Event #31: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-10-2025 10:53 UTC-8

Vida Doubles With Aces

Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Daniel Vida was seen raking in a chunky pot at the expense of Seth Fischer.

The full board read 7♠Q♣3♠5♦2♦ and all the chips had found their way into the middle by the time the river card was dealt. Fischer showed A♣Q♦ for top pair, top kicker, but Vida held A♠A♦ for pocket aces to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Vida	1,600,000 645,000	645,000
Seth Fischer	500,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Daniel Vida Seth Fischer

06-10-2025 10:47 UTC-8

To Gives Rawtani the Boot

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Jerome Solomon

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Nitesh Rawtani was big blind and all in against Travis To on the button.

Nitesh Rawtani: 10♥7♦ All in
Travis To: K♥10♠

The board layout brought no comfort to Rawtani, who busted out in 201st place.

On the next hand, To pushed all in from the cutoff, but didn't get any callers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis To	800,000 200,000	200,000
Nitesh Rawtani	Busted

Tags: Travis To Nitesh Rawtani

06-10-2025 10:43 UTC-8

Russell Dispatches Lozano

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Paul Lozano shipped in 215,000 from under the gun and Matthew Russell also shoved around 700,000 from the next seat.

Paul Lozano: Q♦J♠ All in
Matthew Russell: 9♥9♦

It was a fair fight and one that went the way of Russell as his pocket nines held on the A♦5♦A♠2♦6♠ board, leaving Lozano to head to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Russell	1,025,000 575,000	575,000
Paul Lozano	Busted

Tags: Matthew Russell Paul Lozano

06-10-2025 10:36 UTC-8

Nguyen Collects Stoebe's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Derrick Stoebe had his stack of around 300,000 in the middle and was put at risk by the better hand of Chi Nguyen.

Derrick Stoebe: A♦8♦ All in
Chi Nguyen: A♠K♠

Stoebe was looking for an eight, but the J♣3♥2♦7♣Q♣ runout didn't deliver, which meant he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chi Nguyen	850,000 230,000	230,000
Derrick Stoebe	Busted

Tags: Chi Nguyen Derrick Stoebe

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

06-10-2025 10:28 UTC-8

Jacks Say Goodnight Sweetheart to Lombardo

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Jerome Solomon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

John Lombardo went all in with his last 395,000 chips. Taylor Shepard, in the cutoff made an all-in raise, driving out the button and blinds. Lombardo groaned when he saw what he was up against.

John Lombardo: 10♥10♠ All in
Taylor Shepard J♥J♠

The runout of 7♥K♣2♦8♠3♦ didn't give Lombardo the help he needed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Shepard	1,105,000 765,000	765,000
John Lombardo	Busted

Tags: Taylor Shepard John Lombardo

06-10-2025 10:26 UTC-8

Early Departures ($2,249)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Alati	Busted
Men Nguyen	Busted

David Bernal	Busted
Pradeep Rajasekaran	Busted

Yukun Zhang	Busted
John Cosgrove	Busted
Jason Raymer	Busted
Yotam Shmuelov	Busted
Abteen Vaziri	Busted
Kevin Pryor	Busted
Jack Wagner	Busted
Tony Dam	Busted
Nick Guagenti	Busted

Roland Shen	Busted
Cheng-Jyun Yang	Busted
Sean Barber	Busted
Claudiu Burlacu	Busted
Mathieu Larcade	Busted
Gilberto Amaral	Busted
Brian Shaw	Busted
Lucy Lamperouge	Busted
Johnny Bromberg	Busted
Esteban Rey	Busted
Arthur Morris	Busted

06-10-2025 10:20 UTC-8

Gisler Ships It and Doubles Up

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John Avelino

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

With play just starting for the day, action was not daunting to players looking to take down this event. Before the flop, Jonmichael Gisler raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and Rodrigo Zouvi called in late position.

The flop came A♠3♠J♥ and Gisler moved all in for 480,000 and Zouvi called. Players revealed their hole cards.

Jonmichael Gisler: A♦J♠ All in
Rodrigo Zouvi: A♥6♥

Gisler had Zouvi dominated with his two pair heading to the turn of a J♦, giving him a full house, which left Zouvi drawing dead.

As a K♥ river couldn't change anything, the dealer counted out Gisler's remaining chips and he doubled to over one million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Gisler	1,280,000 550,000	550,000
Rodrigo Zouvi	385,000 610,000	610,000

Tags: Jonmichael Gisler Rodrigo Zouvi

06-10-2025 10:17 UTC-8

Dam Busted Early

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Jerome Solomon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Tony Dam, who entered the day with the shortest chip stack at only 20,000 was an early casualty. Dam went all in from early position in a hand that saw the button, big blind and under the gun go to the flop.

The flop dropped 3♠10♥K♠, prompting a bet from Laksh Singh on the button that drew folds from Brennan Benglis and John Kysel. Dam was still in for the main pot.

Tony Dam: A♣8♦ All in
Laksh Singh: A♦A♥

Dam began packing up when he saw the bad news. The turn and river K♣5♠ mattered not.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brennan Benglis	895,000 60,000	60,000
Laksh Singh	820,000 260,000	260,000
John Kysel	420,000 60,000	60,000
Tony Dam	Busted

Tags: Tony Dam Laksh Singh John Kysel Brennan Benglis

06-10-2025 10:17 UTC-8

Gazette Plucks Out Swan

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Lester Edoc opened to 65,000 from early position and Charles Swan shoved for around 300,000 from the hijack. Owen Gazette shoved behind for a little more, and Edoc folded.

Charles Swan: A♦9♥ All in
Owen Gazette: A♥Q♥

Gazette was in the lead with a superior kicker and maintained it throughout the 5♥2♣7♣8♠4♦ runout, which left Swan on the sidelines.