Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2025 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,232
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
2,232
Players Left
1
Level 37
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
John Racener was crowned the winner of Event #34: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty at the 2025 World Series of Poker. He battled through a 2,244-player field and defeated Liran Betito in heads-up play to win the $247,595 top prize and a stack of 16 bounties worth $500 each.
Racener took the lion's share of the $1,834,567 total prize pool, which beat last year’s $1,761,850 prize pool. It wasn’t Racener's first time battling heads-up on a WSOP event for a bracelet as he already had two gold bracelets to his name before entering the Turbo Bounty tournament earlier today.
One of Racener’s pivotal moments in his career was finishing second in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. He recalled after winning this event, “I was actually having thoughts of my main event heads up when I was playing heads up tonight, and the banner was hanging right over my opponent’s head.”, referring to Jonathan Duhamel’s winner’s banner hanging in the Event Center room at the Horseshoe.
Racener looked back at the tournament play and said how “things went pretty smoothly all day. I mean, and now we're here. I'm almost up 24 hours straight soon.” He had just gotten to Las Vegas after staying at home with his wife after the birth of their third son. His initial reaction was “Excitement, just showing my wife that it was worth it for me to be out here. To be away from the family and kids. The only thing that makes it worth it is if I win.”. “I’m coming home with a third bracelet for our third boy. If I don’t, the trip was a failure”.
Final Result Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty NLH
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Racener | United States | $247,595 |
| 2 | Liran Betito | Israel | $164,964 |
| 3 | Xinwen Zhang | China | $120,457 |
| 4 | Justin Tran | United States | $88,865 |
| 5 | Jeremie Toledano | Israel | $66,242 |
| 6 | Gaetano Logrande | United States | $49,899 |
| 7 | Paul Saso | United States | $37,988 |
| 8 | Angela Shade | United States | $29,231 |
| 9 | Shant Marashlian | United States | $22,738 |
Final Table Action
There were eliminations thick and fast all day. The rail was strong from the start, and a crowd grew as the players went to three tables. Players went to an unofficial final table at ten players, with Samuel Rosborough being the first to leave after shoving Ace-Queen into Shant Marashlian who flopped trip sevens and held. Shant Marashlian suffered the same fate as his Ace-Queen also ran into a pocket pair, and he was the next to be eliminated.
This was the start of Racener’s climb as he began to chip away at the remaining players at the table, starting with Jeremie Toledano, who was to his direct left. Soon after, Racener secured a double elimination, knocking out both Angela Shade and Paul Saso with his pocket queens, putting him into the chip lead at that point with six players remaining.
Racener took a back seat for a while as his eventual heads up opponent Liran Betito, took out all but one player, Xinwen Zhang, to reach heads-up play; this included JC Tran who also was looking to secure his Third WSOP bracelet but ran into Betito’s pocket jacks . After Betito woke up with kings and Eliminated Zhang, the pair went into heads-up play with pretty even stacks.
Racener pulled ahead after flopping trips, but they were back down to roughly even stack sizes after a few small pots were passed.
The final hand started steadily as Racener chipped away at Betito throughout the streets. Racener put the pressure on the river and shoved, putting Betito all in and at risk after he made the call. Racener took the win with a better two pair, and left Betito to take second place.
The action was followed throughout the 15 hours of play until John Racener was crowned the winner of Event #34: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty at the 2025 World Series of Poker 2025.
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Level 37
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
A few small pots were passed before action picked up when John Racener raised to 1,600,000 from the small blind and Liran Betito called from the big blind.
The flop came J♠K♥6♦ and Betito checked. Racener bet 1,500,000 and Betito called.
The 4♦ turn saw Betito check, Racener bet 2,500,000 and Betito made another call.
A 7♥ river completed the board and Betito checked. Racener moved all in and Betito pondered, before moving a stack in the middle to call.
Liran Betito: J♣7♣
John Racener: K♣4♣
Both players had made two pair, but Racener was sitting with the kings, eliminating Betito, and taking down the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,425,000
25,675,000
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25,675,000 |
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Busted | |
Level: 37
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
The action has slowed as only two players remain in the tournament. Smaller pots have been passed between John Racener and Liran Betito.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,750,000
11,625,000
|
11,625,000 |
|
|
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|
|
24,500,000
4,500,000
|
4,500,000 |
Level 37
: Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
John Racener raised to 1,200,000 on the button. Liran Betito called in the big blind.
The flop came 10♥5♣10♣ and Betito checked. Racener continued for 700,000, and Betito made the call.
The turn came the 4h, and Racener bet 2,300,000 when the action checked to him. Betito called once again.
On the 9♥ river, Betito checked for a third time and Racener didn't stop betting. This time, he wagered 6,000,000. Betito thought for a moment before making the call. Racener flipped up the 10♠7♠ and his trips were good to win one of the biggest pots of heads up so far
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,950,000
21,825,000
|
21,825,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,300,000
14,700,000
|
14,700,000 |
Level 36
: 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Xinwen Zhang raised to 1,500,000 from the small blind and Liran Betito took some time before raising to 3,800,000 from the big blind. Zhang moved all in for her remaining stack and Betito snap called.
Xinwen Zhang: A♥7♥
Liran Betito: K♦K♣
Zhang was behind and the low 10♥2♦6♠ flop didn't bring much of a sweat.
The dealer peeled the 5♣ turn and the 8♣ river, giving the pot to Betito, and eliminating Zhang from the tournament in 3rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000,000
11,000,000
|
11,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 36
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Level 35
: 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Liran Betito opened to 1,000,000 from the cutoff and JC Tran moved all in from the small blind for his remaining ~5,000,000 stack. Betito made the call and the players flipped their cards.
JC Tran: A♦8♥
Liran Betito: J♣J♦
Tran needed to find something on the board to stay in the tournament, but the 4♣Q♦3♣ flop didn't help.
The 6♥ turn and 7♦ river sealed his elimination and he left the tournament in 4th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Jeremie Toledano moved all in from under the gun. Xinwen Zhang called on the button. Everyone else folded and the cards were on their backs.
Jeremie Toledano : A♥K♠
Xinwen Zhang: A♠Q♠
Everything looked good for Toledano when the first four cards were 10♣6♠3♣9♥, but the Q♦ river sank him and made him the fifth place finisher.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,125,000
8,125,000
|
8,125,000 |
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Busted |
