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

05-29-2025 12:44 UTC-8

Seward Triples

Barry Russell

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nicholas Seward raised in the cutoff to 6,000, Joseph Frei called on the button and Ewen Trevidy shoved from the big blind for 75,000. Seward asked for a count and jammed for roughly 80,000. Frei, who covered both Seward and Trevidy, called too.

Ewen Trevidy: 3♦3♣ All in
Nicholas Seward: A♠J♠ All in
Joseph Frei: A♥K♥

The flop looked great for Seward as it came 2♠4♠Q♣, giving him the nut-flush draw. He took the lead with a pair when the J♦ hit the turn, and held on the 4♦ river. Seward tripled his stack, Trevidy was eliminated, and Frei was left with a stack of 27,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Seward	270,000 182,000	182,000

Joseph Frei	27,000 284,000	284,000
Ewen Trevidy	Busted

Tags: Ewen Trevidy Joseph Frei Nicholas Seward

05-29-2025 12:50 UTC-8

Vohra’s Top Pair Good Against Sitbon

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Sava Krink

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Rajesh Vohra opened the action with a raise to 6,500 from the button, and only Julien Sitbon in the big blind came along to see the flop.

The dealer spread 3♥K♥A♣, and Sitbon checked. Vohra continued with a bet of 10,000, which Sitbon called without much delay.

The Q♣ hit the turn, and the action followed the same pattern. Sitbon checked, Vohra fired again, this time for 17,000, and Sitbon made the call once more.

Both players slowed down on the 8♦ river, checking it through. Vohra revealed A♦J♠ for top pair, and Sitbon mucked his cards without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rajesh Vohra	270,000 270,000	270,000

Julien Sitbon	114,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Rajesh Vohra

05-29-2025 12:55 UTC-8

So Much Hope for Ostapchenko

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Barry Russell

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Andrew Ostapchenko moved all in from under the gun for 24,000 and Tyler Cornell called in the small blind, while the big blind folded.

Andrew Ostapchenko: K♥Q♥ All in
Tyler Cornell: A♠K♣

A lot of hope for Ostapchenko as the flop came 8♥J♣6♥, giving him a flush draw, but no luck as the board ran out 3♦ on the turn and the 9♦ on the river, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Cornell	220,000 174,000	174,000

Andrew Ostapchenko	Busted

Tags: Andrew Ostapchenko Tyler Cornell

05-29-2025 12:58 UTC-8

Texas Mike Doubles Up

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John Avelino

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

When PokerNews arrived at the table, Michael "Texas Mike" Moncek went all in from the big blind for 47,000 and Nevan Chang called.

Michael Moncek: A♦4♦ All in
Nevan Chang: A♣Q♥

The board came down 2♣3♦9♠, to which Chang remarked, "Oh my god."

The turn was the 3♥, looking clean for Chang, until the river brought a 5♣, giving Moncek a straight and a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Moncek	94,000 94,000	94,000

Nevan Chang	54,000 65,500	65,500

Tags: Michael Moncek Nevan Chang

05-29-2025 13:05 UTC-8

"I Had a Pair"

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Barry Russell

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth raised on the button to 6,000, Anthony Ibrahim called in the small blind and Paul Snead called in the big blind.

Action checked to Hellmuth and he fired out a bet of 3,000 on a flop of 9♦J♥3♥. Ibrahim folded and Snead called. Snead checked in flow to Hellmuth when the K♣ hit the turn and he continued his aggression with a bet of 4,000. Snead folded.

Hellmuth said to Ibrahim, "I would have called if you three-bet me."

Ibrahim responded with "I was thinking of jamming."

Phil then replied "Oh f**k, I would not have called then, but I had a pair!"