Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-04-2025 19:51 UTC-8

WIlliams Wins a Small Pot

Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Benjamin Williams opened early position to 50,000 just after the dinner break. Viliyan Petleshkov called in the cutoff and Dustin Apperson in the small blind.

The flop showed: 3♠A♥Q♥ and Apperson checked. Williams bet 60,000, and Petleshkov called, to see the turn. Apperson decided to give up.

The turn showed 8♠, both gentlemen checked to see the river A♦. The action was over to Williams, who bet 250,000. Petleshkov gave it a thought and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Williams	2,815,000 300,000	300,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	950,000 904,000	904,000
Dustin Apperson	545,000 234,000	234,000

Tags: Benjamin WIlliams Dustin Apperson Viliyan Petleshkov

06-04-2025 19:39 UTC-8

Did Someone Order the Nut Flush?

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mathieu His opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 60,000, and Umesh Babusukumar called from early position. The rest of the table got out of the way, leaving the two to battle it out heads-up.

The flop came 2♦5♣3♠, and both players opted to check.

On the 8♣ turn, Babusukumar checked again, prompting His to fire a bet of 50,000. Babusukumar smoothly called.

The river had Babusukumar lead out for 125,000. His contemplated, then made the call and mucked immediately when Babusukumar flipped over the nut flush with A♣Q♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umesh Babusukumar	850,000 405,000	405,000
Mathieu His	625,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Mathieu His Umesh Babusukumar

06-04-2025 19:34 UTC-8

Quads for Sued

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Myles Phago

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Kharlin Sued raised from early position to 50,000 and was called by Zackary Brasfield from the small blind.

The flop came J♦3♠Q♣, Brasfield check called Sued's 70,000 continuation-bet and the players saw the Q♥ fall on the turn, to which they both checked.

The river brought the K♥, Brasfield checked, and Sued threw out a 200,000 bet. Brasfield thought for a while before making the call.

"Quads!" announced Sued as he flipped over Q♦Q♠ for a turned four of a kind and was pushed the pot as Brasfield tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kharlin Sued	1,500,000 680,000	680,000
Zackary Brasfield	240,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: Kharlin Sued Zackary Brasfield

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

06-04-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts on the Dinner Break

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Myles Phago

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Williams	2,515,000 2,134,000	2,134,000
Shuofei Geng	2,200,000 300,000	300,000
Scott Bohlman	2,000,000 1,285,000	1,285,000

Xiaohu Liu	1,990,000 10,000	10,000
Ricardo Martinez	1,635,000 295,000	295,000
Nicholas Verderamo	1,465,000 285,000	285,000
Samy Dubonnet	1,425,000 26,000	26,000
Samy Boujmala	1,405,000 205,000	205,000
Michael Nia	1,350,000 150,000	150,000
Tom Middleton	1,340,000 996,000	996,000

06-04-2025 18:19 UTC-8

Dinner Time

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Myles Phago

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.

06-04-2025 18:18 UTC-8

Lu's Kings Cracked in Sick Cooler

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Myles Phago

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action was joined with three players all in, and the board read J♥8♦7♣.

Yunye Lu: K♥K♦ All in
Xiaohu Liu: Q♠Q♥ All in
Michael Nia: A♠K♠

Yunye Lu was ahead with his pocket kings and was looking good for a treble up when the 8♣ fell on the turn, but when the river brought the Q♣, Liu had hit a set to send Lu to the rails in a sick cooler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaohu Liu	2,000,000 1,625,000	1,625,000
Michael Nia	1,200,000 900,000	900,000
Yunye Lu	Busted

Tags: Michael Nia Xiaohu Liu Yunye Lu

06-04-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Lonis is Hanging Around

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Joseph Berg

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jesse Lonis raised to 40,000 from early position and was called by Shuofei Geng in the big blind.

The dealer revealed a 4♠J♣K♣ flop, Geng checked, Lonis bet 40,000 and Geng called.

Action checked through on a 2♠ turn and an 8♥ river. Lonis tabled 10♠8♠, which was good enough for the winning hand

Player	Chips	Progress
Shuofei Geng	1,900,000 940,000	940,000
Jesse Lonis	405,000 305,000	305,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Shuofei Geng

06-04-2025 17:52 UTC-8

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

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Connor Richards

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 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.

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 Jerry Buss David Daneshgar

06-04-2025 17:43 UTC-8

Zhang Eliminated by Nia

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Michael Nia opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 90,000, and Sihao Zhang defended from the big blind.

The flop came A♥7♣J♥, and Zhang checked from out of position. Nia continued with a sizable bet of 205,000. After a brief tank, Zhang moved all in for his remaining 625,000. Nia quickly called and tabled a set, putting Zhang in serious trouble.

Sihao Zhang: A♦7♦ All in
Michael Nia: J♦J♠

The turn K♦ and the river 5♣ offered no lifeline to Zhang, whose two pair could not beat Nia's set of jacks.