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

06-09-2025 11:21 UTC-8

Auer is the Bubble Boy

Joseph Berg

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Scott Lake raised to 20,000 from under the gun. Matthias Auer then moved all in for 94,000, putting himself at risk on the money bubble of Event #29. The rest of the table folded, and Lake called.

Matthias Auer: A♦K♥ All in
Scott Lake: J♦J♥

Auer was drawing thin when the dealer spread a J♣7♥2♠ flop. The turn K♦ and river Q♣ were not enough, and Auer was sent to the rail in the position every tournament player dreads, the bubble boy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Lake	457,000
Matthias Auer	Busted

Tags: Matthias Auer Scott Lake

06-09-2025 11:32 UTC-8

Ten in the Window for Charlton With a Cruel River

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Daniel Charlton raised from early position to 20,000, and Johnny Chen three-bet to 65,000 from late position. Charlton four-bet all in for his last 120,000, and Chen made the call.

Daniel Charlton: 10♠10♣ All in
Johnny Chen: A♥K♥

A ten came in the window for Charlton, but the river was cruel when the board ran out with 7♥J♣10♦K♦Q♣ and Chen hit his straight to boost his chips, and Charlton busted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Chen	535,000 418,000	418,000
Daniel Charlton	Busted

Tags: Daniel Charlton Johnny Chen

06-09-2025 11:38 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Orourke	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Kunal Patni	Busted
Matthew Davenport	Busted

Yenhan Chen	Busted

Yohwan Lim	Busted
Tommy Nguyen	Busted

Jesse Kertland	Busted
Weizheng Zhong	Busted
Ori Ohana	Busted
Frederic Normand	Busted
Christos Argyriadis	Busted
Benjamin Dobson	Busted
Michael Gathy	Busted

Andres Velez	Busted
Powen Fang	Busted
Lian Siqi	Busted
Natalie Ferguson	Busted

Refaelovitz Sent to the Rail by O'Hara

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Joseph Berg

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Moshe Refaelovitz raised to 20,000 from early position. Ian O'Hara then three-bet to 45,000 from middle position. The rest of the table folded before Refaelovitz went all in for roughly 180,000. O'Hara made the call, and they were off to the races.

Moshe Refaelovitz: J♣J♦ All in
Ian O'Hara: A♦K♥

The board ran out 7♦3♥6♣3♣A♠ eliminating Refaelovitz from Event #29

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian O'Hara	869,000 195,000	195,000

Moshe Refaelovitz	Busted

Tags: Ian O'Hara Moshe Refaelovitz

06-09-2025 11:54 UTC-8

Arutyunyan Agressive Play With Kings Pays Off

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Sava Krink

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In the pot were around 177,000. The flop showed 9♥Q♠9♣. Dawn Mougel was already all in, and Serozh Arutyunyan checked in the big blind position to Anthony Ibrahim, who was sitting in the middle position and led out a bet of 20,000. Arutyunyan made the call.

On the 7♠ turn, it was again Ibrahim who fired another bet, this time for 53,000. But Arutyunyan decided to check-raise to 128,000. Ibrahim checked his cards multiple times before he made the call.

When the dealer turned the 2♣, Arutyunyan took the lead and fired a hefty bet of 256,000. Ibrahim took his time, weighing his options, but decided to fold, leading to a showdown between Mougel and Arutyunyan. Mougle had 7♥5♥ for two pair nines and sevens but Arutyunyan turned K♠K♦ for two pair kings and nines and scooped the sizeable main and sifepot, sending Mougel to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serozh Arutyunyan	979,000 702,000	702,000
Anthony Ibrahim	659,000 41,000	41,000
Dawn Mougel	Busted

Tags: Anthony Ibrahim Dawn Mougel Serozh Arutyunyan

06-09-2025 11:58 UTC-8

Recent Bust Outs

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Sava Krink

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Cucchiara	Busted
Nicholas Seward	Busted

Isiah Ditoto	Busted
Honcheong Lee	Busted
David Coleman	Busted

Srujan Gongala	Busted
Brian Hastings	Busted

Spencer Champlin	Busted
Cameron Storto	Busted
Chongxian Yang	Busted
Michael Wasserman	Busted
Joey Weissman	Busted

Kharlin Sued	Busted
Yunye Lu	Busted
Paulo Gini	Busted
Sanat Mehrotra	Busted
David Kaufmann	Busted
Youngsik Eum	Busted
Johnnie Moreno	Busted
Kyosuke Nagami	Busted
Greg Garabedian	Busted
Vuong Do	Busted
Daniyal Gheba	Busted
Kai Cheng Hsu	Busted
Stephen Decker	Busted

06-09-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Ice Cold Deck Table 512

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Joseph Berg

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

A deck of cards can sometimes be your friend or your enemy. Usually, when you're dealt Aces against Kings, good things happen, but sometimes, the deck has its own ideas. Such was the case when Johan Guilbert raised to 20,000 from middle position. Jamey McKay then three-bet to 45,000, prompting an all-in from Guilbert and a snap call from McKay. The players tabled the two best starting hands in poker.

Johan Guilbert: A♠A♥ All in
Jamey McKay: K♠K♥

Things were looking good for Guilbert until he saw the dealer spread a K♦9♣Q♥ flop. The turn 9♠ and river 8♣ did not help Guilbert as he was eliminated from Event #29 brutally.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamey Mckay	785,000 495,000	495,000
Johan Guilbert	Busted

Tags: Jamey McKay Johan Guilbert

06-09-2025 12:05 UTC-8

Kings Hold for Lewis, Nazar Hits the Rail

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Sava Krink

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Romain Lewis opened the action with a raise to 20,000 from under the gun, and Michael Rossitto responded with a three-bet to 48,000 from middle position. Sitting just behind, Hugo Nazar moved all in for around 34,000.

The action folded back to Lewis, who took a moment before shoving over the top. Rossitto quickly got out of the way, leading to a showdown.

Hugo Nazar: Q♣Q♥ All in
Romain Lewis: K♦K♥

Nazar needed some help to stay alive, but the board ran out A♠9♣J♦8♠7♥, offering none. His queens couldn’t catch up, and he was sent to the rail as Lewis collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	430,000 293,000	293,000

Michael Rossitto	282,000 131,000	131,000
Hugo Nazar	Busted

Tags: Hugo Nazar Michael Rossitto Romain Lewis

06-09-2025 12:15 UTC-8

Players Dropping Fast

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Sava Krink

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Colavita	Busted
Petre Ionescu	Busted
Matthew Liu	Busted
Seun Oluwole	Busted
Loic Debregeas	Busted
Daniel Kim	Busted
Lander Lijo	Busted
Johan Guilbert	Busted

David Gomes	Busted
Evan Sparling	Busted
Jack Kizilarslan	Busted
Fabian Gumz	Busted
Shardul Aramudhan	Busted
John Clancy	Busted
Jeremy Becker	Busted
Maxwell Young	Busted
Brian Altman	Busted
Shundan Xiao	Busted
Felix Weis	Busted
Chad Lipton	Busted