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

06-01-2025 11:50 UTC-8

Early One for Lewis

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 11:52 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 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 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 12:10 UTC-8

Barbero Admits Defeat on the Turn

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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 12:14 UTC-8

Lee Gets Back Above Starting

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Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Following an under the gun raise to 600, Thomas Middleton made it 2,400 from the button and was called only by Christopher Lee in the big blind.

On a flop of 4♣8♥2♦ Lee checked to Middleton, who bet out for 4,500. Lee made the call.

The turn 10♣ prompted Middleton to size up, this time to 12,000, and Lee once again made the call.

He then checked for a third time when the river came 5♥, and Middleton elected against a triple-barrel, and checked back. Lee flipped over 6♥6♦ which was good enough to take in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Lee	61,000 4,000	4,000
Tom Middleton	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Christopher Lee Thomas Middleton

06-01-2025 12:29 UTC-8

Trevidy's River Bet Gets Fold from Kornuth

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Nick Vazquez

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Richard Scardina limped from under the gun, and Ewen Trevidy raised to 600 next to act. That was met with a three-bet from Chance Kornuth in middle position to 2,000. Scardina folded, but Trevidy called.

The flop came 10♥10♠6♥ and when action checked to him, Kornuth continued for 2,500. Trevidy made the call.

The K♥ fell on the turn, and Trevidy once again checked. This time, Kornuth bet 8,500. Trevidy stuck around again with a call.

The river came with the 7♥ and Trevidy didn't check this time. He decided to lead out for 17,000. Kornuth released his hand, and Trevidy won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ewen Trevidy	73,000 73,000	73,000
Chance Kornuth	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Ewen Trevidy Richard Scardina

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

06-01-2025 12:40 UTC-8

A Very Weis River Play

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Oliver Weis got to the river in early position in a heads-up pot against Asher Neaman in the big blind on a board reading 2♥J♦10♠J♠9♦.

Neaman bet out on the river and was met with a raise by Weis, who bumped it up to 6,500. Neaman gave it some thought and called, only to muck as Weis showed A♥A♠ for a pair of aces.