Event #2: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-28-2025 18:15 UTC-8

Brian Matthiessen Eliminated in 21st Place ($2,096)

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Erick Torres

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Louis Grasse got the action started with a raise under the gun to 135,000.

Brian Matthiessen, in the next seat over, elected to jam for 365,000, causing the action to fold back around to Grasse.

Grasse did not take long to call creating a showdown.

Brian Matthiessen: A♦Q♥ All in
Louis Grasse: A♣K♦

Grasse had Matthiessen dominated and the runout of J♦5♠5♥K♣3♣ failed to improve Matthiessen, sending him to the cage.

Matthiessen earned $2,096 for his effort.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Grasse	1,200,000 530,000	530,000
Brian Matthiessen	Busted

Tags: Brian Matthiessen Louis Grasse

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

05-28-2025 17:58 UTC-8

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

05-28-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Claudio Elizalde Eliminated in 22nd Place ($2,096)

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Erick Torres

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action began with a raise to 90,000 from Rick Muniz. The table folded to Claudio Elizalde, who went all in and was quickly called by Muniz.

Claudio Elizalde: A♣J♠ All in
Rick Muniz: Q♣Q♥

Elizalde needed help to crack the pocket queens of Muniz, but found none when the board ran 7♣10♥8♥5♣8♦.

Elizalde was awarded $2,096 for his 22nd place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rick Muniz	1,015,000 15,000	15,000
Claudio Elizalde	Busted

Tags: Claudio Elizalde Rick Muniz

05-28-2025 17:52 UTC-8

Michael Yeung Eliminated in 23rd Place ($2,096)

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Erick Torres

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Louis Grasse began the action with an open to 85,000 from under the gun before the action folded around to Michael Yeung, who opted to shove from the big blind for his remaining 110,000.

Grasse made the call, putting Yeung's tournament life at risk.

Louis Grasse: 9♦9♣
Michael Yeung: 5♥4♥ All in

Grasse had Yeung in rough shape, and the runout brought no help for Yeung when it ran 10♣A♥A♠7♥4♣.

Yeung was awarded $2,096 for his 23rd-place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Grasse	670,000 220,000	220,000
Michael Yeung	Busted

Tags: Louis Grasse Michael Yeung

05-28-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Ronee Dizon

830,000 170,000

Table 533Seat 1

05-28-2025 17:45 UTC-8

Roger Molnar Eliminated in 24th Place ($2,096)

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Roger Molnar got his last 450,000 into the middle with John Divecha making the call to try and bust him.

Roger Molnar: 5♣5♠ All in
John Divecha: 10♦10♣

Molnar's small pocket pair was dominated by Divecha's. The board ran out 7♠A♣3♥K♦Q♥, which didn't improve Molnar to a set, and he was out of the tournament in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Divecha	1,500,000 350,000	350,000
Roger Molnar	Busted

Tags: John Divecha Roger Molnar

05-28-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Erik Mason Eliminated in 25th Place ($2,096); David Neiman Eliminated in 26th Place ($2,096)

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Erik Mason made it 200,000 to go from early position with just 80,000 behind. David Neiman called all in for his last 180,000 from the hijack and Angelo Perez called from the cutoff with the covering stack.

Mason shoved for his last 80,000 as the flop came down 5♣2♠5♠, and Perez called to put both players at risk.

David Neiman: Q♣10♣ All in
Erik Mason: K♠K♦ All in
Angelo Perez: A♥Q♦

Mason was ahead with his Cowboys and just had to fade some clubs or an ace to triple up. The 8♦ turn meant Neilman's fate was sealed. The river was the A♦ to give Perez the best hand with a pair of aces, sending two players to the cashier's desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelo Perez	1,700,000 1,040,000	1,040,000
Erik Mason	Busted
David Neiman	Busted

Tags: Angelo Perez David Neiman Erik Mason

05-28-2025 17:29 UTC-8

Stacy Kimbrel Eliminated in 27th Place ($1,784)

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On the button, Claudio Elizalde opened to 60,000 and Stacy Kimbrel, with only 25,000 behind, was forced to go all-in. Jordan Russell in big blind called the raise creating a side pot of about 70,000.

The dealer flopped 4♥K♥3♣ which was checked down leading to the turn K♦. Russell check-raised Elizalde's bet of 40,000 to 125,000. Elizalde folded and Russell scooped the side pot and went to showdown for the main pot.

Stacy Kimbrel: 7♣2♣ All in
Jordan Russell: Q♦3♦

The dealer completed the board with a J♥ river ending Kimbrel's tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Russell	1,100,000 800,000	800,000
Claudio Elizalde	500,000 170,000	170,000
Stacy Kimbrel	Busted

Tags: Claudio Elizalde Jordan Russell Stacy Kimbrel

05-28-2025 17:24 UTC-8

Final Three Table Redraw (full)

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Erick Torres

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
513	1	Christopher Zollo	United States	805,000	27
513	2	David Neiman	United States	655,000	26
513	3	Angelo Perez	United States	660,000	26
513	4	Siavash Bahri	United States	1,300,000	52
513	5	Roger Molnar	United States	545,000	22
513	6	Pedro Green	Dominican Republic	1,105,000	44
513	7	John Divecha	United States	1,150,000	46
513	8	Mark Kawamoto	United States	1,000,000	40
513	9	Erik Mason	United States	544,003	22

523	1	Thomas Stokes	United States	735,000	29
523	2	Michael Yeung	Great Britain	200,000	8
523	3	Louis Grasse	United States	450,000	18
523	4	Claudio Elizalde	United States	670,000	27
523	5	Stacy Kimbrel	United States	25,000	1
523	6	Jordan Russell	United States	300,000	12
523	7	Xia Wang	Macao	600,000	24
523	8	Rick Muniz	United States	1,000,000	40
523	9	Phovieng Keokham	United States	450,000	18

503	1	Francois Truong	United States	280,000	11
503	2	Michael Coombs	United States	830,000	33
503	3	Ronee Dizon	United States	660,000	26
503	4	Connor Richards	United States	440,000	18
503	5	Albert Wooten	United States	530,000	21
503	6	Jeremy Geist	United States	650,000	26
503	7	Brian Matthiessen	United States	2,350,000	78
503	8	Alyssa Hennager	United States	1,100,000	37
503	9	Shaun Colquhoun	United States	2,400,000	80

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Colquhoun	2,400,000

Brian Matthiessen	2,350,000 2,222,000	2,222,000
Siavash Bahri	1,300,000 1,077,000	1,077,000
John Divecha	1,150,000 295,000	295,000
Pedro Green	1,105,000 685,000	685,000
Alyssa Hennager	1,100,000
Mark Kawamoto	1,000,000 500,000	500,000
Rick Muniz	1,000,000
Michael Coombs	830,000 670,000	670,000
Christopher Zollo	805,000 605,000	605,000
Thomas Stokes	735,000 25,000	25,000
Claudio Elizalde	670,000
Angelo Perez	660,000 75,000	75,000
Ronee Dizon	660,000 170,000	170,000
David Neiman	655,000
Jeremy Geist	650,000
Xia Wang	600,000
Roger Molnar	545,000 313,000	313,000
Erik Mason	544,003 264,003	264,003
Albert Wooten	530,000
Louis Grasse	450,000
Phovieng Keokham	450,000 120,000	120,000

Connor Richards	440,000 40,000	40,000
Jordan Russell	300,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Francois Truong	280,000 30,000	30,000

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