Event #35: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-11-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Does James Really Have it on the Flop?

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Alex James raised the pot to 60,000 under the gun and got called by Brian Yoon in late position. The flop came Q♠K♦A♣. James continued with a 30,000 bet and got called once again.

Keeping the pressure, James fired another 65,000 on the 8♠ turn but Yoon continued to hang on.

Increasing the pressure, James shot 80,000 on the river 3♦. Yoon decided to push back with 600,000. Not having it, James snap-shoved all-in for about 800,000. After asking for a count, Yoon folded.

James, happy scooping his pot, declared he held ten-jack and had it on the flop. Players were teasing him that that needed verification as he didn't turn his cards over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex James	1,900,000 345,000	345,000
Brian Yoon	700,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Alex James Brian Yoon

06-11-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Leiva is Here to Stay

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Jerome Solomon

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Troy Donaldson started it with a raise to 55,000 chips in the hijack. Stefan Clemens added to it with a three-bat to 135,000.

Carlos Leiva jumped on top of that with a raise to 255,000. Donaldson pondered for a bit before bailing, but Clemens made the call.

The flop came A♥J♣J♠. Clemens checked-called Leiva's 130,000-chip bet. The turn Q♠ brought checks from each.

Clemens checked the river 4♥, but called Leiva's bet of 300,000, then turned over K♠K♣.

Leiva tabled Q♥Q♣ for a full house and the big win.

From trying to walk out earlier in the level, when he thought he lost a hand, to more than two million chips? Leiva won't be leaving anytime soon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Leiva	2,225,000 1,005,000	1,005,000

Stefan Clemens	890,000 340,000	340,000

Tags: Carlos Leiva Stefan Clemens Troy Donaldson

06-11-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Break

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The remaining 37 players are on a 15-minute break.

06-11-2025 15:35 UTC-8

Breaktime is Over

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Jerome Solomon

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The players have returned from the break, and play has began.

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

06-11-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Preflop Power Poker

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Renat Bohdanov started off the action with a raise to 60,000. Amir Mirrasouli called and Daniel Maor raised to 240,000/

When it got back to Bohdanov, he raised yet again, to the tune of 450,000. Maor pushed his hand in the muck, losing about a fourth of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renat Bohdanov	1,700,000 150,000	150,000

Daniel Maor	865,000 250,000	250,000

Amir Mirrasouli	775,000 325,000	325,000

Tags: Amir Mirrasouli Daniel Maor Renat Bohdanov

06-11-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Chips Moving Around the Table

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Jerome Solomon

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a table that hasn't had a player eliminated in an hour and a half, chips have been shuffling around and around.

Santiago Garza added to his stack with a nice win over Lester Edoc, betting 150,000 chips and getting a call on the river after he hit a full house on the turn with his pocket 3♦3♠ on a board of 6♣5♥6♦3♥9♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santiago Garza	1,200,000 500,000	500,000
Lester Edoc	950,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Santiago Garza Lester Edoc

06-11-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Nikitin Chips up

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a pot of 200,000 and a 6♠7♣K♣ flop, Justin Young bet out 60,000 after a check from Anatoly Nikitin.

On the turn 10♥, Nikitin check-raised to 425,000 after Young put in 140,000. Young called.

Ont the river 3♣, Nikitin pushed 325,000 sending Young to the tank. He eventually folded as the dealer pushed the chips towards Nikitin's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Nikitin	2,000,000 1,490,000	1,490,000
Justin Young	1,650,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Anatoly Nikitin Justin Young

06-11-2025 16:03 UTC-8

Nines Full for the Win

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Boris Kolev raised from the hijack to 60,000, and Dennys Ramos called from the big blind. The flop came out with 3♥4♦9♥, and Ramos checked to the preflop aggressor, who bet 120,000. Ramos made the call.

On the turn J♥ Ramos checked again, and Kolev kept up the aggression with a bet of 220,000, Ramos called.

Both players checked the river 3♦ and Ramos flipped over 9♠9♦ for the full house and the win, while Kolev mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian James	1,800,000 599,000	599,000
Dennys Ramos	1,650,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Boris Kolev	1,530,000 115,000	115,000

Kevin Eyster	1,050,000 100,000	100,000

Tom Steinbach	710,000 470,000	470,000
Carter Jones	705,000 265,000	265,000
Hattori Lopez	685,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Boris Kolev Dennys Ramos

06-11-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Gone in the Blink of an Eyster

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Hand 1:

Heads up to a flop of K♥10♣J♣, Kevin Eyster check-called a bet of 125,000 from Brian James. Eyster called.

The turn brought the 2♦ and Eyster checked again. James pushed out a bet of 475,000. Eyster made a pained fold and claim to have Qx10x.

Hand 2:

Kevin Eyster opened the button to 60,000 and Carter Jones made the call in the big blind.

Heads up they saw the A♣J♦A♦ scroll across and Jones checked. Eyster continued for 50,000 and Jones called.

The turn snapped off the 3♥ and Jones checked again. Eyster doubled his previous bet and put out 100,000. Jones responded with a raise to 280,000. Eyster didn't take too long before declaring all in. Jones snapped.

Kevin Eyster: A♥4♠ All in
Carter Jones: 3♣3♠