Event #23: $1,500 Badugi Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-06-2025 14:53 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Johnson	Busted
Hal Rotholz	Busted

Mark Gregorich	Busted
Jason Yano	Busted
Joseph Wagganer	Busted
Nam Phan	Busted
Jorge Ufano	Busted

Obara's Stack Obliterated

Frank Visser

Level 18 : Limits 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Jun Obara raised under the gun and was called by Hye Park in the big blind. Both players drew one card, after which Park led out. Obara called and drew one card on the second draw after Park stood pat.

Obara only had 5,000 chips behind, which he committed before the final draw. He changed one card again after Park had taken none.

Jun Obara: 6♠4♦2♣ All in
Hye Park: 6♦5♠4♥A♣

Obara had two outs in the deck, but the 2♦ he drew was not one of them, resulting in his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hye Park	205,000 110,000	110,000
Jun Obara	Busted

Tags: Hye Park Jun Obara

06-06-2025 14:44 UTC-8

Schreiber Crosses Half Million

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Limits 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Jaekyung Sim raised under the gun and called when Matthew Schreiber three-bet from the small blind. Each player drew one card, after which Schreiber bet and Sim called.

Schreiber stood pat on the second draw, with Sim still drawing one after. Schreiber then bet, Sim raised, Schreiber reraised, and Sim called.

Both players opted to take no cards on the final draw, and Sim called one more bet by Schreiber. Schreiber showed 6♦5♣3♠A♥ for a six-badugi and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	542,000 125,000	125,000

Jaekyung Sim	293,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Jaekyung Sim Matthew Schreiber

06-06-2025 14:39 UTC-8

Ko Sends Out Phanyaseng

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Liam Gannon

Level 18 : Limits 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Dominick Sarle raised from under the gun, and Ryan Ko three-bet in the hijack which and Sarle called. Johnson Phanyaseng was already all in from the big blind.

Phanyaseng drew two, while both Sarle and Ko drew one. Sarle check-called a bet from Ko.

On the second draw, Phanyaseng stood pat while both of his opponents drew one. This time, Sarle took the betting lead while Ko called.

Sarle and Phanyaseng both stood pat while Ko drew one and Sarle bet once more, getting a quick call from Ko.

"Queen," said Sarle, then quickly mucked when Ko said he had a jack.

Johnson Phanyaseng: J♦10♠5♥2♣ All in
Ryan Ko: J♥4♣3♦2♠

Ko's jack-four was good to beat Phanyaseng's jack-ten, and Ko eliminated Phanyaseng from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominick Sarle	334,000 14,000	14,000

Ryan Ko	189,000 79,000	79,000
Johnson Phanyaseng	Busted

Tags: Dominick Sarle Johnson Phanyaseng Ryan Ko

06-06-2025 14:31 UTC-8

Vaillancourt's Lady Holds

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Limits 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

After the first draw, Matthew Kelley bet out from under the gun, only to be raised by Carl Vaillancourt in the hijack. Kelly called and drew one card on the second draw, while Vallancourt stood pat.

Kelley check-called a bet after the draw before he drew once more on the final draw. Vaillancourt remained pat, and the players checked to showdown.

Vaillancourt tabled Q♥4♦3♣2♠ for a queen-badugi. Kelley's hand was left unimproved, as he gave up the pot by mucking his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Vaillancourt	412,000 185,000	185,000
Matthew Kelley	365,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Carl Vaillancourt Matthew Kelley

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

06-06-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Chip Counts (full)

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Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Fishman	523,000 82,000	82,000

Aloisio Dourado	495,000 80,000	80,000

Anthony Ribeiro	489,000 23,000	23,000
Valentin Lita	480,000 120,000	120,000
Daniel Zack	421,000 223,000	223,000

Patrick Stacey	420,000 99,000	99,000
Matthew Schreiber	417,000 225,000	225,000

Ryan Schoonbaert	416,000 44,000	44,000
Hasan Kural	408,000 190,000	190,000
Brian Tate	403,000 206,000	206,000
James Tilton	391,000 71,000	71,000
Sean Akhavi	370,000 136,000	136,000
Andrew Brown	364,000 280,000	280,000

Michael Krescanko Jr	337,000 159,000	159,000
Matthew Kelley	333,000 103,000	103,000
Jonathan Glendinning	328,000 83,000	83,000
Dominick Sarle	320,000 158,000	158,000

Ryutaro Suzuki	316,000 122,000	122,000

Kevin Choi	307,000 172,000	172,000
Matthew Wantman	283,000 247,000	247,000

Christopher Roman	280,000 130,000	130,000
Jonathan Wirjo	279,000 89,000	89,000
Jaekyung Sim	253,000 90,000	90,000
Arthur Morris	248,000 96,000	96,000
James Newberry	229,000 132,000	132,000