Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break.
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,321,925
Entries
1,493
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
17
Players Left
1
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Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Mark Darner raised his button and got a fold from David Mcgowan.
The next hand Mcgowan raised the button and Darner moved all in, prompting a fold from Mcgowan.
The following hand Darner limped the button, and Mcgowan raised to 3,000,000. Action was back on Darner, and he moved all in again, and again got the fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000,000
356,000,000
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356,000,000 |
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18,000,000
5,000,000
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5,000,000 |
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Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
David Mcgowan moved all in, covering his opponent's stack. Mark Darner made the immediate call and the cards were revealed.
Mark Darner: A♠10♦ 
David Mcgowan: K♣8♠
The 10♠6♥7♦ flop kept Darner in the lead, but Mcgowan had outs.
The 2♦ turn and 10♣ river were no help though, and Darner doubled up again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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390,000,000
344,000,000
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344,000,000 |
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13,000,000
7,300,000
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7,300,000 |
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Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
The song went raise, call, check down, repeat and Mark Darner was falling behind the beat until he only had about 2,600,000 behind.
David Mcgowan, on the button, open-shoved all in and Darner called.
Mark Darner: 9♥7♠
David Mcgowan: K♣9♣
When he saw the hands, in frustration and resignation, he went, "I'm not even live." Mcgowan was ahead with king-high when the flop dropped 9♠8♦6♣.
Both players hit top pair but Mcgowan had the better kicker. There was still a bit of hope for Darner as he also had an open-ended straight draw. The 10♥ completed his straight on the turn.
The river J♣ was dealt prompting Darner to quietly say, "That's some crazy s**t," as he stayed alive in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,000,000
16,500,000
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16,500,000 |
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5,700,000
16,800,000
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16,800,000 |
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Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
The Simpsons is widely regarded as one of the most successful and beloved television shows of all time. But actress and high-stakes poker player Jennifer Tilly, who was married to Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, tried to stop her ex-husband from making the iconic show.
Tilly, the star of the Chucky franchise and a recent guest on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, revealed her skepticism about Simon pursuing the cartoon in a new episode of the PokerNews Life Outside Poker podcast.
"I remember us trying to keep Sam from doing it because he had been offered his own deal, multi-million-dollar deal, at Hollywood Pictures, which was at the time very trendy," Tilly told PokerNews. "And I said, 'Sam, don't you want to be your own person and do your own shows?'"
Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Mark Garner had started to make some headway into David Mcgowan's stack, but after Mcgowan called a three-bet of 3,500,000 on the button, he then called a continuation-bet of 3,300,000 on a 9♠4♥4♠ flop.
When the 3♠ hit the turn, Garner checked and Mcgowan fired out for 1,200,000.
Garner folded, and the stacks are back to where we started, heads-up play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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22,500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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Level: 35
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Level 34
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
The starting field of 1,493 has been whittled down to just two players.
The World Series of Poker gold bracelet is the centrepiece of the table, and it is David Mcgowan and Mark Darner going head-to-head for it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000,000 | |
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22,000,000 | |
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Level 34
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Christopher Puetz's stack was going in reverse, and when David Mcgowan moved all in from the small blind, covering Puetz, he made the call.
Christopher Puetz: K♦Q♠
David Mcgowan: Q♦9♠
The situation was promising for Puetz, but when the dealer fanned out the 9♣6♠9♦ flop, it took a downturn.
The 10♦ turn offered hope, but the A♦ river sealed his fate.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000,000
7,000,000
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7,000,000 |
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22,000,000 | |
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Busted | |
Level 34
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Mark Darner opened to 800,000 on the button and got a three-bet from David Mcgowan to 3,200,000.
Both players saw the 3♣3♥K♦ flop. Mcgowan continued with 2,000,000. Unfazed, Darner called.
On the turn 9♥, Mcgowan wanted to keep the pressure with a 2,500,000 but Darner pushed back by jamming all-in. Unable to call, Mcgowan mucked and conceded the pot to Darner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000,000
9,000,000
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9,000,000 |
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22,000,000
11,600,000
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11,600,000 |
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