Blaz Zerjav Denies Chris Moorman 3rd Gold Bracelet

The 28-year-old was among a massive entry of 336 to Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed, producing a prizepool of $7,896,000 and promising two 7-figure cashes up top.

Bursting the Bubble

Day two saw a delay as 45 late arrivals clogged up the seating plan and later the bubble burst in a monster clash of names and hands…

Sam Soverel: A♣ K♣
Brian Rast: A♦ A♥

Soverel’s 3-bet shove pre was snapped off…

Flop: 2♠ 2♣ 8♠

Turn: 2♥

Only quads deuces could save Soverel but the river bricked..

River: 10♣

…and the remaining 51 players had locked up the $50,299 min. cash.

Rast himself was among those who wouldn’t make it to the final table, some of the notables listed below:

• Brian Rast (22^nd for $72,064)
• Kristen Foxen (13^th for $87,971)
• Mustapha Kanit (8^th for $142,581)

The final six was equally stacked, Zerjav joined by Moorman, Jared Bleznick and Landon Tice, with Aram Oganyan and Paulius Vaitiekunas rounding out the contenders.

Death by Quads

One of the first hands was also one of the biggest, vaulting Zerjav into the lead and Oganyan almost out of the event…

Blaz Zerjav: Q♥ Q♣
Aram Oganyan: A♠ K♦

Flop: Q♠ 8♥ Q♦

Turn: 2♠

River: 10♦

Just as Oganyan looked to be getting back in the mix with two double-ups, his A♣ 10♠ lost to Tice’s A♥ J♠ and it was 6^th place and $257,201.

Short-stacked Vaitiekunas was next to fall, getting it in good against Leonard but watching two pair appear on the flop for the Englishman –5^th spot and $513,577 very decent compensation.

World’s worst Angle?

Four-handed saw a questionable hand that brought some accusations of angle-shooting against the Slovenian, third to act after Moorman had opened the button and Bleznick had 3-bet with Q♦ J♦

Holding K♠ K♣ in the big blind, Zerjav announced 1.3million but was holding 3.3million in chips in his hand.

That meant he had to only call, and when he flopped a set against Bleznick’s second pair, he managed to get two further bets out of his opponent. The jury is still out on this one but it’s hard to see how the mistake helps Zerjav in theory. Have a look yourself below:

"That was the weirdest thing I've ever seen." – @harrington25

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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 8, 2025

Landon Tice had gone quiet by now and when he finally picked up a  hand, Bleznick found a better one…

Landon Tice: A♥ J♥
Jared Bleznick: A♦ K♦

Flop: 2♥ 7♦ 8♦

Turn: 7♣

River: 4♦

Kings cracked

That left three and for Bleznick it was as far as he would go after Moorman hung around with small, suited connectors and hit his straight on the turn, cracking the American card collector’s kings and setting a heads-up battle for the crown.

Heads-up for it all!

Blaz Zerjav and Chris Moorman are battling for the massive first-place prize of $1,734,717 and the bracelet in the $25K 6-Max! #WSOP2025 pic.twitter.com/BZpXubSdjR

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 8, 2025

Moorman’s chip lead was quickly pulled back and there followed an hour or so of play which saw his stack dwindle. Eventually, like Tice, he made his stand only to be coolered…

Chris Moorman: A♣ J♥
Blaz Zerjav: A♠ K♣

Flop: 8♣ 4♠ 3♠

Turn: 5♣

River: A♥

And with that, Blaz Zerjav had bagged his maiden WSOP title and a more-than-his-lifetime’s-earnings $1,734,717 payday. Zerjav promised celebrations, telling reporters: “We’re gonna have some good wine tonight. It was always a dream for me to win a bracelet, and now I can say a dream come true.”

Final table results

Andrew Burnett

Professional Poker Journalist

An avid poker player, he dreams of one day playing the WSOP Main Event and has promised himself he will fold aces and kings if he gets them on the first hand to avoid front-page headlines. [more]