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Mikhail Petrov

Mikhail's Results at the 2025 WSOP:
Played 20 tournaments. Professionally coped with the task of never losing more than $5,000, so as not to get taxed and not have a headache)

Lowest Moment:
I busted on the bubble of the Main Event: stack 27bb, opened with HJ, the chip leader on the BB moved all-in. I didn't fold AKs and lost to QJо.

"The Treacherous Scribe" came out on the turn (I recently started to name the Jacks after what they hold in their hands):

Overall, it was pretty stupid to waste all my chances on the first day by running over aces and kings on the river.

By the way, the king of diamonds is my favorite river, because when you draw it on GGPoker or Natural8, you can see his palm at first, like “Hello!”

Impressions of the 2025 WSOP:
Vegas turned out to be full of activities. We didn’t mind going to the Canyon from the far North entrance, where the most beautiful views are.

We also had a fire in our house! The ventilation shaft caught fire, the girls noticed it in time and dealt with it themselves, using a fire extinguisher. The firefighters who arrived said that another 10 minutes and the house would have burned down completely.

That's why I have a positive attitude towards the results – thank God for taking money, as they say.

On the last day a scorpion crawled into our house, we had to catch it and send it away, but the creature was incredibly beautiful.

(Mikhail's GipsyTeam profile is in Russian, but you can translate it in most browsers)

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Sonya Veronica Shashihina

Sonya's Results at the 2025 WSOP:
3 tournaments (4 entries). I only played tournaments where it was hard to play worse than the field. The rest of the time – cash. I was lucky in tournaments: two ITMs, one of which was the final table. In the end, I came out with a profit of about $30k, taking into account taxes and expenses.

Cool Bluff Moment:
In a 5-bet cash pot, I managed to bluff kings on 9d8c8h 😄 The opponent dealt with the fold in just 13 minutes.

Funny Vegas Uber Story:
A funny story happened on the way to the casino. I get into an Uber and the driver's name is Gregory. In response to my "How are you doing?" he replies, "So-so." I say that I am about the same. Then, Gregory and I switch from English and communicate in Russian.

The Series' Main Success:
I returned home in a mental state that was no worse than before leaving.

The Series' Main Failure:
I had to play in the same hall with Kabrhel more than zero times.

Entertaining Moment:
First of all, in Vegas I enjoyed the time spent with my best friend Yulia Lisichkina, and playing was already in second place to that.

The Most Vivid Impression at the WSOP:
I met my emotional support animal in the toilet, who supported me as a child 🥰

(Sonya's Telegram profile is in Russian, but you can translate it in most browsers)

Gia Skhulukhia

Gia's Results at the 2025 WSOP:
9 tournaments and 2 reentries = 11 entries. Profit: $105k

The Lowest Moment:
Naturally, it happened in the Main Event. A9 to K9 with the guy who ended up finishing third (Braxton Dunaway). By the way, he busted out in an epic way – he got all-in from Mizrachi and, with a 15bb stack, he found a call with T6s. Such a peculiar character.

Cool Bluff Moment:
This happened against streamer Ryan Beriuzy. I liked this bluff at the time, but now I'm not so sure.

Ryan raises from CO, I call from SB with .
Flop – , check-check.
Turn is , I bet big, he calls.
River – .
I bet 10%, and he raised 4x, so I decided to push.
Ryan thought for about 8 minutes, they timed him and in the last seconds he finally called with .
A couple of days later he came up to me and said that he only called because he knew who I was, and only barely.
Maybe it turned out to be a useless bluff in the end, I don’t know.

Interesting Moments at the WSOP:
A funny situation happened in the main. The guy spent a long time telling the whole table that he was a professional player, playing for some fund. He sat with a smart face, constantly throwing cards in the muck and teaching the old men how to play correctly.

At the end of his speech he shoved 33bb with K9o in the SB, and I just happened to have kings in the BB. My English is not very good, but the older players were surprised. In general, the whole table laughed at the young and impudent "expert."

The Main Success:
This time I managed to travel around the USA. I played little because of the busy schedule. The experience was great, and it was nice for a change not to spend the entire series in a casino.

This is my third trip to the World Series, the first time I was eliminated from the Main Event at the second level, the second time I took 390th place, now I'm 63rd. So far the statistics for the Mains are good, so I'm looking forward to next year.

The Most Memorable Moment:
Misha Petrov is a cool guy, I only met him on this trip. Now he is into birds and in the evenings he told us about owls and hawks. In Vegas, he decided to catch hummingbirds – he bought feeders, poured water somewhere. When he told us about this idea, we all laughed at him. And in the end, he actually caught a hummingbird! There were many interesting things on this trip, but this moment was the most memorable.

Entertaining Moments:
We went to Utah. We went to the Weeknd concert and were absolutely delighted – the dude rocked it out, sang 41 songs non-stop.

With Pateychuk we went to Austin for CS2 and to the NBA finals in Indiana.

