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

06-08-2025 13:59 UTC-8

Castro Wins Classic Race Against Mcinerney

Nick Vazquez

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ben Gazzola raised from early position to 60,000. Eugene Castro then three-bet from middle position to 175,000. Next to act, Sean Mcinerney four-bet jammed all in for 615,000. Gazzola folded, but Castro called.

Sean Mcinerney: A♦K♥ All in
Eugene Castro: Q♠Q♥

The hand was a coinflip, and it landed on Castro's side as the board ran out J♦10♦7♠4♠8♥ and Mcinerney was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Castro	1,350,000 799,000	799,000
Ben Gazzola	1,145,000 925,000	925,000
Sean McInerney	Busted

Tags: Sean Mcinerney Eugene Castro Ben Gazzola

06-08-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Anooshahr Busts Delvaux

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Christian Delvaux went all in with his last chips preflop, and got called by Mehdi Anooshahr.

Christian Delvaux: K♦Q♥ All in
Mehdi Anooshahr: K♠K♥

The dealer showed the board: 6♦J♦2♦2♠9♥. The pocket kings of Anooshahr were too strong for Delvaux, the player at risk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Anooshahr	3,000,000 430,000	430,000
Christian Delvaux	Busted

06-08-2025 14:05 UTC-8

Lei Leaves Day 2

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John Avelino

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Daniel Lei was all in before the flop from middle position 235,000 and was called by Zahor Maymon from late position. The players flipped their cards over.

Daniel Lei: A♣5♥ All in
Zahor Maymon: A♥K♣

The dealer revealed a flop of 6♥4♣3♠ giving Lei some outs to a open-ended straight draw. The turn card was no help to Lei as the K♥ giving Maymon the lead pairing his king.

As the river carded peeled off a J♥ Lei couldn't improve as he was sent seeking his payout four hours into Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zahor Maymon	770,000 131,000	131,000
Daniel Lei	Busted

Tags: Daniel Lei Zahor Maymon

06-08-2025 14:10 UTC-8

Chan Wins Flush over Flush

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Christopher Hewitt opened in early position to 60,000, and got called by Lok Chan in the small blind. The board showed 10♠A♥3♠ on the flop. Chan check-called 50,000 from Hewitt to see the turn 9♥.

Both players checked to see the river Q♠. Hewitt decided to check, Chan bet 290,000. Hewitt raised to 550,000, and Chan moved all in and covered Hewitt, who made the call.

Christopher Hewitt: 8♠7♠ All in
Lok Chan; A♠9♠

Chan won the hand with a flush over a flush. Hewitt stood up and said; ‘’I knew I shouldn’t have called" and walked away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lok Chan	3,220,000 1,585,000	1,585,000

Christopher Hewitt	Busted

Tags: Christopher Hewitt Lok Chan;

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

06-08-2025 14:16 UTC-8

Updated Top Ten Chip Counts

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Laura Fryer

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

These are the latest chip leaders according to the latest WSOP+ app update.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Tran	4,900,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Jessica Cai	3,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Alex Bergfors	3,880,000 2,711,000	2,711,000
Somasekhar Sanampuri	3,400,000 2,892,000	2,892,000
Arpit Bhardwaj	3,300,000 2,203,000	2,203,000
Anton Johnson	3,200,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Julio Torres	3,120,000 2,610,000	2,610,000
Gene Grieshaber	3,105,000 720,000	720,000
Mehdi Anooshahr	3,000,000
Trevor Jackson	2,870,000

06-08-2025 14:27 UTC-8

More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Divakaran Marella	Busted
Jonathan Misiak	Busted
Jason Green	Busted
Jake Flores	Busted
Ralph Jimenez	Busted
Emmanuel Derecho	Busted
Peter Bedolla	Busted
Kirstin Ives	Busted
Garry Bush	Busted
Bentley Roberts	Busted
Nathan Swanson	Busted
Hayato Kitajima	Busted
Andrea Sager	Busted
Daniel Brandsdorfer	Busted
Brian Pinkus	Busted
Ilya Tulchinsky	Busted
Sean Fellman	Busted
Kenneth Evanowski	Busted
Xinliang Xu	Busted
Robert Schiffbauer	Busted
Stephen Mascioli	Busted
Xiao Huang	Busted
Brandon Mueller	Busted
Todd Estes	Busted

Tomislav Pavanic	Busted

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06-08-2025 14:27 UTC-8

Two All-in, One Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andrea Sager made an all-in move from under the gun, eliciting a raise and a call that put Dale Harris all in against Alonzo Lau.

Andrea Sager: 4♦4♣ All in
Dale Harris: Q♣Q♥ All in
Alonzo Lau: A♠Q♦

Harris hit a set on the flop, Sager hit one on the turn. Harris' held and he shot up the leaderboard with the big win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Harris	1,670,000 1,194,000	1,194,000
Alonzo Lau	400,000 112,000	112,000
Andrea Sager	Busted

06-08-2025 14:33 UTC-8

Tajiri Takes Out Foutty

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Laura Fryer

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action was followed after Keisuke Tajiri moved all in for around 760,000 from a middle position. Stephen Foutty was the only caller from the small blind and was covered by Tajiri.

Stephen Foutty: 9♣9♥ All in
Keisuke Tajiri: Q♠Q♣

The pocket pairs went head-to-head but Tajiri only improved further having flopped a set of queens on the 3♠Q♥4♥ board.

Foutty stood up to watch the 10♠ turn and 4♣ river which confirmed his elimination from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keisuke Tajiri	1,075,000 795,000	795,000
Stephen Foutty	Busted

Tags: Keisuke Tajiri Stephen Foutty

06-08-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Lau Gets All In with Same Hand, Loses

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Nick Vazquez

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alonzo Lau went all in from early position. Matthew Henigan got an exact count, which was 460,000. He then reshoved all in. No one else wanted to play and the cards were on their backs.

Alonzo Lau: A♥K♥ All in
Matthew Henigan: A♠K♠

The players looked set to chop the pot, but that wasn't the case after the board ran out 10♠10♥4♦6♠2♠ and Hennigan's flush eliminated Lau.