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

05-29-2025 22:53 UTC-8

Normand Makes Big Call to Eliminate Snead

Roxanne Johnson

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action was picked up on the river with about a 300,000 pot in the middle and a board of Q♥2♣K♣3♥5♣, and Paul Snead moved all of his chips in for 580,000.

Frederic Normand went deep into the think tank and eventually made the call.

Paul Snead: 10♦9♣ All in
Frederic Normand: K♦8♦

Despite the dealer announcing incorrectly that Snead had a flush, Normand won the pot with his pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Normand	1,300,000 160,000	160,000
Paul Snead	Busted

Tags: Frederic Normand Paul Snead

05-29-2025 22:55 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Blair	Busted
Sanjeev Kapoor	Busted
Noel Eicher	Busted

Charles Lee (CA)	Busted

Sotiropoulos Eliminates Obara

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Georgios Sotiropoulos raised from early position to 40,000 and Jun Obara moved all in from middle position for his last 445,000.

Sotiropoulos didn't take too long to make the call, putting Obara at risk.

Jun Obara: 10♥8♥ All in
Georgios Sotiropoulos: 7♥7♣

Sotiropoulos' flopped boat on the 3♦7♦3♥ board all but sealed the deal, with the 10♦ turn and 2♣ river offering no salvation for Obara and sending him to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	3,200,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Jun Obara	Busted

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05-29-2025 23:05 UTC-8

Chen's Kings No Good Against Ludemann's Rockets

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Dong Chen opened the button to 40,000 and Jarod Ludemann three-bet from the big blind to 110,000. Chen, who had around 450,000 to start the hand, just called.

On the J♦3♠J♠ flop, Ludemann continued with a bet of 105,000, which Chen called to see the 4♣ drop on the turn. Ludemann then bet 300,000, and Chen called off his stack of around 230,000.

Dong Chen: K♣K♠ All in
Jarod Ludemann: A♦A♣

Chen's Cowboys were way behind the bullets of Ludemann and nothing changed when the 8♦ fell on the river, leaving Chen on the sidelines late on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarod Ludemann	1,700,000 750,000	750,000
Dong Chen	Busted

Tags: Dong Chen Jarod Ludemann

05-29-2025 23:05 UTC-8

Texas Mike Goes All In Blind at WSOP, Runs into Jacks, Queens, Kings & Aces

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Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Michael Moncek has gained a reputation for being one of the most entertaining poker players to watch, and "Texas Mike" is living up to that distinction at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Moncek, who infamously lost over $2.2 million last summer in the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game, made a risky move in Day 1c of the $1,000 Mystery Millions as he multi-tabled $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, which he ended up cashing alongside his brother, Tyler Moncek.

Ready to head back to the bigger buy-in event, Michael Moncek moved all in blind only to run into four monster hands behind him.

In the hand, which Texas Mike posted to X, Moncek held 8♣6♥ as the players behind him consecutively showed J♣J♦, Q♥Q♣, K♣K♥ and A♥A♠.

The madness didn't end there. The dealer fanned a 5♣K♦5♠ flop to give the player with kings a boat for a quadruple knockout.

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05-29-2025 23:11 UTC-8

Final Four Hands

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The clock has been stopped with ten minutes remaining and the players will grind through four more hands before the survivors bag up for the evening.

05-29-2025 23:12 UTC-8

Galiana Eliminates Serrano

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Diego Sanchez Serrano moved all in for 200,000 in middle position, and Antonio Galiana over-shoved in the cutoff with the dominant chip stack.

Diego Sanchez Serrano: A♦5♠ All in
Antonio Galiana: A♠Q♠

The board evoked a range of emotions from all the players with J♥9♣J♦5♦A♣, and in the end, Serrano was eliminated as Galiana's two pair was superior.

Not long after, Jesse Lonis, Kyosuke Nagami, and Asher Conniff were also eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Galiana	2,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Diego Sanchez Serrano	Busted
Jesse Lonis	Busted

Kyosuke Nagami	Busted
Asher Conniff	Busted

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05-29-2025 23:20 UTC-8

Yau Bluffs Off a Big Chunk

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With the pot already swelled on a flop of 8♠K♣2♥, Bradley Gafford, acting from the big blind, check-called a 40,000 bet from Ethan Yau on the button.

Both players checked the 6♦ turn, but on the 9♣ river Yau had other plans, firing off 155,000. Gafford thought for a while before eventually making the call, tabling K♥J♣ for top pair. Yau briefly showed Ax10x before throwing his hand into the muck.