Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-10-2025 16:56 UTC-8

Keserich Heads Home

Jacob Wilson

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Matthew Keserich opened to 26,000 under the gun, before seeing a shove from cutoff James Jeffrey, to the tune of 126000. Jon Turner then announced, "Oh Baby," and got his 100,000 stack in as well. Keserich paused before deciding to go bounty hunting, and made the call.

Jon Turner: 10♥10♦ All in
James Jeffrey: A♥Q♦ All in
Matthew Keserich: A♠10♣

The board ran out J♣6♠Q♥2♠Q♠ as Jeffrey tripled, Turner went home, and Keserich was left with just 41,000.

The very next hand, Keserich folded his big blind, and the hand after he had only 1,000 behind after posting his small blind. Weizheng Zhong raised to 32,000, Keserich flicked in his remaining 1,000, and Drake Kemper called. After pots were sorted out, the players went to a flop of J♠7♠6♠

Kemper bet just 20,000 on the flop, and Zhong called. After being checked to on the 2♥ turn, Zhong bet 55,000, and Kemper quickly check-shoved to put Zhong at risk, as he put in the call.

Matthew Keserich: 10♣2♦ All in
Weizheng Zhong: K♣K♠ All in
Drake Kemper: Q♠7♦

Zhong managed to fade everything on the 7♦ river, as he picked up a bounty and stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weizheng Zhong	520,000 215,000	215,000
James Jeffrey	392,000 392,000	392,000
Drake Kemper	316,000 316,000	316,000
Matthew Keserich	Busted
Jon Turner	Busted

Tags: Drake Kemper James Jeffrey Jon Turner Matthew Keserich Weizheng Zhong

06-10-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Vayssieres Gets a Triple

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Jacob Wilson

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Vayssieres open shoved 60,000 from under the gun, before Rodrigo Zouvi then shoved for 135,000, and Francisco Moreno Gonzales did the same in the small blind, for 219,000. The big blind player made the fold.

Nicolas Vayssieres: A♦Q♠ All in
Rodrigo Zouvi: K♥Q♣ All in
Francisco Moreno Gonzales: A♠K♣

Moreno Gonzales was way out in the lead, even more so due to his opponent's outs being blocked, but that didn't matter as the board ran out 6♥Q♥10♣7♥8♠ leaving Vayssieres to scoop the main pot, tripling up, and Zouvi to take in the side pot, as his chip count stayed almost identical. Gonzales, left with only seven big blinds, ended up busting out just a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Vayssieres	200,000
Rodrigo Zouvi	130,000 130,000	130,000
Francisco Moreno Gonzales	Busted

Tags: Francisco Moreno Gonzales Nicolas Vayssieres Rodrigo Zouvi

06-10-2025 16:51 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations in Level 20

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Laura Fryer

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Schoonbaert	Busted
Marcus Garza	Busted
Jared Russell	Busted
Andrea Tropea	Busted
Manuel Fritz	Busted
Ivan Uzunov	Busted
Martin Bertolino	Busted
Jonathan Turner	Busted
Michael Leah	Busted

Michael Horchoff	Busted
Isiah Ditoto	Busted
Randy Roberts	Busted
Brandon Mitchell	Busted
Juan Ford	Busted
Christopher Czabaranek	Busted
Sandeep Pulusani	Busted

Thomas Desroches	Busted
Stephen Frazin	Busted
Stephen Ma	Busted
Morris Estares	Busted
Alexandre Rabusseau	Busted
Zocarlo Benologa	Busted
Mike Chang	Busted
Nicholas Richards	Busted
David Fhima	Busted

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06-10-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Massive Cooler Near Money Bubble of WSOP's Biggest Buy-In So Far

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Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

One of the biggest coolers we'll see at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) took place in the biggest buy-in event so far this summer.

Aces versus kings is always a brutal set-up, but a set-over-set involving those two premium holdings is as painful as it gets. But that's exactly what happened near the money bubble on Day 2 of Event #32: $50,000 High Roller.

PokerNews' Calum Grant captured the hand between Ben Tollerene and Joey Weissman, which took place at the end of Level 13 with blinds of 15,000/30,000/30,000 and 34 players remaining with 26 spots paid.

