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

05-27-2025 22:31 UTC-8

Derosa Sends Two Players Home

Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A three-way all-in just happened between James Derosa, Jon Nakatani, and Red Banks. Derosa had the covering stack, so he had the chance to bust two players.

Red Banks: A♦K♥ All in
Jon Nakatani: J♥J♣ All in
James Derosa: A♥A♣

Derosa started with the nuts holding pocket aces and needed to avoid an unfortunate runout to win the pot. The board ran out 9♦3♥7♦9♥10♠, which was clean for Derosa's aces. Derosa moved up to around 230,000, while Nakatani and Banks were out.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Derosa	230,000 105,200	105,200
Red Banks	Busted
Jon Nakatani	Busted

Tags: James Derosa Jon Nakatani Red Banks

05-27-2025 22:30 UTC-8

Koldoff Shoves Big with Rockets

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Donovan Koldoff opened to 6,500 from middle position and picked up two callers: Justin Kalvari and James Miao, both on the button.

Seemingly frustrated, Koldoff suddenly grabbed a tower of 5,000 chips — worth roughly 90,000 — and shoved it into the middle of the table. Kalvari quickly got out of the way, but Miao went into the tank, prompting a visibly anxious reaction from Koldoff.

After a long pause, Miao eventually folded, and Koldoff exhaled in relief before turning over A♥A♦ — the rockets.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donovan Koldoff	112,000 26,000	26,000
Justin Kalvari	38,000

James Miao	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Donovan Koldoff James Miao Justin Kalvari

05-27-2025 22:30 UTC-8

Charles Kersey

75,000 36,000

Table 288Seat 2

05-27-2025 22:29 UTC-8

Smooth Sailing for Gallardo

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Robert Jones

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Cameron Hubert opened the action with a raise to 10,000 from early position. Adrian Gallardo elected to call from middle position, along with Peter Lynn from the cutoff.

These three players saw a flop of J♣5♦4♠. Hubert, the initial raiser, decided to check it over Gallardo. Gallardo threw 12,000 into the middle, Lynn obliged, and Hubert mucked.

On a 6♣ turn, Gallardo continued to fire, making a bet of 20,000. Lynn decided the heat was too much, and released.

Barring a breakdown, Gallardo has set himself up for a prime position on day two of this tournament with a massive chip stack!

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Gallardo	230,000 23,000	23,000
Peter Lynn	65,000 65,000	65,000
Cameron Hubert	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Adrian Gallardo Cameron Hubert Peter Lynn

05-27-2025 22:26 UTC-8

Snap Call Seals It — Buranov Out, Wells Collects

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With action folded to her, Danel Morez raised to 12,000 from the small blind after a limp from Jimmy Wells under the gun. Both Alexander Buranov in the big blind and Wells made the call.

The flop came 7♥Q♥5♣, and after Morez checked, Buranov immediately jammed all-in for about 25,000. Before his chips even hit the felt, Wells tossed in a single chip to call, prompting the dealer to confirm, “Is that a call?” With the action back on her, Morez looked to her left at both players before eventually folding.

Alexander Buranov: 4♣4♠ All in
Jimmy Wells: A♦Q♣

Wells was ahead with top pair, and the runout J♥8♥ didn’t change a thing.

Buranov hit the rail as Wells pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Wells	170,000 170,000	170,000
Danel Morez	67,000 67,000	67,000
Alexander Buranov	Busted

Tags: Alexander Buranov Danel Morez Jimmy Wells

05-27-2025 22:26 UTC-8

Ronee Dizon

44,000 6,000

Table 273Seat 5

05-27-2025 22:22 UTC-8

Matt Morris

132,500 11,500

Table 273Seat 8

05-27-2025 22:15 UTC-8

Holloway Gains Momentum

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Evangeline Ayed made it 5,000 to go from under the gun and Chad Holloway defended out of the big blind.

Holloway checked the K♠7♣10♣ flop and Ayed put out a continuation-bet of 3,000. Holloway made the call.

The 5♠ turn went check-check and the 7♠ landed on the river. Holloway led out for 4,000, which was enough to force Ayed to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Holloway	195,000 20,000	20,000

Evangeline Ayed	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Chad Holloway Evangeline Ayed

05-27-2025 22:07 UTC-8

Koldoff Hits Ace to Stay Alive

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Erick Torres

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The chips went in preflop when Donovan Koldoff jammed for his remaining 40,000. His wager was called by James Morris.

Donovan Koldoff: A♠K♠ All in
James Morris: 7♠7♦

Koldoff's overcards won the battle on the J♥3♣A♦6♠6♣ runout when he hit his ace on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Morris	113,000
Donovan Koldoff	86,000

Tags: Donovan Koldoff James Morris

05-27-2025 21:53 UTC-8

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Colquhoun	250,000 70,000	70,000

Austin Hortaleza	235,000
Eider Dacruz	210,000 187,000	187,000
Chad Holloway	175,000

Joshua Morgan	175,000 113,000	113,000
Natasha Golden	166,000
Sonny Sangjinda	160,000 25,000	25,000
Brett Slezak	160,000 5,000	5,000
Joshua Bodell	130,000 103,000	103,000