Event #2: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-27-2025 15:55 UTC-8

Slone Stays Alive

Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Agenia Slone got her last 5,500 into the middle preflop with Aaric West making the call to try and bust her.

Agenia Slone: A♠10♦ All in
Aaric West: K♥9♦

Slone was slightly ahead with ace-high and just had to fade a king or a nine to double up. The flop came down 7♣K♣J♥ to put West in the lead with top pair. The A♦ fell on the turn to put Slone ahead with a pair of aces. The Q♥ river didn't change anything, and Slone doubled through West.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaric West	23,000 23,000	23,000
Agenia Slone	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Aaric West Agenia Slone

05-27-2025 15:55 UTC-8

Ronee Dizon

Busted

Table 251Seat 4

05-27-2025 15:45 UTC-8

Brutal River Decision

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Vournas	67,000 67,000	67,000
Maxwell Donohue	Busted

Tags: John Vournas Maxwell Donohue

05-27-2025 15:41 UTC-8

Michael Leasure

33,100

Table 240Seat 6

05-27-2025 15:37 UTC-8

Zavodnik Wins With Two Pair

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Heads-up to a turn on a board of 3♠7♠5♥8♥, with around 5,000 in the middle, Lawrence Letourneau checked out of the big blind and Eric Zavodnik bet 2,800 from the cutoff. Letourneau did some inventory and then made the call.

Letourneau checked the J♥ river, and Zavodnik bet 4,200. Letourneau quickly called and Zavodnik turned over 8♠5♠ for two pair. Letourneau couldn't beat it, and the pot was sent to Zavodnik.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Zavodnik	32,000 32,000	32,000
Lawrence Letourneau	21,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Eric Zavodnik Lawrence Letourneau

05-27-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Ken Mears

20,400

Table 257Seat 8

05-27-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks at Break

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendan Mahoney	75,500 75,500	75,500
Michael Bailey	58,000 58,000	58,000
Shane Patreau	55,000
Martin Butler	52,000 52,000	52,000
Raymond Franklin	50,500 50,500	50,500
Aarron Alvarado	46,200 46,200	46,200
Jeffrey Whittaker	45,600 45,600	45,600
Dennis Amos	45,500 45,500	45,500
Jessica Porter	45,000 28,000	28,000
Danny Hoang	45,000 45,000	45,000
Damien White	43,500 43,500	43,500
James Nguyen	43,000 43,000	43,000
Kyoko Short	42,400 42,400	42,400
Wilson Lo	42,000 42,000	42,000
Ryan Darby	37,500 37,500	37,500
Jeffrey Bloom	37,500 37,500	37,500
Chester Mead	37,000
Daniel Ellery	36,100 36,100	36,100