Event #11: $10,000 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-01-2025 12:10 UTC-8

Barbero Admits Defeat on the Turn

Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Nacho Barbero called an under the gun raise to 600 from the hijack, before getting three-bet by Masafumi Fukata on the button. Both Barbero and the under the gun player made the call.

The flop of 4♦7♠8♦ checked through, and the K♠ on the turn brought in a delayed continuation-bet from Fukata, after he was checked to for a second time. Barbero got tricky and threw out a check-raise to 10,500. After a minute of thinking through his options Fukata then three-bet to 20,000, and Barbero promptly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masafumi Fukata	95,000 95,000	95,000
Nacho Barbero	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Nacho Barbero Masafumi Fukata

06-01-2025 12:08 UTC-8

WSOP $1 Million Mystery Bounty Pulled Within an Hour

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Jon Sofen

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

It took little time for a $1 million mystery bounty to be pulled on Sunday at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Tyler Montoya, 23, opened the lucky envelope on Day 2 of Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions, a no-limit hold'em tournament that attracted 19,654 entrants across five Day 1 starting flights.

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Tags: Tyler Montoya

06-01-2025 12:07 UTC-8

Lichentin Takes One from Lonis

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Nick Vazquez

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Table 73 is a fun one that includes Masato Yokosawa, Nick Schulmann and Jesse Lonis. In this hand Lonis opened from middle position to 800 and David Lichentin three-bet on the button to 2500. Lonis stuck around and the two saw a flop.

Both players checked the 6♥2♥2♦ flop. The turn brought the A♣ and Lonis checked. Lichentin bet 3000, and then faced a raise to 8,900 from Lonis. Lichentin threw in the extra 5900 to match the bet.

The river came the 9♥ and Lonis thought for a moment. He ultimately decided to check, and Lichentin checked back. Lonis mucked his hand and Lichentin dragged the pot without having to show his holding.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lichentin	71,000
Jesse Lonis	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: David Lichentin Jesse Lonis Masato Yokosawa Nick Schulmann

06-01-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: David Daneshgar Used Poker Winnings to Build a Multimillion-Dollar Business

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 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 27th episode, Connor talks with World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and venture capitalist David Daneshgar, who used poker winnings to launch a successful start-up that raised tens of millions. The Californian with $2.5 million in Hendon Mob earnings talks about his companies BloomNation and Whippy AI, teaching a college poker class, quitting his finance job to play poker, and getting Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss to write his letter of recommendation to business school.

Daneshgar also spoke about getting cheated in private LA games, AI in poker, and why entrepreneurs should play in poker games.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with David Daneshgar by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Connor Richards David Daneshgar

06-01-2025 11:50 UTC-8

Early One for Lewis

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Nick Vazquez

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Francis Anderson raised on the button to 800 and Romain Lewis made the call from the small blind.

The flop came the 7♣7♦2♣ and Lewis check-called a continuation bet of 1,000.

The action went check-check on the K♥ river and Lewis led out for 5,000. Anderson thought for a moment before folding, and Lewis took down an early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	67,000 67,000	67,000

Francis Anderson	62,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Francis Anderson Romain Lewis

06-01-2025 11:44 UTC-8

Straddle on at Table 66

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Zachary Grech got the table to agree to a round of unofficial straddles, meaning the under-the-gun player will blind-raise to 600 for an orbit.

Two hands into the straddle round, Christopher Lee called the 600 in the small blind and Grech bumped it up to 2,000 in the big blind. The straddler, Leonardo Rizzo, folded as Lee came along.

Lee checked on the flop of 9♦K♥7♥ and Grech continued for 2,200. Lee called. Both players then checked on the 10♠ turn.

Lee then led out with a bet of around 6,000 on the 8♥ river and Grech laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Lee	65,000
Leonardo Rizzo	59,000
Zachary Grech	55,000

Tags: Christopher Lee Leonardo Rizzo Zachary Grech

06-01-2025 11:44 UTC-8

Things Just Got Wild at the $10K Mystery Bounty

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

https://twitter.com/crichards1995/status/1929261161817530762

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

06-01-2025 11:21 UTC-8

Mackelprang Drags Nice Pot Early

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Nick Vazquez

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three players at Table 67 took a flop which fell J♠5♥9♥. Timothy McDermott checked from the small blind and Matthew Hunt bet 3,500 from the big blind. Dragana Mackelprang called from the cutoff, and McDermott folded.

On the 10♣, Hunt checked and Mackelprang bet 7,000. Hunt made the call.

The river came the 5♣ and Hunt checked again. This time Mackelprang fired out for 17,000. Hunt flicked in the call and Mackelprang showed him the bad news when she revealed the 6♠5♠ for a rivered trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragana Mackelprang	92,500 92,500	92,500
Timothy McDermott	37,500 37,500	37,500
Matthew Hunt	31,500 31,500	31,500

Tags: Dragana Mackelprang Matthew Hunt Timothy McDermott

06-01-2025 11:15 UTC-8

First hand, First Elimination!

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Jacob Wilson

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In the very first hand of the $10,000 Mystery Bounty Event, Tony Sinishtaj opened on the button to 600. Thomas Cazayous three-bet from the small blind to 2,100. The big blind got out of the way, allowing Sinishtaj to four-bet to 7,600. Cazayous came along for the call.

On a flop of 10♦4♦2♥ Cazayous checked his action, and Sinishtaj opted for a continuation-bet of 5,000, which was swiftly called.

The turn 2♠ paired the board. Yet again, Cazayous checked and Sinishtaj sized to 15,000, and Cazayous called.

The river 9♦ completed the flush draw, and for a final time, Cazayous checked. Within two minutes of having taken his seat, he was then faced with a decision for his tournament life as Sinishtaj shoved for his remaining 32,400. After around two minutes of tanking, Cazayous touched his chips and looked over to Sinishtaj for a reaction. He didn’t get one, yet called, and was shown the bad news, as Sinishtaj’s nut flush with A♦5♦ bested his Q♣Q♠.

Zachary Grech, who had folded 10♣2♣ from under the gun, sent his “apologies to Doyle Brunson”, whose legendary hand would’ve given him the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Sinishtaj	120,000 120,000	120,000
Zachary Grech	60,000 60,000	60,000

Thomas Cazayous	Busted

Tags: Doyle Brunson Thomas Cazayous Tony Sinishtaj Zachary Grech