Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-05-2025 18:26 UTC-7

Vazquez Fills Up on the Turn

Nick Becker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Luke Richard raised to 40,000 on the button and Joel Vazquez three-bet to 130,000 in the small blind. Aditya Gourav cold-called in the big blind and Richard got out of the way.

The flop came 6♦K♥K♠ and Vazquez check-called a bet of 125,000 from Gourav, bringing the 2♦ turn.

Vazquez checked again and snap called when Gourav moved all in for his last 200,000.

Aditya Gourav: A♠J♣ All in
Joel Vazquez: K♣2♥

Gourav was drawing dead and the meaningless 3♥ rolled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Vazquez	975,000 575,000	575,000
Aditya Gourav	Busted

Tags: Aditya Gourav Joel Vazquez Luke Richard

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-05-2025 18:13 UTC-7

Fred Goldberg is the 5th Player Moving to the Final Day

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Heads up, Daniel Wirgau, with only about 260,000 behind, shoved all-in on the button and was immediately called by Fred Goldberg, taking them to showdown.

Daniel Wirgau: K♦5♥ All in
Fred Goldberg: 7♣7♥

Goldberg's sevens held on the board of 9♥6♣8♣2♣Q♦, eliminating Wirgau and winning his table to move on to the Final Day. Goldberg made it to the Final Table of the same event in 2007 and is hoping to make it to the end to ultimately win himself a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fred Goldberg	2,250,000 2,250,000	2,250,000
Daniel Wirgau	Busted

Tags: Daniel Wirgau Fred Goldberg

06-05-2025 18:12 UTC-7

Levy Busts Graham

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Nick Vazquez

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The three remaining players at table 646 took a flop after Tzur Levy raised from the button to 30,000.

On the flop of J♥9♦5♥, Joseph Henry checked and William Graham bet 100,000. Levy then moved all in and Henry folded. Graham made the call, and the cards were on their backs.

William Graham: 9♣7♣ All in
Tzur Levy: 9♥8♥

With the turn coming the 5♦ and river coming the J♣, Levy's eight kicker played and he eliminated Graham.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Henry	1,400,000 1,175,000	1,175,000
Tzur Levy	745,000 520,000	520,000
William Graham	Busted

Tags: Joseph Henry Tzur Levy William Graham

06-05-2025 18:12 UTC-7

Punsri Traps with Aces to Advance

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Punnat Punsri limped on the button and Vrezh Oganisyan jammed in the big blind for about 300,000 to out himself at risk. Punsri made the call.

Vrezh Oganisyan: 7♥6♠ All in
Punnat Punsri: A♣A♦

Punsri's aces remained best as the board ran out 8♠2♣K♦4♥2♦ to earn him a seat for Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Punnat Punsri	2,175,000 405,000	405,000

Vrezh Oganisyan	Busted

06-05-2025 18:11 UTC-7

Yepez Carmona Second To Make it Through

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Jacob Wilson

Level 20 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Luis Yepez Carmona has taken no time in taking out his competition and making it to the final 15 of Event #20. After just under five hours at the felt, Carmona has bagged up in preparation for tomorrow. He has played two Bracelet Events already, cashing twice, and is guaranteed to cash in his third, but will have his eye on improving on the $13,440 that he has already locked up.

This is the first time that Yepez Carmona has played any sort of shootout event, but told PokerNews in Spanish that he absolutely loves the format. He is primarily a cash player and enjoys playing short-handed, so as players busted out he became more and more comfortable, something that showed as his chip stack continued to rise.

Yepez Carmona was sure to note that he had made it this far "with the help of God", and this help manifested itself as he got all in preflop with JxJx only to be called by KxKx. The board offered no help when it came10x7x3x5x but the river Jx truly was a God-send, as he stayed alive in the tournament.

His family, God, and competition are the three key motivators for Yepez Carmona, and he was very animated when he stated that he was "ready to win [his] first bracelet," as he returns tomorrow at 12:00p.m. to battle it out for a third time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Yepez Carmona	2,175,000 335,000	335,000

Tags: Luis Yepez Carmona

06-05-2025 18:08 UTC-7

Oganisyan Doubles; Lavin Advances

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Punnat Punsri jammed on the button to put Vrezh Oganisyan at risk, who made the call.

Vrezh Oganisyan: 4♣4♥ All in
Punnat Punsri: A♣3♦

There were no aces to be found on the 7♦Q♥10♦3♠J♠ runout, earning Oganisyan the double up.

At a nearby table, Michael Lavin advanced to the next round.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lavin	2,125,000 1,747,000	1,747,000

Punnat Punsri	1,770,000 880,000	880,000

Vrezh Oganisyan	405,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: Michael Lavin Punnat Punsri Vrezh Oganisyan

06-05-2025 17:55 UTC-7

Mariz Concedes Pot to Vazquez

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Pablo Mariz bet 30,000 on the flop of J♦4♦7♠ on the button after Joel Vazquez checked in the big blind. Vazquez called leading both players to the turn.

The turn 7♣ was checked by both players. But on the river 8♠, Vazquez bet 60,000 which was enough for Mariz to fold and concede the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Mariz	675,000 105,000	105,000

Joel Vazquez	400,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Joel Vazquez Pablo Mariz

06-05-2025 17:51 UTC-7

Song Bombs the River

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action picked up on the river in a hand between Linyang Song on the button and Aaron Pinson in the big blind.

With the board reading 8♣10♣K♠5♥J♥, Pinson checked and Song fired out a pot-sized bet of 200,000.

Pinson thought for a moment before eventually giving up his hand.

With that hand, Song has overtaken the chip lead in the heads-up match.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linyang Song	1,200,000 250,000	250,000
Aaron Pinson	975,000 250,000	250,000

06-05-2025 17:48 UTC-7

Thomas Does it Again!

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Jacob Wilson

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

In an absolutely incredible turn of events, Day 1's first winner Joshua Thomas steamrolled yet another table as he is first to bag up for Day 3. Not a single one of the remaining 14 tables has reached heads-up play yet, further showcasing how incredible this feat is.

Thomas seems to have mastered this format, and having already locked up $13,440 he is surely favorite to take home the top prize of $267,372. This also means that having played only four hours today, he will be fresh for tomorrow's final two tables as play is projected to carry on late into the night for the remaining 46 players.

Thomas told PokerNews that, much like yesterday, he picked up the chip lead early on in the day and retained it through to the very end. With three left at the table, Thomas made a hero call with third pair against Anthony Marquez' ace-high bluff on a wet board, and just a few hands later bust him out after turning two pair to Marquez' pair of aces. Having accumulated Marquez's stack, he started heads-up play with a commanding chip lead against Thomas Fuller, and took only 20 minutes to become the last man standing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Thomas	2,150,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Anthony Marquez Joshua Thomas