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

06-06-2025 02:21 UTC-8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Will Shillibier

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
603	1	Daisuke Ogita	Japan	260,000	22
603	2	Ryan Ko	United States	82,000	7
603	3	David Stamm	United States	200,000	17
603	4	Jason Yano	United States	41,000	3
603	5	Shahryarali Eslami	United States	106,000	9
603	6	Christopher Roman	United States	179,000	15

604	1	Valentin Vornicu	United States	198,000	17
604	2	Jason Gola	United States	88,000	7
604	3	Matthew Schreiber	United States	184,000	15
604	5	Kristopher Rundquist	United States	65,000	5
604	6	Murilo Souza	Brazil	83,000	7

605	1	Jonathan Wirjo	United States	190,000	16
605	2	Ryan Schoonbaert	Canada	82,000	7
605	3	Aloisio Dourado	Brazil	348,000	29
605	4	Marcel Vonk	Netherlands	51,000	4
605	5	Jacob Irvin	United States	178,000	15
605	6	Pierre Lewandowski	France	66,000	6

606	1	Brian Yoon	United States	108,000	9
606	2	David Funkhouser	United States	109,000	9
606	3	David Baker	United States	143,000	12
606	4	Jason Lopata	United States	115,000	10
606	5	Michael Krescanko Jr	United States	290,000	24
606	6	James Newberry	United States	26,000	2

607	1	James Woods	United States	75,000	6
607	2	Sean Akhavi	United States	234,000	20
607	3	Tom Steinbach	United States	50,000	4
607	4	Dominick Sarle	United States	162,000	14
607	5	Christian Gonzalez	United States	80,000	7
607	6	Louise Francoeur	United States	89,000	7

608	1	Valentin Lita	United States	314,000	26
608	2	Jeffery Stepaniuk	Canada	62,000	5
608	3	Peter Levine	United States	38,000	3
608	4	Jonathan Pastore	France	84,000	7
608	5	Matthew Valeo	United States	167,000	14
608	6	Hal Oscar Rotholz	United States	161,000	13

609	1	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	64,000	5
609	2	Andy Jeh	United States	156,000	13
609	3	Scott Abrams	United States	51,000	4
609	4	James Tilton	United States	222,000	19
609	5	Jun Weng	China	193,000	16
609	6	Hasan Kural	United States	218,000	18

610	1	Jayson Galindo	United States	37,000	3
610	2	Daniel Zack	United States	198,000	17
610	3	Dustin Bryan	United States	155,000	13
610	4	Thor Morstoel	Norway	79,000	7
610	5	Brian Tate	United States	353,000	29
610	6	Anthony Arvidson	United States	139,000	12

611	1	Jun Obara	Japan	202,000	17
611	2	Sachin Bhargava	United States	51,000	4
611	3	Scott Lake	United States	124,000	10
611	4	Richard Kaiser	United States	44,000	4
611	5	Adam Owen	United Kingdom	149,000	12
611	6	Hye Park	United States	138,000	12

612	1	Johnson Phanyaseng	Canada	278,000	23
612	2	Anthony Barranqueiros Ribeiro	Brazil	178,000	15
612	3	Jaekyung Sim	South Korea	163,000	14
612	4	Elijah Ruffin	United States	35,000	3
612	5	Andrew Yeh	United States	220,000	18
612	6	Esther Taylor	South Korea	70,000	6

613	1	Mark Gregorich	United States	106,000	9
613	2	Carl Vaillancourt	United States	266,000	22
613	3	Benjamin Yu	United States	185,000	15
613	4	Stephen Speck	United States	35,000	3
613	5	Paul Clotar	United States	40,000	3
613	6	George Wolff	United States	217,000	18

614	1	Hanh Tran	Austria	156,000	13
614	2	Patrick Stacey	United States	224,000	19
614	3	Jorge Ufano	Spain	129,000	11
614	4	Mark Kastory	United States	47,000	4
614	5	Andrew Brown	United States	84,000	7
614	6	Ryan Johnson	United States	91,000	8

615	1	Christopher Jester	United States	56,000	5
615	3	Justin Turner	United States	67,000	6
615	4	John Bunch	United States	196,000	16
615	5	Arthur Morris	United States	308,000	26
615	6	Nicolas Milgrom	France	70,000	6

616	1	Brendan Shiller	United States	36,000	3
616	2	Kenneth Po	United States	16,000	1
616	3	Joseph Wagganer	United States	198,000	17
616	4	Matthew Wantman	United States	56,000	5
616	5	Jonathan Krela	Canada	60,000	5
616	6	Jonathan Glendinning	United States	245,000	20

617	2	John Monnette	United States	120,000	10
617	3	Nam Phan	United States	99,000	8
617	4	Yunlamkevin Choi	United Kingdom	135,000	11
617	5	Ray Fishman	United States	441,000	37
617	6	David Lin	United States	116,000	10

618	1	Ismael Bojang	Germany	88,000	7
618	2	Matthew Kelley	United States	177,000	15
618	3	Graham Mathews	United States	170,000	14
618	5	Ryan Demeter	United States	67,000	6
618	6	Nathaniel Parenti	United States	78,000	7

619	1	Felipe Ramos	Brazil	101,500	8
619	2	Kianoush Abolfathi	United States	63,000	5
619	3	Nam Le	United States	48,000	4
619	4	Ryutaro Suzuki	Japan	194,000	16
619	5	David Margolis	United States	221,000	18
619	6	Phillip Hui	United States	133,000	11

Event #23: $1,500 Badugi

Day 2 Started

06-06-2025 07:26 UTC-8

Biggest Badugi Tournament Ever Has 98 Returning for Day 2

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Liam Gannon

The draw poker fans of the 2025 World Series of Poker were out in full force yesterday as the prior size record of Badugi events at the WSOP was passed. Some 534 entrants came out to create a prize pool of $708,885 to be divided among the final 81 players. Just 98 come into today with their hopes not yet dashed, with their eyes all sitting on the $138,114 and the WSOP gold bracelet that will go to first place.

