2025 World Series of Poker

Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 4
1234
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
[Removed:658]
Winning Hand
a♣3♣
Prize
$582,008
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,187,800
Total Entries
693
Places Paid
104
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
5
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 693
Filter

Filter

Filter By
Sort By
20 Show newer posts

Mao Left Short-Stacked by [Removed:660]'s Flopped Straight

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Renji Mao raised to 400,000 with K♦9♥ on the button and [Removed:658] defended with 7♥4♦ in the big blind.

The flop came 8♣6♠5♥ and [Removed:660] led out with his straight for 350,000, only for Mao to raise to 900,000. [Removed:660] just called.

A 3♠ dropped on the turn and after [Removed:660] checked, Mao continued to bluff with a bet of 800,000. [Removed:660] then check-raised to 1,600,000 and Mao, with 2,700,000 remaining in his stack, eventually folded.

Tags: Renji Mao

[Removed:660] Scoops

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Renji Mao raised in the cutoff to 400,000 with A♣10♦, [Removed:658] called in the small blind with A♦J♣ and Christian Roberts called in the big blind with 5♣4♥. Mao continued with a bet of 400,000 when the flop came 6♣K♥2♠, [Removed:660] and Roberts called.

All players checked when the 8♣ hit the turn and checked again when the 8♦ fell on the river. [Removed:660] scooped this pot with the best ace-high.

Tags: Christian RobertsRenji Mao

Roberts Turns Two Pair on Scary Board

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Renji Mao raised to 400,000 from under the gun with K♠9♥ and Christian Roberts called in the big blind holding A♣J♠.

The flop came A♥K♥Q♠, giving both players a pair, and Roberts checked. Mao then bet 300,000 and Roberts check-raised to 850,000. Mao called with his king.

A J♣ on the turn gave Roberts two pair and he fired out 550,000, which got a quick fold out of Mao.

Tags: Christian RobertsRenji Mao

Roberts' Sevens Good at Showdown

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

[Removed:658] called 100,000 in the small blind with 6♥4♥, and Christian Roberts raised to 650,000 with 7♥7♦. [Removed:660] called.

With roughly 1,500,000 in the pot, [Removed:660] checked to Roberts, who decided to check back on a flop of J♣8♦A♦.

Action went check-check when the 5♠ hit the turn and the 8♣ fell on the river, allowing Roberts to take it down with his sevens.

Tags: Christian Roberts

Mao Slow-Plays Bullets, Normand Pays to See

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Renji Mao
Renji Mao

Renji Mao picked up A♦A♠ in the small blind and limped in, and Frederic Normand checked with A♣2♥ in the big blind.

On the 4♥3♥8♦ flop, both players checked to the 8♠ turn and Mao bet 350,000. Normand called.

A 2♠ on the river gave Normand a pair and he had a decision to make as Mao bet 1,000,000. Normand mulled it over for quite some time before he slammed down a stack of chips and called.

Mao showed his bullets and dragged in the pot.

Tags: Frederic NormandRenji Mao

Level: 30

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

Chop Chop

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Renji Mao raised in the cutoff to 320,000 with K♣9♦, Christian Roberts called in the big blind with 10♥9♠. Mao continued with a bet of 300,000 on a flop of J♦7♣10♠, Roberts called. The 7♥ on the turn slowed down the action and it went check-check.

The 8♥ opened the door for Roberts to lead for 280,000 with a straight, Mao also with a straight just called and they chopped this pot up.

Tags: Christian RobertsRenji Mao

Mao Picks Up Big Slick

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Renji Mao opened with A♦K♣ to 320,000 and Frederic Normand looked down at A♥9♣ in the small blind and took around a minute before he announced a three-bet to 1,240,000.

Mao rechecked his cards and shipped in his Big Slick for 4,775,000.

"How much total?" asked Normand. Upon receiving the count, he grabbed his cards and tossed them away.

Tags: Frederic NormandRenji Mao

Normand Takes the Chip Lead

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Frederic Normand
Frederic Normand

Frederic Normand called 80,000 in the small blind, [Removed:658] raised to 560,000 in the big blind. Normand decided to three-bet to 1,600,000, [Removed:660] asked "how much you playing?", Normand repsonds with "I started with like, 5.5". [Removed:660] announced that he was all in, Normand snap-called.

Frederic Normand: A♠K♦ All in
[Removed:658]: A♣J♥

The flop came Q♥3♣2♦, which was no help to [Removed:660], the 7♠ on the turn and the 8♠ on the river gave Normand the chip lead on this final table.

Tags: Frederic Normand

Roberts Decides to Give it Up

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Christian Roberts
Christian Roberts

Christian Roberts made it 320,000 to go on the button with J♠10♣ and Frederic Normand defended in the big blind with A♥9♠.

The flop came down 3♥3♦7♦ and after Normand checked, Roberts fired out 440,000. Normand took some time before he dropped in the call to see the 6♥ hit the turn. Again Normand checked, and Roberts elected to check back.

A 5♣ on the river missed both players and Normand checked it over. Roberts decided to give up and check it back, allowing the ace-high of Normand to take it down.

Tags: Christian RobertsFrederic Normand