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Tags: Joey Weissman Ben Tollerene

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

06-10-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Underwoods Tens Hold Up

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Joseph Berg

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Benjamin Underwood went all in and was at risk from under the gun for 170,000 and was called by Noah Workman in the big blind.

Benjamin Underwood: 10♦10♣ All in
Noah Workman: A♣9♠

The board ran out J♣10♥4♦6♠9♦, giving Underwood a much-needed boost to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Underwood	340,200 340,200	340,200
Noah Workman	140,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Benjamin Underwood Noah Workman

06-10-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Rigby Hits the Turn to Stay Alive

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Myles Phago

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nicholas Rigby open jammed from the button for his last 120,000 and was called by Andrew Hawksby in the big blind.

Nicholas Rigby: 6♣6♥ All in
Andrew Hawksby: K♠10♠

A nasty flop for Rigby, which came K♥5♦7♥ to send Hawksby into the lead, but when the 6♠ came on the turn, Hawksby was drawing dead and Rigby was shipped the pot and a full double up when the 4♦ came on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Rigby	270,000 20,000	20,000
Andrew Hawksby	23,000

Tags: Andrew Hawksby Nicholas Rigby

06-10-2025 16:37 UTC-8

Portaleoni Makes Nice Call to Eliminate Liddell

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Nick Vazquez

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Rodrigo Portaleoni raised to 25,000 from the hijack. Only Jacob Liddell called from the big blind.

The action went check-check on the K♣9♦7♠ flop. Then on the K♠ turn, Liddell led out for 30,000. Portaleoni called.

The river came the 5♠, and Liddell moved all in. Portaleoni thought for a moment, and then eventually made the call.

Liddell showed the A♥4♠ for a bluff, while Portaleoni revealed the A♣9♠ to win the pot, eliminate Liddell, and win a bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo Portaleoni	305,000 305,000	305,000
Jacob Liddell	Busted

Tags: Jacob Liddell Rodrigo Portaleoni

06-10-2025 16:37 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The players have been busting quickly since the bubble burst, only 216 players remain in the tournament.

A number of $25K fantasy players have been eliminated since the money was reached including Boris Angelov, Thomas Taylor, Andrew Brown, Ismael Bojang, Allan Le and Christian Harder.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Chorlian	Busted
Benjamin Gold	Busted
Wang Hao	Busted
Anthony Marquez	Busted

Jose Mendoza	Busted
Alejandro Peinado	Busted
Austin Currington	Busted
Jon Burgi	Busted
Jeremy Lee	Busted
Boris Angelov	Busted
Stanley Webb	Busted
Michael Vincent	Busted
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	Busted
Julian Botello	Busted
Jose Iniguez	Busted
Andrew Parks	Busted
Corey Brass	Busted
David Jackson	Busted

Christopher Wilson	Busted
Shai Zurr	Busted

Terry Jackson	Busted
Gregory Wallerus	Busted
Thomas Taylor	Busted
Alex Stone	Busted
Francisco Gonzalez	Busted

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06-10-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Vayssieres Gets a Triple

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Jacob Wilson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Vayssieres open shoved 60,000 from under the gun, before Rodrigo Zouvi then shived for 135,000 and Francisco Moreno Gonzales did the same in the small blind, for 219,000. The big blind player made the fold.

Nicolas Vayssieres: A♦Q♠ All in
Rodrigo Zouvi: K♥Q♣ All in
Francisco Moreno Gonzales: A♠K♣

Moreno Gonzales was way out in the lead, even more so due to his opponent's outs being blocked, but that didn't matter as the board ran out 6♥Q♥10♣7♥8♠ leaving Vayssieres to scoop the main pot, tripling up, and Zouvi to take in the side pot, as his chip count stayed almost identical. Gonzales, left with only seven big blinds, ended up busting out just a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Vayssieres	200,000 200,000	200,000
Rodrigo Zouvi	130,000 130,000	130,000
Francisco Moreno Gonzales	Busted

Tags: Francisco Moreno Gonzales Nicolas Vayssieres Rodrigo Zouvi