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

06-08-2025 17:06 UTC-8

Hazan Has It

John Avelino

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

Brett Shaffer raised to 165,000 from middle position. Ryan Leng called. Mordechai Hazan raised all in for 290,000 on the button, Michael Banayan called and Shaffer folded. Ryan Leng re-shoved all in for 1,500,000 and Banayan folded. There were two players heading to the flop with one player at risk for his tournament life.

Mordechai Hazan: K♣Q♣ All in
Ryan Leng: 6♠6♦

Hazan flopped two pair on Q♠4♠K♦ taking a commanding lead before the turn.

As the 3♠ hit the felt, Leng picked up a flush draw on the turn looking for any spade that wasn't a king.

Conclusively, the river card 10♣ came and Hazan doubled up shortly before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Banayan	1,460,000 711,000	711,000
Ryan Leng	1,175,000 455,000	455,000

Brett Shaffer	825,000 129,000	129,000

Mordechai Hazan	640,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Brett Shaffer Michael Banayan Mordechai Hazan Ryan Leng

06-08-2025 17:11 UTC-8

Play Paused for Dinner

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Jerome Solomon

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

The players are on a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume with the start of Level 27 with blinds at 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000-chip big blind ante.

06-08-2025 17:26 UTC-8

Find Out Why Shaun Deeb Gives Away All of His WSOP Gold Bracelets

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Lyle Bateman

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

There’s no denying that Shaun Deeb is a future Poker Hall of Famer. Whether you know him from his online poker days, where he won more than a dozen COOP titles on PokerStars, or as the 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year, Deeb has amassed nearly $13 million in live tournament earnings dating back to 2006 according to The Hendon Mob.

Deeb, who in February 2024 accepted a buyout in his $1 million body fat loss prop bet against Bill Perkins, is also a six-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, but did you know that just like Phil Hellmuth, he’s made a habit of gifting them to those close to him?

PokerNews recently chatted with Deeb about why he gives away his bracelets, which ones he’d keep if he were to win them, and why giving away No. 6 to honor his good friend, the late Thayer Rasmussen, meant so much to him.

Read the Article Here

06-08-2025 17:48 UTC-8

Check Out the 2025 WSOP PokerGO Streaming Schedule

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Lyle Bateman

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

PokerGO revealed the streaming schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) that will include near-daily coverage of more than two dozen bracelet events.

Most notable will be the coverage of the $10,000 Main Event. PokerGO will broadcast each step of the action from July 2-16.

Day 1 coverage for flights 1a-1d will kick off at 7 p.m. local time, while coverage of Day 2 through Day 4 will begin at 3:30 p.m. Coverage will then begin at 1 p.m. from Day 5-8 before switching to 3 p.m. for two days of final table coverage.

Other highlights from the streaming schedule include:

$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em - June 16-17
$50,000 Poker Players Championship - June 26-28
$1,000 Ladies Championship - June 29
$10,000 PLO Championship - July 1

Find the Full Schedule Here

06-08-2025 18:09 UTC-8

Players Are Back

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John Avelino

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

The players are taking their seats after a 60-minute dinner break. The clock has been paused to allow the players to take their seats and color up all smaller denomination chips. A 500,000 salmon and blue chip has been introduced into play.

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

06-08-2025 18:17 UTC-8

Diamonds Send Galvan Home

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Jerome Solomon

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Hector Galvan and Vaughan Machado had the same hand ranking wise, which led to Galval going all in and getting the call from Machado.

Hector Galvan: A♠Q♥ All in
Vaughan Machado: A♥Q♦

The innocuous window card hid the disastrous four straight diamonds that made a board of 4♣A♦2♦J♦10♦. Machado took the hand with the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vaughan Machado	4,250,000 3,878,000	3,878,000
Hector Galvan	Busted

Tags: Hector Galvan Vaughan Machado

06-08-2025 18:35 UTC-8

Shin Ships It

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John Avelino

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The action folded to Mark Mattsen in late position who raised to 250,000. He was met with a decision when Ari Shin moved all his chips into the middle for 840,000. After a short while Mattsen threw in a pink 500k chip to make the call and the difference as the players sitting near each other tabled their cards. There were two players heading to a runout with one player at risk.

Ari Shin: 10♣10♠ All in
Mark Mattsen: A♠J♠

Shin survived on a clean runout of 6♦8♣K♥5♠7♥, Mattsen tapped the table in good sportsmanship to say good game as Shin stacked his newly acquired chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Shin	1,550,000 1,135,000	1,135,000
Mark Mattsen	845,000 598,000	598,000

Tags: Ari Shin Mark Mattsen

06-08-2025 18:36 UTC-8

Ravail Doubles Through Alati

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Laura Fryer

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Morgan Ravail and Richard Alati were already heads-up with chips in play. Alati jammed the small blind after Ravail had opened from the hi-jack and action was back on Ravail, who was covered by Alati.

Ravail tanked for over a minute before making the call.

Morgan Ravail: 10♣10♥ All in
Richard Alati: A♠10♠

Some table talk was shared with Alati saying 'I knew when you were tanking you had something'.

Ravail let out a sigh of relief after holding on the 5♥2♥6♣7♣K♣ runout, securing him a huge double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morgan Ravail	5,290,000 4,964,000	4,964,000
Richard Alati	1,075,000 477,000	477,000

Tags: Morgan Ravail Richard Alati

06-08-2025 18:39 UTC-8

Kakani's Flush Sinks Raymundo's Straight.

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Nick Vazquez

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Bhargav Kakani opened from early position, and the only caller was Alan Raymundo in the big blind.

The flop came 8♥7♦6♥ and the action went check-check. The 7♥ fell on the turn, and Raymundo jammed all in. Kakani instantly called and the cards were exposed.

Alan Raymundo: 10♣9♣ All in
Bhargav Kakani: A♥3♥

Raymundo had flopped the nuts, but was drawing dead on the turn to Kakani's flop. The inconsequential 5h fell on the river, and Raymundo was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bhargav Kakani	5,900,000 5,043,000	5,043,000
Alan Raymundo	Busted

Tags: Alan Raymundo Bhargav Kakani