$1,100 PLO Championship Day 1b | 2025 Champions Club Winter Poker Open

02-11-2025 21:57 UTC-6

Feng Flushes Hinojosa

Kirk Brown

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 500 ante

After calling a big bet from Rolaund Hinojosa preflop, He Feng called the shove on the flop of 4♣7♣K♠ to put Hinojosa at risk.

Rolaund Hinojosa: A♦A♠3♦3♥
He Feng: A♣Q♣10♦8♠

Hinojosa was ahead with his aces, but the turn 3♣ immediately left him drawing dead to the nut flush of Feng and the river Q♥ sent him to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
He Feng	200,000 200,000	200,000
Rolaund Hinojosa	Busted

Tags: He Feng Rolaund Hinojosa

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 1,000

02-11-2025 22:05 UTC-6

Feng On a Heater! Vicious Exit for Vo

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Kirk Brown

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 1,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of Q♥J♦3♠, Phu Vo got it all in against He Feng, who covered.

Phu Vo: A♣Q♣Q♠2♦ All in
He Feng: 8♠8♥3♦3♣

Vo was sitting pretty in this set-over-set situation, but the deck was on Feng's side as the turn was the miracle one-outer 3♥ to give him quads. The table let out a collective groan as the river 5♥ sent out Vo in brutal fashion while Feng chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
He Feng	270,000
Phu Vo	Busted

Tags: He Feng Phu Vo

02-11-2025 22:20 UTC-6

Updated Stacks (full)

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Kirk Brown

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
He Feng	290,000 20,000	20,000
Carl Masters	240,000 200,000	200,000
Karim Bevans	230,000 25,000	25,000
Lawrence Lazar	170,000 137,000	137,000
Jason Bullock	156,000 111,000	111,000
Jason Brice	145,000 1,000	1,000
David Shaw	140,000 71,000	71,000
Jason Daly	135,000 102,000	102,000

Joshua Barney	126,000 35,000	35,000
Dakota Patsfield	100,000 38,000	38,000
Preston Duron	95,000 95,000	95,000
Kyle Arora	82,000 82,000	82,000
Jonathan Gaviao	70,000 70,000	70,000
Barrett Threadgill	48,000 2,000	2,000
Dechang Zhang	41,000 41,000	41,000
Nan Liu	40,000 40,000	40,000

David Mzareulov	37,500 23,500	23,500

Nikola Jankovic	23,500 16,500	16,500
Sang Ngo	20,000 8,000	8,000

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 1,000

02-11-2025 22:39 UTC-6

Barousse Busts Tokko

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Kirk Brown

Level 11 : 1,500/2,500, 1,000 ante

After some preflop back-and-forth action, Blake Barousse and Moe Tokko got it all in, with the former covering.

Moe Tokko: J♥10♣6♠4♠ All in
Blake Barousse: A♦K♦Q♣8♣

Tokko took the lead on the flop J♣8♠9♣ with his jack, but the turn gave 10♥ Barousse the nut straight. Only a jack or a ten could win the pot for Tokko, but the river 4♣ only improved Barousse to a flush and Tokko was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Barousse	105,000
Moe Tokko	Busted

02-11-2025 22:44 UTC-6

Phil Galfond Talks Comeback Against 'VeniVidi1993' & Launching a New US Poker Site

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Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 1,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 24th episode, Connor speaks with high-stakes pro and poker coach Phil Galfond about growing up in Maryland, getting into poker with Andrew Robl, playing with Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson, building a slide between his two New York City penthouses and being married to fellow high-stakes poker player Farah Galfond, who was the first Life Outside Poker guest in March 2024.

Galfond also talked about specializing in Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), Black Friday, losing $10 million running Run It Once Poker, poker coaching, how bots and real-time assistance (RTA) are impacting online poker, his new "Galfond" documentary, the recently launched BetRivers Poker and his epic comeback against "Venividi1993" in the Galfond Challenge.

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02-11-2025 22:59 UTC-6

Arora Doubles Through White, Ngo Hangs On

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Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 1,000 ante

The action was picked up on a three-way turn of 4♣J♠9♥8♣ with Sang Ngo already all in and Kyle Arora battling with Thatches White on the side.

Arora checked, White bet 45,000, and Arora check-raised all in for around 90,000. White quickly called to put him at risk and all three players tabled their hands/

Sang Ngo: Q♠Q♥10♣8♦ All in
Kyle Arora: K♦Q♦10♠6♠ All in
Thatches White: A♣K♣J♥8♥

Ngo and Arora were both in the lead with their nut straights, but White had some outs with two pair and nut flush draw.

Unfortunately for him, the river was the brick A♥ to award the main to both Ngo and Arora while Arora found a big double on the side.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Arora	248,000 166,000	166,000
Thatches White	47,000
Sang Ngo	15,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Kyle Arora Sang Ngo Thatches White

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 1,500

02-11-2025 23:26 UTC-6

Recent Eliminations

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Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 1,500 ante

In a flurry of all-ins, the following players have been eliminated from Day 1b of the PLO Championship.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dakota Patsfield	Busted
Ravee Sundara	Busted
David Shaw	Busted
Thatches White	Busted
Sang Ngo	Busted
Jason Brice	Busted
David Mzareulov	Busted