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

05-29-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Sotiropoulos Shoves the River on Lee

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

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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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05-29-2025 18:23 UTC-8

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

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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 18:17 UTC-8

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Kai Cocklin

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

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05-29-2025 18:09 UTC-8

Pre-Dinner Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	Busted

Virgile Turchi	Busted
Ryan Plant	Busted
Simone Andrian	Busted

Spencer Champlin	Busted
Daniel Lee	Busted
Bob Shao	Busted
Pavels Spirins	Busted
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Jonah Labranche	Busted

Felipe Ramos	Busted
Sandeep Pulusani	Busted

Isaac Kempton	Busted
Toby Lewis	Busted

Tommy Felice	Busted
Pierce Mckellar	Busted
Ren Lin	Busted

05-29-2025 18:06 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Barry Russell

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

The remaining 85 players are being sent on a 60-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at around 8 p.m. local time.

05-29-2025 18:05 UTC-8

Hamlet Wakes Up With Jacks to Bust Turchi

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David Salituro

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

Virgile Turchi moved all in for 78,000 from early position and Brandon Hamlet called on the button.

Virgile Turchi: A♥10♥ All in
Brandon Hamlet: J♦J♠

Turchi was looking for an ace to stay alive as the flop came Q♠7♠8♦. The 9♥ turn gave him additional outs with a straight draw, but he missed the 10♠ river and Hamlet's jacks stayed in the lead to send Turchi to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Hamlet	525,000 115,000	115,000
Virgile Turchi	Busted

Tags: Brandon Hamlet Virgile Turchi

05-29-2025 18:04 UTC-8

Deuces Never Loses at Least for Banducci

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Melvin Steed was all in for 100,000 in middle position, and Michael Banducci made the call from the big blind and a massive stack.

Melvin Steed: All in 6♣6♥
Michael Banducci: 2♦2♠

Banducci announced, "I just saved you", but quickly changed his mind when the board came out with 9♥5♥2♣K♣3♣ as he hit a set for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Banducci	1,100,000 400,000	400,000

Melvin Steed	Busted

Tags: Melvin Steed Michael Banducci

05-29-2025 18:03 UTC-8

Weissman Leaves a Chip Behind

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Barry Russell

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

There were roughly 140,000 chips in the middle on 3♣K♠3♠4♠10♥. Joey Weissman bet 110,000 from the small blind and left himself with 1 chip behind, Pavlin Karakikov quickly called from under the gun.

Weissman asked Karakikov "you just called, right?" which Karakikov responded with a nod. Weissman tabled K♦Q♠ but could not beat Karakikov's A♣K♣. Weissman left himself with less than a big blind for the spin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavlin Karakikov	660,000 190,000	190,000
Joey Weissman	1,000 139,000	139,000

Tags: Joey Weissman Pavlin Karakikov