Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-28-2025 23:04 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schwartz	538,000 538,000	538,000

Nicholas Go	492,500 350,500	350,500
Thomas Cazayous	462,000 162,000	162,000

Pavlin Karakikov	421,500 421,500	421,500
Shawn Daniels	402,000 32,000	32,000

Frank Lagodich	368,500 368,500	368,500
Victoria Livschitz	346,000 54,000	54,000
Joseph Frei	325,000 55,000	55,000
Leonardo Rizzo	300,000 145,000	145,000
Antonio Galiana	298,500 147,400	147,400

Thomas Boivin	284,000 284,000	284,000
Renji Mao	278,500 278,500	278,500

David Litt	262,000 262,000	262,000
Gaetan Balleur	258,000 258,000	258,000
Michael Damphousse	255,000 25,000	25,000
Jun Obara	254,000 134,000	134,000
Hugues Girard	253,000 142,000	142,000
James Carroll	252,000 252,000	252,000
Mustapha Kanit	244,000 104,000	104,000

Norberto Korn	233,000 233,000	233,000
Ron Fetsch	226,000 76,000	76,000
Benjamin Palmer	224,000 1,000	1,000
Eric Chang	221,000 221,000	221,000
Jonathan Wang	216,000 216,000	216,000
Kharlin Sued	215,000 215,000	215,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	Busted

Chino Rheem	Busted
Viktor Blom	Busted
Erik Seidel	Busted

Nick Schulman	Busted

Landon Tice	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted

Joao Vieira	Busted

Shannon Shorr	Busted

No Gamble, No Future

Stewart Morrison

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The hand was joined with a full board already showing 4♥K♦Q♦7♥6♣ and about 20,000 in the pot. Zachary Grech had 23,500 out in front of him as a bet, but was facing a check-raise for his whole stack from Ren Lin, who had announced all-in from the big blind.

Grech took some time before folding. Lin then proudly exposed the 5♣. "No gamble, no future", said Lin, as he added to the chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	200,000 22,000	22,000

Zachary Grech	110,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Ren Lin Zachary Grech

05-28-2025 21:43 UTC-8

Lewis Doubles in Penultimate Level

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Stewart Morrison

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

An early position raise to 3,500 was met with a shove from Toby Lewis in the cutoff for 23,000. Xiaohu Liu took a little time to think in the small blind before calling the all in. The initial raiser then folded.

Toby Lewis: A♠K♦ All in
Xiaohu Liu: A♣Q♠

The board ran out: 9♥6♠2♥4♠8♦ to give Lewis slightly more than a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaohu Liu	110,000 72,000	72,000
Toby Lewis	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Toby Lewis Xiaohu Liu

05-28-2025 21:34 UTC-8

Grujic's Stack Going in the Wrong Direction

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Marko Grujic once had a very healthy stack in the tournament but just saw his chip balance tumble some more after a hand with Shiva Dudani.

The action was picked up on a flop of 3♥6♠Q♣ with around 35,000 in the middle and Dudani fired out 11,000 from the big blind. Grujic called from the hijack to see the 6♦ turn, where both checked.

A K♥ on the river saw Dudani count out a bet of 45,000 and slide it into the pot, which drew a snap-fold out of Grujic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiva Dudani	155,000 155,000	155,000
Patrick Leonard	150,000 5,000	5,000

Dan Shak	60,000 8,000	8,000
Marko Grujic	45,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Marko Grujic Shiva Dudani

05-28-2025 21:08 UTC-8

Bluffin' With His Muffin'

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Barry Russell

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There were roughly 28,000 chips in the middle on a board of 8♦7♠7♥9♣, Yaji Ren checked from the cutoff to Joao Vieira on the button who put Ren all in for his tournament life when the Q♠ hit the river.

Ren went deep in to the tank before he eventually called. Vieira tabled K♦10♥ for a stone bluff and Ren tabled Q♦10♦ to scoop this pot whilst leaving Vieira in the danger zone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaji Ren	120,000 80,000	80,000
Joao Vieira	11,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Yaji Ren

05-28-2025 19:47 UTC-8

Leonard Making Moves

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Kai Cocklin

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Nicholas Teeuwen opened from under the gun and Patrick Leonard three-bet to 7,500 from middle position. Marko Grujic was in the hijack and cold four-bet to 15,000, which got Teeuwen to fold. Leonard called.

The flop came 5♥Q♠A♠ and Leonard check-called a bet of 4,000 from Grujic to the 8♥ turn, where both checked.

A J♥ fell on the river and Leonard stacked his chips into a single pile and slid them forward for a shove of around 40,000. Grujic released a huge puff of air as he was facing the bet and after around 30 seconds, he let his cards go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Grujic	85,000 129,000	129,000
Patrick Leonard	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Marko Grujic Nicholas Teeuwen Patrick Leonard

05-28-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Two Doubles Are Better Than One

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Stewart Morrison

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Joao Vieira found himself all in at risk twice in the space of a few hands.

First Vieira moved all in for 3,900 and only Ricardo Eyzaguirre in the big blind called.

Joao Vieira: Q♥8♥ All in
Ricardo Eyzaguirre: Q♣5♥

The board ran out 3♠A♣7♦6♠8♦ to give Vieira his first double.

Just a few hands later Vieira moved all in from early position for 9,300 before Michael Troutt isolated on the button to 15,000.

Joao Vieira: A♠2♠ All in
Michael Troutt: A♦7♦

Vieira would need some help this time, seeing his holding dominated by his opponent.

The 10♠10♥6♠9♥ board gave Vieira plenty of opportunities to win or at least split the pot, and the 2♣ river was exactly what Vieira was hoping for.