Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$3,136,700
Entries
4,481
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
4,481
Players Left
268
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
These are the top ten chip counts coming back from break two according to the WSOP+ app.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
|
250,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
235,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
228,500
228,500
|
228,500 |
|
215,000 | |
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
208,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
207,500
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
206,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 25th episode, Connor speaks with embattled poker pro Brad Booth about learning poker from his grandfather, climbing up stakes in Canada, living at the Bellagio and playing in Bobby's Room, bluffing Phil Ivey and getting cheated on Ultimate Bet.
Booth, who the poker community hasn't heard from for several years, opened up about his absence and going missing in 2020, as well as his gambling addiction and various poker debts to players like Doug Polk that he says he plans to make right.
"I got caught up in all of it and all I can try and do is make right now," he told PokerNews of his poker debts.
The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Brad Booth by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Coming off a second-place finish in the $1,500 six-max, two time WSOP bracelet winner David Jackson is building in the $800 deepstack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | |
|
||
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
William Schenk desperately went all in from the big blind with his final quarter of a starting stack, hoping he had two live cards against Quang Pham. He didn't.
William Schenk: A♥6♣
Quang Pham: A♠K♥
Schenk got no help from the runout of 10♦2♦2♠7♠9♥ and was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,200
85,200
|
85,200 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was picked on a flop of 2♠A♦K♣ just as Charley Sauer checked from the cutoff and Christian Gaar on the button bet 2,000. Sauer called.
The turn card peeled off a 9♦. Sauer bet 6,000 and Gaar called.
As the river came 10♦ Sauer shoved all in for 16,200 and was snap-called by Gaar.
Charley Sauer: A♥9♥
Christian Gaar: Q♦Q♥
Sauer's two pair was good for a double through as Gaar still had a sizeable stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
121,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
69,500
69,500
|
69,500 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
For the third time in a matter of minutes, Lawrence Whyte put his tournament life in jeopardy against Terry Kim.
Lawrence Whyte: K♥Q♥
Terry Kim: A♠5♣
As was the case the first two times, Whyte prevailed when the runout Q♦9♣5♠6♥9♥ gave him two pair, queens and nines.
"How many lives you got, sir?" Kim asked.
"I'll let know at the end when I'm at the final table," Whyte replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,800
63,800
|
63,800 |
|
33,600
33,600
|
33,600 |
Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The action folded to Yukun Zhang in the small blind who went all-in for his 22,000 chip stack. Hao-Shan Huang called from the big blind.
Yukun Zhang: K♦7♣
Hao-Shan Huang: A♦4♦
Through the turn, Huang was ahead on a board of J♥8♦8♥5♦, but the K♣ spiked on the river giving Zhang new life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Action was picked up as Todd Barney was all in for 37,500 and Michael Acevedo called. The board was run already 4♠4♥10♠3♥6♥ and the player's hole cards were on their backs.
Todd Barney: 9♠9♥
Michael Acevedo: J♣10♣
Acevedo flopped top pair and held to eliminate Barney.
"He just hits everything" Barney said as he left the tournament area and Acevedo tapped the table in good sportsmanship as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
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Busted | |
