2025 World Series of Poker

Event #2: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦q♣
Prize
$64,369
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$379,310
Total Entries
914
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
914
Players Left
138
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Geist Turns Trips and Gets Paid

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Tamara Hanna
Tamara Hanna

Tamara Hanna made it 3,000 to go from early position and only Jeremy Geist called from the blinds.

On the 3♦4♠10♥ flop, Geist check-called a bet of 3,500 from Hanna.

Geist checked again on the 10♣ turn and Hanna fired a second barrel of 7,000. Geist check-raised to around 20,000 and Hanna quickly called.

The 8♥ dropped on the river and Geist bet 15,500. Hanna snap-called and Geist flipped over Q♦10♠ for trip tens. Hanna showed KxKx for a pair of kings, and the pot was sent over to Geist.

Tags: Jeremy GeistTamara Hanna

Smooth Sailing for Martinez

Robert Jones
Robert Jones
Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Madeline Stone raised to 2,000 from early position over a limp from Greg Abes. Luis Martinez called from the button, and Abes completed the action with a call.

Three-way action on a flop J♦J♠8♦. Abes checked, and Stone put a bet of 2,000 into play. Martinez called, and Abes released.

Stone decided to continue betting on a K♥ turn, but unfortunately for her, Martinez thought 6,000 wasn't enough. He raised it to 16,000, and Stone found a fold.

Martinez has shown the ability to steadily build his stack through the early stages of this tournament. He has a massive 160,000 chip stack during the 1,000 big blind level.

Tags: Luis MartinezGreg AbesMadeleine Stone

Top Set Facing a Raise

Robert Jones
Robert Jones
Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andrew Bart opened the action with a raise to 1,800 from early position. Tyler Penner followed with a call as next to act, along with Winton Lemoine from the cutoff, Michael Leasure from the button, and the big blind completed.

Five players saw a flop of 10♥7♥3♠.

After a check from both the big blind and Bart, Penner fired a bet of 7,000 out into a pot slightly under 10,000. Lemoine released, and Leasure raised to 20,000. Penner then went all in for 4,000 more, and Leasure completed the action with a call.

Tyler Penner: A♦K♥ All in
Michael Leasure: 10♣10♦

Penner, in dire need, found some outs on a 5♥ turn, but bricked out and was eliminated.

Tags: Andrew BartMichael LeasureTyler PennerWinton Lemoine

Sluzinski Doubles Through Lin

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jeffrey Sluzinski, who is more commonly known as 'Boski', made it 1,600 from the cutoff. Frank Lin three-bet to 6,900 from the small blind, and Sluzinski four-bet jammed for 23,900. Lin snap-called to put Sluzinski at risk.

Jeffrey Sluzinski: Q♥Q♦ All in
Frank Lin: A♦K♣

Sluzinski was slightly ahead with his pocket queens as the dealer put out a flop of 5♥3♣6♠. The rest of the board came 2♣10♥, which meant Sluzinski doubled up through Lin.

Tags: Frank LinJeffrey Sluzinski

When You Know, You Know

Robert Jones
Robert Jones
Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action folded to Joshua Morgan in the cutoff who raised to 1,300. Allan Kwong reraised him from the button to 3,500. Morgan completed, and they went heads-up to a flop.

A♣10♣4♥ was the flop these players saw. Morgan checked, Kwong bet 2,700, and Morgan made his move going all in for a total of 20,500. Kwong hesitated for a brief second, then made the call putting himself at risk.

Joshua Morgan: Q♣J♦
Allan Kwong: A♠Q♥ All in

The brutal K♠ peeled off on the turn, and Kwong's only two outcomes became chop or lose.

The 8♥ river was no help for Kwong, and he was sent to the rail.

Tags: Allan KwongJoshua Morgan

Set vs. Set for Heaps

Robert Jones
Robert Jones
Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Christine Nino
Christine Nino

Spencer Mclaughlin limped under the gun, Patrick Chung followed with another call as next to act, and Christine Nino bumped the price of admission to 6,000 from Chung's immediate left. Both Mclaughlin and Chung called.