Leading the way is young gun Ray Fishman, who starts the day with 441,000. His journey to a first bracelet will not be easy as many players like Arthur Morris (308,000), Patrick Stacey (224,000), David Funkhouser (220,000), Andrew Yeh (220,000), George Wolff (217,000), Daniel Zack (198,000), Benjamin Yu (185,000), and Andrew Brown (84,000). These are just a few of the many stars who have made their way into the second day.

Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Nationality	ChipCount
1	Ray Fishman	United States	441,000
2	Brian Tate	United States	353,000
3	Aloisio Dourado	Brazil	348,000
4	Valentin Lita	United States	314,000
5	Arthur Morris	United States	308,000
6	Michael Krescanko Jr	United States	290,000
7	Johnson Phanyaseng	Canada	278,000
8	Carl Vaillancourt	United States	266,000
9	Daisuke Ogita	Japan	260,000
10	Jonathan Glendinning	United States	245,000

Today at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe Bronze Section, play will begin in Level 16. Blinds will be 3,000/6,000 and limits will be 6,000/12,000. Each level will last 60 minutes and a 15-minute break will occur at the conclusion of every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21. After that players will continue to play through Level 25 and bag up for the final day.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the exciting updates on the floor.

Tags: Aloisio Dourado Andrew Brown Andrew Yeh Arthur Morris Benjamin Yu Brian Tate Carl Vaillancourt Daisuke Ogita Daniel Zack David Funkhouser George Wolff Jonathan Glendinning Michael Krescanko Jr Patrick Stacey Ray Fishman Valentin Lita

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

06-06-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

The 98 returning players have found their seats, and the cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event #23: $1,500 Badugi.

06-06-2025 12:07 UTC-8

Demeter Left Short

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Ryan Demeter raised in the cutoff and saw Matthew Kelley defend his big blind. Kelley drew one card, and Demeter stood pat. Kelley then check-raised Demeter, Demeter called and stood pat, and Kelley followed suit.

Kelley and Demeter remained pat across the next two draws, with Kelley betting twice and Demeter calling to showdown.

Kelley tabled 8♣7♥5♦A♠ for an eight-badugi, which won him the pot when Demeter mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Kelley	230,000 53,000	53,000
Ryan Demeter	19,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Matthew Kelley Ryan Demeter

06-06-2025 12:09 UTC-8

Po Falls To Wantman

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Kenneth Po raised all in from the button and in the big blind, Matthew Wantman called.

Wantman drew two on the first draw and one on the second draw while Po stood pat the whole time.

Kenneth Po: K♠9♣8♦4♥ All in
Matthew Wantman: 6♥3♣A♠ Xx

Wantman peeled his final card to reveal the 9♦ to give him a nine-badugi against Po's king and Po became the first casualty of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Wantman	81,000 25,000	25,000

Kenneth Po	Busted

Tags: Kenneth Po Matthew Wantman

06-06-2025 12:17 UTC-8

Tilton Wins Four Bets on River

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Andy Jeh put in a raise in the cutoff. With an absent big blind, James Tilton called in the small blind and drew one card, after which Tilton also took a fresh one.

Both players checked and drew one card again, but this time, Tilton placed a bet. Jeh called, and both players stood pat on the last draw.

That is when the action exploded, as Tilton bet, Jeh raised, Tilton three-bet, Jeh four-bet, and Tilton called.

Yeh showed 6♠4♦3♥A♣ for a six-badugi, but Tilton had a lower one with his 5♥4♣3♠A♦, winning the large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Tilton	320,000 98,000	98,000
Andy Jeh	65,000 91,000	91,000

Tags: Andy Jeh James Tilton

06-06-2025 12:26 UTC-8

Bojang Takes From Parenti

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Nathaniel Parenti raised in the cutoff and on the button, Ismael Bojang flatted.

Parenti drew one while Bojang drew two and Parenti bet the first betting round, earning a quick call from Bojang.

Both players drew one on the following draw and Parenti check-folded to a bet from Bojang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	112,000 24,000	24,000

Nathaniel Parenti	60,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Ismael Bojang Nathaniel Parenti

06-06-2025 12:26 UTC-8

Wantman Doubles Dire Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Joseph Wagganer raised in the small blind, and Matthew Wantman called in the big blind, leaving only 6,000 behind.

Wagganer and Wantman both drew two cards thrice, checking until after the final draw, where Wagganer put Wantman all-in.

Wantman tossed in a quick call, and his 8♦4♠2♥A♦ was the better three-card hand over the 7♣3♠3♥2♦ of Wagganer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Wagganer	157,000 41,000	41,000
Matthew Wantman	36,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Joseph Wagganer Matthew Wantman