2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$184,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$1,107,840
Entries
1,154
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
283
Players Left
36
Players Left 1 / 1,154
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Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Christopher Takes from Depaulo

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Three-way action to the 9105 flop saw Frank Funaro check from the big blind and Ryan Depaulo do the same on his left. Steven Christopher fired a bet of 12,000 into the middle, with Funaro folding and Depaulo making the call.

Depaulo checked again after seeing the 5 turn. Christopher took a moment before counting out a bet of 50,000, with Depaulo quickly mucking his hand before the chips hit the table.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven Christopher
412,000
412,000
412,000
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Ryan Depaulo
278,000
278,000
278,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Frank Funaro
158,000
158,000
158,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Frank FunaroRyan DepauloSteven Christopher

Day 1c Entries Confirmed

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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Day 1c saw a total of 283 entries, bringing the Main Event prize pool up to $618,240.

The top 36 players will bag in the money tonight and earn a spot in Sunday's Day 2.

Notable Chip Counts

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Robert Saladin
488,000
412,000
412,000
Profile photo of Kevin McCrea us
Kevin McCrea
405,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Brent Vaalburg us
Brent Vaalburg
312,000
77,000
77,000
Profile photo of Dominic Picinic us
Dominic Picinic
272,000
126,000
126,000
Profile photo of Brandon Mincher us
Brandon Mincher
271,000
271,000
271,000
Profile photo of Aaron Fischer us
Aaron Fischer
234,000
234,000
234,000
Profile photo of Martin Quirke us
Martin Quirke
224,000
224,000
224,000
Profile photo of Jon Dupee us
Jon Dupee
206,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Jeffrey Stellwagon us
Jeffrey Stellwagon
173,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Xiaoqiong Liu us
Xiaoqiong Liu
164,000
164,000
164,000
Profile photo of Alvin Zhao us
Alvin Zhao
136,000
136,000
136,000
Profile photo of Caitlin Comeskey us
Caitlin Comeskey
98,000
24,000
24,000
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Arlie Shaban
Busted
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Jen Shahade
Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

An Adds to His Stack

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Lin An opened to 6,500 in middle position, with Christopher Caruso calling in the cutoff and Ian Crampton defending his big blind.

Crampton checked the 4KK flop, with An checking behind. Caruso fired a bet of 14,000, resulting in a fold by Crampton and a call from An.

Both players then checked the Q turn and the dealer revealed the J river. An checked to Caruso, who did not take long to check behind.

An tabled K10 for trip kings, good enough to take down the pot as Caruso mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Lin An
442,000
Profile photo of Ian Crampton us
Ian Crampton
312,000
Profile photo of Christopher Caruso us
Christopher Caruso
29,500
10,500
10,500

Tags: Christopher CarusoIan CramptonLin An

Vaalburg Shows Aces

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Andrew Defrancesco opened to 10,000 from early position before Kesuo Fan moved his short stack of 32,500 into the middle. Brent Vaalburg made the call, with Defrancesco taking some time before also sliding in the call.

Defrancesco checked the 63Q flop, folding after Vaalburg fired a bet of 20,000. That left Fan at risk heads up as the cards were revealed.

Kesuo Fan: AK All in
Brent Vaalburg: AA

Fan bowed his head after seeing Vaalburg's pocket aces, with the 4 turn and 6 sealing his fate.

Player Chips Progress
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Brent Vaalburg
235,000
235,000
235,000
Profile photo of Andrew Defrancesco us
Andrew Defrancesco
98,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Kesuo Fan us
Kesuo Fan
Busted

Tags: Andrew DefrancescoBrent VaalburgKesuo Fan

Kings for Cerbone

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

James Saxton opened to 6,500 in middle position before Patrick Boustead moved all in on his immediate left. Matthew Cerbone shoved his larger stack from the cutoff and Saxton got out of the way.

Patrick Boustead: 88 All in
Matthew Cerbone: KK

Boustead could not connect on the J45A5 runout, hitting the rail early in Level 13 while Cerbone chipped up.

Player Chips Progress
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Matthew Cerbone
208,000
145,000
145,000
Profile photo of James Saxton us
James Saxton
65,000
65,000
65,000
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Patrick Boustead
Busted

Tags: James SaxtonMatthew CerbonePatrick Boustead

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000