Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-04-2025 18:43 UTC-8

What a Turn Card

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Barry Russell

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Shundan Xiao went all in for 2,275,000 from the cutoff, Christopher Staats called on the button.

Shundan Xiao: K♣9♣ All in
Christopher Staats: A♥10♠

Terrible start for Xiao on a flop of 6♥6♦10♥, but a great turn card in the K♠ for the lead and she held on the Q♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shundan Xiao	5,175,000 2,275,000	2,275,000
Christopher Staats	4,725,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Tags: Christopher Staats Shundan Xiao

06-04-2025 18:33 UTC-8

Jackson Wins Another

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Nick Becker

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

David Jackson raised to 500,000 under the gun with A♥6♦ and Eshaan Bhalla defended in the big blind with Q♣9♣.

The flop came 10♠3♥K♣ and Bhalla check-called a bet of 300,000 from Jackson.

The turn landed the 4♦ and Bhalla check-folded when Jackson continued with a bet of 1,500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Jackson	31,450,000 550,000	550,000

Eshaan Bhalla	8,500,000 2,375,000	2,375,000
Christopher Staats	8,125,000 1,075,000	1,075,000

Damarjai Davenport	7,800,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Shundan Xiao	2,900,000 625,000	625,000

Tags: David Jackson Eshaan Bhalla

06-04-2025 18:25 UTC-8

Xiao Doubles

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Barry Russell

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

David Jackson raised from the hijack to 500,000, Shundan Xiao announced "all in" for 1,450,000, Jackson called.

Shundan Xiao: K♦Q♠ All in
David Jackson: A♣2♦

Xiao took the equity lead on 10♠4♠3♠, and found the win when the 9♠ hit the turn and J♥ completed the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Jackson	32,000,000 2,425,000	2,425,000

Shundan Xiao	3,525,000 2,075,000	2,075,000

Tags: David Jackson Shundan Xiao

06-04-2025 18:20 UTC-8

Staats Finds the Double

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Nick Becker

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Action folded around to Shundan Xiao in the small blind who made it 3,400,000 to go to put Christopher Staats all in, who made the call in the big blind.

Christopher Staats: A♥10♦ All in
Shundan Xiao: A♦6♠

The flop came 7♦Q♠2♦, with Staats still out in the lead. The 10♣ landed on the turn, which sealed the double up for Staats and the meaningless 9♣ rolled off on the river

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Staats	7,050,000 1,260,000	1,260,000

Shundan Xiao	1,450,000 4,890,000	4,890,000

Tags: Christopher Staats Shundan Xiao

06-04-2025 18:13 UTC-8

Davenport Doubles

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Barry Russell

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

David Jackson raised to 500,000 from under the gun, Damarjai Davenport announced 'all in" for 3,150,000 from the small blind, Jackson asked for a count and called once confirmed.

Damarjai Davenport: A♠10♠ All in
David Jackson: K♦J♦

The board ran out 2♣3♥5♥5♠2♦, and Davenport doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Jackson	34,425,000 3,150,000	3,150,000

Damarjai Davenport	6,800,000 3,650,000	3,650,000

Tags: Damarjai Davenport David Jackson

06-04-2025 18:12 UTC-8

Jackson Extends His Lead

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Nick Becker

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

David Jackson raised to 500,00 in the cutoff with A♣Q♠ and Damarjai Davenport called in the big blind with 6♥6♦.

The flop came 9♣7♦2♣ and Davenport checked. Jackson bet 1,000,000 and Davenport called.

On the 3♥ turn, Davenport checked again and Jackson fired out a bet of 2,700,000. Davenport thought for a moment before making the call.

The river landed the Q♦ and Davenport checked for a third time. Jackson bet again, this time for 6,400,000 and Davenport snap called only to see that Jackson had gotten there on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Jackson	37,575,000 10,575,000	10,575,000

Damarjai Davenport	3,150,000 9,850,000	9,850,000

Tags: Damarjai Davenport David Jackson

06-04-2025 18:03 UTC-8

Jackson Takes the Chip Lead

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Barry Russell

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Damarjai Davenport who was on the button raised to 600,000 with 7♥6♣, Eshaan Bhalla called in the small blind with 8♥8♣, and David Jackson called with Q♥5♥.

Davenport bet 725,000 when the flop came 9♥4♥5♠, Bhalla and Jackson both called. Action checked to Davenport when the 5♦ hit the turn and he continued his aggression with a bet of 2,675,000, Bhalla folded and Jackson called again.

The 6♥ on the river saw Davenport ask for the rest of Jackson's 8,600,000 stack and got snapped. Jackson now takes the chip lead on this final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Jackson	27,000,000 14,050,000	14,050,000

Damarjai Davenport	13,000,000 11,350,000	11,350,000

Eshaan Bhalla	10,875,000 395,000	395,000

Tags: Damarjai Davenport David Jackson Eshaan Bhalla

06-04-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Davenport and Jackson Chop It

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Nick Becker

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Damarjai Davenport rasied to 600,000 on the button with 8♥5♥ and David Jackson called in the big blind with Q♣7♣.

The flop came 10♦J♦Q♦ and action checked to the 6♦ turn. Jackson check-called a bet of 350,000.

The river brought the 8♦ which was the fifth diamond on the board and Jackson checked again. Davenport bet 825,000 in an attempt to get Jackson off of a chop but Jackson made the call after taking some time to think through his decision.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damarjai Davenport	24,350,000 170,000	170,000

David Jackson	12,950,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Damarjai Davenport David Jackson

06-04-2025 17:51 UTC-8

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

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Connor Richards

Level 32 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 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.

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Tags: Connor Richards David Daneshgar Jerry Buss

Level: 32

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000