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

06-16-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Unorthodox Double Up by Koutsos

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Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Anthony Koutsos in the big blind saw his 510,000-chip stack being called by Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu in the small blind.

Anthony Koutsos: 6♥2♥ All in
Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu: A♥2♦

Koutsos was lucky on this one, hitting two pair on 6♣K♣J♥K♥5♦ to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu	2,975,000 1,325,000	1,325,000

Anthony Koutsos	1,510,000 1,715,000	1,715,000

Tags: Anthony Koutsos Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu

06-16-2025 16:14 UTC-8

Always a Sweat

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Robert Jones

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Arash Ghaneian raised from under the gun to 200,000 and Jonathan Schwartz called from the hijack. Sitting on the button, Karl Manouchakian went all-in for 820,000. Ghaneian went all-in after him and Schwartz folded.

Karl Manouchakian: K♦K♣ All in
Arash Ghaneian: A♠K♥

The board ran out 5♥5♠4♥9♥2♣ and Manouchakian managed to find the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Schwartz	3,700,000 700,000	700,000
Arash Ghaneian	3,500,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Karl Manouchakian	2,000,000 580,000	580,000

Tags: Arash Ghaneian Jonathan Schwartz Karl Manouchakian

06-16-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Song Doubles Through Kehrees

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Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Linyang Song opened to 225,000 from under the gun. Andrew Chang called from two seats over, but Mark Kehrees squeezed from the hijack. Song raised all-in for 1,970,000, Chang folded and Kehrees called.

Linyang Song: A♥K♥ All in
Mark Kehrees: Q♦7♦

Song looked relieved when his hand held on 8♥2♦2♣2♥J♣ to secure a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chang	12,500,000 7,500,000	7,500,000
Linyang Song	4,500,000 3,744,000	3,744,000
Mark Kehrees	900,000 3,800,000	3,800,000

Tags: Andrew Chang Linyang Song Mark Kehrees

06-16-2025 16:25 UTC-8

New Bust Outs

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Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Melvin Podaima	Busted
Punnat Punsri	Busted

Ryan Appleberry	Busted
Fei Li	Busted
Ayaz Mahmood	Busted

Wenxin Huang	Busted
Jonathan Anav	Busted
Caroline Schallock	Busted
Iason Filippidis	Busted
Joshua Suyat	Busted
Anthony Russo	Busted
Joel Verbeck	Busted
John Reading	Busted

Kao Saechao	Busted
Michael Fohs	Busted
Ian Monahoyios	Busted
Rohit Kwatra	Busted
Michael Marder	Busted
Oliwer Sankiewicz	Busted
Leonid Vaisburg	Busted
Sean An	Busted
Allen Chang	Busted

06-16-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Dan Spikes the River to Take Out Li

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Myles Phago

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jeremy Dan raised to 200,000 from under the gun and was called by Fei Li in the small blind.

The flop came 10♥4♥4♠ and Li checked. Dan continued for 275,000, and after going into the tank for a short while, Li announced all in for approximately 820,000. Dan snap called before the dealer could count Li's stack.

Fei Li: 8♦8♠ All in
Jeremy Dan: K♥9♥

Li was ahead and looked good for a double up, but needed to dodge some outs for Dan. The 7♠ on the turn wasn't one of them, but the A♥ was and made Dan his flush and sent Li to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Dan	3,200,000 600,000	600,000
Fei Li	Busted

Tags: Fei Li Jeremy Dan

06-16-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Joseph Berg

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The remaining 134 players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Action is expected to resume around 6:30 p.m. local time.

06-16-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Actress Jennifer Tilly Tried to Stop Sam Simon from Co-Creating 'The Simpsons'

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Lyle Bateman

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The Simpsons is widely regarded as one of the most successful and beloved television shows of all time. But actress and high-stakes poker player Jennifer Tilly, who was married to Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, tried to stop her ex-husband from making the iconic show.

Tilly, the star of the Chucky franchise and a recent guest on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, revealed her skepticism about Simon pursuing the cartoon in a new episode of the PokerNews Life Outside Poker podcast.

"I remember us trying to keep Sam from doing it because he had been offered his own deal, multi-million-dollar deal, at Hollywood Pictures, which was at the time very trendy," Tilly told PokerNews. "And I said, 'Sam, don't you want to be your own person and do your own shows?'"

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Level: 28

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

06-16-2025 17:36 UTC-8

Top 20 Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Here are the 20 largest stacks according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Plant	12,800,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Andrew Chang	12,295,000 205,000	205,000
Ivan Ruban	11,815,000 4,715,000	4,715,000
Carlos Saez Martinez	10,010,000 90,000	90,000
James Leonard	9,100,000 7,900,000	7,900,000

John Oneal	8,965,000 7,910,000	7,910,000
Sven Rahmsdorf	8,090,000 1,090,000	1,090,000
Bartlomiej Swieboda	8,000,000 5,002,000	5,002,000
Remy Murcia	7,825,000 2,025,000	2,025,000
Santiago Montes	7,715,000 785,000	785,000

Caleb King	7,220,000 3,020,000	3,020,000
William Boucher	7,200,000 100,000	100,000
Ashish Gupta	7,055,000 2,855,000	2,855,000
Antonio Mallol	6,580,000 3,080,000	3,080,000
Antonius Samuel	6,540,000 5,290,000	5,290,000
Nicholas Funaro	6,530,000 3,130,000	3,130,000
Ryan Rivers	6,495,000 2,995,000	2,995,000
Jean-Francois Alexandre	6,350,000 100,000	100,000
Roland Glasscock	6,320,000 3,308,000	3,308,000
Zhen Chen	6,285,000 3,285,000	3,285,000

06-16-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Rohr Gets Loud With Two Pair

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Joseph Berg

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Jules Rohr went all in and was at risk from middle position and was called by Sven Rahmsdorf on the button.

Jules Rohr: Q♦3♦ All in
Sven Rahmsdorf: A♥Q♥

The board ran out Q♠3♥10♦2♥8♣, giving Rohr two pair and keeping his hope alive in Event #37.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sven Rahmsdorf	7,100,000 990,000	990,000
Jules Rohr	2,100,000 395,000	395,000
Patrick Plott	1,400,000 1,250,000	1,250,000
Dejuante Alexander	255,000 1,345,000	1,345,000

Tags: Jules Rohr Sven Rahmsdorf