Level: 34
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$3,011,760
Entries
1,692
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
19
Players Left
2
Players Left 1 / 1692
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Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Benjamin Williams opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 600,000. It folded around to Scott Bohlman in the small blind, who responded with a three-bet to 1,650,000. Williams took his time, then came back over the top with a four-bet to 2,950,000. Bohlman didn’t hesitate, he moved all in, and Williams snap-called.
Benjamin Williams: K♦K♥
Scott Bohlman: A♦A♥
Williams shook his head as the cards were revealed, knowing he’d need a lot of help to survive. But the 8♥2♥7♦Q♠4♥ board offered no miracles, and his run came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,900,000
13,500,000
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13,500,000 |
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13,800,000
2,400,000
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2,400,000 |
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10,300,000
1,700,000
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1,700,000 |
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3,200,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Players will have a 15-minute break.
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
When Dusti Smith enters a pot, it’s hard to miss—her signature chip toss lands with a confident clank, a subtle signal that action is coming.
Smith raised to 675,000 from the button, and Scott Bohlman mulled it over before firing back with a three-bet to 1,800,000 from the small blind. After a brief tank, Smith moved all in. Before the dealer could even begin counting down the stack, Bohlman quickly released his hand.
After weathering some earlier setbacks, Smith is steadily rebuilding her stack—and doing it with style.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,400,000
2,750,000
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2,750,000 |
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8,600,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Dusti Smith called in the small blind, Quan Zhou checked. Both players saw the flop J♠9♥J♣.
Smith check-called the bet of 300,000 from Zhou to see the turn J♥. On the river 2♦, Smith check-called again a bet of 575,000 from Zhou. Both players checked to the showdown.
As soon as Smith revealed her cards 10♥10♠, Zhou mucked his cards. The full house of Smith clearly made her win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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8,500,000
1,100,000
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1,100,000 |
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4,500,000
1,250,000
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1,250,000 |
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Quan Zhou has been on a bit of a rollercoaster, playing back-to-back hands.
In the first, Umesh Babusukumar opened from the button to 600,000. It folded to Zhou in the big blind, who took his time, checking both his cards and his stack more than once before opting for a three-bet to 1,950,000. Babusukumar wasted no time and shoved all in, putting Zhou to the test for his tournament life. After some thought, Zhou decided to let it go.
On the very next hand, Benjamin Williams raised to 600,000 from the cutoff, and Zhou called after another careful look at his chips.
The flop came 3♦A♣7♠, and both players checked.
When the A♦ hit the turn, Zhou took the initiative and fired 950,000, which was enough to get a fold from Williams.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,200,000
4,765,000
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4,765,000 |
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8,520,000
1,280,000
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1,280,000 |
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5,750,000
4,750,000
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4,750,000 |
Level 33
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
In an unusual turn of events, Scott Bohlman accidentally limped on the button, intending to raise but not putting out enough chips, so it was ruled a limp. Umesh Babusukumar seized the opportunity with a raise to 1,100,000 from the small blind, only to face a massive three-bet from Benjamin Williams in the big blind, who committed 4,465,000—leaving just 250,000 behind.
Bohlman got out of the way, and Babusukumar made the call, but mistakenly believed Williams was already all in and tried to table his hand. The dealer quickly stopped him, reminding the players that the action was still live.
Before the flop was dealt, Babusukumar tossed in the remaining chips to officially put Williams all in, and Williams snap-called as the cards hit the felt.
Benjamin Williams: Q♦Q♥
Umesh Babusukumar: 10♥10♣
The board came out with J♠5♦J♣9♠7♠, and Williams' superior two pair earned him a bountiful pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,150,000
2,350,000
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2,350,000 |
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11,435,000
6,065,000
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6,065,000 |
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9,800,000
4,600,000
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4,600,000 |
Level: 33
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 32
: Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Quan Zhou opened in the cutoff to 525,000, Scott Bohlman raised to 1,300,000. Zhou hesitated but decided to reraise to 2,835,000. After some thinking, Bohlman moved all in. The action was to Zhou, who decided to fold and move away from this huge pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,500,000
9,200,000
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9,200,000 |
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10,500,000
3,000,000
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3,000,000 |
Level 32
: Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Umesh Babusukumar raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Xiaohu Liu made it 2,000,000 from the big blind. Babusukumar quickly shoved, and Liu called off his stack of around 7,500,000.
Xiaohu Liu: A♣K♣
Umesh Babusukumar: 9♠9♥
Babusukumar had the best of it and kept his lead after the dealer put out a flop of 8♥3♥8♠. A 7♠ put Liu one step closer to the rail, and the 10♠ river meant he was out in sixth, while Babusukumar jumped into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,500,000
7,700,000
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7,700,000 |
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Busted |
