Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-12-2025 15:51 UTC-8

Reed With Ace-Queen

Maxime Taldir

Level 4

Blinds: 500-1,000
Limits: 1,000-2,000

Michael Reed opened from early position, then a few hands after he ran into Michael Mendelson's aces, Nathaniel Silver raised from the cutoff. Reed made the call.

Silver bet the 8♥5♦K♠ flop and was called, then it was Reed's turn to bet after the A♣ turn was revealed. Silver called.

The 9♠ completed the board and Reed bet. He was called and won with A♦Q♦ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Reed	71,000 44,400	44,400
Nathaniel Silver	49,000 32,300	32,300

Tags: Michael Reed Nathaniel Silver Reed With Ace-Queen

Level: 5

Blinds: 600-1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

06-12-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Two Pair Good for Tuttle

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Myles Phago

Level 5

Blinds: 600-1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

Yuri Dzivielevski bet from the button, Yueqi Zhu three-bet from the small blind, and Scott Tuttle four-bet from the button. Dzivielevski and Zhu called.

The flop came K♥Q♦Q♣, Zhu checked, Tuttle bet, Dzivielevski called, and Zhu folded, and the J♥ dropped on the turn. Now Tuttle went into check-call mode and called Dzivielevski's turn and river bets when the 5♥ came on the river.

Tuttle tabled A♥Kx for two pair and was shipped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Tuttle	76,000 2,000	2,000
Yueqi Zhu	50,000 2,400	2,400

Yuri Dzivielevski	47,000 2,000	2,000

06-12-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Mackelprang Hits a Flush

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5

Blinds: 600-1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

Not long after Daniel Negreanu arrived at the table, Glenn Cozen opened from early position. Daniel Idema three-bet from the button and was called by Dragana Mackelprang in the big blind, but Cozen raised again. Idema raised once more and both Mackelprang and Cozen called.

The dealer fanned a flop of 5♦K♦7♥. After two checks, Idema bet and was called twice. He bet again the Q♥ turn, but this time, only Mackelprang check-called.

The 2♦ river completed the board and Mackelprang led out with a bet. Idema quickly called but seemed to know that he ran into a flush. Mackelprang had it with 6♦4♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	60,000

Dragana Mackelprang	37,000 16,000	16,000
Daniel Idema	29,000 2,800	2,800

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Dragana Mackelprang Glenn Cozen

06-12-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Helppi Chipping Up

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Myles Phago

Level 5

Blinds: 600-1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

Christopher Chung limped from early position, and Juha Helppi bet from the button. Chung called. Chung check-called Helppi's bet on the A♣5♠Q♥ flop, and both players checked the 3♦ on the turn.

Chung decided to bet out on the 8♥ river, and Helppi went into the tank for a short while before he called. Chung turned over Kx10x for total air, and Helppi flipped 9♠9♦ for a pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	82,000 30,300	30,300

Christopher Chung	41,300 18,700	18,700

Tags: Christopher Chung Juha Helppi

06-12-2025 16:27 UTC-8

First Two Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5

Blinds: 600-1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Valeo	Busted

Brian Breck	Busted

06-12-2025 16:32 UTC-8

Pesce Rivers a Flush

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5

Blinds: 600-1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400

Florian Pesce raised from the hijack and faced Ken Deng who defended from the big blind.

Pesce bet the flop of Q♠Q♥5♥ and was called, then both players checked the 4♠ turn.

Deng checked the 5♠ river. Pesce bet and Deng called, but seem surprised when he saw that Pesce hit a flush on the river with K♠3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Pesce	71,000 15,500	15,500
Ken Deng	32,000 2,400	2,400

Tags: Florian Pesce Ken Deng

Level: 6

Blinds: 800-1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

06-12-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Kings Again for Tate

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Myles Phago

Level 6

Blinds: 800-1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000

With the pot already bloated and the board reading 6♦J♠4♠5♥ Brian Tate bet out from the big blind and was called by Scott Tuttle in the cutoff. The river brought the 5♦, and again Tate bet and Tuttle called only to see Tate table K♦K♣, Tuttle mucked and claimed that kings were Tate's hand, as apparently he has seen them three or four times today already.