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

05-29-2025 13:39 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	50,000

John Kim	50,000
Cody Wiegmann	50,000
Jason Daly	50,000

Aliaksei Boika	50,000 50,000	50,000
Wayne Harmon	50,000 50,000	50,000
Fred Li	50,000 50,000	50,000
Thomas Winters	50,000 50,000	50,000
Joseph Kuether	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ping Liu	50,000 50,000	50,000
Wai Kiat Lee	50,000 50,000	50,000
Punnat Punsri	50,000 50,000	50,000

Yuan Yu	50,000 50,000	50,000
Benjamin Yu	50,000 50,000	50,000

Jiaming Zhao	50,000 50,000	50,000
Joshua Kay	50,000
Biao Ding	50,000
Pavels Spirins	50,000 50,000	50,000
Danny Tang	50,000

Martin Sedlak	50,000 50,000	50,000
Serhii Popovych	50,000 50,000	50,000
Yita Choong	50,000 50,000	50,000
Konstantin Held	50,000 50,000	50,000

Naoya Kihara	50,000 50,000	50,000

Romain Lewis	50,000 50,000	50,000

Plesuv Doubles Through Nguyen

Barry Russell

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

Pavel Plesuv announced all-in for 50,000 from early position, action folded to Turbo Nguyen in the big blind, who was in the tank for a short while before calling.

Pavel Plesuv: 7♣7♥ All in
Turbo Nguyen: K♣Q♠

It was a scary flop for Plesuv as it came 9♠J♠2♣, which gave Nguyen two overcards and a gutshot to take this pot, but no luck as the board ran out the 6♣ on the turn and the 5♠ on the river, for Plesuv to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	105,000 72,500	72,500

Turbo Nguyen	45,000 103,500	103,500

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Turbo Nguyen

05-29-2025 13:56 UTC-8

Pulusani Scoops a Nice Pot

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Myles Phago

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

Thomas Cazayous raised from early position to 8,000 and got calls from Sandeep Pulusani in the cutoff and Serhii Popovych from the small blind.

All three players checked the J♥5♠7♠ flop.

The turn brought the 7♣. Cazayous checked, and Pulusani led out for 14,000 which Popovych called. Cazayous got out of the way.

Both players checked the Q♥ river. Pulusani tabled 9x9x for two pair, pipping Popovych's 6x6x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Cazayous	310,000 152,000	152,000

Sandeep Pulusani	165,000 64,000	64,000

Serhii Popovych	50,000

Tags: Sandeep Pulusani Serhii Popovych Thomas Cazayous

05-29-2025 13:56 UTC-8

Elias Takes a Hit From Anderson

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Darren Elias took a hit from Calvin Anderson when Anderson moved all in from middle position with around 50,000 chips, and Elias made the call from the big blind.

Calvin Anderson: J♥10♥ All in
Darren Elias: A♥Q♦

The board ran out with A♣7♥Q♣3♦K♠ and Anderson pulled out the straight which beat Elias' two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	106,000 56,000	56,000

Darren Elias	34,000 119,000	119,000

Tags: Calvin Anderson Darren Elias

05-29-2025 13:56 UTC-8

Ramos Doubles After Break

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John Avelino

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

On the first hand after the break, Darren Elias raised to 8,000 and Felipe Ramos went all in from the cutoff for his remaining 27,000. Elias flicked in one green chip, worth 25,000, to make the call.

Felipe Ramos: 9♦9♣ All in
Darren Elias: K♥J♦

The board ran out 7♣8♣6♠8♦4♣ keeping the pocket nines of Ramos in the lead and earning him a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	75,000 41,000	41,000

Felipe Ramos	54,000 18,500	18,500

Tags: Darren Elias Felipe Tavares Ramos

05-29-2025 14:03 UTC-8

What a Set Up

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Barry Russell

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

There were roughly 75,000 chips in the pot on a flop of K♥7♥8♥9♣, Jesse Lonis checked from early position and Victoria Livschitz bet 50,000 from the button. Lonis was in the tank for a short period before announcing that he was all in for 103,000, Livschitz snap-called.

Jesse Lonis: J♣10♥ All in
Victoria Livschitz: K♦K♣

Lonis had turned the nuts and just needed to fade the board pairing on the river to earn himself a double-up. Unfortunately for Livschitz, the A♣ rolled off, meaning she had to send a chunk of her stack over to Lonis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	270,000 226,000	226,000

Victoria Livschitz	170,000 176,000	176,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Victoria Livschitz

05-29-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Battle of the Blinds Ausmus Versus Wiegmann

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Roxanne Johnson

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

In a battle of the blinds, Cody Wiegmann limped and Jeremy Ausmus checked from the big blind. The flop came Q♥7♥6♠, Wiegmann led out for 4,000, and Ausmus contemplated and made the call.

On the turn K♥, Wiegmann took another stab for 4,000 and received a call from Ausmus.

Both players checked the river 2♠ and Ausmus tabled 9♦6♥ for the win with a pair of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	150,000 40,000	40,000

Cody Wiegmann	23,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Cody Wiegmann Jeremy Ausmus

05-29-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Khai Ends Baker's Run

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Myles Phago

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

We joined the action on a flop of J♦2♥8♣ with approximately 30,000 in the middle.

The turn brought the 10♠ and David Baker led out for 13,000. Kam Khai tanked for a while and then moved all in, Baker called for his tournament life.

David Baker K♦J♠ All in
Kam Khai A♥9♥

The Q♦ fell on the river to complete Khai's straight and send Baker to the rails.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kam Khai	295,000 295,000	295,000
David Baker	Busted

Tags: David Baker Kam Khai

05-29-2025 14:19 UTC-8

Kornuth Clearly Annoyed With Roberts

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Barry Russell

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

Chance Kornuth raised on the button to 9,000, Aliaksei Boika went all in for 80,000 and Christian Roberts called in the big blind. Kornuth clearly with a decision asked the dealer for a count but folded once the amount got confirmed.

Aliaksei Boika: A♣4♣ All in
Christian Roberts: Q♦10♦

The board ran out safe for Boika as it came K♠3♦K♦3♣8♠ and he doubled his stack.

Kornuth turned to Roberts clearly annoyed at this point with his decision and asked "did you see a 4 or something, what the f*** just happened?".