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

05-28-2025 16:46 UTC-7

Game of Chicken

Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 20,000 in the pot on a board of 5♠10♥3♥ and Anthony Hu bet 6,000 from the big blind but got quickly raised by Venkat Chivukula in early position to 14,500.

Hu asked Chivukula "what do you have behind?" and announced "all in" once he got the stack amount confirmed.

Chivukula shook his head in frustration then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Hu	63,000 63,000	63,000
Venkat Chivukula	15,500 15,500	15,500

Tags: Anthony Hu Venkat Chivukula

05-28-2025 16:44 UTC-7

Stoyanov Piles on the Pressure

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 16,000 chips in the middle, Radoslav Stoyanov and Justin Zaki were looking at a Q♦2♠3♦ 7♦ board.

Zaki bet 10,000 before seeing Stoyanov slide a tower of chips into the middle, putting Zaki all in.

Zaki took a little bit of time before deciding to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Radoslav Stoyanov	100,000
Justin Zaki	40,000

05-28-2025 16:44 UTC-7

Hunichen's River Shove Gets Through Vargas

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With around 7,000 in the middle on a 6♠J♥8♦ flop, both Daniel Vargas and Chris Hunichen put in 4,500 to see the 5♣ turn, where Vargas checked from the hijack.

Hunichen then bet 11,700 on the button, and after counting out his stack, Vargas called.

A 7♥ completed the board and once Vargas checked it over, Hunichen quickly moved all in for around 35,000. Vargas just as quickly folded, allowing Hunichen to scoop in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	75,000
Daniel Vargas	30,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Daniel Vargas

05-28-2025 16:43 UTC-7

Current Chip Leaders

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Kasey Taormino

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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05-28-2025 16:36 UTC-7

Stausholm Flops a Straight

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With around 8,000 in the pot on an 8♦J♠10♥10♦ board, Martin Stausholm fired out 7,400 from the big blind and Ernest Bush called on the button.

A Q♥ hit the river and after Stausholm checked, Bush decided to check it back.

Stausholm then showed a straight with Q♠9♥, and Bush mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Stausholm	80,000
Ernest Bush	45,000

Tags: Ernest Bush Martin Stausholm

05-28-2025 16:33 UTC-7

Some of the Top Stack Returning From Break

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Kweskin	170,000
Antonio Galiana	155,000 15,000	15,000

Jesse Kertland	150,000 65,000	65,000
Michael Rossitto	140,000 140,000	140,000
Jun Obara	140,000
Mustapha Kanit	135,000

Ian Carpenter	135,000 135,000	135,000
Anatoly Nikitin	130,000 30,000	30,000
Marko Grujic	129,000
Shawn Daniels	120,000

Jon Vallinas	120,000
Sridhar Sangannagari	120,000 30,000	30,000
Viktor Blom	120,000 8,000	8,000
Anthony Ibrahim	120,000 25,000	25,000
Sumit Deb	115,000 15,000	15,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	115,000

Harvey Castro	114,100 34,100	34,100
Shundan Xiao	113,600 26,400	26,400
Hugues Girard	111,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

05-28-2025 16:15 UTC-7

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The remaining 271 players are heading on a 15-minute break.

05-28-2025 16:14 UTC-7

Ostapchenko Chipping Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Andrew Ostapchenko, Allison Stoloff and Samuel Laskowitz went three ways to a flop of A♥3♦4♠ with roughly 5,500 chips in the middle.

Ostapchenko checked in the small blind, allowing Stoloff the opportunity to bet 2,200. Laskowitz folded the button before Ostapchenko called.

Ostapchenko elected to lead out for 3,000 on the 5♣ turn, Stoloff hung around to see the river.

Another bet of 5,000 on the 9♥ river by Ostapchenko was enough to see Stoloff relinquish her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Ostapchenko	115,000 20,000	20,000

Samuel Laskowitz	80,000 80,000	80,000
Allison Stoloff	7,500 9,500	9,500

Tags: Allison Stoloff Andrew Ostapchenko Samuel Laskowitz

05-28-2025 16:10 UTC-7

To Fire, or not to Fire

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Robert Jones

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Timothy Reilly opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 1,200. On his immediate left, was Matthew Mcewan sitting on the button, who elected that raising the price to 4,200 was his best option.

Heads up to a flop of J♥4♥4♦ with roughly 9,500 in the middle. Reilly checked and quickly put out a bet of 6,500. Reilly obliged.

A 6♣ fell on the turn. After another check from Reilly, Mcewan entered the tank weighing his options. Eventually though, he landed on check.

After the 10♥ peeled off on the river, Reilly sent out a bet of 5,500. Mcewan mucked his hand instantly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Reilly	123,000
Matthew McEwan	82,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Timothy Reilly Matthew Mcewan