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

06-01-2025 12:58 UTC-8

Double Up for Harmon

Nick Vazquez

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Eran Aydin raised to 800 from the hijack, and Lirui Zhang called on the button. In the big blind, Wayne Harmon squeezed to 3,900.
Aydin got out of the way, but Zhang went all in. Harmon was the effective stack with just 14,000 remaining and called.

Wayne Harmon: K♠K♥ All in
Lirui Zhang: J♠J♥

The board ran out K♦10♥9♦8♥3♠ and Harmon got the double up with a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eran Aydin	43,000 43,000	43,000
Lirui Zhang	30,000 30,000	30,000
Wayne Harmon	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Eran Aydin Lirui Zhang Wayne Harmon

06-01-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Joyce Runs into it

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Jacob Wilson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Toby Joyce raised to 800 from early position, and was three-bet by Michael Shi in the cutoff, who chose a sizing of 3,000, and Joyce made the call.

Both players checked the 5♠7♠3♦ flop, then Joyce decided to lead for 2400 when the 6♠ peeled off on the turn. Shi made the call.

Joyce led for a second time on the river K♣, and Shi snap called. Joyce reluctantly showed Q♦J♦ for a queen-high bluff, as Shi tabled A♠A♦ and scooped in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Shi	75,000 75,000	75,000
Toby Joyce	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Michael Shi Toby Joyce

06-01-2025 12:59 UTC-8

The Mouth Is Back (and Feeling Good!)

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

https://twitter.com/themouthmatusow/status/1929281072921010216

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	60,000 60,000	60,000

06-01-2025 13:01 UTC-8

Break Time

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players have been sent on their first 15-minute break with the clocks showing 252 entrants so far.

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

06-01-2025 13:28 UTC-8

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Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

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06-01-2025 13:36 UTC-8

McKellar Puts Madsen to the Test

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In a heads-up pot on a board of 2♣J♦7♥, Pierce McKellar checked from the big blind and Jeff Madsen bet 5,700. McKellar called.

McKellar checked again on the Q♣ turn and Madsen checked back. McKellar then bet 40,000 on the 8♥ river and the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year mulled it over before folding to hold onto his remaining stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierce McKellar	70,000 70,000	70,000
Jeff Madsen	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jeff Madsen Pierce McKellar

06-01-2025 13:47 UTC-8

Destefano Wins with Ace High

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Nick Vazquez

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Joe Cada raised on the button to 1,500. Joshua Thomas called from the small blind and Dylan Destefano came along from the big blind.

The three saw a flop of Q♣7♠5♦ and the action checked to Cada, who bet 1,700. Thomas folded, but Destefano called.

The K♥ fell on the turn and Destefano checked again. Cada kept betting, this time for 4,000. Destefano called once again.

On the Q♠ river, both players checked. Destefano showed A♦J♣ and Cada mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Thomas	169,000 169,000	169,000
Dylan Destefano	63,500 63,500	63,500
Joe Cada	62,100 62,100	62,100

Tags: Dylan Destefano Joe Cada Joshua Thomas

06-01-2025 13:50 UTC-8

Kornuth Gets Flushed out of the Mystery Bounty

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three players arrived at the river, as the board read 4♣9♣J♣7♠2♥. First to act Chance Kornuth checked, and Taylor Black bet out for 12,000 into a pot of 15,000. Richard Scardina asked for a count before letting go of his cards, and after over a minute of thinking, Kornuth stacked up his chips and pushed them forward, announcing “all in” for 38,000.

Black practically beat him into the pot, as he chucked in a singular chip and almost guiltily flipped over A♣7♣, showing he flopped the stone cold nuts, and kept them to the river.

Kornuth, forced to show his cards, revealed that he too had flopped a flush, however his 6♣5♣ was no match.

One player at the table remarked that Black must have “sat up in his chair” when he saw the flop, and another said “and he almost fell out of it when he saw him shove!]

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	113,000 113,000	113,000
Chance Kornuth	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Taylor Black

06-01-2025 13:53 UTC-8

Bluff Magic Woman: Pisarenko Shows Santana Shown an Eight

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In a heads-up pot, Fares Santana had bet 22,000 from the cutoff with the board reading 9♥2♦7♠ and Maksim Pisarenko raised all in from early position with a stack of 59,700.

Santana went deep into the tank, counting out the amount needed to call and looking at the board. Table mate Yuri Dzivielevski called the clock and Santana folded, leading Pisarenko to table the 8♦ as he raked in the pot and said "pocket eights."

"I don't think you had pocket eights," said Santana.

"Pocket nines," Pisarenko said with a grin.