For Nastya's (Misha Petrov's wife's) birthday, we went to the Grand Canyon. We lived in cool tents, played guitar by the fire, smoked hookah, and grilled meat. In general, we had a great time.

By the way, I didn't drink even once during the whole of Vegas! Only on the last day before departure.

It turned out to be an alcohol-free trip, and I consider the experience extremely successful.

I also went to the UFC for the first time and went to Chicago. Now we are in Los Angeles for a week, and from there we go home.

(Gia's Telegram profile is in Russian, but you can translate it in most browsers)

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Andrey Angier Pateychuk

Results in the 2025 WSOP:
Played a little, actually record low volume for me in Vegas. I didn't play so little even on my first trip, when I came for only two weeks. Finished with a small plus considering ITM in the Main, but with expenses, it was a small minus. 30% tax is crap.

The Lowest Moment:
It's hard to choose, but let's have this one – in the Bounty Hall of Fame tournament: already in the money, lost a triple all-in with QQ against JJ and 66 for almost three average stacks in the top 150.

Bluffs and Bluff-Catches:
The bluff that determined my elimination from the Main Event – I decided to play a combo draw aggressively on the turn and bluff the river on the blank. The guy thought for 7 minutes and didn't fold his top set saying: "I'm not good enough to throw something like that." As a result, he was eliminated in two tables.

Interesting Moments:
Two years ago I was playing with a guy who looks like a typical biker/rocker – long hair, leather jacket, stocky build. But his nails are painted different colors. I was sitting with him in Maine on the third day and he said that his daughter paints his nails. We all laughed, that it was cute and all that. This year I met him again – he looks the same, and his nails are still painted the same as a few years ago. Are you sure it's his daughter who paints them?

I also met the actor who voiced Patrick in SpongeBob:

Successes in the 2025 WSOP:
For the first time in 15 years of going to the WSOP, I actually got to see America. I went to Chicago, Indianapolis, Austin, the Grand Canyon. I drove about 2,000 kilometers, went to the NBA finals, the CS2 major finals, a Weeknd concert, and we spent the night in tents in Zion Park.

Failures in the 2025 WSOP:
Didn't win the Main Event.

Entertaining Moment:
The trip was more of a tourist and entertainment trip than a poker trip because of the taxes. We had three birthdays, many trips and events, which I mentioned above. Otherwise, everything was standard – we smoked hookah, grilled burgers and steaks, went for a walk in old Vegas. A few more times, the guys and I gathered in a computer club to play 5x5 CS2, it was also unusual and cool.

The Most Memorable Moment:
The Weeknd concert, the NBA finals, the CS finals and an overnight stay in the park singing guitar songs and camping.

(Andrey's Telegram and GipsyTeam profile are in Russian, but you can translate it in most browsers)

Egor Procop13

Results in the 2025 WSOP:
Spent 31 days in Las Vegas. Played 38 offline tournaments:

Fees: $61,800
ITM: $8,239
Total: -$53,561

Also played 7 tournaments online: -$3,400

The Lowest Point:
There were no offensive moves at all, because there were no layoffs))

Cool Prank:

WSOP 6-Max $5,000
Stack – 85bb
Aggressive reg opens from BTN, we are on BB with , 3-bet to 9bb
Flop: – check-check
Turn: – we both check again
River: – I check, villain overbet 32bb, we call. Reg showed

Strange Stories from the Casino:
Went all-in for 40bb, JJ vs AK. The dealer didn't burn the card and put the flop, turn and river in the wrong order. I won all-in, the player had already left. About 10 seconds later, the player sitting at the other box said that he did not agree with the decision, since the cards were put in the wrong order. As a result, the floors were called and one flop card, turn and river were put back. I held twice!

The Main Success at the 2025 WSOP:
Despite the unfortunate loss, I accepted the defeat with dignity and did not lose motivation.

The Main Failure at the 2025 WSOP:
It didn't work out to get Turkish residency, so I had to play lower stakes than I planned.

Entertaining Moments:
I just played, worked on the game, and ate delicious food. I associate Vegas exclusively with poker, I had no desire to go to shows at all)

The Most Vivid Memory:
Watching TV broadcasts with Kabrhel.

(Egor's Telegram and GipsyTeam profile are in Russian, but you can translate it in most browsers)

Nikolay Fal

Results at the 2025 WSOP:
Played 33 tournaments with a slight positive result.

The Lowest Moment:
Happened in TORSE for $3k already in ITM – in a huge pot for three in 2-7 triple draw they bought my third nuts from the hand, changing 3-2-1 cards. They showed the second nuts!

Interesting Moments:
Jennifer Harman told an old story at the table. Once upon a time in Maine, she was super short before the dinner break and came to her boyfriend's room without an appetite. He said to her: "Maybe you'll get me off?" Well, she did her job and after dinner the whole table was doing the same. She ended the day at the top of the chip count.

