Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed
Day 3 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2025 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$7,896,000
Entries
336
Level
24
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
15
Players Left
1
Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The curtains have closed on Event #22: $25,000 6-Handed High Roller and young online superstar Blaz Zerjav has topped an illustrious field of 336 entries for his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the first-place prize of $1,734,717. Zerjav came from behind in an epic heads-up match with Chris Moorman to deny the Brit his third bracelet.
Dating back to 2019 when Zerjav made his first appearance at the WSOP in Las Vegas, this will undoubtedly go down as his largest career score and the only one in the seven-figure range. On top of that, the newly turned 28-year-old will be celebrating his birthday in style with some of his friends who cheered him on from the rail.
"We're gonna have some good wine tonight," Zerjav said with a smile in his post-match interview. "It was always a dream for me to win a bracelet, and now I can say a dream come true."
Zerjav entered the heads-up match with Moorman as a huge underdog and facing a steep mountain to climb to overcome one of the very best in the game. However, the deficit was quickly erased and Zerjav stayed calm and collected throughout it all. "It was a huge deficit, but I still had 30 bigs. In my head, I was just saying I'll take it hand by hand, and we'll see how it goes."
And it went very well from then on, as the Slovenian never relinquished the lead. Although he often plays on the virtual felt in the comfort of his own home, Zerjav mentioned that this event kind of had that comfort feeling to it. "It's a different type of game, but a lot of players here are in the online tournaments as well. So I'm used to playing against them and I kind of felt half at home."
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | $1,734,717 |
| 2 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | $1,129,608 |
| 3 | Jared Bleznick | United States | $752,737 |
| 4 | Landon Tice | United States | $513,577 |
| 5 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | $358,973 |
| 6 | Aram Oganyan | United States | $257,201 |
Day 3 Action
There were 15 players who returned for Day 3 under the lights at the Horseshoe Events Center with over $87,000 already locked up. David Peters was the first to hit the rail in the opening hands, with Galen Hall and Kristen Foxen to shortly follow.
Once the final two tables were assembled, Michael Macchia and Barak Wisbrod were next to make their way to the payout desk. On the heels of one of the craziest pots between Fabian Gumz and Moorman that saw a five-bet pot lead to Moorman taking the chip lead, the Austrian was next to hit the rail.
Mustapha Kanit was nursing the short stack for most of the early stages but his luck eventually ran out when his pair of sixes ran into the queens of Moorman. The unofficial final table didn't last long either when Moorman continued to build his lead with the elimination of Daniel Sepiol. Despite holding pocket kings, Sepiol was out-flopped by Moorman's pocket tens and was unable to recover.
The players took a 30-minute break to potentially cool off before the live stream on PokerGO began, however, that wasn't the case at all. In one of the very first hands at the feature table, Aram Oganyan and Zerjav got all of the chips in the middle in a classic flip. That flip went the way of Zerjav when he flopped four queens to leave Oganyan dead. Although he doubled his short stack a couple of times, Oganyan couldn't keep it going and fell off in sixth place.
Paulius Vaitiekunas entered the final table as one of the big stacks but got involved in a big hand with Jared Bleznick where Bleznick rivered the nut straight. Vaitiekunas took a big hit to his chip stack and then couldn't overcome the red-hot Moorman who flopped two pair to send the Lithuanian poker pro home in fifth place.
The final four players duked it out for over an hour with chips being passed all around the table. Throughout that time, the only thing that was stable was the chip lead of Moorman. The shorter stacks of Landon Tice and Bleznick clashed when they each picked up a strong ace. Unfortunately for Tice, he was in a dominated position and Bleznick ran out a flush to deny the young American his largest ever score.
It appeared that the final three players were in for a long grind with so many chips in play, however, the deck had something else to say. In a three-bet pot that was greatly inflated, Moorman turned the nut straight against Bleznick's pocket kings. All of the chips went in on the turn and Bleznick was left drawing dead in the biggest pot of the tournament. Moorman showed the first sign of any emotion as he took a huge lead into heads-up with Zerjav.
On the very first hand of heads-up action, each player was dealt a pocket pair and the chips got in. Zerjav held the better of the two pairs and the board changed none of that, earning him a double up to get back in the mix. Just moments later, another clash saw Moorman with pocket nines against Zerjav's ace-queen suited with 90% of all the chips in the middle preflop. An ace on the flop was all Zerjav needed to turn the tide and hold a massive lead of his own.
