Anonymous won the 2025 WSOP Super Circuit Cyprus $5,300 buy-in main event, defeating Daniel Rezaei heads-up and coming from behind in the final match to claim $1 million and the WSOP Circuit ring.
This time, with all of the chips in the middle, Anonymous held the Q♠Q♦ against Rezaei’s A♣K♥. His queens held up, and with that pot came the title.
Anonymous’s win denied Rezaei an incredible double. Back in August, Rezaei claimed a seven-figure victory of his own at the same venue, the Merit Royal Hotel in Cyprus. Rezai took down the Onyx Super High Roller $5 million guaranteed event for $1,043,530 .This time around, Rezaei had to settle for second place and $670,000. Rezaei was hunting a third seven-figure result for 2025, having also finished third in a $10 million guaranteed event at Wynn Las Vegas over the summer for $1,181,360.
For outlasting a field of 1,372 entrants in the first ever WSOP “Super Circuit” event, Anonymous earned 1,920 Card Player Player of the Year points. Rezaei’s 1,600 points for this result pushed him up to 31st place in the yearlong race standings presented by CoinPoker.
The Rezaei Show
Daniel Rezaei
Seven players returned to battle it out for the title on Tuesday in Cyprus. Seven-handed play continued for a considerable stretch, until Radoslav Stoyanov became the victim of a cruel runout. The Bulgarian got his last 15 big blinds in with K♣J♣ and Rezaei called in the small blind with 9♠9♣. Stoyanov flopped considerable outs on a A♠A♦Q♠ and spiked a crucial pair on a J♥ turn. With the 9♥ folded by another player, Stoyanov was dodging a single out.
That 9♦ happened to hit the river, though, sending Stoyanov (7th – $140,000) out in the cruelest of ways.
Rezai picked off another player, sending Russian Konstantin Voronin out in sixth ($185,000) with A♦K♣ to Voronin’s K♥Q♣. Ali Al-Kubasi got in on the action too, eliminating Jon Kalmar, one of the most experienced players at the final table. Al-Kubasi’s pocket sixes held off Kalmar’s A♠10♣ on a clean runout.
Kalmar, who finished fifth in the 2007 WSOP main event, has only posted a handful of results over the last decade. This cash, for $250,000, represents Kalmar’s second-largest career result.
Rezai got right back into the eliminations shortly thereafter. Facing a shove from Al-Kubasi on a 10♦10♥5♣K♣ board, Rezaei used several time banks before calling with Q♦5♦. He caught Al-Kubasi with J♥7♥, and though the board double paired on the K♦ river, Rezaei’s queen was good enough to knock out Al-Kubasi in fourth ($345,000).
Turning The Tables
Rezai picked up his fourth elimination of the final table at the expense of Bernardo Neves. This time it was a pure coinflip, between Rezaei’s pocket nines and Neves’ A♦K♠, and Rezaei had it locked up with a full house by the turn.
Neves, a 2023 WSOP Paradise bracelet winner, continued a strong year of tournament performances. Back in August, he won nearly $1 million and the title in a €10,300 event at EPT Barcelona. With the $475,000 from his podium finish in this event, he now boasts nearly $1.8 million in live cashes.
Going into heads-up play, Rezaei held a commanding lead with 54 million (135 big blinds) to Anonymous’ 14 million (35 big blinds). Anonymous picked up a significant pot early in the heads-up match when Rezaei shoved directly into their flopped wheel.
Rezaei still had a 43 million to 26 million advantage after that hand. But Anonymoussurged into the lead after Rezaei attempted to end the tournament with another hero call. On a board of 9♠7♦2♦4♣4♠, Rezaei eventually called with A♣2♣, only to see Anonymous had jammed on the end with Q♣9♥.
Rezaei fought on, but never came close to reclaiming the chip lead. His best chance came on the final hand of the tournament. His A♣K♥ predictably went to war against Q♠Q♦, and Anonymous improved dramatically on a Q♥10♣6♣ flop. Rezaei was in search of a jack, but couldn’t find one as the 9♥ turn and 2♥ river sealed the win.
Rezaei is now approaching $8.7 million in career earnings thanks to this latest score.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Anonymous | $1,000,000 | 1,920 |
| 2 | Daniel Rezaei | $670,000 | 1,600 |
| 3 | Bernardo Neves | $475,000 | 1,280 |
| 4 | Ali Al-Kubasi | $345,000 | 960 |
| 5 | Jonathan Kalmar | $250,000 | 800 |
| 6 | Konstantin Voronin | $185,000 | 640 |
| 7 | Radoslav Stoyanov | $140,000 | 480 |
| 8 | Andrei Spataru | $107,500 | 320 |
Photo Credit: Merit Poker
