Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$708,885
Entries
534
Level
30
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Entries
534
Players Left
98
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Level 13
: Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
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Level 13
: Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000
Hanh Tran opened under the gun and David ODB Baker three-bet on the button which saw Jonathan Crela in the small blind and Tran call.
Tran drew two on the first draw while Crela and Baker both drew one, with action checking around.
Crela stood pat on the second draw while Tran and Baker both drew one and they both called the bet from Crela.
On the final draw, Crela stood pat once more with Tran and Baker each drawing one. Action checked around to Baker who bet and both of his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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123,000
123,000
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123,000 |
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112,000
112,000
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112,000 |
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86,000
86,000
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Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Level 14
: Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Aloisio Dourado opened in the hijack and Esther "E-Tay" Taylor three-bet in the cutoff. Michael Moncek four-bet on the button and both Dourado and Taylor called.
Dourado drew two while Taylor and Moncek both drew one. Action checked around to Moncek who bet and both of his opponents called.
Everyone drew one on the second draw and action checked around to Moncek who bet, earning a quick call from Dourado while Taylor raised. Both Moncek and Dourado called the raise.
Moncek and Dourado both drew one while Taylor stood pat. Dourado checked over to Taylor who bet and both of her opponents folded.
"I have a theory about Badugi," table mate Scott Abrams said. "It isn't the raiser or the four-bettor who wins. It's always the three-bettor."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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193,000
171,000
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Level 14
: Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Action was picked up after the first draw in a pot between Ali Eslami in the small blind and Valentin Lita in the hijack.
Eslami bet which prompted Lita to raise and Eslami called.
Both players stood pat on the following two draws with Eslami check-calling a bet from Lita twice.
"Six," declared Lita as he tabled 6♥4♦2♠A♣ for six-four and Eslami mucked his hand.
Lita now sits as one of the tournament leaders as the night draws to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Michael Coombs raised in the hijack and on the button Sachin Bhagharva three-bet. All other players folded and the action preflop was capped with Coombs getting all in against Bhagharva.
Coombs drew two cards on every street with Bhagharva standing pat the whole time.
Michael Coombs: A♦2♣ XxXx
Sachin Bhagharva: Q♣6♥3♦2♠
With his life on the line, Coombs first peeled a 9♥, which gave him any spade lower than the queen to survive.
"It's a spade," he said as he looked at his final card of 10♠ and he doubled through Bhagharva.
At another table, Chicago poker player Michael Estes was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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112,000
112,000
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41,000
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Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
The tournament staff has announced five more hands before players bag for the night.
