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

06-08-2025 19:25 UTC-8

Fiorito Sends Sandberg to the Rail

Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop J♣Q♥6♦. Ted Fiorito moved all in from the cutoff, which covered William Sandberg. He was in the big blind in the tank, but eventually decided to call.

William Sandberg: 8♥J♦ All in
Ted Fiorito: K♦Q♥

The dealers revealed the turn Q♠ and the river J♥. Florita collected all the chips in the middle of the table, and sent Sandberg to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Fiorito	5,500,000 5,227,000	5,227,000
William Sandberg	Busted

Tags: Ted Fiorito William Sandberg

06-08-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Tornai Takes It Down; Powell Eliminated

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

John Avelino

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action folded to the big blinds, with a small blind of 60,000 Kevin Powell moved all in for 465,000 and was called by Mark Tornai in the big blind. Powell was at risk of his tournament life as we headed to a runout.

Kevin Powell: Q♦8♣ All in
Mark Tornai: 8♥9♥

Fortunately for Tornai, he paired his nine on a board of A♦9♦K♥A♥J♠.

"Nice playing with you guys, good luck," Powell said as he made his way to the payout cage to collect his cash late into Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Tornai	7,900,000 2,930,000	2,930,000
Kevin Powell	Busted

Tags: Kevin Powell Mark Tornai

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

06-08-2025 19:47 UTC-8

Erquiaga Runs into Radcliffe's Queens

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Nick Vazquez

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

David Erquiaga went all in for his last 785,000 on the button. Matthew Radcliffe threw in one chip to signal a call from the small blind.

David Erquiaga: Q♣3♥ All in
Matthew Radcliffe: Q♠Q♥

Erquiaga was way behind going to the flop, and the 8♥3♣2♠7♠6♦ runout provided no help to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Radcliffe	4,350,000 4,107,000	4,107,000
David Erquiaga	Busted

Tags: Matthew Radcliffe David Erquiaga

06-08-2025 19:50 UTC-8

Fajardo Fades Elimination

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

John Avelino

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Andres Vasquez Fajardo moved all in before the flop for 440,000 from the small blind and was called by Julio Torres in the big blind.

Andres Vasquez Fajardo: A♦4♣ All in
Julio Torres: J♦J♥

Torres had Fajardo in bad shape heading to the flop, but as the dealer laid out 2♦4♠3♠, Fajardo gained some outs pairing his four and gaining a wheel draw.

The 5♦ on the turn gave Fajardo a straight leaving Torres drawing dead.

As a 5♠ changed nothing for the outcome of the hand, Fajardo let out a sigh of relief as he doubled through Torres.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julio Torres	2,635,000 485,000	485,000
Andres Vasquez Fajardo	1,040,000 599,000	599,000

Tags: Andres Vasquez Fajardo Julio Torres

06-08-2025 20:00 UTC-8

Fajardo Collects His Chips

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The action was picked up on the turn A♠4♥2♣7♦ with two players who were heads up. Andres Vasquez Fajardo in the small blind and Julio Torres in the big blind. Fajardo decided to bet 160,000 for the river, Torres called the river A♣.

Fajardo pushed all his chips to the middle, Torres started to count his stack and chose to call.

As soon as Fajardo flipped his card 5♣7♠, Torres mucked his cards. So Fajardo collected his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Vasquez Fajardo	2,500,000 1,460,000	1,460,000
Julio Torres	1,450,000 1,185,000	1,185,000

Tags: Andres Vasquez Fajardo Julio Torres

06-08-2025 20:02 UTC-8

Kovalevskyi Doubles Through Verbruggen

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Laura Fryer

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Davyd Kovalevskyi was already all in from the small blind for around 1,250,000 and at risk against Tom Verbruggen in the big blind.

Davyd Kovalevskyi: K♦7♦ All in
Tom Verbruggen: Q♠9♦

Kovalevskyi improved on the 5♠8♣K♥ flop and held on the J♣, 7♠ runout, securing him a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Verbruggen	4,550,000 4,358,000	4,358,000
Davyd Kovalevskyi	2,900,000 2,444,000	2,444,000

Tags: Tom Verbruggen Davyd Kovalevskyi

06-08-2025 20:04 UTC-8

Truepenny Delivers Double 00's

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Jerome Solomon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Mathew Truepenny, on the button, had both Joseph Reddick, who was in early position, and Michael Banayan, in the big blind, covered.

Michael Banayan: 6♠6♦ All in
Joseph Reddick: K♥9♣ All in
Mathew Truepenny: A♠J♥

Truepenny delivered the double knockout, sending Reddick and Banayan home with a runout Q♣K♣2♥9♥10♥ to a Broadway straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathew Truepenny	2,960,000 2,822,000	2,822,000
Michael Banayan	Busted
Joseph Reddick	Busted

Tags: Joseph Reddick Mathew Truepenny Michael Banayan

06-08-2025 20:06 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Laura Fryer

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome Hickel	Busted
Kennon Perez	Busted
Juan Tellezgarces	Busted
Draxton Amador	Busted
Jeffrey Tanouye	Busted
Vitor De Souza Coutinho	Busted
John Sul	Busted

Gangqi Sun	Busted
Kathryn Lindsay	Busted
Brian Brooks	Busted
Casey Hatmaker	Busted
Samuel Bauchert	Busted
Joseph Reddick	Busted
Michael Banayan	Busted
Jeremy Becker	Busted
Freiner Portilla	Busted
Fong Yang	Busted
Phuoc Nguyen	Busted
Russell Felter	Busted
Kirk Acevedo	Busted

Jeffery Walker	Busted
Benjamin Mccoy	Busted
Daniel Sajedian	Busted
Henry Liang	Busted
James Dempsey	Busted

Read full

06-08-2025 20:10 UTC-8

Morris Gets More Chips

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

John Avelino

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

As the action was picked up by Pokernews James Morris had just sat down and went all in from late position for 2,430,000 and was called by Morgan Ravail.

James Morris: K♥Q♥ All in
Morgan Ravail: A♥J♠

A board of 6♥4♠10♠ was no help to Morris as we was looking for running hearts, any pair or specifically an ace and a jack to make a straight.

The 8♦ hit the turn and Ravail still had the lead with Morris at risk.

Fortunately for Morris a Q♦ peeled off on the river as he doubled up before the next break late in Day 2.