In a heads-up pot on a board of A♣3♥5♠10♦9♦, a player bet 10,000 and Qiang Xu raised all in for around 25,000.
The opponent went deep in the tank before calling. Xu showed A♥10♣ for two pair as the opponent was forced to show A♠J♥ before getting moved to a new table .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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Is Thomas Zanot the luckiest gambler ever? The poker player from Arizona pulled the second $1 million mystery bounty at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Sunday, and it isn't even close to his biggest jackpot.
Day 2 of Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions, a tournament that reached 19,654 entrants, has been quite a thriller, and it hasn't even come close to reaching the final table. That is because the mystery bounty element is in play, and two individuals have already become millionaires.
Action picked with Gang Zhao all in, as the board read 10♥7♣5♣A♣ and he was quickly called by Aaron Mermelstein, which put him at risk.
Gang Zhao: J♣9♣ 
Aaron Mermelstein: 5♥7♦
Drawing very slim, Mermelstein was not able to boat up through the Q♠ river, and Zhao found himself with double the chips he had before the hand, while Mermelstein’s stack dwindled down towards starting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
David Wesson opened to 1,200 in middle position and Michael Berk called on the button.
The two players went heads up to a flop of 8♦ 4♦ 3♠. Wesson continued for 1,500 and Berk called. On the 2♥ turn, Wesson continued to bet, firing 2,500 in the pot. This time Berk decided to raise to 8,500. Wesson put in the extra 6,000 chips to make the call.
On the 6♠ river, Wesson checked it over to Berk. Berk bet 17,200. Wesson thought for a moment, before calling. Berk shook his head and Wesson turned over his K♦K♣ to win the pot
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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73,200
73,200
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73,200 |
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59,800
59,800
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59,800 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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85,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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113,000
113,000
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113,000 |
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Busted | |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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169,000
169,000
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169,000 |
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63,500
63,500
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63,500 |
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62,100
62,100
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62,100 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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