Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-08-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Thompson Rivers Straight to Stick Around

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Nick Vazquez

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Steven Thompson moved all in from early position, and was called by Said Elharrak in the small blind.

Steven Thompson: 6♥6♣ All in
Said Elharrak: Q♥Q♦

Thompson was nearly out the door, but the 9♥8♦5♠10♦7♠ board gave him a straight, and kept him in the tournament.

"Now you can't watch the NBA Finals", a tablemate said.

"I don't care about the Finals now", Thompson said back with an excited tone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Thompson	1,100,000 180,000	180,000
Said Elharrak	700,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Said Elharrak Steven Thomson

06-08-2025 16:14 UTC-8

Hinnegan in a Three-way All In

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Daniel Wolfe open-shoved all in under the gun for 445,000. Joseph McGowan called from the hijack, and Brady Hinnegan from the small blind. Last two players covered Wolfe, but both players checked down to the river.

Daniel Wolfe: 9♥9♦ All in
Joseph McGowan: 7♠7♥
Brady Hinnegan: Q♣Q♥

The dealer revealed the board: J♦2♣4♦5♠8♥

The pair of queens of Hinngean ensured that all the chips in the middle moved his way. And sent Wolfe home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brady Hinnegan	2,050,000 1,637,000	1,637,000
Joseph Mcgowan	500,000 250,000	250,000
Daniel Wolfe	Busted

Tags: Brady Hinnegan Daniel Wolfe Joseph McGowan

06-08-2025 16:19 UTC-8

Stoebe Adds to Stack

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Jerome Solomon

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Vongduane Sengseevong pushed all of her chips into the pot on a flop of 3♠4♣5♣ knowing that she needed some help to save her 775,000 if there was a call. Derrick Stoebe did just that.

Vongduane Sengseevong: A♠7♠ All in
Derrick Stoebe: 5♠4♥

Sengseevong didn't get it as Stoebe made a full house on the turn as the board finished with 5♥J♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derrick Stoebe	2,280,000 2,012,000	2,012,000
Vongduane Sengseevong	Busted

Tags: Derrick Stoebe Vongduane Sengseevong

06-08-2025 16:24 UTC-8

Mistica Leaves Madsen short

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Nick Vazquez

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Joshua Feiger opened for a raise to 120,000. He then faced two all ins, one from Jeff Madsen on the button and one from Byron Mistica in the big blind. Feiger got out of the way, and Mistica was the player at risk of elimination.

Byron Mistica: K♦K♥ All in
Jeff Madsen: K♠J♠

The board came out 7♦5♣2♦4♥4♣ and the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year was left with a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Feiger	1,100,000 109,000	109,000
Byron Mistica	850,000 265,000	265,000
Jeff Madsen	325,000 925,000	925,000

Tags: Byron Mistica Jeff Madsen Joshua Feiger

06-08-2025 16:29 UTC-8

More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Marin	Busted
Armen Nazaryan	Busted
Sean Tran	Busted
Daren Courtney	Busted
Yong Choe	Busted
Dale Harris	Busted
Mitchell Wright	Busted
Andre Allen	Busted
Shiny Galion	Busted
Matthew Blagg	Busted
John Thrasher	Busted
Humberto Valdez	Busted
Tuan Le	Busted
Jose Montes	Busted
Jennie Khursigara	Busted
John Depersio	Busted
Sevak Gevorkyan	Busted
Ekrem Bozkurt	Busted
Jose Rodriguez	Busted
Nicole Todtmann	Busted
Phovieng Keokham	Busted

Nicolas Enjamio	Busted
Michael Fiedler	Busted
Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu	Busted

Peter Hengsakul	Busted

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06-08-2025 16:31 UTC-8

Srinivasan Takes a Tumble

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Laura Fryer

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Amirpasha Emami was all in and at risk from the cutoff against Suresh Srinivasan in the small blind who just had him covered.

Amirpasha Emami: A♥9♣ All in
Suresh Srinivasan: 8♦8♥

Srinivasan wanted to stay ahead but an Ace came on the Q♦A♦K♣ flop, putting Emami ahead.

Emami held on the 2♥, 2♦ runout, leaving Srinivasan with around 100,000 chips behind.

A few hands later, Srinivasan was in the cutoff and moved all in.

Vitor De Souza Coutinho made the call from the small blind, and the players flipped their hands.

Suresh Srinivasan: J♦8♦ All in
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: A♠4♥

Srinivasan needed to improve but missed on the 7♣3♠6♣ flop.

When the dealer turned the A♦, Srinivasan stood from the table, understanding his fate.

The river came the Q♦ and he was eliminated from the tournament with around 500 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitor De Souza Coutinho	2,375,000 2,041,000	2,041,000
Amirpasha Emami	725,000 261,000	261,000
Suresh Srinivasan	Busted

Tags: Amirpasha Emami Srinivasan Takes Suresh Srinivasan

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

06-08-2025 16:41 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: Sam Greenwood Talks Battling Gambledore & High-Stakes Online Poker Cheating

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 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 28th episode, Connor talks with Canadian high-stakes pro Sam Greenwood about getting into poker with his two brothers Lucas Greenwood and Max Greenwood, running up a bankroll in high school, traveling the world playing high-stakes tournaments, climbing Canada's all-time money list and battling with Vladimir "Gambledore" Korzinin at Triton.

Greenwood also talked about the state of online poker, how to deal with cheaters, being a dad and his new "Punt of the Day" blog where he breaks down key hands from high-stakes tournaments.

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 Sam Greenwood by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Lucas Greenwood Max Greenwood Sam Greenwood Connor Richards

06-08-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Ryan	Busted
Aleksandr Terletskiy	Busted
Abraham Pfeffer	Busted
Kristen Deardorff	Busted
Ming Li	Busted
Caglar Bayindir	Busted
Romain Morvan	Busted
Dustin Wills	Busted
Jaime Guerrero	Busted
Zahor Maymon	Busted
Anton Johnson	Busted
Rafael Camno	Busted

Nathan Thrush	Busted
Jad Awada	Busted
Frank Ewald	Busted
Mukund Aria	Busted
Stephen Austin	Busted
David Hausmann	Busted
Sung Kim	Busted
Colin Beveridge	Busted
Roberto Salinas	Busted
Yuchen Jiang	Busted
Sebastian Medina	Busted
Taylor Howard	Busted
Rodrigo Garcia	Busted

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06-08-2025 17:04 UTC-8

Aces Versus Aces? Both Lose

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Jerome Solomon

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Wang Lee and Theo Jorgensen got all in preflop with Kade Douglas

Wang Lee: A♦A♥ All in
Theo Jorgensen: A♠A♣ All in
Kade Douglas: Q♦Q♣

With those holdings, there was little doubt all the chips were going into the pot. The resulting flop 7♠Q♠3♦ gave Douglas a set of queens, leaving Lee drawing dead and Jorgensen needing running spades to win the hand.

When the 10♣ turned it was over. The river 5♠ mattered not.