Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-09-2025 17:52 UTC-8

Maloney Folds Out Competition

Erick Torres

Level 7 : Limits 800/1,600, 0 ante

Blinds: 400-800
Limits: 800-1,600

The hand saw three players put in 1,600 before the flop.

Cliff Maloney checked from the small blind on the flop of A♠10♣4♠. Jordan Griff followed with a check from the big blind before Likang Berninger bet on the button. Maloney and Griff called.

A round of checks occurred after the K♦ rolled over on the turn.

Maloney fired a bet on the J♠ river, but got no takers as Berninger and Griff folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cliff Maloney	50,000 50,000	50,000
Likang Berninger	32,400 32,400	32,400
Jordan Griff	15,200 15,200	15,200

Tags: Cliff Maloney Jordan Griff Likang Berninger

06-09-2025 17:32 UTC-8

More Bustouts

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Erick Torres

Level 7 : Limits 800/1,600, 0 ante

Blinds: 400-800
Limits: 800-1,600

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Josifovski	Busted
Cory Loper	Busted

Howard Roughan	Busted
Stephan Kim	Busted
Daniel Maczuga	Busted
Jeffrey Nauta	Busted
Sanharib Mikhaiel	Busted
David Delchamps	Busted
Cristian Gutierrez	Busted

Michael Bellantoni	Busted
Gurdeep Parhar	Busted
Ronald Mcfarland	Busted
Ryan Law	Busted
Stephen Dauphinais	Busted
Jeffery Breslaw	Busted
Daniel Budovsky	Busted
Scott Adaska	Busted
Matthew Dames	Busted
Marco Johnson	Busted

Eric Steve	Busted
Jaswinder Karwal	Busted
Jeffrey Thompson	Busted
Eric Prince	Busted
Shaun Papperman	Busted
Ahmed Mohamed	Busted

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400-800
Limits: 800-1,600

06-09-2025 17:26 UTC-8

Top Chip Count After Six Levels of Play

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Erick Torres

Level 6 : Limits 600/1,200, 0 ante

Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200

Top ten stacks according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Delmiro Toledo	164,000 164,000	164,000
Emery Martindale	79,300 32,300	32,300
Robert Grainger	66,000
John Sabey	64,000 64,000	64,000
Chantelle Zeze	63,000 63,000	63,000
Brian Margettes	58,800 15,700	15,700
Jose Iniguez	58,700 58,700	58,700
Terrence Chan	58,000 58,000	58,000

Duke Lee	57,000 57,000	57,000
Aaron Easley	57,000 57,000	57,000

06-09-2025 17:16 UTC-8

Break Time

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Erick Torres

Level 6 : Limits 600/1,200, 0 ante

Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200

Players are now on the second break of the day after six levels of play. Play will resume in 15 minutes with the blinds at the 400/800 level.

06-09-2025 17:04 UTC-8

Sterling Wins Without Showdown

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Erick Torres

Level 6 : Limits 600/1,200, 0 ante

Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200

Andrew Miller began the hand with a limp from middle position. He was followed by a limp from Matthew Sterling in the next seat over before a raise by Benajamin Landowski from the small blind. Miller folded, and Sterling called.

Landowski led out on the 2♣7♦A♣ flop, and was called by Sterling.

The 3♥ turn led to another bet from Landowski, which was once again called by Sterling.

Landowski checked the 8♣ river before Sterling bet. Landowski folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Landowski	30,300 30,300	30,300
Matthew Sterling	25,300 25,300	25,300
Andrew Miller	17,100 17,100	17,100

Tags: Andrew Miller Benjamin Landowski Matthew Sterling

06-09-2025 16:48 UTC-8

Shankam's Turn Bet Takes it Down

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Erick Torres

Level 6 : Limits 600/1,200, 0 ante

Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200

Srivatsa Shankam opened the hand with a raise and was called by Daniel Vanvoorst, Kin Lee, and WSOP bracelet winner Bradley Anderson.

Anderson and Shankam checked the flop of 6♦3♦10♦ before Vanvoorst bet. Lee and Anderson folded, which led to a call from Shankam.

Shankam bet the 4♥ turn, which was good enough to get a fold from Vanvoorst and take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Srivatsa Shankam	44,000 44,000	44,000
Daniel Vanvoorst	33,000 33,000	33,000
Kin Lee	21,500 21,500	21,500
Bradley Anderson	21,100 21,100	21,100

Tags: Bradley Anderson Daniel Vanvoorst Kin Lee Srivatsa Shankam

Level: 6

Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200

06-09-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Early Bustouts

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Erick Torres

Level 5 : Limits 600/1,200, 0 ante

Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200

Here is a list of bustouts according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime Carballo	Busted
Avijit Mkherjee	Busted
Jeffrey Scheibner	Busted
Danilo Ragasa	Busted
James Glover	Busted
Matthew Stahl	Busted
Hans Bosman	Busted
Al-Karim Lalani	Busted
John Kruse	Busted
Justin Moeller	Busted
Christopher Adams	Busted
James Sievers	Busted
Joseph O'Neill	Busted
Ross Tammen	Busted
Bradley Webert	Busted
Joshua Zapalac	Busted
Itay Kimhi	Busted
Varun Uppal	Busted
Feliz Granados	Busted
Sierra Madison Wilson	Busted
Natalia Passmore	Busted
Denis Strebkov	Busted

Ronnie Bardah	Busted

Todd Rebello	Busted
Robert Winsler	Busted

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06-09-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Shkolnik Scoops Healthy Pot

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Erick Torres

Level 5 : Limits 600/1,200, 0 ante

Blinds: 300-600
Limits: 600-1,200

A total of five players threw in 2,400 each preflop after a flurry of raises went around the table.

The flop came 3♥8♠J♣. Newly minted WSOP bracelet holder Cristian Gutierrez checked from the big blind before Edward Siegel bet from the under-the-gun position.

Brian Margettes called from late position before Seven Shkolnik raised from the cutoff. Jason Bawadi and Cristian Gutierrez folded. Siegel and Marettes called.

Siegel and Margettes checked the 2♦ turn before Shkolnik committed his last 1,100 into the pot. Siegel called to put Shkolnik at risk, and Margettes folded.

Steven Shkolnik: K♠J♠ All in
Edward Siegel: A♠K♣