| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
The "Summer of Isildur" continues as Viktor Blom has reached his fourth final table at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and he could be just hours away from winning his first bracelet.
Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship played down to five before concluding Monday's Day 3 session. Christopher Demaci busted in sixth place ($131,841), leaving only a handful of players left to battle for the $784,353 first-place prize and the gold bracelet.
Dennis Moore had his stack of 3,075,000 in the pot preflop from early position and James Leonard called from the small blind.
Dennis Moore: A♠10♦ 
James Leonard: A♥K♦
Moore was in need of a ten, but the 5♦J♣A♦ flop didn't help him. An 8♣ on the turn left him with one chance at three outs, but the J♦ river meant he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,500,000
3,500,000
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3,500,000 |
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21,000,000
7,000,000
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7,000,000 |
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17,000,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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4,300,000
1,075,000
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1,075,000 |
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|
Busted | |
[Removed:548] opened for 800,000 and got an all-in shove from small blind Ryan Plant for 5,925,000. [Removed:549] snap-called putting Plant at risk and taking them to showdown.
Ryan Plant: 9♣9♦
[Removed:548]: A♦K♦
Plant's nines stood firm on the flop of 4♣10♥Q♦. [Removed:549]'s outs increased with the gutshot straight draw, so was looking for either his over cards or a jack to drop on the board. The runout 7♥5♣ however didn't help him.
The chips were pushed towards Plant's direction boosting his stack to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,700,000
5,900,000
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5,900,000 |
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13,100,000
7,100,000
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7,100,000 |
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♣
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 |
|---|---|---|
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14,500,000
8,500,000
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8,500,000 |
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Busted |
Steven Frew had his last few big blinds in the middle from under the gun and was put at risk by John Oneal on the button.
Steven Frew: 8♥6♦
John Oneal: J♣J♥
Frew had to take down the overpair, which didn't seem likely after the 6♠7♦J♦ flop gave Oneal top set. An 8♠ on the turn sealed the deal, and a meaningless 5♦ hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000,000
7,975,000
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7,975,000 |
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18,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
|
|
13,500,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
8,200,000
4,150,000
|
4,150,000 |
|
6,500,000
1,925,000
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1,925,000 |
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Busted |
Diego Aro opened for 800,000 in middle position and got called by big blind Ryan Plant to see a flop.
Flop came down K♠2♥8♥. Plant check-called Aro's bet of 700,000. On the turn A♣, same dynamic happened now with Plant calling Aro's 1,700,000 bet.
Both players checked the river A♥. Plant tabled 5♥4♥ for a flush triggering a muck from Aro.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,800,000
5,700,000
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5,700,000 |
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7,075,000
5,650,000
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5,650,000 |
Zhen Chen open-shoved for 3,500,000 in middle position and got called by Ivan Ruban in hijack. Action was folded around leaving the two players to head to showdown.
Zhen Chen: A♣K♣
Ivan Ruban: 10♣10♦
The flop came K♥6♥K♦ making the table react with a gasp as Chen was almost assured a double up.
The turn 8♠ and the river 5♥ was dealt and Chen was awarded the pot for a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,250,000
5,450,000
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5,450,000 |
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5,100,000
6,025,000
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6,025,000 |
David Uvaydov made it 800,000 from early position and John Pointer put in the call from the big blind.
On the 6♠J♠9♦ flop, Pointer checked and Uvaydov fired 500,000. Pointer had around 3,200,000 in his stack and after some time, he shoved. Uvaydov snap-called.
John Pointer: J♥10♥
David Uvaydov: 6♥6♣
Pointer was more than happy to get in top pair, but didn't stand much chance against the flopped set of Uvaydov. The A♦2♦ runout didn't change anything, and Pointer hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000,000
4,000,000
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4,000,000 |
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Busted | |
Sergio Da Silva Veloso kicked off the action with an under-the-gun raise of 800,000. Ryan Law was sitting in early position, took his time, asked Veloso how much he had behind, and then made a three-bet of 2,450,000.
With the action back to Veloso, he took his time, asked Law for his count, and then decided to four bet to 5,000,000. Veloso took his time before ultimately making the fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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21,850,000
1,850,000
|
1,850,000 |
|
|
20,500,000
7,000,000
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7,000,000 |
|
|
13,500,000
4,500,000
|
4,500,000 |
|
|
12,200,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
9,550,000
3,025,000
|
3,025,000 |
|
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|
4,850,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
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3,650,000
2,850,000
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2,850,000 |
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2,000,000
4,700,000
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4,700,000 |
