Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-08-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Lu's Two Pair is Good

Joseph Berg

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Blaise Bourgeois raised to 3,000 from the button and was called by Yunye Lu in the big blind. The dealer fanned a 9♣3♠4♣ flop. Lu check called a bet of 5,500 from Bourgeois.

Action checked through on the Q♠ turn.

The river was the K♣, Lu bet 5,500 and was called by Bourgeois. Lu tabled 9♦4♦, good for two pair and the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunye Lu	131,000 131,000	131,000
Blaise Bourgeois	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Blaise Bourgeois Yunye Lu

06-08-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Diamonds Are Forever

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was picked up with Youngsik Eum in the tank after he opened for 3,000 and both Ashton Nikzad and Todd Van Kleeck shoved all-in - in the small blind for 28,000 and in the big blind for around 70,000, respectively.

Visibly amused with the situation, Eum made the call taking the trio to showdown.

Ashton Nikzad: A♥J♣ All in
Youngsik Eum: J♥J♣ All in
Todd Van Kleeck: A♣Q♠

Ahead with his pocket pair, Eum let out a small cheer when the hands were tabled. The flop dropped 3♦7♦8♦. Still happy he was ahead, he voiced out that there were enough diamonds on the board.

But the turn 2♦ fell and Eum was beginning to show slight frustration at the possible chop if another diamond fell. Sure enough the 9♦ was dealt on the river evoking a frustrated "Oh My God," exclamation from Eum.

The players pulled back their chips as the dealer divided the pot for a three-way chop which took away Eum's chance to boost his chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Van Kleeck	72,000
Youngsik Eum	68,000
Ashton Nikzad	28,000

Tags: Todd Van Kleeck Ashton Nikzad Youngsik Eum

06-08-2025 19:10 UTC-8

Pay Day for Stone With a Flopped Flush

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Sava Krink

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With already around 31,000 in the pot and the board showing A♠8♠5♠6♥3♠, Jacob Stone checked to Yuliyan Kolev, who laid out a bet of 25,000, which Stone called, leading to a showdown. Kolev turned Q♣9♣ for a bluff, and Stone showed Q♠J♠ for a flopped flush and scooped the pot right away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Stone	235,000 32,000	32,000
Yuliyan Kolev	14,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Jacob Stone Yuliyan Kolev

06-08-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Dang Finds Flush to Triple Up

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Sava Krink

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Joonhee Yea opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 3,000, and Fabian Gumz made the call on the button. Qun Dang, however, had other plans and moved all in for 10,500. Yea called in a flash, while Gumz took a moment before deciding to come along as well.

The flop, turn, and river ran out A♠3♣8♣5♣4♣, and with four clubs on the board, the players checked it down to showdown.

Gumz revealed 10♦10♥ for a pair of tens, but Dang tabled K♣J♦ for a flush and claimed the pot for his triple-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Gumz	115,000 6,000	6,000
Joonhee Yea	43,000 43,000	43,000
Qun Dang	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Fabian Gumz Joonhee Yea Qun Dang

06-08-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Liang's Aggression Pays Off

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Gabriel Moura, under the gun, opened with a 3,000 bet and got called by Michael Liang on the button and James Sowers in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠3♥4♠ and after a check Sowers, Moura continued with a 3,500 bet. Liang re-raised to 13,000 prompting Sowers to ask how many chips he had behind. After a few seconds of thought, he folded and Moura folded right after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Liang	110,000

James Sowers	75,000
Gabriel Moura	55,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Gabriel Moura James Sowers Michael Liang

06-08-2025 18:55 UTC-8

Big Stacks After Dinner Break

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Joseph Berg

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

These are the big stacks across the room after dinner break, as seen on the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Jordan	320,000 320,000	320,000
Brek Schutten	263,500 263,500	263,500

Seunghyun Nam	242,000 117,000	117,000
Sebastian Crane	230,500 3,500	3,500
Frank Cucchiara	230,000 230,000	230,000
Paul Carney	219,500 32,900	32,900
Gregory Brown	214,500 214,500	214,500
Venkat Chivukula	209,500 36,500	36,500
Allan Le	209,500 209,500	209,500

Jacob Stone	203,000 203,000	203,000
Gerald Stogner	195,000 195,000	195,000
Manuel Saavedra	194,000
Daniel Green	189,500 189,500	189,500

Jon Vallinas	188,000 188,000	188,000

Ashley Scott	187,500 187,500	187,500
Gianluca Cedolia	182,000 68,600	68,600
Evan Sparling	180,000 180,000	180,000
Anthony Ibrahim	177,000 177,000	177,000
Julio Serrao	175,000 175,000	175,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-08-2025 18:31 UTC-8

Who Is Matt Belcher? The Mystery Man First on the List for WSOP’s Biggest Buy-Ins

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Lyle Bateman

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The first player registered for the 2025 World Series of Poker's $100,000 and $250,000 Super High Roller events isn’t a household name like Bonomo, Chidwick, or Ivey, and it’s not often the poker world pauses at the very first name on a registration list.

But as eyes begin to turn to the two biggest buy-in events at this year's WSOP, one name has drawn a double-take: Matt Belcher.

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06-08-2025 18:11 UTC-8

Check Out the 2025 WSOP PokerGO Streaming Schedule

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Lyle Bateman

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

PokerGO revealed the streaming schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) that will include near-daily coverage of more than two dozen bracelet events.

Most notable will be the coverage of the $10,000 Main Event. PokerGO will broadcast each step of the action from July 2-16.

Day 1 coverage for flights 1a-1d will kick off at 7 p.m. local time, while coverage of Day 2 through Day 4 will begin at 3:30 p.m. Coverage will then begin at 1 p.m. from Day 5-8 before switching to 3 p.m. for two days of final table coverage.

Other highlights from the streaming schedule include: