WSOP Online bracelet event, the crew discusses the recently-announced changes to the WSOP Circuit, Chad goes to the world's largest casino collectibles show, and Matt Savage offers his thoughts as a special guest speaker.
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Jordan Henegar raised to 22,000 from early position and was called by Robert Painter in the big blind.
Painter led out for 60,000 when the dealer spread a 6♥10♠5♠ flop, Henegar made the call.
Action checked through on the 3♠ turn.
The river card was the 10♥, Painter bet 80,000 this time around. Henegar made the call only to be shown the 10♣6♦, good for a full house, which he could not beat.
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