Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-09-2025 11:09 UTC-8

Happy Players as Morris Busts

Shirley Ang

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Anish Vithlani raised to 1,500,000 from the cutoff, and James Morris announced a call but then tried to shove his whole stack in. The table corrected him, and some discussion ensued. After a while, Morris made the call and announced he was going all-in anyways on the flop. But there was still action to follow. The rest of the table folded.

The flop came A♣5♠4♠ and all the chips went in with Morris at risk for his last remaining 625,000.

James Morris: A♦10♠ All in
Anish Vithlani: K♥J♠

Morris had flopped top pair.

The rest of the board was completed with the 3♠ on the turn and the 8♠ on the river for both players to hit a flush but for Vithlani to hit the higher one to bust Morris.

As soon as Morris had walked away from the table, the other players all celebrated and complimented Vithlani, who even fist-bumped the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anish Vithlani	15,000,000 3,575,000	3,575,000
James Morris	Busted

Tags: Anish Vithlani James Morris

06-09-2025 11:20 UTC-8

Ravail Eliminated by Wei

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Shirley Ang

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Kaiwen Wei completed his small blind, and Morgan Ravail shoved his last 1,400,000 in from the big blind which Wei called with the bigger stack.

Morgan Ravail: A♦K♠ All in
Kaiwen Wei: 6♣5♠

The board ran out 3♣5♣10♥4♥J♣ for Wei to flop a pair of fives and hold to bust Ravail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaiwen Wei	9,600,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Morgan Ravail	Busted

Tags: Kaiwen Wei Morgan Ravail

06-09-2025 11:27 UTC-8

Gue and Yohannes are Eliminated; Blodgett and Hudson Chip Up

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Laura Fryer

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Action was followed from when the cards were already on their backs and Muruz Yohannes was all in and at risk. He was against Zachary Hudson who was to his direct left.

Muruz Yohannes: J♦J♣ All in
Zachary Hudson: A♠A♦

Yohannes needed to improve against Hudsons Aces, but he found no luck on the 6♦Q♠10♦5♣8♣ board.

At the same time, one table across, Jason Blodgett was on the button and in a hand heads-up against Pierre Gue who was in the big blind.

The players were already looking at 3♥A♦6♥5♦3♣ and the pot stood at around 6,150,000 with action to play on the river.

Gue moved all in for 5,200,000 and the action went to Blodgett. He tanked for around two minutes before the clock was called. He had 30-seconds to make a decision and eventually made the call.

The dealer called for the cards to be flipped.

Pierre Gue: Jx4x All in
Jason Blodgett: 7♥7♦

Blodgett took the pot with a pair of sevens and Gue was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Hudson	32,750,000 10,750,000	10,750,000
Jason Blodgett	17,250,000 10,600,000	10,600,000
Muruz Yohannes	Busted
Pierre Gue	Busted

Tags: Jason Blodgett Muruz Yohannes Pierre Gue Zachary Hudson

06-09-2025 11:28 UTC-8

Cannon Fired Away by Verbruggen

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Frank Visser

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

In the last hand of the previous level, Alexandre Zampieri opened to 1,000,000 from early position. Wesley Cannon then shoved all in for 12,000,000 from the cutoff, and Tom Verbruggen came over the top in the big blind.

Zampieri quickly moved out of the way, creating a heads up showdown.

Wesley Cannon: A♠K♦ All in
Tom Verbruggen: J♠J♥

The board ran out an inconsequential 5♦6♠4♠Q♦8♠. Cannon failed to pair up, being sent to the rail by Verbruggen's jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Verbruggen	44,950,000 14,605,000	14,605,000
Alexandre Zampieri	15,575,000 925,000	925,000
Wesley Cannon	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Zampieri Tom Verbruggen Wesley Cannon

06-09-2025 11:37 UTC-8

Fogg Pondering Life's Questions

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Frank Visser

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

It folded to Mark Tornai in the small blind, who shoved all in. Aaron Fogg only had 1,800,000 remaining in the big blind, and he started thinking out loud.

"Do I even have a choice?" he wondered. After some seconds, he concluded he was left without a choice, and committed his final chips to the middle.

