Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-16-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Eliminations Before the Break (299th-363rd)

Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuya Kita	Busted
Eusebiu Jalba	Busted
Chao Duan	Busted
Chris Potenza	Busted

Dean Lyall	Busted
Sohale Khalili	Busted
David Carleton	Busted
Asko Muratovic	Busted
Valentin Oberhauser	Busted
Kenneth Gregory	Busted
Aaron Overton	Busted
Shane Scorza	Busted
Kenneth Hicks	Busted
Matthew Blagg	Busted
Jordan Grant	Busted
Edgar Martinez	Busted
Sean Donnelly	Busted
Jordan Siegel	Busted
Theodoros Stemelatos	Busted
Ryan Laplante	Busted

Cody Wiegmann	Busted
Paul Reynolds	Busted
Elvyn Bello	Busted
Michael Mccarthy	Busted
Bijan Shapouri	Busted

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06-16-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Schwartz Aces Grant

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Robert Jones

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jordan Grant raised from the cutoff to 80,000, and Jonathan Schwartz, on the button, made it 210,000. The action folded back around to Grant, who went all in for roughly 700,000. Schwartz beat him into the middle.

Jordan Grant: JxJx All in
Jonathan Schwartz: AxAx

No jacks on the board of K♣6♣4♠3♠9♣ and Grant hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Schwartz	3,000,000 1,970,000	1,970,000
Jordan Grant	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Schwartz Jordan Grant

06-16-2025 11:41 UTC-8

No King for Reynolds

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Paul Reynolds jammed for 465,000 from the cutoff. Miguel Faria Lopes in the small blind went into the tank and called.

Paul Reynolds: K♠10♣ All in
Miguel Faria Lopes: A♣10♥

"A king please, sir," Reynolds asked to the dealer. He was not heard as an ace appeared on a flop of A♦Q♦6♠. Reynolds then asked for a jack, but the 9♠9♥ runout didn't give him any satisfaction and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Remy Murcia	4,450,000 4,125,000	4,125,000
Miguel Faria Lopes	2,000,000 970,000	970,000
Paul Reynolds	Busted

Tags: Miguel Faria Lopes Paul Reynolds

06-16-2025 11:26 UTC-8

Ace-High Wins for Zhang

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Myles Phago

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Matthew Perez raised from late position to 80,000 only for Zi Long Zhang to three-bet to 250,000 from the button. Perez called.

The flop came 3♦J♣6♦, and Perez check-called Zhang's 165,000 continuation bet. Both players checked the 5♦ turn, and when the 5♣ came on the river, Perez went into the tank for two to three minutes before he announced all in.

This sent Zhang into the tank for some time, and he asked for the count, which was 460,000. He thought some more and made the call, tabling A♣Q♦ for ace-high. Perez turned over Q♣K♣ for king-high, and Zhang was shipped the pot and sent Perez to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zi Long Zhang	3,600,000 400,000	400,000
Matthew Perez	Busted

Tags: Matthew Perez Zi Long Zhang

06-16-2025 11:08 UTC-8

New Bust Outs (364th - 425th)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Johnson	Busted
John McDonald (PA)	Busted
Ashley Frank	Busted
Vicente Sanchez Benitez	Busted
Duy Ho	Busted
Gurpreet Lubana	Busted
Mark Evangelista	Busted
George Adjamoglian	Busted
David Lunde	Busted
Cody Bell	Busted

James Tian	Busted
Ricky Welch	Busted
Eugene Tung	Busted
Erika Weinstein	Busted
Dustin Skarra	Busted
Xiaohu Liu	Busted
George White	Busted
Anthony Ruberto	Busted
Jonathan Wolter	Busted
Robert Ross	Busted
Insoo Park	Busted
Stephane Gabarre	Busted
Taylor Hart	Busted
Nathan Ghodoushim	Busted
Martin Sgrilletti	Busted

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06-16-2025 10:46 UTC-8

Chang Scores a Double Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

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

A three-way all-in and call situation occurred involving Carlos Frontela in middle position with roughly 490,000, Michael Bruno in the cutoff all in and at risk as well for approximately 220,000 and Andrew Chang on the button who had them covered.

Michael Bruno: J♥J♣ All in
Carlos Frontela: 9♦9♣ All in
Andrew Chang: K♣10♣

Chang flopped a pair on 7♥5♣10♠, then hit two pair with the K♥Q♠ runout to send both of his opponents to the rail. The table broke after this hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chang	2,900,000 1,445,000	1,445,000
Carlos Frontela	Busted
Michael Bruno	Busted

Tags: Andrew Chang Carlos Frontela Michael Bruno

06-16-2025 10:37 UTC-8

Kings No Good for Slayton

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Myles Phago

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

Jeffrey Slayton raised from late position to 75,000 but faced a three-bet from Ronan Sweeney in the small blind to 210,000. Slayton thought for a while before he announced all in. Sweeney snap-called and had Slayton covered.

Jeffrey Slayton: K♦K♣ All in
Ronan Sweeney: A♦K♠

A dangerous flop of 7♠J♠10♦ came for Slayton, and when the Q♣ fell on the turn to make Sweeney a gutshot straight, Slayton was drawing dead to a chop and not a happy bunny as he was sent packing and off to the cage when the 10♠ came on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronan Sweeney	2,400,000 45,000	45,000
Jeffrey Slayton	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Slayton Ronan Sweeney

06-16-2025 10:36 UTC-8

Kings for the Knockout

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Robert Jones

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

Gershon Distenfeld raised to 60,000 from the hijack and was called by Yuya Kita in the cutoff. From the small blind, Milad Oghabian went all in for 625,000. Next to act, in the big blind, Dejuante Alexander went all in for 800,000. Distenfeld and Kita folded.

Milad Oghabian: Q♦J♠ All in
Dejuante Alexander: K♠K♣

The board of A♠10♦4♣7♠A♥ did not improve Oghabian, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dejuante Alexander	1,600,000 815,000	815,000

Gershon Distenfeld	1,200,000 275,000	275,000

Yuya Kita	1,200,000 220,000	220,000
Milad Oghabian	Busted

Tags: Dejuante Alexander Gershon Distenfeld Milad Oghabian Yuya Kita

06-16-2025 10:21 UTC-8

Early Eliminations (426th - 464th, $5,305)

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Maxime Taldir

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Xinze Li	Busted
Mark Zika	Busted
Andrew Heidelberg	Busted
Anton Smirnov	Busted
Susan Murphey	Busted

Connor Steinbrook	Busted
Alexander Greenblatt	Busted
Nolan Kido	Busted
Chun Kwan	Busted
David Touchton	Busted
Todd Rice	Busted
Alexey Laptev	Busted
Travis Hartshorn	Busted
Felix Weis	Busted
Thomas Mullen	Busted
Jokari Mackie	Busted
Robert Brewer	Busted
Glen Gaines	Busted
Todd Ivens	Busted
Donald Landwirth	Busted
Ryan Hemmel	Busted

Kevin Davis	Busted
James Cihla	Busted
Adrian Cazacu	Busted
David "Bakes" Baker	Busted

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06-16-2025 10:18 UTC-8

Zika Runs Into Zhang's Nines

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Maxime Taldir

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

Zi Long Zhang opened from the button. Mark Zika in the small blind three-bet all-in for approximately 380,000. The big blind folded and Zhang snap-called.

Mark Zika: A♥8♦ All in
Zi Long Zhang: 9♣9♠

The board of Q♥10♣5♣6♥2♥ was no help for Zika who was eliminated.