With a little over 19,000 in the middle, three players saw a flop of 10♥5♣4♠.

After two checks, Nino fired a bet of 10,000 out. Mclaughlin then slid his roughly 40,000 remaining chips in the middle putting himself at risk. Chung quickly folded and Nino quickly called.

Spencer Mclaughlin: 5♥5♦ All in
Christine Nino: K♦K♥

Nightmare struck on the turn for Mclaughlin as the K♠ was slapped down.

Nino faded the one outer, and has put herself in a beautiful position during the early stages of this tournament, building a massive stack!

Tags: Christine NinoPatrick ChungSpencer Mclaughlin

Brutal River Ends Brajovic's Run

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Robert Brajovic made it 2,300 from early position with only Stacy Kimbrel calling from the button.

The dealer put out a flop of A♥10♣7♠ and Brajovic continued with a bet of 2,500. Kimbrel stuck around with a call.

The 2♣ fell on the turn and Brajovic fired again, this time for 4,300. Kimbrel called once more.

When the Q♦ appeared on the river, Brajovic tossed out a bet 6,500, and after a few moments, Kimbrel jammed for around 43,000. Brajovic had around 36,000 remaining in his stack, and after thinking for over a minute, made the call.

Kimbrel turned over the nuts with K♥J♠ for a straight to win the pot, as Brajovic showed top two pair with A♠Q♥.

Tags: Robert BrajovicStacy Kimbrel

Elizalde Heads to the Showers

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Claudio Elizalde
Claudio Elizalde

With around 2,500 in the pot on a flop of J♦10♥6♣, Claudio Elizalde shoved from the small blind for 3,300 and was instantly called by Jeffrey Lies out of the big blind. Carl McDonald called from the button and they went to the turn.

With Elizalde all in, the dealer burned a card and then put out the A♦ on the turn. Lies shoved for McDonald's remaining 15,000, forcing McDonald to fold.

Claudio Elizalde: 6♠5♣ All in
Jeffrey Lies: K♥Q♠

Elizalde was drawing dead with bottom pair against the turned Broadway straight of Lies. An irrelevant 4♣ came on the river to cement Elizalde's elimination from the tournament.

Tags: Carl McDonaldClaudio ElizaldeJeffrey Lies

Brutal River Decision

Robert Jones
Robert Jones
Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

John Vournas raised to 900 from early position, and Maxwell Donohue reraised to 2,500 from his immediate left. Action folded around to Donohue who decided he wanted to see three.

Heads-up to a flop of K♠8♠2♠. Action checked around.

Things became more interesting as the J♦ landed on the turn, and Vournas made a bet of 2,000. Donohue quickly called.

After the A♣ fell on the river, Vournas elected to put Donohue at risk for his remaining 16,000 chips, overbetting into a pot of 10,000.

After some deliberation, Donohue hesitantly called.

Maxwell Donohue: A♥J♥ All in
John Vournas: 7♠6♠

The worst runout imaginable for Donohue, as his runner-runner two pair was not enough to overcome the flopped flush from Vournas, concluding his tournament.

Tags: John VournasMaxwell Donohue

Tricky Turn Decision

Robert Jones
Robert Jones
Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Shane Patreau opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 800. After two calls from middle position from both Jason Gabriel and Mark Williams, a call from Brandan Brewer on the button, and Chester Mead from the small blind, Billy Johnson decided on a re-raise to 2,800 from the big blind. Patreau, Brewer, and Mead all elected to call.

Four players saw a flop of J♥8♣3♥.

A check from Mead was followed by a bet of 3,500 from Johnson. Patreau re-raised to 7,700. Action folded around to Johnson who elected to call.

A 2♥ fell on the turn, bringing a potential flush, and Johnson checked. Patreau pushed every one of his remaining 19,500 chips into the middle, and Johnson entered the tank.

After some thought, Johnson decided Q♣Q♠ was not good enough, and open-mucked his hand. Patreau showed the critical A♥.

Tags: Billy JohnsonBrandan BrewerChester MeadJason GabrielMark WilliamsShane Patreau

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