Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-05-2025 16:22 UTC-8

Samy Dubonnet Eliminated in 11th Place ($30,161)

Kai Cocklin

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Samy Dubonnet shoved from under the gun for 805,000 and Xiaohu Liu three-bet to 1,900,000 from the cutoff. When it got to Scott Bohlman in the small blind, he shoved for 2,910,000, and Liu put in the extra to leave two players at risk.

Samy Dubonnet: A♦9♦ All in
Scott Bohlman: J♣J♠ All in
Xiaohu Liu: 10♣10♦

Bohlman had the best of it preflop with his pocket jacks, but Dubonnet had an ace and was looking to find it for a triple-up. The 9♣2♣K♥ flop did give Dubonnet a few more outs as he paired his nine, but the jacks of Bohlman were still in front.

A 2♦ on the turn was a brick, as was the 4♦ river, which meant Dubonnet hit the rail and Bohlman more than doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	6,800,000 4,900,000	4,900,000

Xiaohu Liu	4,400,000 380,000	380,000
Samy Dubonnet	Busted

Tags: Samy Dubonnet Scott Bohlman Xiaohu Liu

06-05-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Players on a 15-minute Break

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

When they return, the final table will begin.

06-05-2025 16:41 UTC-8

Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Umesh Babusukumar	United States	1,590,000	11
2	Benjamin Williams	United States	4,890,000	33
3	Dusti Smith	United States	13,140,000	88
4	Henrik Juncker	Denmark	2,900,000	19
5	Allen Shen	Canada	740,000	5
6	Xiaohu Liu	China	4,400,000	29
7	Quan Zhou	China	10,110,000	67
8	Rafael Mota	Brazil	4,260,000	28
9	Samy Boujmala	France	2,100,000	14
10	Scott Bohlman	United States	6,800,000	45

*Big blinds calculated using a big blind of 150,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Dusti Smith	13,140,000 440,000	440,000

Quan Zhou	10,110,000 410,000	410,000
Scott Bohlman	6,800,000

Benjamin Williams	4,890,000 690,000	690,000
Xiaohu Liu	4,400,000
Rafael Mota	4,260,000 540,000	540,000
Henrik Juncker	2,900,000 800,000	800,000
Samy Boujmala	2,100,000 300,000	300,000
Umesh Babusukumar	1,590,000 1,210,000	1,210,000
Allen Shen	740,000 160,000	160,000

06-05-2025 16:43 UTC-8

Players are Moving to the Feature Table

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

All players are on the move to the feature table, with 10 remaining.

Level: 30

Blinds: 75,000/150,000

Ante: 150,000

06-05-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Liu Wins a Pot

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Different table with different dynamics. Dusti Smit raised from middle position to 375,000. Xiaohu Liu called and the dealer revealed the flop: J♥Q♥8♣.

Smith bet again for 380,000 and got called. Both saw the turn Q♠. Smith checked and Lui bet 900,000. Smith asked how much Liu had behind and decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dusti Smith	12,500,000 640,000	640,000

Xiaohu Liu	5,900,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Dusti Smith Xiaohu Liu

06-05-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Allen Shen Eliminated in 10th Place ($30,161)

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Dusti Smith opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 375,000. Allen Shen, in middle position, responded with a shove for 680,000—leaving just 50,000 behind.

Action folded back around to Smith, who mistakenly believed Shen was all in. She tossed in a single chip to call and prematurely tabled her hand. The rest of the table quickly intervened, urging her to cover her cards, as Shen was technically not all in yet.

Fortunately for Smith, Shen didn’t catch a glimpse of her exposed hand, and the action continued without further incident.

The flop came out as 9♦Q♠J♣ and Smith announced, "All in." Shen agreed, stating, "Okay, I have two outs".

Allen Shen: 5♦5♣ All in
Dusti Smith: A♣9♣

Shen would need to hit a five to survive, but instead Smith hit another nine 9♣ and a 3♠ on the river to win the pot with trip nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dusti Smith	12,780,000 280,000	280,000

Allen Shen	Busted

Tags: Allen Shen Dusti Smith

06-05-2025 17:17 UTC-8

Babusukumar On the Right Side of a Cooler

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Kai Cocklin

Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Xiaohu Liu opened from under the gun to 325,000 and when it got to Umesh Babusukumar in the small blind, he ripped in his stack of 1,875,000. Once the action was back on Liu, he called.

Umesh Babusukumar: K♦K♣ All in
Xiaohu Liu: A♠K♠

It was a bit of a cooler situation that, at least on paper, favored Babusukumar. The flop of 7♦Q♥3♣ kept his Cowboys in the lead and the 2♣ turn put him one card away from a double-up. Babusukumar did get his double-up when the 10♦ hit the river, and Liu had to cough up the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umesh Babusukumar	4,150,000 2,560,000	2,560,000
Xiaohu Liu	3,550,000 2,350,000	2,350,000

Tags: Umesh Babusukumar Xiaohu Liu

06-05-2025 17:24 UTC-8

Bohlman Adds to His Stack

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Dusti Smith opens in middle position to 375,000, only Scott Bohlman called in the big blind. The flop showed: K♦8♦3♥ and Bohlman check-called 380,000 to the turn 10♥ and another 880,000 to see the river 6♦.

Both players checked for the showdown, but as soon as Bohlman flipped K♥2♥ for a pair of kings, Smith mucked her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dusti Smith	11,000,000 1,780,000	1,780,000

Scott Bohlman	7,500,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Dusti Smith Scott Bohlman

06-05-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Juncker Pays Off Babusukumar

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Kai Cocklin

Level 30 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Henrik Juncker made it 300,00 to go from early position and Umesh Babusukumar defended his big blind.

On the 10♠5♦A♦ flop, Babusukumar check-called a bet of 200,000 from Juncker to the 5♥ turn, where both checked.

An 8♠ hit the river and Babusukumar gathered chips and threw 700,000 into the pot. Juncker was thinking for a while and eventually dropped in the call.

Babusukumar then revealed A♣3♥ for a pair of aces, and Juncker quickly mucked.