Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT Day 1ab | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-05-2025 00:33 UTC-8

Ten Hours Together

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Day 1b Level 12 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action was picked up with Haidang Nguyen tanking after Dominic Cabuhat made a 27,000 bet on the river of a 9♣4♥9♥5♠7♣ board with about 70,000 in the pot.

After a few seconds Nguyen made the call. Cabuhat tabled A♥9♠ for trips. As the chips were being shipped to Cabuhat, Nguyen said it was the first time Cabuhat had it. Pretending to be hurt by what was said, Cabuhat replied, "The first time I ever had it? I've been with you for ten hours."

Both smiling they continued their heads-up match with Cabuhat ultimately winning.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominic Cabuhat	250,000 250,000	250,000
Haidang Nguyen	Busted

06-05-2025 00:30 UTC-8

Four Way Madness in the Shootout

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Jacob Wilson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Despite the fact that every other table here in the Paris ballroom is down to two-handed play, nobody on table #190 had plans of going to bed any time soon, as four players still have chips in front of them in level 11.

With blinds at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante, Zachary Lipeles, Andrew Kim, Tzur Levy, and Hang Xu were all refusing to be sent home, as they each held around 25% of chips left on the table. However, one hand changed everything, as Lipeles Kim and Levy abandoned their conservative playing style and got all their chips into the middle before a flop was dealt.

Zachary Lipeles: A♠10♥ All in
Tzur Levy: A♦Q♥ All in
Andrew Kim: A♥7♣

The 9♦K♠2♦8♦3♣ board came safe for Levy, leaving him with a big stack, Kim with a little stack, and Lipeles with no stack.

In the following two hands, Kim doubled through Xu, then bust to Levy, leaving him a considerable chip leader as we go heads-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tzur Levy	181,000
Hang Xu	44,000
Zachary Lipeles	Busted
Andrew Kim	Busted

Tags: Andrew Kim Hang Xu Tzur Levy Zachary Lipeles

06-05-2025 00:08 UTC-8

Will Juanda Capture his 6th Bracelet?

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

John Juanda is the most notable player still in the running in Day 1b of the Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT. Still Number One in Indonesia’s All Time Money List, and owning five World Series of Poker bracelets. He hasn’t won a bracelet since 2011.

He entered Day1a but got eliminated when they were three-handed. Entering Day1b he is still fighting heads-up on his table and is close to being eligible to move into Day2.

Will he be able to grab some bracelets this year, starting with the shootout event?

Other WSOP bracelet holders still in trying to qualify for Day 2 are Jeremy Pekarek and Anthony Marquez

Stay tuned tomorrow for more updates.

06-04-2025 23:29 UTC-8

Day1B: Some Eliminations

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bari Sklar	Busted
Eliseu Cunha	Busted
Edward Bergman	Busted
Scott Krentler	Busted
Tyler Patterson	Busted

Adam Benson	Busted
Hye Park	Busted
Shawn Buchanan	Busted
Devin Shang	Busted
Andrew La	Busted
Byungeun Shin	Busted
Robert Wells	Busted

Alexandros Kolonias	Busted

Brett Bader	Busted

06-04-2025 23:21 UTC-8

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Elijah Farrow

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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06-04-2025 22:47 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The remaining 103 players in Day 1b head into their third break of the day.

06-04-2025 22:34 UTC-8

Mason Makes Third Cash

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Jacob Wilson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Craig Mason becomes the final player from today's first flight to make it to Day 2, as he sends Corey Dodd home after two and a half hours of one-on-one poker with his adversary.

Fresh off a $25,000 bounty pull in the $1,000 Mystery Millions Event, Mason has now secured his third cash of the Series, after also taking home money in the $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tournament.

Mason, along with 99 other players from Day 1a and 45 from Day 1b (only 16 of which have already been confirmed) will return tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. in the hopes of conquering yet another table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Mason	225,000 115,000	115,000
Corey Dodd	Busted

06-04-2025 22:27 UTC-8

Choffardet Wins at Table #218

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Day 1b Level 8 600/1200, 1200 ante

Table #210 was one of the first tables that went to a heads-up match but only reached a winner after four levels with other tables finishing sooner than they did.

The final hand happened with Alex Kim betting 3,000 on the button and getting raised all-in by Mathieu Choffardet. With only about 24,000 behind, Kim made the call.

Alex Kim: A♠Q♠ All in
Mathieu Choffardet: 10♠10♦

Kim needed one of his overcards to hit to stay longer in the tournament and based on what has happened between these two players for the past four hours, it wasn't impossible. But the board ran 7♦3♣3♠9♥9♦ finally ending their long one-on-one battle in Choffardet's favor.

Choffardet was relating how the table was full of aggressive players that made them go to heads-up early in the tournament but once two were left, the chips kept changing hands between them.

"He had a big lead at the start but I had a lot of good spots where I grinded him. I had the nuts all the time so it was easy. I really like this format and I'm looking forward to the next round. "

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kim	Busted

Tags: Alex Kim Mathieu Choffardet

06-04-2025 22:00 UTC-8

Four Remain in Day 1a

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Jacob Wilson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

As Day 1a of the only shootout tournament of this year's WSOP draws to a close, four players remain across two tables, with the winner of each making it through to a "table of champions" in Day 2 tomorrow.

The first matchup has Craig Mason taking on Corey Dodd. The two have been heads-up for over two hours, and things could not be closer, as Dodd holds 115,000 chips to Mason's 110,000.

On the other table, there is a slightly larger chip imbalance between Kevin Kent and Garry Gates, with the latter on 92,500 chips to Kent's 132,500.

The average stack is at 20 big blinds; a number that will only decrease as time goes on, so these players have to do everything in their power to take the advantage as soon as possible.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Kent	132,500
Corey Dodd	115,000
Craig Mason	110,000
Garry Gates	92,500

Tags: Corey Dodd Craig Mason Garry Gates Kevin Kent

06-04-2025 21:36 UTC-8

Leonard Doubles Up to Continue Heads Up Play

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Day 1b Level 7 500/1,000, 1000 ante

Action was picked up with John Juanda betting 50,000 on the flop of 4♥8♦10♦ with around 20,000 in the pot. The bet put his heads-up opponent, Edward Leonard, all in, and Leonard called.

Edward Leonard: Q♠10♠ All in
John Juanda: Q♦J♦

Juanda had a flush draw but Leonard already hit the board with top pair. The runout K♠8♥ didn't help Juanda at all. The dealer shipped the chips towards Leonard's direction for a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	148,000 104,000	104,000
Edward Leonard	77,000 77,000	77,000

Tags: Edward Leonard John Juanda