Shundan Xiao raised to 160,000 under the gun, Christopher Staats flatted on the button, and Dan Larsen made it 650,000 to go from the small blind. Xiao called and Staats got out of the way.
The flop came 2♣A♣7♥ and Larsen continued with a bet of 250,000. Xiao pumped it up to 750,000 and Larsen made the call.
On the 9♦ turn, Larsen check-called a bet of 1,500,000 from Xiao, bringing the 5♦ river. Larsen checked again and Xiao moved all in for 2,270,000 to put herself at risk.
Larsen went deep into the tank, shaking his head, clearly faced with a tough decision. After counting out his remaining stack, he eventually flicked in the call only to see the bad news when Xiao tabled 7♠7♣ for a set of sevens.
Larsen mucked his cards but the other players at the tabled requested that the hand be shown and the dealer turned over A♦Jx.
On the last hand of the night before bagging, Thomas Boivin raised to 175,000 from under the gun and was three-bet by Damarjai Davenport on the button to 715,000. Boivin then four-bet shoved for just over 2,000,000 to put himself at risk and Davenport snap called.
Thomas Boivin: J♠J♦
Damarjai Davenport: A♥K♥
The flop came 7♥Q♣5♦ with Boivin's pair of jacks still in the lead. The turn landed the 6♠ and he was in great shape to double up right before night's end.
That was until the river brought the A♠, and Boivin was sent to the rail in 12th place.
The remaining 11 players have bagged up for the night and will return Wednesday, June 4 at 1:00 p.m. local time where the tournament will play down to a winner.
Day 2 of Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed at the 2025 World Series of Poker, held at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, has concluded. The day’s field of 174 (out of the 2,354 who entered) was whittled down to 11 players looking to claim the $414,950 first prize from a total purse of $3,124,935.
Through ten levels of play on Day 2, Damarjai Davenport made the most impressive moves, grappling his way to the top of the leaderboard with 11,000,000 chips after starting the morning with just 325,000 in front of him.
Davenport is seeking his first WSOP bracelet. The big man – he stands 6-foot-4-inches and tips the scale at 300-plus pounds – does have a second-place finish on his ledger, having picked up more than $678,000 at the 2024 WSOP in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty.
Xiao in the Mix
Shundan Xiao
Shundan Xiao, who is second in chips with 9,330,000, is also seeking her first bracelet. Xiao, who has been playing in tournaments for only two years but has already racked up more than $365,000 in earnings, made a nice run in last year’s WSOP Main Event, finishing in 28th place.
The only player from the Day 1 top-ten still in the tournament, Xiao dodged a host of outs to survive an all-in earlier in the day, then closed out with a huge kings-over-aces win to stay in the hunt.
Three-time bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel, as loquacious as ever, went out to a few jeers and shouts of “Seat Open!” from fellow players.
Day 3 will be Wednesday, June 4, with cards in the air at 1 p.m. The final day will feature 60-minute levels and a break after every two levels, until a victor is determined.
Stay tuned to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker, for live updates from this and all bracelet events at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
