Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jun 13, 2025

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
626	1	Angelo Karimalis	United States	450,000	23
626	2	Aaron Kupin	United States	156,000	8
626	3	Pedro Neves	Portugal	75,000	4
626	4	Scott Bohlman	United States	365,000	18
626	5	Benjamin Underwood	Canada	140,000	7
626	6	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Poland	345,000	17
626	7	Chris Hunichen	United States	100,000	5
626	8	Patrick Leonard	United Kingdom	50,000	3

627	1	Ian Johns	United States	178,000	9
627	2	Kyle Ray	United States	51,000	3
627	3	David Lieberman	United States	374,000	19
627	4	John Hennigan	United States	160,000	8
627	5	Kevin Song	South Korea	130,000	7
627	6	Joe McKeehen	United States	135,000	7
627	7	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	550,000	28
627	8	Erick Lindgren	United States	175,000	9

634	1	Joe Cassidy	United States	235,000	12
634	2	Dario Alioto	Italy	520,000	26
634	3	Ryan Bambrick	United States	275,000	14
634	4	Viktor Blom	Sweden	660,000	33
634	5	Qinghai Pan	United States	330,000	17
634	6	Anthony Zinno	United States	870,000	44
634	7	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	170,000	9
634	8	Max Hoffman	United States	400,000	20

Negreanu Wins Some Back from Bambrick

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Tim Baker

Level 15

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Ryan Bambrick raised from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu three-bet from the small blind. Bambrick called.

Negreanu bet on the 10♦9♠A♣ flop and Bambrick called.

The turn came the 7♣ and Negreanu bet again. Bambrick called.

Both players checked the K♠ river and Negreanu took down the pot with A♠8♠ for a pair of aces.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Ryan Bambrick

Jun 13, 2025

Cassidy Hits Top Pair

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Three-way on a flop of A♣Q♥4♦, Joe Cassidy bet from the button. Erick Lindgren in the small blind check-called, while Dzmitry Urbanovich in the big blind check-folded.

Lindgren check-called again after Cassidy bet the K♠ turn. The action repeated on the 6♠ river and the pot was for Cassidy with A♥J♣ for top pair.

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Erick Lindgren Joe Cassidy

Jun 13, 2025

Bambrick Shows Negreanu His Read Was Right

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Tim Baker

Level 15

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Daniel Negreanu raised the button and Ryan Bambrick called from the big blind.

Bambrick knuckled the action over to Negreanu on the J♠5♣4♣ flop, and Negreanu bet. Bambrick check-raised and Negreanu called.

Bambrick bet again on the 3♣ turn. Negreanu called again.

The A♠ appeared on the river, prompting another bet from Bambrick.

Negreanu mulled it over for a while and started to think out loud, asking Bambrick, "Six-eight?". In the end, Negreanu chose to fold, and Bambrick turned over 8♥6♣ for a bluff.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Ryan Bambrick

Jun 13, 2025

Negreanu Wins Two in a Row; Simao Eliminated

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 15

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Hand 1:

Chris Hunichen opened the button and Daniel Negreanu put in a third bet from the big blind. Hunichen called.

The A♣6♦J♠ scrolled across and Negreanu continued. Hunichen called.

Negreanu check-called the Q♣ turn.

The 10♦ completed the board and Negreanu checked. Hunichen pushed out a bet and Negreanu raised.

"I suck, man... I flopped two pair. I knew I should have checked."

Hunichen spent some time in the blender and eventually folded A♥6♥ face up.

"Good fold?" he asked and Negreanu told him he had AxKx for the rivered straight.

Hand 2:

The very next hand, Joao Simao raised from middle position and Negreanu put a third bet in preflop. Simao responded with a fourth bet and Negreanu called.

The dealer presented the A♣Q♣4♣ and Negreanu check-called.

The turn brought the 6♣ and Negreanu took the initiative with a bet. Simao called.

The river completed with the 4♦ and Negreanu bet again. Simao called for less and saw the bad news Negreanu showed 10♣10♦ for the ten-high flush. Simao tabled his A♠K♥ in defeat, leaving the tournament area.

Tags: Chris Hunichen Daniel Negreanu Joao Simao

Jun 13, 2025

Underwood Doubles Through McKeehen

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Scott Bohlman opened from under the gun, Joe McKeehen three-bet from the cutoff then Benjamin Underwood four-bet from the button. He made Bohlman fold, but McKeehen called.

The dealer fanned a flop of 7♣10♣J♠ where Underwood moved all in. McKeehen check-called.

Benjamin Underwood: A♠Q♣ All in
Joe McKeehen: 9♦9♥

The K♦ turn completed Underwood's straight, so he doubled up after the 10♠ river.

Tags: Benjamin Underwood Joe McKeehen Scott Bohlman

Level: 15

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Jun 13, 2025

Hoffman Flops a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 14

Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Chris Hunichen raised from early position, and Max Hoffman three-bet from the next seat. Jeffrey Lipton four-bet from the button, and only Hoffman called.

The flop came down A♣9♥9♣ and Hoffman check-called a bet from Lipton.

Two checks followed the 10♣ turn to see the Q♣ appear on the river. Hoffman bet, and Lipton called. Hoffman revealed a flop boat with A♠9♠ to take down the pot.

Lipton was left with just 10,000 after this hand and was eliminated shortly after.

Tags: Chris Hunichen Jeffrey Lipton Max Hoffman

Jun 13, 2025

Hoffman Scoops a Three-Bet Pot

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 14

Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

Juha Helppi raised in late position and Max Hoffman put a third bet in from the small blind. Helppi called.

The 8♦7♥5♥ fell and both players checked.

Hoffman bet the 2♦ turn and Helppi called.

The river peeled the 8♠ and both players checked.

Hoffman tabled A♠Q♠ and Helppi mucked his hand, unable to beat ace-queen high.

Tags: Juha Helppi Max Hoffman

Jun 13, 2025

Helppi Doubles Through Lipton

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14

Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 8,000-16,000

The action was picked up on a board of 2♠A♦J♦10♣ with roughly 60,000 in the pot. Juha Helppi, under the gun, was all in and at risk against Jeffrey Lipton on the button.

Juha Helppi: J♠10♦ All in
Jeffrey Lipton: A♣8♠

Helppi hit two pair against Lipton's top pair, so he doubled up after the 6♣ river.

Tags: Jeffrey Lipton Juha Helppi