Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-15-2025 12:16 UTC-7

Kotsines Doubles Up with Top Pair

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

From hijack, Eric Kotsines bet 7,000 on a flop of 2♥A♥5♥ and a pot of around 30,000 and got called by Jamie Dwan in cutoff.

The turn 9♦ fell and Kotsines fired another 18,000 keeping the heat up. Staying cool, Dwan called. On the river 2♦, Kotsines placed maximum pressure with an all-in jam for around 40,000. After asking for a count, Dwan called.

Kotsines tabled A♦Q♥. Dwan threw his hand faced down and was about to be mucked when a request to turn it over was made to show A♣10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Dwan	410,000 5,500	5,500
Eric Kotsines	160,000 84,500	84,500

Tags: Eric Kotsines Jamie Dwan

06-15-2025 12:13 UTC-7

Quads for Zaffos

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Myles Phago

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a board of J♠A♣2♦K♦ Zhengxiong Zouxu checked and Zachary Zaffos bet out for 18,000. Zouxu called, and the players saw the J♣ fall on the turn.

Zouxu checked and after deliberating for a while, Zaffos pushed out a bet of 27,000. Zouxu thought for a bit before he made the call, only to see Zaffos table J♦J♥ for rivered quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Zaffos	415,000 90,500	90,500
Zhengxiong Zouxu	136,000 132,000	132,000

Tags: Zachary Zaffos Zhengxiong Zouxu

06-15-2025 12:12 UTC-7

Kenjic Chunks Sepiol

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Robert Jones

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jovan Kenjic raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was raised by Daniel Sepiol to 17,500 in middle position. Kenjic made the call.

On the flop of J♣2♣2♥, Kenjic checked and Sepiol went all in for the 40,000 Kenjic had left in his stack. Kenjic made the call.

Jovan Kenjic: A♦A♥ All in
Daniel Sepiol: K♣Q♦

No miracle for Sepiol on the 4♦6♣ runout, and Kenjic scooped up a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovan Kenjic	120,000 65,500	65,500
Daniel Sepiol	20,000 109,500	109,500

Tags: Daniel Sepiol Jovan Kenjic

06-15-2025 12:02 UTC-7

Chip Counts at Horseshoe Silver Table #657

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Patouilliart	580,000 89,000	89,000
Michael Coombs	270,000 7,000	7,000
Mario Sequeira	152,000 77,500	77,500
Ross Lantzy	119,000 72,000	72,000
Steven Alkema	112,000 8,000	8,000
Raymond Mancini	106,000 9,000	9,000
Daniel Mcbrien	64,000 71,000	71,000
Allen Shen	Busted
Ian Steinman	Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

06-15-2025 12:00 UTC-7

Diamonds: A Lady’s Best Friend, And Erik Svoboda’s Too

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Joseph Berg

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Bradley Gafford raised from early position and was called by Erik Svoboda in middle position and Kurt Jewell in the cutoff.

The first three community cards were 8♦7♦3♦. Action checked to Jewell, who bet 12,000. Gafford folded, and Svoboda made the call.

The turn brought the 2♦. Svoboda checked, and this time, Jewell bet 21,000. After some thought, Svoboda stuck in the call.

Both players checked on the K♠ river. Svoboda tabled Q♦Q♥, which was good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kurt Jewell	245,000 26,500	26,500
Bradley Gafford	210,000 5,500	5,500

Erik Svoboda	170,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Kurt Jewell Erik Svoboda Bradley Gafford

06-15-2025 11:58 UTC-7

Ke Chipping Up

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Myles Phago

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With the pot already bloated to approximately 62,000, the board read 5♠4♠7♣4♦, and Alexander Williams pushed out a bet of 28,000 from the big blind. Yijhen Ke called from late position.

The 10♥ peeled off on the river, and now Williams checked, hoping to see a cheap showdown, but Ke had other ideas and fired out a bet of 65,000. Williams went into the tank for a while before folding to send the uncontested pot to Ke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yijhen Ke	255,000 34,000	34,000
Alexander Williams	73,000 71,500	71,500

Tags: Alexander Williams Yijhen Ke

06-15-2025 11:53 UTC-7

Shimizu Cracks Streng's Aces on the River

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action was picked up with hands tabled, chips in the middle of the felt and a board completed.

Yuki Shimizu: Q♦Q♥ All in
Lance Streng: A♥A♦

Streng was looking quite confident when the board ran 2♥K♦5♠3♥ but an audible groan was heard from the players of Table #653 when the Q♣ fell on the river. Streng just looked on as the dealer shipped a big chunk of his stack towards Shimizu's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuki Shimizu	200,000 153,500	153,500
Lance Streng	94,000 98,000	98,000

Tags: Lance Streng Yuki Shimizu

06-15-2025 11:52 UTC-7

Gazzola's Pocket Rockets Eliminate Felix

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Joseph Berg

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Ben Gazzola raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and was called by Adrien Favre Felix on the button.

The flop landed J♦8♣2♠. Gazzola bet 6,000, and Felix decided to raise to 18,000. Gazzola called.

The turn brought the 5♦. Gazzola checked, and Felix moved all in. Gazzola snap-called.

Adrien Favre Felix: A♠J♦ All in
Ben Gazzola: A♥A♦

The river K♠ was no help, and Felix was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Gazzola	290,000 111,000	111,000
Adrien Favre Felix	Busted

Tags: Adrien Favre Felix Ben Gazzola

06-15-2025 11:48 UTC-7

Some of the Notables in the Horseshoe

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Robert Jones

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Wilson	280,000 14,000	14,000
Michael Wang	180,000 37,500	37,500

Faraz Jaka	180,000 180,000	180,000

Jamie Gold	140,000 10,000	10,000

Ren Lin	80,000 80,000	80,000