2025 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
6542
Prize
$138,114
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$708,885
Entries
534
Level Info
Level
30
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
534
Players Left
98
Players Left 1 / 534

Valeo Goes For Value

Level 2 : Limits 300/600, 0 ante

Lynda Tran raised in the cutoff and was called by Matthew Valeo on the button, Mark Kastory in the small blind, and Darrell Larabee in the big blind.

Kastory stood pat and Larabee drew one behind him, while both Tran and Valeo drew two. Kastory bet and received three quick callers.

On the second draw, the same drawing action repeated. This time when Kastory bet, Larabee and Valeo called while Tran folded.

The third draw saw Kastory stand pat with each of his opponents drawing one. Kastory bet a third time, folding out Larabee while Valeo raised.

Wasting little time, Kastory called and sighed as Valeo turned over 654A for a six-five. Kastory tossed his hand into the muck while Valeo raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Valeo us
Matthew Valeo
38,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Darrell Larabee us
Darrell Larabee
34,000
Profile photo of Lynda Tran us
Lynda Tran
23,000
Profile photo of Mark Kastory us
Mark Kastory
15,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Darrell LarabeeLynda TranMark KastoryMatthew Valeo