Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The tournament director instructed the dealers to complete the hand they were on and to hold up for hand-for-hand play.
The money will be reached after one more elimination.
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$13,168,800
Entries
9,920
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Entries
3,217
Players Left
464
Players Left 1 / 9920
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Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
During hand-for-hand play during bubble time, Alli Mallu bet 120,000 on a pot of 400,000 with a board of J♦3♦8♥J♠A♥. Igor Picone, his heads-up opponent, went into the tank to consider his options. Finally he made the call.
The moment Picone called, however, Mallu immediately mucked his hand. Picone turned over Q♦7♦ for queen-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
1,053,000
|
1,053,000 |
|
460,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
It took a long while before the dealer let Lucas Martin and Diego Aro play the hand in such a big field. Martin went all in in the cut off and got called by Aro in the big blind.
Once the players flipped their cards, the room got excited because it was a classic battle, aces versus kings.
Lucas Martin K♦K♠ 
Diego Aro A♦A♠
The dealer revealed the board: 4♥7♦5♠4♠2♠. And it was Martin who got sent home with his kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
218,500
|
218,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jordan Henegar raised to 22,000 from early position and was called by Robert Painter in the big blind.
Painter led out for 60,000 when the dealer spread a 6♥10♠5♠ flop, Henegar made the call.
Action checked through on the 3♠ turn.
The river card was the 10♥, Painter bet 80,000 this time around. Henegar made the call only to be shown the 10♣6♦, good for a full house, which he could not beat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
955,000
|
955,000 |
|
240,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
In the 898th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna Englandn and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio to offer their thoughts on Doug Polk's recent appearance on Kill Tony, the popular Austin-based stand-up comedy program. How did Doug do in front of Tony Hinchcliffe and company? Let's just say you might be surprised.
Mike, who made a recent appearance in Daniel Negreanu's vlog, then sounds off on the cancelled WSOP Online bracelet event, the crew discusses the recently-announced changes to the WSOP Circuit, Chad goes to the world's largest casino collectibles show, and Matt Savage offers his thoughts as a special guest speaker.
Other topics include bracelet wins by Nick Schulman, Jason Koon, and John Racener, highlights from recent Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) events, and an exclusive interview with famed poker author Michael Kaplan, who recently released a new book, Advantage Players. The veteran scribe shares several poker stories, including Phil Ivey and Kelly Sun's baccarat edge sorting, the legendary Billy Baxter, and what it was like working with Stu Ungar in what was one of the final, if not THE final, interviews before he passed in 1998.
Learn about all those stories and more in the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!
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Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With the pot at over 150,000 and the board reading A♦9♥8♥10♦ Jonathan Anav bet out for 100,000 after Esther Taylor checked from the big blind. Taylor called.
The river saw the 7♣ fall, and both players checked. Anav proudly turned over AxKx, thinking he would scoop the pot, but Taylor quickly tabled A♣10♣ for two pair, and the pot was pushed her way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
810,000
552,000
|
552,000 |
|
||
|
|
730,000
483,500
|
483,500 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Dane Lomas went all in from middle position for 122,000 and was put at risk by Zakhar Galper who called near the button. Galper was ahead pre-flop:
Dane Lomas: A♦10♠
Zakhar Galper: A♠Q♥
And the dealer ran out a board of Q♣A♥5♣4♦10♣, ending Lomas's impressive run in Event #37
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
510,000
390,500
|
390,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ludovic Uzan raised from the cutoff to 20,000 and was re-raised by Brian Vazquez, in the small blind, to 100,000.
In the big blind, Yiannis Liperis went all-in for 490,000. Uzan folded and Vazquez called.
Yiannis Liperis: A♦Q♣
Brian Vazquez: K♥K♠
The board of K♣9♠5♠9♥Q♠ sent Liperis to the rail and 1,200,000 chips to Vazquez.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | |
|
600,000
411,500
|
411,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jeremy Streuli limped in the small blind but Sean Donnelly in the big blind defended with a 24,000 bet which Streuli called.
The flop came 7♦6♦3♦ and after a knuckle, Donnelly fired another 35,000 into the growing pot. Streuli stayed on, unbothered by the escalating heat.
On the J♠ turn, the same dynamic happened with Donnelly betting 55,000. The pressure was not affecting Streuli at all, and he still tagged along to see the last card.
On the river 5♣, Streuli decided to lead with an 80,000 bet and Donnelly just flat-called.
Streuli showed A♦9♥ for ace-high while Donnelly tabled K♦K♠ then scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
930,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
195,000
63,500
|
63,500 |
