Event #10: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-02-2025 15:06 UTC-8

Briotti Doubles Through Xu with Pocket Queens

Sava Krink

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Tommaso Briotti moved all in for his last 575,000 from middle position, and the action folded around to Benson Xu in the big blind. Xu made the call, and the two went to a showdown.

Tommaso Briotti: Q♥Q♦ All in
Benson Xu: J♠5♦

Xu was in rough shape and needed a lot of help from the board to crack Briotti’s queens, but the runout of 9♠K♦10♥6♠9♥ brought no assistance. Briotti secured the double-up, staying alive in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benson Xu	3,700,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Tommaso Briotti	1,650,000 1,075,000	1,075,000

Tags: Benson Xu Tommaso Briotti

06-02-2025 15:06 UTC-8

Muniz Joins the Big Stacks

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Moments after lamenting his fate as the short stack sandwiched between two towering chip mountains, Daniel Muniz decided enough was enough. He shoved all in for 2,625,000 from early position—only to be met by a call from Tommaso Briotti in the cutoff, whose stack was just as intimidating as his timing.

Daniel Muniz: A♦7♦ All in
Tommaso Briotti: 9♥9♠

Muniz prayed for diamonds when the board ran out with 3♠10♦2♦K♠K♦, his wish came true and he doubled up his stack which let Briotti crippled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Muniz	5,850,000 3,770,000	3,770,000
Tommaso Briotti	575,000 1,175,000	1,175,000

06-02-2025 15:05 UTC-8

Wien Left Short By Ector's Nines

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The hand was ongoing with Benjamin Ector, at risk and all-in against Jeremy Wien.

Benjamin Ector: 9♥9♣ All in
Jeremy Wien: A♥J♥

Ector was ahead with his pocket pairs but Wien had over cards that could still hit the board and change the tides. But the board ran 3♣8♦Q♣5♠4♠ with neither an ace nor a jack in sight. Ector doubled up leaving Wien extremely short without even a big blind behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Ector	3,500,000 876,000	876,000

Jeremy Wien	150,000 2,089,000	2,089,000

Tags: Benjamin Ector Jeremy Wien

06-02-2025 15:01 UTC-8

Melendrescruz Doubles Through Apperson

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John Avelino

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The action was picked up as Raul Melendrescruz moved all in from under the gun and Dustin Apperson called from early position.

Raul Melendrescruz: A♣Kx All in
Dustin Apperson: A♦Q♠

On a flop of 8♦3♣4♣, Apperson was looking for a queen to eliminate Melendrescruz.

As the 9♥ peeled off on the turn, it looked safe for Melendrescruz to double up.

A 3♠ hit the river and Melendrescruz raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Apperson	4,350,000 4,730,000	4,730,000
Raul Melendres Cruz	900,000 475,000	475,000

Tags: Raul Melendrescruz Dustin Apperson

06-02-2025 14:57 UTC-8

Kartveli Can't Get There

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Stewart Morrison

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Bryden Baxter moved all-in from early position, and action folded around to Alexander Kartveli. Kartveli had a short stack of under ten big blinds and decided his hand was good enough to move all-in, too.

Alexander Kartveli: K♥7♥ All in
Bryden Baxter: K♠Q♦

Kartveli behind and dominated couldn't find any help on the 10♠A♠4♠6♣A♥ runout, and a very fine run comes to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryden Baxter	2,000,000 50,000	50,000
Alexander Kartveli	Busted

Tags: Alexander Kartveli Bryden Baxter

06-02-2025 14:54 UTC-8

Melendrescruz Doubles Through Apperson

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John Avelino

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The action was picked up as Raul Melendrescruz moved all in from under the gun and Dustin Apperson called from early position.

Raul Melendrescruz: A♣Kx All in
Dustin Apperson: A♦Q♠

On a flop of 8♦3♣4♣, Apperson was looking for a queen to eliminate Melendrescruz.

As the 9♥ peeled off on the turn, it looked safe for Melendrescruz to double up.

A 3♠ hit the river and Melendrescruz raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Apperson	4,350,000 4,730,000	4,730,000
Raul Melendres Cruz	900,000 475,000	475,000

Tags: Dustin Apperson Raul Melendrescruz

06-02-2025 14:49 UTC-8

Rabinowitz River Bet Wins the Pot

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Alex Paredes raised to 400,000 in early position and got called by Darren Rabinowitz in the big blind taking both players to the flop.

Rabinowitz checked the 6♠4♦10♥ flop. Paredes continued with another 300,000 which the big blind called.

Both players checked the A♣ turn but on the 8♥ river, Rabinowitz decided to lead with a strong 2,000,000 bet which Paredes could not call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Rabinowitz	6,300,000 2,940,000	2,940,000

Alex Paredes	5,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Tags: Alex Paredes Darren Rabinowitz

Level: 31

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

06-02-2025 14:33 UTC-8

The Players Have Returned from the Break (full)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The players are back!

Here is a complete list of all the remaining players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Apperson	9,080,000
Ashish Anilkumar	8,530,000 5,005,000	5,005,000
Daniel Vandyke	8,250,000 190,000	190,000
Jared Anderson	6,500,000
Benson Xu	6,000,000 5,114,000	5,114,000
Juan Lamprea	4,600,000
Brad Sailor	4,500,000 975,000	975,000
Timothe Labassa	4,325,000 425,000	425,000
Niall Duffy	4,125,000
Joshua Chaney	4,100,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Adam Croffut	4,000,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Matthew Culp	4,000,000
Clement Cristobal	3,750,000 1,970,000	1,970,000
Leonard Refford	3,380,000 480,000	480,000
Darren Rabinowitz	3,360,000

Gary Blackwood	3,300,000
David Gonia	2,930,000 780,000	780,000
Mukul Pahuja	2,888,000
Emmy Tran	2,757,000 943,000	943,000
Benjamin Ector	2,624,000 2,104,000	2,104,000

Joshua Zapalac	2,400,000
Edgar Antezana	2,343,000 197,000	197,000
Sascha Wick	2,310,000 1,940,000	1,940,000
Jeremy Wien	2,239,000 111,000	111,000

James Newell	2,200,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

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06-02-2025 14:26 UTC-8

Is It Worth Playing Cash Games During the WSOP?

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The focus of players heading to the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is on tournament poker, and rightly so because that is what the WSOP is all about.

One hundred live bracelet-awarding events plus 30 online events adorn the bustling 2025 WSOP schedule. It is fair to say that tournaments dominate Las Vegas when the WSOP is in town.

But what about cash games? Everyone knows Las Vegas is the place to be if you are a cash game grinder. Is it worth playing cash games during the WSOP? The answer is a resounding yes.

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