The Main Success at the 2025 WSOP:
9th place in TORSE for $3,000

The Main Failure at the 2025 WSOP:
24th place in Stud Hi/Lo for $10k

The Most Vivid Impression:
Deepran Gii in the main (63rd place). And the fight between Kota and Lorem.

Nikita Ebaaa11 Kuznetsov

Results at the 2025 WSOP:
Played only 17 tournaments including re-entries

Buy-ins: $111,700
Cashes: $21,194

The Coolest Bluff:
At the moment, I liked how I played the hand with AK:

The Main Success at the 2025 WSOP:
I tried to maintain a poker/sports-related regime (before the illness) and didn’t drink alcohol, haha.

The Main Failure at the 2025 WSOP:
An illness that forced him to “give in” in the main and miss part of the series.

Entertaining Moments:
I played sports and spent my free time with my friends.

The Most Vivid Memory:
Trip to the lake at Hoover Dam and a trip to a UFC fight.

I hope one day I can come to Vegas and really become a Nevada boss 😂

(Nikita's Telegram and GipsyTeam profile are in Russian, but you can translate it in most browsers)

Vladimir Vratario Belekhov

Results at the 2025 WSOP:

49 tournaments and 22 reentries
Total Buy-ins: $73,077
ABI $1,028
ITM 22%
Cashes: $81,500

Considering the expenses, I didn't manage to earn much money (although the fact that I did manage to earn some is already great). But I'm carrying a whole suitcase of experience.

Conclusions were made on the preparation and approach to such series. So, in general, these two months can be safely considered as an asset. Now you can rest for a couple of weeks, and then return to active work on the game, since a lot of work needs to be done in this direction in order to receive material results in addition to experience.

The Lowest Moment:
$1,100 BigO at Wynn. Top 15 on a flop of K83 got all-in with AA88Q against A972J, board came 9 T. Dude who ran me over ended up winning the tournament.

The Main Success at the 2025 WSOP:
This tournament win:

The Main Failure at the 2025 WSOP:
Just one mini-ITM at WSOP.

Entertaining Moments:
This year, I haven't missed a single day, I've been riding every day. I've given up alcohol and focused on work. Only in the evenings we'd have barbecues with friends in our condo and play PS5.

The Most Vivid Memory:
Again, a tournament win. The first in three trips to Vegas!

(Vladimir's Telegram and GipsyTeam profile are in Russian, but you can translate it in most browsers)

Anatoly Zlotnikov

Results at the 2025 WSOP:
I played in 25 tournaments, there were a couple of deep runs, but I couldn’t make it.

The Lowest Point:
In Omaha for $10k because of the cooler, 25 people left before the money.

The Main Success at the 2025 WSOP:
Organization of the fight and victory of the Cat. We went and prepared for this for a long time, the broadcast was a bit of a letdown, but the vlog turned out top-notch!

The Main Failure at the 2025 WSOP:
Putty with brothers in the casino 😂

Entertaining Moment:
I went to Arizona, New York and saw all the cool places in Vegas, including the poor areas with crackheads. I also trained the Cat for the fight and hung out.

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Artem Sugak For2nArtem

Results at the 2025 WSOP:

29 tournaments, 45 bullets
ITM 13.3%
-$45,000

The Lowest Moment:
All the most unpleasant ones happened in bomb-pots in cash. Every half hour the dealer lays out two boards and you are ready to experience the whole palette of emotions. The buy-in cap in Omaha is $2k, sometimes you fill your stack for a long time to play the very bank that will decide the fate of the entire session.

Not a move, but for some reason I remember the hand where I went triple all-in with AdTh on boards TsTc2c and AhAs8h and, of course, lost.

Bluffs and Bluff Catches:
The series attracts a lot of amateurs who rarely play, and they are the best candidates for using live tells. And the worst bluff catches happen precisely because the pros overestimate their importance.

Interesting Moments:
At the Paris Casino, when the Omaha table fell apart, the fish and I decided to play heads-up dealer-choice. At first, we were charged a higher rake, and every time the floors approached us (apparently there was a shift change and others came), we were told: “Oh, you are not playing at a full table, it’s free for you. Thanks for keeping the table open.” We were playing Omaha, the fish preferred 6-card, I switched to 7-card. It ended with him choosing 7-card two boards, and I – hold’em. I lost a little to him in a couple of hours and went to bed.

The Main Failure at the 2025 WSOP:
The hourly rate for the series was -$70/hour.

Entertaining Moments:
Played CS with the guys, and sometimes, did sports.

In Vegas I watched the movie Perfect Days, about a toilet cleaner in Japan. At first I thought, "What a load of crap," but over time I remember it more and more often. In the movie, we seem to live the hero's routine life – we listen to music when he listens; we rejoice when he rejoices; we are sad when he is sad.

In Vegas I felt like this cleaner, those were my Perfect days.

The Most Vivid Memory:
We rented a boat and went for a ride on the Colorado River, it was awesome! 😍

(Artem's Telegram and GipsyTeam profile are in Russian, but you can translate them in most browsers)

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