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

06-08-2025 11:07 UTC-8

Big Stacks Battle It Out

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Laura Fryer

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Players were already heads up and on the river with a 3♦4♦4♠2♥2♣ board. The pot stood at 210,000.

Shekhar Deshpande bet 100,000 from the cutoff and Brandon Mueller raised to 230,000 from the button.

Deshpande took some time to think before making the fold.

Mueller scooped the pot and remarked, 'I have aces', before showing A♦A♠. The table talk continued into the next hand and Mueller questioned 'Nines?, Nines you call, Ace-Queen?'

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Mueller	1,090,000 125,000	125,000
Shekhar Deshpande	740,000 255,000	255,000

Tags: Brandon Mueller Shekhar Deshpande

06-08-2025 11:16 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Flavien Guenan	1,600,000 1,112,000	1,112,000
Shaun Deeb	1,479,000 57,000	57,000

William Sandberg	1,410,000 1,001,000	1,001,000
Mark Tornai	950,000 193,000	193,000
Michael Hammers	790,000 51,000	51,000
Salah Levy	645,000 455,000	455,000
Dustin Apperson	375,000 105,000	105,000

Gulke's Kings Are Good

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Three players went to battle, with two at risk. The preflop ranks held and Alvin Gulke picked up a pile of chips.

Jared Russell: J♠10♠ All in
Alvin Gulke: K♣K♦ All in
Juan Maceiras Lapido: 10♦10♥

None of the players connected with the runout 8♦2♥4♦5♠A♣, giving Gulke the win with kings, and sending Russell home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alvin Gulke	747,000 536,000	536,000
Juan Maceiras Lapido	430,000 279,000	279,000
Jared Russell	Busted

Tags: Alvin Gulke Jared Russell Juan Maceiras Lapido

06-08-2025 11:20 UTC-8

All In or Bust

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John Avelino

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

As the action was picked, it appeared as Guillermo Rameriz raised to 32,000. Shawn Buchanan was all in before the flop for less and Yuta Iwasa had re-shoved and Rameriz folded.

Shawn Buchanan: J♥9♠ All in
Yuta Iwas: 7♣7♠

A flop of 6♥9♦2♣ seemed to favor Buchanan but a 7♦ on the river spelled disaster for him as the river came the 6♣, Full house for Isawa. Buchanan was sent to the payout cage to collect as bad beats around the floor of the colossus were rampant.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuta Iwasa	770,000 342,000	342,000
Guillermo Rameriz	655,000 655,000	655,000
Shawn Buchanan	Busted

Tags: Guillermo Rameriz Mitchell Milheim Shawn Buchanan Warren Watson Yuta Iwasa

06-08-2025 11:22 UTC-8

Sugerman Flops an Ace

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Laura Fryer

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Geoffrey Sugerman moved all in for his remaining 75,000 stack from an early position and got a single call from Matthew Turrigiano in the big blind.

Geoffrey Sugerman: A♦J♥ All in
Matthew Turrigiano: 4♥4♣

Sugerman was looking to improve and the 9♥A♠K♠ flop came his way, giving him top pair.

Sugerman held on the K♦ 2♣ runout, securing him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Turrigiano	428,000 370,000	370,000
Geoffrey Sugerman	190,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Geoffrey Sugerman Matthew Turrigiano

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-08-2025 11:24 UTC-8

Katzov Running Over The Table, Kim Out

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John Avelino

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ace High was good as the action was picked up after a runout of 7♥J♣9♦J♠5♠ from both players showing down their hole cards.

John Anderson: A♠2♠ All in
David Katzov: K♣Q♥

Anderson doubled up as the action was unknown before the river. On the very next hand, David Kim Raised to 43,000 and Katzov shoved all in on him from the small blind positon. Kim had about 420,000 behind and the stack was in the middle.

David Kim: A♣J♦ All in
David Katzov: A♠K♥

2♣Q♥5♦3♦6♥

Katzov's aggression paid off as scooped Kim's chips and sent him to the rail early in Day 2 of Event #19.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Katzov	770,000 591,000	591,000
John Anderson	270,000 39,000	39,000
David Kim	Busted

06-08-2025 11:26 UTC-8

Field is Diminishing Rapidly

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

As expected, and per the norm, nearly 900 players were eliminated in the first two levels of play on a day that began with 2,326 players.

06-08-2025 11:33 UTC-8

Some Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgene Farmer	Busted
Djordje Stojic	Busted
Christopher Neely	Busted
Yorick Hazelzet	Busted
William Souther	Busted
Margaret Fox	Busted
Felipe Tavares Ramos	Busted

Daniel Plottner	Busted
Joe Napolitano	Busted
James Satlawa	Busted
David Williams	Busted
Craig Seeber	Busted
Xing Liu	Busted
Lola Vuilleumier	Busted
Ximeng Liu	Busted
Victor Holanda	Busted
Hassan Kamoei	Busted

John Stefanopoulos	Busted
Marc Fishman	Busted
Alena Karunets	Busted
Nick Phoenix	Busted
Raymond Smets	Busted
Roberto Betbese	Busted
Michael Kamenjarin	Busted

Woody Christy	Busted

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06-08-2025 11:42 UTC-8

Cichy Cashes Out

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Laura Fryer

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Three players were already in the hand and pre-flop action had already been played. One player folded and Hunter Cichy found himself heads-up for his tournament life from a middle position with his remaining 160,000 chips, against Byron Mistica in the small blind.

Hunter Cichy: K♣J♣ All in
Byron Mistica: A♣K♠

Cichy stood from his chair as the cards were flipped, and he couldn't be saved on the 7♠4♥7♥5♥Q♥ runout.