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

06-08-2025 15:10 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

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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Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

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.

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

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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 14:49 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations Before the Break

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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 14:36 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Henigan	2,100,000 1,474,000	1,474,000
Alonzo Lau	Busted

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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

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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 14:27 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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