Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-01-2025 18:49 UTC-8

Ngo Fools Everybody

Kai Cocklin

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Linda Ngo just fooled everybody over at Table #206.

Jeffrey Hong opened from under the gun to 850,000 and Caleb King three-bet to 2,250,000 two seats over. Linda Ngo was in the small blind and after she took a peek at her cards, she shoved for 5,300,000.

Hong got out of the way, which left the action on King. Despite getting a good price and having a huge stack, King eventually folded after around 30 seconds of thinking.

Ngo then rolled over 2♣2♠ for a pair of deuces to rake in the pot.

"I needed that. He doesn't need it!" she joked, in reference to King and his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb King	15,500,000 7,290,000	7,290,000
Jeffrey Hong	13,000,000 7,800,000	7,800,000
Linda Ngo	8,500,000 7,625,000	7,625,000

Tags: Caleb King Jeffrey Hong Linda Ngo

06-01-2025 18:48 UTC-8

Floyd Doubles Through Gutierrez

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Joseph Berg

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Jose Fernand Garcia Gutierrez raised to 850,000 from the button. Gary Floyd then went all in for 4,500,000 and was at risk, Gutierrez made the call and was behind.

Gary Floyd: J♣9♠ All in
Jose Fernand Garcia Gutierrez: 7♣4♣

The dealer revealed a board of A♥2♠5♥J♦Q♦, giving Floyd a much-needed boost to his chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Fernando Garcia Gutierrez	14,500,000 14,500,000	14,500,000
Gary Floyd	10,000,000 8,810,000	8,810,000

Tags: Gary Floyd Jose Fernand Garcia Gutierrez

Level: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

06-01-2025 18:37 UTC-8

Zollo Celebrates Another Elimination

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Christopher Zollo raised to 675,000 in late position to be called by Long Nguyen in the big blind. Both player saw the 6♥4♦J♦ drop on the flop and after a check, Zollo pulled out a tower of chips amounting to around 3,800,000.

Nguyen, with only about 2,500,000 behind, called risking his tournament life.

Long Nguyen: Q♥J♥ All in
Christopher Zollo: A♦7♦

Nguyen was ahead with a flopped pair but Zollo had outs including a flush draw. Zollo took the lead when his flush was completed with the K♦ turn. The inconsequential 4♣ river was dealt sealing Nguyen's fate.

Zollo fist pumped the air before scooping the pot as Nguyen left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Zollo	9,800,000 1,650,000	1,650,000
Long Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Christopher Zollo Long Nguyen

06-01-2025 18:37 UTC-8

Hughes Loses Race

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Jerome Solomon

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

On the last hand of the level, Ryan Hughes bet his final 2.5 million chips and was called by John Bunch.

Ryan Hughes: A♥2♥ All in
John Bunch: K♦Q♦

Hughes was ahead in the hand after the flop 10♣J♠7♥, but Bunch's straight draw hit on the 9♦ turn. The hand was over before the dealer laid down the 6♦ on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bunch	18,550,000 8,550,000	8,550,000
Ryan Hughes	Busted

Tags: John Bunch Ryan Hughes

06-01-2025 18:37 UTC-8

Demarco Howard Building Clinically

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Robert Jones

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

After a raise from Liang Ruei Jiun sitting under the gun to 700,000, Demarco Howard bumped the price of admission to 2,100,000. After some deliberation, Jiun made the call.

The flop came out J♠9♠5♥ and the action checked through.

On a 4♣ turn, Jiun bet out 1,500,000 to be raised all-in by Howard. Jiun folded, and Howard is continuing to build closer to the 25,000,000 chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Demarco Howard	24,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Liang Ruei Jiun	6,000,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Tags: Liang Ruei Jiun Demarco Howard

06-01-2025 18:28 UTC-8

Post-Dinner Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Mzareulov	Busted

Long Nguyen	Busted
Stephen Burgin	Busted
Casey Yontz	Busted
Joonhee Yea	Busted
Colby Covington	Busted
Maxim Lykov	Busted

Sagi Amar	Busted
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	Busted

Norman Rodriguez	Busted
Vitor Dzivielevski	Busted

Nicholas Go	Busted
Patrick Mccormick	Busted
Ap Garza	Busted

Yayun Liu	Busted
Frank Clause	Busted
Liran Betito	Busted
Justin Ouimette	Busted
Juan Lopez	Busted

06-01-2025 18:28 UTC-8

Aalvik Eliminates Burgin

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Joseph Berg

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Stephen Burgin was all in and at risk from early position for 2,700,000. Davis Aalvik then went all in from middle position for roughly 5,000,000 and the rest of the table folded.

Stephen Burgin: 7♦7♥ All in
Davis Aalvik: A♣K♠

The dealer ran out a board of K♣10♦7♣Q♣4♣ sending Burgin to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davis Aalvik	8,100,000 4,900,000	4,900,000
Stephen Burgin	Busted

Tags: Davis Aalvik Stephen Burgin

06-01-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Go Gone After Blind Battle

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Jerome Solomon

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Nicholas Go pushed all five million of his chips into the pot preflop from the small blind and Thai Dinh was more than happy to make the call.

Nicholas Go: A♥J♠
Thai Dinh: A♦K♦

Go was gone on the flop Q♦3♦7♦, as Dinh hit the diamond flush. The runout of 5♥2♣ didn't change a thing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thai Dinh	13,850,000 12,905,000	12,905,000
Nicholas Go	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Go Thai Dinh

06-01-2025 18:23 UTC-8

Yaginuma's Jacks Hold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

The hand was ongoing with a pot of around 1,200,000 and a flop of 8♠4♠10♥ when Jesse Yaginuma fired 900,000 in late position to be called by Harlan Karnofsky bringing them to the turn.

The turn 7♣ dropped and Yaginuma shoved all-in for 3,150,000 after a check from Karnofsky. After a few seconds of thought, Karnofsky made the call for a heads-up showdown.

Jesse Yaginuma: J♥J♣ All in
Harlan Karnofsky: 9♥8♦

The board was completed with a 4♠ river which didn't improve Karnofsky's hand doubling Yaginuma up in the process.