Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-29-2025 18:23 UTC-8

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Galiana	1,600,000 100,000	100,000

Jiaming Zhao	1,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Renji Mao	1,100,000 370,000	370,000

Sam Soverel	1,050,000 620,000	620,000

Michael Banducci	970,000 130,000	130,000

Uri Reichenstein	820,000 30,000	30,000
Kharlin Sued	800,000 298,000	298,000
Jesse Lonis	800,000 150,000	150,000

Pavlin Karakikov	680,000 20,000	20,000
Christian Roberts	680,000 473,000	473,000

Frank Lagodich	660,000
Justin Saliba	650,000 469,000	469,000

Brandon Hamlet	620,000 95,000	95,000
Michael Moncek	615,000 175,000	175,000

Nicholas Seward	610,000 186,000	186,000

Georgios Sotiropoulos	600,000 270,000	270,000

Ethan Yau	580,000 370,000	370,000

Bradley Gafford	560,000 311,000	311,000

Dong Chen	550,000 30,000	30,000

Diego Sanchez Serrano	535,000 8,000	8,000
Ichun Chiu	500,000 50,000	50,000
Wai Kiat Lee	500,000 40,000	40,000
Chris Moorman	480,000 100,000	100,000

Ilija Savevski	460,000 312,000	312,000
Paul Snead	460,000 65,000	65,000

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05-29-2025 18:33 UTC-8

Day 2 of the $5,000 8-Handed NLH Sees the Field Shrink at the 2025 WSOP

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Patrizia Trammell

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

05-29-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Sotiropoulos Shoves the River on Lee

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Georgios Sotiropoulos raised to 20,000 in the hijack and Kiat Lee three-bet to 70,000 in the big blind. Sotiropoulos called and they went heads-up to the A♠7♦5♦ flop.

Lee checked over to Sotiropoulos who bet 40,000. Lee called and checked again on the 9♠ turn, and this time Sotiropoulos bet 116,000. Lee quickly called.

The river was the 8♥ and Sotiropoulos announced all in. Lee had around 260,000 remaining and snap-folded as Sotiropoulos took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	800,000 200,000	200,000

Wai Kiat Lee	260,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Georgios Sotiropoulos Kiat Lee

05-29-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Lee Comes from Behind to Double off Underwood

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Charles Lee moved all in for 91,000 under the gun, Benjamin Underwood reshoved in middle position, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Charles Lee: J♠10♠ All in
Benjamin Underwood: A♥Q♦

Lee pulled ahead on the 10♦5♠3♠ flop by hitting top pair and a flush draw. The turn was the 5♥, while the 5♦ river sealed his double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Lee (CA)	200,000 100,000	100,000
Benjamin Underwood	100,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Benjamin Underwood Charles Lee

05-29-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Paur Hits His Ace; Mao Rues His Fold

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Renji Mao raised to 22,000 in the cutoff and Pavlin Karakikov called on the button. Taylor Paur then moved all in for 150,000 in the big blind and Mao folded, but Karakikov called to put Paur at risk.

Taylor Paur: A♠5♠ All in
Pavlin Karakikov: K♠J♠

The A♥2♣2♠ flop gave Paur two pair and left Karakikov drawing only to running cards as Mao let out a deep sigh. The rest of the board ran out Q♠K♦ and Paur doubled up.

"Pocket deuces," Mao said, indicating he would've flopped quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renji Mao	960,000 140,000	140,000

Pavlin Karakikov	570,000 110,000	110,000
Taylor Paur	320,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Pavlin Karakikov Renji Mao Taylor Paur

05-29-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Lee's Queens Hold

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Frederic Normand moved all in from middle position, and Wai Kiat Lee called in the cutoff with 263,000.

Wai Kiat Lee: Q♦Q♣ All in
Frederic Normand: A♠J♦

The board came out clean for Lee with 3♠K♦2♠4♦10♠, and he doubled up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kiat Lee	545,000 45,000	45,000
Frederic Normand	245,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Frederic Normand Wai Kiat Lee

05-29-2025 19:30 UTC-8

Normand Finds a Miracle on the River to Survive

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Seunghyun Nam raised to 22,000 on the button, Frederic Normand moved all in for 260,000 in the small blind, and Nam called.

Frederic Normand: A♦7♦ All in
Seunghyun Nam: A♠K♠

Nam had Normand dominated and was poised for the knockout as the flop came Q♥6♦3♠. Both players hit top pair on the A♣ turn, but Normand spiked the 7♠ on the river to make two pair and earn the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Normand	550,000 305,000	305,000
Seunghyun Nam	360,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Frederic Normand Seunghyun Nam

05-29-2025 19:31 UTC-8

Roberts Playing with Over 1,000,000 in Chips

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Barry Russell

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action began when Christian Roberts raised in middle position to 20,000 but got met with a three-bet from Eric Chang on the button to 70,000, Roberts called.

Roberts checked to Chang when the flop came 7♦7♥Q♣, Chang fired out a bet of 25,000 which got quickly called by Roberts. Chang continued his aggression with a bet of 85,000 when the 10♣ hit the turn, Roberts called again. Action slowed down when the 4♠ fell on the river and both players checked.

Roberts quickly tabled Q♥10♥ and Chang mucked. Roberts now has over 1,000,000 chips in his stack.