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

06-08-2025 14:49 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations Before the Break

Laura Fryer

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Pei Li	Busted

Kozman El	Busted
Arthur Aroyan	Busted
David Kowalski	Busted
Alexander Perez	Busted
Mark Bianchin	Busted
Gary Fessia	Busted
Joseph Bartholdi	Busted
Joseph Nguyen	Busted
Paul Kho	Busted
Jack Reynolds	Busted
Gary Blackwood	Busted
Filippo Ragone	Busted
Varun Uppal	Busted
Guan Huang	Busted
Corey Harrison	Busted

Kenneth Robbins	Busted
Barry Shulman	Busted

William Meeks	Busted
Benjamin Eilers	Busted
Nicholas Paliani	Busted
Zachary Zeller	Busted
Gregory Bowling	Busted
Michael Tatz	Busted
Paul Radford	Busted

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06-08-2025 14:50 UTC-8

Double Knockout at the Break

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Jerome Solomon

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

With a break in play already started, two players stood knowing their tournament lives were on the line. Mark Morrison had already tossed his card into the muck. Aaron Thivyanathan's hand was just as dead.

Aaron Thivyanathan: A♠Q♥ All in
Justin Ouimette: A♥7♦

A runout of K♥10♥7♣5♦4♠ gave Ouimette a pair of sevens, which was good enough to give Thivyanathan and Morrison permanent breaks from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Ouimette	3,450,000 2,991,000	2,991,000
Mark Morrison	Busted
Aaron Thivyanathan	Busted

06-08-2025 14:51 UTC-8

Blackwood Eliminated

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Nick Vazquez

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

Gary Blackwood has a fourth-place finish at this World Series of Poker, but he won't be making the Colossus final table. In this hand, he raised to 100,000 and left one 5,000 chip behind. Jose Montes called from the small blind, and Paris Sitzoukis called from the big blind.

Sitzoukis said he wasn't going to bet, and Montes checked dark. Sitzoukis held true to his word and checked on the Q♣J♥3♥ flop. Blackwood bet his last chip. Montes then responded by moving all in. Sitzoukis got out of the way.

Gary Blackwood: Q♦9♦ All in
Jose Montes: Q♠J♣

The 9♠ turn and 6♣ river were not enough to save Blackwood and the poker vlogger was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paris Sitzoukis	2,950,000 2,011,000	2,011,000
Jose Montes	2,100,000 1,562,000	1,562,000
Gary Blackwood	Busted

Tags: Gary Blackwood Jose Montes Paris Sitzoukis

06-08-2025 14:51 UTC-8

Players are on Break

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Laura Fryer

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

Players take a short 15-minute break.

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

06-08-2025 15:10 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Watson	Busted
Christopher Carroll	Busted
Justin Dare	Busted
Richard Heller	Busted
Mehdi Anooshahr	Busted
Shane Schleger	Busted
Amy Butterfield	Busted
Handrianto Minderman	Busted

Oscar Haber	Busted
David Woodard	Busted
Osama Aweida	Busted
Divan Van Wyk	Busted
James Remitio	Busted
Gebrehiwet Goitom	Busted
Edgar Ostos	Busted
Ginold Rendel	Busted
Frayser Flores	Busted
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Robenito Roxas	Busted
Farhad Karimi	Busted
Daniele Nestola	Busted
Hercilio Souza	Busted
Nickolas Sciammarella	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted

Kevin Fulcher	Busted

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06-08-2025 15:14 UTC-8

PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge Returns

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

At the 2025 World Series of Poker, this year's schedule includes 100 bracelet events. One notable event returning this summer at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas is bracelet Event #78: PokerNews Deepstack Championship (PNDC).

This also means last year's popular PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge is coming back, bigger and better than before!

From May 27 to June 30, players grinding the $200, $250, and $400 Daily Deepstacks tournaments at the WSOP will rack up leaderboard points. Every week, the top 10 players will be awarded a complimentary entry into the PNDC on July 1. That’s 50 seats up for grabs—10 more than last year, thanks to the additional week of action. Best of all? You can win multiple seats, meaning the more you play and perform, the better your shot at a deep WSOP run.

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06-08-2025 15:16 UTC-8

All-ins From Three Pocket Pairs

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Jerome Solomon

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Stephen Mascioli was looking for a big take to increase his chip count, but instead took a hard hit that left him barely in the tournament.

The preflop raising was intense, as a raise, reraise and a four-bet all-in before action reached Mascioli in the small blind. He went all-in with 285,000, just 10,000 chips more than David Martin, who was on the button.

Michael Blanovsky raised the pot to 485,000 from middle position, then folded when Roberto Romanello came over the top with an all-in, and more than 2 million behind him.

Stephen Mascioli: J♦J♥ All in
David Martin: A♠A♥ All in
Roberto Romanello: 10♦10♥

Martin's aces held up through a runout of Q♦3♠Q♣5♦8♦, as he more than tripled up. Martin was left with a mere 20,000 chips after winning a small side pot over Romanello.

Blanovsky, who walked away from the table while the hand played out, returned and claimed that his A♣Q♥ would have given him the huge pot had he stayed in. The table laughed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Romanello	1,900,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

David Martin	825,000 825,000	825,000
Stephen Mascioli	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: David Martin Michael Blanovsky Roberto Romanello Stephen Mascioli

06-08-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Consecutive Bust Outs for Natividad

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Nick Vazquez

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Table 538 has seen a lot of action after the break. First, Edwin Guzman went all in from late position, and was called by Robert Natividad in the small blind.

Edwin Guzman: J♠J♥ All in
Robert Natividad: Q♣Q♦

The 10♠3♥2♦7♠4♦ board meant that Guzman couldn't stave off elimination.

In the very next hand, Ketan Patel moved all in from early position. Natividad was the only caller again.

Ketan Patel: A♥8♦ All in
Robert Natividad: A♣Q♣

Natividad crushed the flop on the Q♥Q♠8♥10♥3♣ board and he busted another player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Natividad	2,700,000 2,035,000	2,035,000
Edwin Guzman	Busted
Ketan Patel	Busted

Tags: Robert Natividad Ketan Patel Edwin Guzman

06-08-2025 15:26 UTC-8

Nodier Doubles Up, Thanks to Henkel

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Christina Henkel raised on the button to 100,000, Gangqi Sun in the small blind called. Benjamin Nodier, in the big blind, decided to go all in for 750,000. Henkel called and Sun folded.

Benjamin Nodier: A♦Q♣ All in
Christina Henkel: A♠10♠

The board showed: K♥7♠J♥10♣9♥

Nodier doubled up with a straight. Luckily, Henkel had enough chips behind to stay in this tournament.