2025 World Series of Poker
Nick Schulman opened to 40,000 from middle position and was called by Ben Yu in the hijack and Ali Eslami in the big blind .
Eslami drew one and both Schulman and Yu took two off.
Action then checked to Yu, who bet 125,000. Eslami called and Schulman folded after tanking for a bit.
Yu spread out 8x7x6x4x2x and Eslami sent his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,200,000 | |
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1,050,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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650,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Nick Schulman raised to 40,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 150,000 by Chad Eveslage on the button. Action folded back to Schulman, who called.
Schulman drew one and Eveslage stood pat.
Schulman then led out for a hefty 360,000 bet and Eveslage called after a bit of thought.
Schulman spread out 9x7x5x3x2x and Eveslage mucked his hand to send the large pot Schulman's direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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800,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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Daniel Negreanu raised to 60,000 in the small blind and Darren Elias three-bet to 200,000 in the big blind. Negreanu called and took one, while Elias stood pat.
Negreanu spent a minute fiddling with his chips before checking, and Elias checked back. "Jack-eight," Negreanu said, and Elias mucked.
The next hand, George Alexander raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and was called by Elias and James Chen in the blinds.
Elias and Alexander drew two, while Chen took one. Chen then bet 130,000 and Alexander came back with a raise to 625,000. Elias quickly folded, while Chen tanked for a minute before also mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,700,000 | |
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1,600,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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1,400,000 | |
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750,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Daniel Negreanu raised to 50,000 in the hijack and Darren Elias called in the cutoff.
Both players drew one and Negreanu checked to Elias, who bet 125,000. "I would've had a better hand if I pat," Negreanu said as he took a minute before calling.
Elias turned over 9x7x6x3x2x and Negreanu mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,600,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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870,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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Elior Sion raised to 350,000 from middle position, leaving himself just 40,000 behind. Action then folded to Chad Eveslage, who shoved from the small blind for more. Sion called to put himself at risk.
Eveslage stood pat and Sion drew one.
Elior Sion: 8x6x3x2x
Chad Eveslage: 10x7x6x4x2x
Sion slowly peeled what turned out to be a 10x — leaving him second best with a ten-eight to be eliminated in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,150,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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Busted | |
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George Alexander raised to 50,000 on the button and Darren Elias called in the big blind.
Both players took one and Elias then led out for 100,000. While Alexander was thinking about the decision, someone in the room began a baritone rendition of "God Bless America." Daniel Negreanu gave the singer a round of applause and got up to doff his cap.
Alexander eventually called and Elias showed a pair of tens, while Alexander had J-10 to take the pot.
The next hand, Alexander raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Negreanu three-bet to 175,000 on the button. Alexander called and took one, while Negreanu stood pat.
Both players checked and Alexander won the pot with a 10-9.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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1,450,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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750,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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Oscar Johansson raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu called in the big blind.
Negreanu drew two and Johansson took one. Johansson then bet 100,000 and Negreanu quickly called.
"Ten-seven. No, ten-eight," Johnasson said, peeking back at his cards.
"Just the ten or two of them? I heard tens," Negreanu joked as he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,700,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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1,160,000
290,000
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290,000 |
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Dan Smith opened to 60,000 first to act and was called by Ali Eslami from directly behind for a heads-up pot.
Both players drew one and then Smith continued for a hefty 290,000 bet.
Eslami looked him up and Smith fanned out 7x6x5x3x2x. Eslami couldn't beat it and sent his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,825,000
575,000
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575,000 |
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425,000
275,000
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275,000 |
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