Aaron Fogg: Q♦5♣ All in
Mark Tornai: A♠Q♣

Fogg was left with only two outs after the 3♣6♠Q♠J♠ turn added a flush draw to Tornai's arsenal, and they failed to come in on the J♥ river, eliminating him from the COLOSSUS.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Tornai	10,700,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Aaron Fogg	Busted

Tags: Aaron Fogg Mark Tornai

06-09-2025 11:42 UTC-8

Pham Doubles Up Through Dennis

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Laura Fryer

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

David Pham was all in from a late position and up against Andrew Dennis in the small blind, both with very similar stack sizes. The cards were already on their backs.

Andrew Dennis: A♠K♣ All in
David Pham: A♦A♥

Dennis couldn't crack Pham's Aces as they were dealt a 4♣7♣Q♥9♥2♥ board.

The dealer counted the stacks and Dennis was only "1/4 short" of Pham's stack, eliminating him from the tournament with around 65 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	9,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000

Andrew Dennis	Busted

Tags: Andrew Dennis David Pham

06-09-2025 11:47 UTC-8

Trianosky Flipped Out

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Frank Visser

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Ashira Lavine open-raised to 1,200,000 from middle position. The action folded to Paul Trianosky in the big blind, who shoved all in for 7,450,000. After a while in the tank, Lavine decided to call, covering her opponent by 1,000,000.

Paul Trianosky: A♠K♥ All in
Ashira Lavine: 9♦9♣

Lavine requested the nine of hearts in the window, but she did not need it as the J♦6♠6♣J♣2♣ runout did not help Trianosky, eliminating him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashira Lavine	16,750,000 9,190,000	9,190,000
Paul Trianosky	Busted

Tags: Ashira Lavine Paul Trianosky

06-09-2025 11:54 UTC-8

"I've Got a Plane to Catch"

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Shirley Ang

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Mark Tornai raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun, and Troy Kopp three-bet shoved for 7,950,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Tornai, who made the call with the bigger stack.

Troy Kopp: K♦Q♠ All in
Mark Tornai: 8♠8♣

"Let's go! I've got a plane to catch!" Kopp exclaimed when he saw the cards.

The board ran out 5♥9♥6♦7♣J♦ for Tornai to hold with the pocket pair and even improve to a straight to eliminate Tornai.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Tornai	21,750,000 11,050,000	11,050,000
Troy Kopp	Busted

Tags: Mark Tornai Troy Kopp

06-09-2025 11:58 UTC-8

Pyloore Does It Again; Torres and Zograbyan Felted in One Swoop

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Frank Visser

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Ramaswamy Pyloore opened to 1,200,000. preflop Grayr Zograbyan then pushed in his remaining 5,225,000, and Julio Torres called off his stack of 3,500,000.

Pyloore did some maths before concluding his price was too good, and he made the call.

Julio Torres: A♦Q♥ All in
Grayr Zograbyan: A♥K♥ All in
Ramaswamy Pyloore: 3♠3♦

Torres and Zograbyan had counterfeit outs after the 4♣8♦8♣ flop and 5♥ turn, but the 9♠ river remained clean for Pyloore's small pair, scooping another multi-way all-in pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramaswamy Pyloore	60,900,000 18,775,000	18,775,000

Julio Torres	Busted
Grayr Zograbyan	Busted

Tags: Grayr Zograbyan Julio Torres Ramaswamy Pyloore

06-09-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Machado and Ethier Eliminated Before the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Albert Ethier was all in, sitting to his opponent's Antonio Trocoli Filho's direct left.

Albert Ethier: KxJx All in
Antonio Trocoli Filho: A♦J♥

Filho let out a loud "yesssss" when we saw the Q♥A♥8♣ flop. Ethier wasn't saved by the 8♥ 4♣ completers, and he was eliminated with around 60 players remaining.

In the next hand on the same table, Vaughan Machado was all in and at risk from a middle position against Rena Varghese in the small blind.

Vaughan Machado: J♦9♦ All in
Rena Varghese: A♥K♥

Varghese only improved on the 2♥K♣Q♣ flop, but it brought in the sweat of a straight draw for Machado.

Machado was eliminated after the dealer placed the 7♦ turn and Q♥ river.