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

06-05-2025 17:47 UTC-7

Krucsh Doubles Through O'Connell

Nick Vazquez

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

Drew O'Connell raised to 35,000 from the button at his three-handed table. Dennis Krusch moved all in from the big blind for 455,000. O'Connell called once he confirmed the amount, and was in good shape headed to the flop.

Dennis Krusch: A♠J♥ All in
Drew O'Connell: A♦Q♦

Krusch was able to survive after the A♥9♥7♥10♥Q♣ board gave him a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Krusch	955,000 500,000	500,000
Drew Oconnell	405,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Dennis Krusch Drew O'Connell

06-05-2025 17:40 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Nick Becker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Yepez Carmona	1,840,000 140,000	140,000
Joshua Thomas	1,600,000 200,000	200,000
Duff Charette	1,260,000 140,000	140,000
Jason Wheeler	1,250,000

Aaron Pinson	1,225,000 925,000	925,000
Zyad Qasem	1,025,000 200,000	200,000
Linyang Song	950,000 695,000	695,000
Punnat Punsri	890,000 140,000	140,000

Eric Firestone	825,000 25,000	25,000
Andrew Garcia	815,000 590,000	590,000
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	810,000 585,000	585,000
Aram Zobian	780,000 230,000	230,000

Tom Verbruggen	760,000
Michael Rossitto	710,000 510,000	510,000
Drew Oconnell	705,000 505,000	505,000

Fred Goldberg	697,000 97,000	97,000
Kevin Song	600,000 130,000	130,000

Pablo Mariz	570,000 80,000	80,000

Tian Liu	570,000 345,000	345,000
Kevin Kent	550,000 325,000	325,000
Wesley Fei	534,000 86,000	86,000
Aditya Gourav	525,000 185,000	185,000
Christian Roberts	525,000 207,000	207,000

Michael Kobzeff	495,000 295,000	295,000
Jeffrey Hong	490,000 290,000	290,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

06-05-2025 17:16 UTC-7

Break Time

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 50 players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 big blind ante.

06-05-2025 17:15 UTC-7

Firestone Ships on Sowers

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Nick Vazquez

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ciaran Duffy opened for a raise to 24,000 in early position. Eric Firestone called from the button, and then James Sowers raised to 85,000 from the big blind. Duffy got out of the way, but Firestone called.

On the A♥K♠4♥ board, Sowers bet 50,000, and Firestone instantly moved all in. Sowers fired his hand into the muck, and Firestone raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Firestone	800,000 378,000	378,000
Ciaran Duffy	270,000 166,000	166,000
James Sowers	125,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Ciaran Duffy Eric Firestone James Sowers

06-05-2025 17:14 UTC-7

Elimination before the Break

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up on five handed table with Tom Verbruggen's and David Jenkins' chips and hand in the middle of the table.

David Jenkins: A♥K♣ All in
Tom Verbruggen: A♣A♦

Verbruggen's aces held on the board of Q♦K♠Q♣2♥8♠. The two men shook hands and Jenkins left heading to the payout in Paris while the rest went on their break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Verbruggen	760,000 396,000	396,000
David Jenkins	Busted

Tags: David Jenkins Tom Verbruggen

06-05-2025 17:12 UTC-7

More Eliminations

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Mason	Busted
Maxim Lykov	Busted

Brian Wood	Busted
Yulian Bogdanov	Busted
Andy Miller	Busted
Scott Ko	Busted
Michael Rodrigues	Busted

Stuart Young	Busted
Rene Lazaro Cifuentes	Busted
Ian Steinman	Busted

Joshua Mcswiney	Busted
Tyler Gaston	Busted
Collin Wilson	Busted
[Removed:548]	Busted
Thomas Zanot	Busted
Hasan Kural	Busted
Didier Guerin	Busted
Nicholas Seward	Busted

Atanas Malinov	Busted
Henry Liang	Busted
Thomas Fuller	Busted
Blake Bohn	Busted
Dominic Cabuhat	Busted
David Jenkins	Busted
Daniel Buzgon	Busted

06-05-2025 17:11 UTC-7

Mariz Stays Alive

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On a four handed table, Joel Vazquez opened for 25,000 on the button. Pablo Mariz replied with an all-in shove for 233,000. Vazquez snap called taking them to showdown.

Pablo Mariz: K♦10♥ All in
Joel Vazquez: Q♠Q♣

The flop came K♠8♠A♦ giving Mariz an immediate pair to beat Vazquez's queens. Vazquez started rubbing his queen on the felt as the dealer completed the board. But no queen came out on the runout 3♠8♣. Mariz scooped the pot to continue his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Mariz	490,000 330,000	330,000

Joel Vazquez	310,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Joel Vazquez Pablo Mariz

06-05-2025 17:10 UTC-7

One Inch is Enough

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Jacob Wilson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river, with the board reading 8♠2♥K♠8♣2♣ and 130,000 chips in the pot. Tzur Levy checked over to Joseph Henry, who announced an overbet of 210,000. Undeterred, Levy then pushed his monster stack into the middle, but had to do so delicately as it was only made up of 1,000 and 5,000 denomination chips. In order not to risk it falling, he only pushed it forward an inch, however, that inch was enough to put Henry in a world of pain.

He asked for a count, and the dealer took a good minute due to the sheer quantity of chips before announcing "456,000". Henry, after a lengthy tank, made the call with his large stack to potentially send Levy home, however the chips would be returned to their owners as Henry showed 8♦7♣ and Levy tabled 6♠8♥ showing that he was saved by the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Henry	1,464,000 1,239,000	1,239,000
Tzur Levy	521,000 311,000	311,000

Tags: Joseph Henry Tzur Levy

06-05-2025 17:07 UTC-7

Devilsh Board Good News for Roberts

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Nick Vazquez

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A three-way, pre-flop, all-in confrontation went down at table 628. The players involved were Christian Roberts, Duff Charette, and Thomas Zanot.

Christian Roberts: 10♠10♣ All in
Thomas Zanot: A♣J♣ All in
Duff Charette: A♦Q♥

The runout of 7♠6♠6♣6♥9♦ saw Roberts triple up, and Charette get the remainder of Zanot's stack. Charette holds a comanding lead at his table that is now three-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duff Charette	1,400,000 1,175,000	1,175,000
Christian Roberts	318,000 93,000	93,000

Thomas Zanot	Busted

Tags: Thomas Zanot Duff Charette Christian Roberts