Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK Day 4 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-17-2025 13:16 UTC-8

Chang Can't Overcome Holland's Nines

Kai Cocklin

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Maxx Holland opened to 1,200,000 from early position and Andrew Chang shoved for around 7,600,000 from the hijack. Once it got back to Holland, he called with a slightly covering stack.

Andrew Chang: A♦8♦ All in
Maxx Holland: 9♦9♠

Chang needed to connect with his ace or find some diamonds, but didn't find much to work with on the 2♠4♣K♦ flop. A Q♣ on the turn left him with just three outs, and the 3♣ river wasn't what he needed, which meant he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxx Holland	16,000,000 12,550,000	12,550,000
Andrew Chang	Busted
Stephen Foutty	Busted

Tags: Andrew Chang Maxx Holland

06-17-2025 12:52 UTC-8

Plant Spikes a Pair on the Window

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Ryan Plant opened for 1,000,000 under the gun and received an all-in shove from Philip Tardif in hijack. Plant called taking both players to showdown.

Philip Tardif: A♣J♦ All in
Ryan Plant: J♥9♥

The window card instantly gave Plant the lead with a pair on the 9♠8♠6♥ flop, evoking a groan from Tardif who started to get up from his seat. The turn 6♣ and river 10♠ fell without helping Tardif. Tardif left the floor as Plant added the chips to his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Plant	25,300,000 8,500,000	8,500,000
Philip Tardif	Busted

Tags: Philip Tardif Ryan Plant

06-17-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Seven is Always Coming

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Robert Jones

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Lee Rzentkowski raised from the hijack to 800,000, once action reached James Gauley in the big blind, he went all-in for the 9,000,000 in Rzentkowski's stack. Rzentkowski made the call.

Lee Rzentkowski: A♠A♥ All in
James Gauley: 7♣7♥

The board came 9♦7♦3♠10♦5♠ and Rzentkowski was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Gauley	25,000,000 5,800,000	5,800,000
Lee Rzentkowski	Busted

Tags: James Gauley Lee Rzentkowski

06-17-2025 11:26 UTC-8

Veloso Finds Life

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Robert Jones

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Sergio Da Silva Veloso raised from early position to 800,000 and was re-raised by Laksh Singh in middle position to 1,850,000 chips. Veloso went all-in for 7,275,000 and Singh beat him into the middle.

Sergio Da Silva Veloso: A♥K♣ All in
Laksh Singh: A♠A♦

The board came J♥6♥5♥2♦2♥ giving Veloso a flush for the double-up. Singh busted a few hands after losing this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Da Silva Veloso	14,500,000 8,500,000	8,500,000
Laksh Singh	Busted

Tags: Laksh Singh Sergio Da Silva Veloso

06-17-2025 10:55 UTC-8

Temm Triples Up in Three-Way All-in

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Keith Temm open-shoved in hijack for 2,300,000 sending Michael Ruane in cutoff to the tank. After a few seconds, Ruane announced all-in prompting a series of folds to the big blind.

To the surprise of the table, which evoked an audible gasp of surprise, big blind player Sergio Da Silva Veloso picked up a whole tower of 500,000-chips and jammed it in the middle for a call, taking all three to a showdown.

Keith Temm: K♣K♦ All in
Michael Ruane: 10♦10♣ All in
Sergio Da Silva Veloso: 9♣9♠

Temm looked at a potential triple up on the flop Q♠K♥3♥ which gave him a set. Ruane and Veloso still had minimal outs for the main pot but were mainly fighting for the side pot worth around 14,000,000.

The runout of 5♥Q♥ improved Temm's hand to a full house for the main pot but didn't change the situation for the sidepot which was awarded to Ruane.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Ruane	14,100,000 8,100,000	8,100,000
Keith Temm	7,650,000 4,600,000	4,600,000
Sergio Da Silva Veloso	6,000,000 9,800,000	9,800,000

Tags: Keith Temm Michael Ruane Sergio Da Silva Veloso

06-17-2025 10:54 UTC-8

Colavita Picks Off Plant

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Mario Colavita opened from the hijack and Ryan Plant defended his big blind.

The flop came 6♥6♦9♣ and after Plant checked, Colavita bet 425,000. Plant then check-raised to 900,000, and Colavita made it 1,500,000 to go. Plant called.

The 3♦ turn checked through and Plant shoved when the J♣ hit the river. Colavita had around 3,750,000 behind and after thinking for around 20 seconds, he flicked in the call.

