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

06-04-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Ice Cold Deck on Table 608

Joseph Berg

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Coolers are an inevitable part of tournament poker, and it's crucial to be on the right side of them if you plan on navigating through a large field. Scott Margereson learned this the hard way. He raised from middle position to 25,000, only to be met with a three-bet from Pete Chen on the button to 60,000. Margereson then went all-in for 141,000 and was snap-called by Chen.

Scott Margereson: Q♠Q♣ All in
Pete Chen: K♦K♣

The drama was over as the dealer spread a K♥4♣3♥ flop, the turn J♥ and river 7♦ were of little consequence. Margereson has been eliminated from Event #17 after an impressive run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Chen	510,000 269,000	269,000
Scott Margereson	Busted

Tags: Scott Margereson Pete Chen

06-04-2025 15:29 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	760,000 583,000	583,000
Zhen Chen	601,000 101,000	101,000
Nicholas Verderamo	540,000 324,000	324,000
Peter Brown	310,000 42,000	42,000
Mike Shi	175,000 62,000	62,000
Henrik Brockmann	149,000 30,000	30,000
Anthony Wheeler	115,000 134,000	134,000

06-04-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Fang Flops a Baby Straight With the Big Blind Special

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river with a board of 4♣5♥A♥K♠7♦ and about 120,000 in the pot. Chino Rheem was in the small blind and bet out 100,000, and Powen Fang moved all in for 176,000. Rheem made the call,

Powen Fang: 3♦2♥ All in
Chino Rheem: 7♠5♦

Rheem was sitting on two pair, but Fang held the straight for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Powen Fang	465,000 320,000	320,000
Chino Rheem	300,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Powen Fang

06-04-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Lacoste	Busted
Henrique Camara Ferreira	Busted
Manuel Estol	Busted
Michael Arellano	Busted
Hyon Kim	Busted
Tuan Phan	Busted
Ashish Anilkumar	Busted
Charles Stout	Busted
Barry Greenstein	Busted

Craig Varnell	Busted

Kyle Julius	Busted

Zdenek Zizka	Busted

Joseph Magnotti	Busted
Sean Hegarty	Busted
Dohyeok Kim	Busted
Alex Bergfors	Busted
Hugues Girard	Busted
Benjamin Morgan	Busted
Thomas Mcallister	Busted
Joseph Lee	Busted
James Donnelly	Busted
Aleksander Zaslavsky	Busted
Brandon Webb	Busted
Martin Pardo	Busted
Omar Zazay	Busted

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06-04-2025 15:10 UTC-8

A Few Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Leblond	660,000 315,000	315,000
Hongru Zhang	520,000 304,000	304,000
Stanley Lee	430,000 242,000	242,000
Virgile Turchi	301,000 154,000	154,000
Scott Bohlman	251,000 158,000	158,000

David Cabrera Polop	200,000 38,000	38,000
Trevor Teehan	115,000 69,000	69,000

06-04-2025 15:07 UTC-8

Bello Survives his Big Blind

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Elvyn Bello was clinging to a very short stack in the big blind when Jakob Miegel raised to 20,000. After taking a moment to assess the situation, Bello opted to defend and made the call.

The flop came 7♥9♣10♣, and Bello checked. Miegel quickly fired a continuation bet of 15,000, and with just 9,000 chips behind, Bello committed the rest.

Elvyn Bello: K♠10♦ All in
Jakob Miegel: J♥10♥

The A♥ turn and A♦ river improved both players to two pair, but Bello’s king kicker played, securing him a much-needed double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakob Miegel	410,000 88,000	88,000
Elvyn Bello	78,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Elvyn Bello Jakob Miegel

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-04-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Martinez Eliminates Stout

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Joseph Berg

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Charles Stout went all-in from late position for 109,000, putting himself at risk. He was up against Ricardo Martinez, who was in early position.

Charles Stout: J♦9♣ All in
Ricardo Martinez: 8♣8♥

The dealer ran out a board of A♣10♣5♥6♣3♠ sending Stout to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ricardo Martinez	1,050,000 649,000	649,000
Charles Stout	Busted

Tags: Charles Stout Ricardo Martinez

06-04-2025 15:00 UTC-8

Ufano Collects Chips from Hafner

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jorge Ufano and Lukas Hafner found each other in a heads-up on a completed board: 6♥8♣2♥2♣10♥

Hafner decided to bet 125,000 and got a raise to 420,000 from Ufano in the cutoff. Hafner went into the tank with 225,000 behind and finally decided to call Ufano.

Hafner immediately mucked his cards when Ufano showed his hand 8♦8♠, who won with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Ufano	720,000 537,000	537,000
Lukas Hafner	225,000 497,000	497,000

Tags: Jorge Ufano Lukas Hafner

06-04-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Pratts Stack on the Rise

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Joseph Berg

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Michael Phillips raised to 20,000 from the button before Dennis Pratt three-bet from the small blind to 65,000. Phillips made the call.

The dealer spread a J♣9♥8♣ flop. Pratt check called a 50,000 bet from Phillips. Action checked through on the K♥ turn. The river was the 2♠. Pratt led out for 150,000, after some deliberation, Phillips made the call. Pratt tabled K♠Q♠ and Phillips slid his cards toward the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Pratt	990,000 770,000	770,000
Michael Phillips	120,000 543,000	543,000