Moorman continued to fight for the next hour but was unable to gain any real momentum. It all came to a head when Moorman was down to just 10 big blinds and woke up with ace-jack. However, his opponent was waiting with a superior ace-king and the two-time bracelet winner was unable to find any help on the runout.
That wraps up the coverage for this event, but continue to follow along with PokerNews for all of the up-to-date news and live updates from around the 2025 World Series of Poker.
Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Blaz Zerjav raised to 800,000 on the button and Chris Moorman three-bet shoved all in for 4,275,000 in the big blind. Zerjav instantly called and the cards were on their backs.
Chris Moorman: A♣J♥
Blaz Zerjav: A♠K♣
"Come on Mooorman, one time!" could be heard shouted from the rail. The flop came 8♣4♠3♠ and Zerjav was still in a dominating position. The 5♣ on the turn provided some chop outs but the A♥ on the river secured the win for Zerjav, downing Moorman in second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,400,000
3,675,000
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3,675,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Blaz Zerjav dealt a blow to Chris Moorman after he limped from the button with Q♦10♦ and Moorman chose to raise from the big blind with 9♥3♠. Zerjav called and sent the two to a flop.
Moorman fired 900,000 on the 6♠10♥10♠ flop. Zerjav elected to smooth call.
Both players checked the A♣ turn before Moorman fired 2,000,000 on the 5♠ river. Zerjav chose to call the river bet and forced Moorman to show his nine high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,725,000
3,255,000
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3,255,000 |
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3,675,000
3,260,000
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3,260,000 |
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Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Chris Moorman suffered a setback after nearly climbing back to 9,000,000 in chips when he limped the button with 7♣6♣ and Blaz Zerjav checked from the big blind with Q♣8♥.
Zerjav check called the Q♥4♣J♠ flop after Moorman chose to bet 350,000.
Zerjav once again check called the 1,200,000 bet from Moorman on the 9♣ turn after Moorman picked up a flush draw.
Both players checked the 2♦ river, and Zerjav dragged the chips in with a pair of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,470,000
1,850,000
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1,850,000 |
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6,935,000
1,850,000
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1,850,000 |
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Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
PokerGO commentator Brent Hanks questioned if an angle shoot occurred on Saturday in a high-stakes tournament at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). But we'll let you decide if the announcer is onto something, or if you think he's overreacting.
The hand in question took place with four players remaining in Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed, with $1,734,717 up top.
Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Blaz Zerjav raised to 600,000 on the button with Q♦6♠ and Chris Moorman defended from the big blind with 5♣4♦. The flop came A♣8♣4♥ and Moorman check-called a bet of 500,000 from Zerjav with the lone pair.
The turn was the 8♦ and Moorman led out with a bet of 900,000. Zerjav gave it some thought but eventually made the right fold, sending some chips back to Moorman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,620,000
4,650,000
|
4,650,000 |
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8,785,000
4,650,000
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4,650,000 |
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Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Blaz Zerjav limped in on the button with Q♠J♣ and Chris Moorman raised to 900,000 in the big blind with a dominating K♠Q♣. The flop came 9♦5♦4♥ and Moorman check-called a bet of 450,000 from Zerjav.
The turn was the 6♥ and Moorman checked again. Zerjav reached back for a bet of 900,000 and Moorman instantly mucked the better of the two hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,270,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
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4,135,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
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Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Chris Moorman began the hand with a limp from 6♦3♥. Blaz Zerjav checked the big blind with 7♥4♥.
Both players checked the flop of A♣7♣10♥ and the 10♠ turn.
Zerjav chose to fire on the 3♣ river for 600,000. Moorman played a time bank before reluctantly flipping in a call to dwindle below the five million mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
45,520,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
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4,885,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
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Level 24
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Blaz Zerjav raised to 600,000 on the button and Chris Moorman three-bet to 2,200,000 in the big blind. Zerjav stuck in a four-bet to 5,200,000 and Moorman five-bet shoved all in. Zerjav called off his stack of 22,310,000 and the cards were face up.
Blaz Zerjav: A♠Q♠
Chris Moorman: 9♠9♣
It was a coin flip for nearly all the marbles and the flop of A♦7♠5♠ gave Zerjav a pair of aces and a flush draw. The 6♣ on the turn gave Moorman some additional outs but the 7♥ on the river was not one of them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,920,000
22,910,000
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22,910,000 |
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5,485,000
22,910,000
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22,910,000 |
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