Plant then revealed a bluff with 8♥7♦, and Colavita's Q♥Q♠ was good the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:548]	24,600,000 11,075,000	11,075,000
Yaniv Livnat	15,000,000 1,075,000	1,075,000
Mario Colavita	12,000,000 5,850,000	5,850,000
Philip Tardif	7,500,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Ryan Plant	6,000,000 6,200,000	6,200,000
Zhen Chen	2,800,000 6,050,000	6,050,000

Tags: Mario Colavita Ryan Plant

06-17-2025 10:52 UTC-8

Park Sent Packing

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Robert Jones

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Hye Park raised from the button to 600,000. In the small blind, Matthew Kramer went all-in for 1,475,000. Ashish Gupta, in the big blind, also went all-in covering both players. Park made the call.

Hye Park: Q♥Q♠ All in
Matthew Kramer: A♣J♠ All in
Ashish Gupta: A♥J♦

The runout of K♥10♦4♣7♣Q♦ was cruel for Park, as the other two players found broadway on the river, sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashish Gupta	25,000,000 10,000,000	10,000,000
Matthew Kramer	2,400,000 400,000	400,000
Hye Park	Busted

Tags: Ashish Gupta Hye Park Matthew Kramer

06-17-2025 10:39 UTC-8

Law Triples Up as Gheba Hits the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Jules Rohr opened to 600,000 from under the gun and set off a chain reaction of all-ins that nobody expected. First, Daniyal Gheba shoved from middle position for around 5,800,000. Ryan Law then moved his stack of around 6,000,000 into the middle from the small blind.

In the big blind was Steven Frew, and he wasted no time in making the call, which put two players at risk. Rohr, seeing all the action in front of him, folded his K♠Q♠ face up.

Daniyal Gheba: A♦Q♥ All in
Ryan Law: K♥K♦ All in
Steven Frew: A♣K♣

"I'm dead aren't I," said Gheba, who was in the worst shape preflop. He did catch a pair on the turn of 9♠9♣2♦Q♦, but the 6♠ river changed nothing as Law scooped the massive pot to triple up. Gheba was eliminated, and Frew's stack took a big hit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Law	19,000,000 13,725,000	13,725,000
Jules Rohr	6,700,000 4,975,000	4,975,000
Steven Frew	5,000,000 7,550,000	7,550,000
Daniyal Gheba	Busted

Tags: Daniyal Gheba Jules Rohr Ryan Law Steven Frew

06-17-2025 10:12 UTC-8

Ruane Finds a Miracle

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Robert Jones

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

The action folded to Michael Ruane in the small blind who raised to 3,000,000. James Gauley called in the big blind.

The flop came A♦4♣2♥ and Ruane bet 400,000, and was raised for 50,000 more by Gauley. Ruane made the call.

Michael Ruane: J♠2♠ All in
James Gauley: A♣K♥

Both had flopped a pair, but Gauley's was best. The 10♣ turn was safe for Gauley, but the J♦ on the river turned the tables, giving Ruane two pair, and securing him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Gauley	16,000,000 1,875,000	1,875,000
Michael Ruane	6,000,000 1,650,000	1,650,000

Tags: James Gauley Michael Ruane

06-17-2025 08:46 UTC-8

Close Race In Chip Lead Between Montes and Gupta Coming into Day 4 of Monster Stack

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Gabrielle Barredo

The final day of Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em begins today at 11 a.m. in the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.

Out of a massive field of 9,920 entries, 54 players have survived three days of non-stop poker action to return today. All remaining players are guaranteed $23,151, but the target is to grab the prestigious World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and the top prize of $1,204,457 from the total prize pool of $13,168,800.

Sitting on top of the chip counts is Santiago Montes, who bagged 21,900,000. It’s a neck-and-neck race between him and Ashish Gupta, who is just a small blind behind with 21,750,000. Completing the top three is James Gauley with 17,875,000 in the bag.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Santiago Montes	United States	21,900,000	73
2	Ashish Gupta	Australia	21,750,000	73
3	James Gauley	United States	17,875,000	60
4	Nicholas Funaro	United States	17,500,000	58
5	James Leonard	United States	17,100,000	57
6	Yaniv Livnat	United States	16,075,000	54
7	Sergio Da Silva Veloso	Portugal	15,800,000	53
8	Andrew Chang	United States	15,800,000	53
9	[Removed:548]	Austria	13,525,000	45
10	Diego Aro	Argentina	12,725,000	42

With seasoned players like [Removed:548] (13,525,000) and Dylan Linde (12,575,000) all eyeing the end of the line, the race to the finish will be anything but straightforward.

Play will resume in the Horseshoe Silver section. Cards will be in the air starting with Level 32, blinds 150,000/300,000 and 300,000 ante. Players will be playing through 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels until a new champion is found. The dinner break has yet to be announced.

Remain tuned in for further updates and live reporting straight from the felt. Who will be the next WSOP Champion? Find out right here on PokerNews.

Tags: Andrew Chang Ashish Gupta Diego Aro Dylan Linde James Gauley James Leonard Nicholas Funaro Santiago Montes Sergio Da Silva Veloso Yaniv Livnat