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

05-29-2025 15:14 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradford Albrinck	Busted
Ronald Case	Busted
Andrew Ostapchenko	Busted

Charles Pinckernell	Busted
Joseph Frei	Busted
Brock Wilson	Busted
Natalie Ferguson	Busted
Justin Jones	Busted
Marko Grujic	Busted
Michael Damphousse	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted

Latif Uyar	Busted
Aaron Kweskin	Busted
Sohale Khalili	Busted
James Pittman	Busted
Anatoly Nikitin	Busted
Victoria Livschitz	Busted
Darren Elias	Busted

Matthew Affleck	Busted
Daniel Strelitz	Busted

Radoslav Stoyanov	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted

Shane Rose	Busted
Drew Oconnell	Busted

"What a Turn Card"

Barry Russell

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

There were roughly 270,000 chips in the pot on a flop of A♣4♦7♥, and Eric Chang was all-in from the button. Pavlin Karakikov bet 125,000 when the 9♦ hit the turn from under-the-gun into a dry side pot, and Sanjeev Kapoor called from middle position.

Action slowed when the 5♠ hit the river and Karakikov showed A♦Q♦, Kapoor tabled A♥10♥ but Chang announced "what a turn card" and tabled 9♠9♥ for a set and scooped the main pot. Karakikov picked up a 250,000 side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavlin Karakikov	625,000 255,000	255,000
Eric Chang	270,000 49,000	49,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	235,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Eric Chang Pavlin Karakikov Sanjeev Kapoor

05-29-2025 15:04 UTC-8

Dzivielevski not Going to Break Final Table Record in This Event

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski moved all in with his short stack of 30,000 from under the gun and Bradley Gafford woke up with a decent hand in the big blind and made the call.

Yuri Dzivielevski: A♠3♣ All in
Bradley Gafford: A♣Q♥

The board came out immediately in favor of Gafford with Q♣4♠6♣8♣2♣ and Dzivielevski wished everyone good luck and departed. Dzivielevski is in the running to beat Daniel Negreanu for most final tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Gafford	340,000 170,000	170,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	Busted

Tags: Bradley Gafford Daniel Negreanu Yuri Dzivielevski

05-29-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Final Prize Pool and Payouts

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Myles Phago

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The tournament directors have just announced the final player count, prize pool, and payouts.

A total of 693 players entered the tournament, generating a prize pool of $3,187,800. A min-cash is worth $10,000 and a spot at the final table guarantees a payout of $44,018. However, all eyes will be locked onto the champion's purse of $582,008.

Place	Prize
1	$582,008
2	$387,979
3	$270,407
4	$191,550
5	$137,948
6	$101,028
7	$75,263
8	$57,051
9	$44,018
10-11	$34,578
12-15	$27,666
16-23	$22,552
24-31	$18,736
32-39	$15,871
40-47	$13,713
48-55	$12,089
56-63	$10,880
64-104	$10,000

05-29-2025 14:46 UTC-8

Eyster Eliminated by Hellmuth

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John Avelino

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from the button, and Kevin Eyster moved all in for his remaining 25,000.

Hellmuth took a brief pause before muttering, “Twenty-five? Okay, I call. I hate it, but I call.”

Kevin Eyster: J♥10♥ All in
Phil Hellmuth: 2♦2♣

The board ran out 5♣K♣6♦A♠9♠, offering no help to Eyster and sealing the pot for the 17-time bracelet winner, who added another knockout to his tally.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	101,000 26,000	26,000

Kevin Eyster	Busted

Tags: Kevin Eyster Phil Hellmuth

05-29-2025 14:45 UTC-8

A Few Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	850,000 800,000	800,000

Bradley Gafford	170,000 111,000	111,000

Wagner Ripper	110,000 7,500	7,500
Mamad Arani	30,000 49,000	49,000

05-29-2025 14:42 UTC-8

Dzivielevski Sitting on Short Stack Gets a Double

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action was preflop as Yuri Dzivielevski put in his last 19,000 chips and Ethan Yau made the call from the big blind.

Yuri Dzivielevski: 3♠3♥ All in
Ethan Yau: K♦K♣

The board ran out in favor of Dzivielevski as he flopped a set and held on when the board ran out 3♠2♥A♥5♣Q♥, cracking Yau's Cowboys.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ethan Yau	210,000 142,000	142,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	45,000 10,500	10,500

Tags: Ethan Yau Yuri Dzivielevski

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

05-29-2025 14:34 UTC-8

Pocket Kings for Daniels

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Shawn Daniels put in a raise from middle position to 10,000 and Eddy Sabat made the call from the big blind. The flop was 6♠7♠9♣ and both players checked.

On the turn 10♦ brought out a bet from Daniels of 10,000 and Sabat made the call.

On the river 2♦, Daniels put out 22,000 and Sabat quickly called. Daniels announced, "kings", and tabled K♦K♣. Sabat stated, "Well, that is not fair", and mucked his hand jovially.