Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-14-2025 17:31 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Corel Theuma	283,100 176,100	176,100
Griffin Goodman	240,700 3,300	3,300
Rishi Amin	228,000 62,000	62,000
Nick Guagenti	190,000 120,000	120,000

James Chen (US)	152,000 32,000	32,000

Ian Bradley	147,500 82,500	82,500
Adrian Buckley	146,500

Adam Friedman	132,100 5,900	5,900

Blaz Zerjav	129,500 61,900	61,900

Patrick Leonard	113,600 47,600	47,600

Dylan Lindsey	112,500 12,500	12,500
Aaron Kupin	110,000 5,000	5,000

Tomasz Gluszko	109,700
Dylan Lambe	96,300 5,400	5,400
Nathan Gamble	95,900 32,000	32,000

Huck Seed	93,000

Nicolas Milgrom	92,400 31,800	31,800

Bruno Furth	92,000 40,000	40,000

Yueqi Zhu	92,000 26,300	26,300

Ben Lamb	92,000 42,500	42,500

David Prociak	85,500 11,500	11,500

Allen Kessler	84,200 600	600
Tyler Brown	84,100

Yuri Dzivielevski	84,000 7,000	7,000

David Benyamine	83,200 26,800	26,800

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06-14-2025 17:35 UTC-8

Hoenig Sends Out the Defending Champ

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ryan Hoenig and John Fauver saw the turn on a board of 8♠10♥K♦6♦ when Fauver put in his last 10,000 from the hijack and Hoenig put him at risk in the cutoff.

Fauver showed A♠Q♦J♥7♠5♥, while Hoenig had A♦A♥K♠J♦9♥. Fauver was looking to complete a straight or low to stay alive, but he missed the K♥ as Hoenig improved to trips to send the defending champion to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hoenig	95,000 21,000	21,000

John Fauver	Busted

Tags: John Fauver Ryan Hoenig

06-14-2025 17:44 UTC-8

Other Recent Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Eveslage	Busted

Warren Sheaves	Busted

Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Erick Lindgren	Busted

Leandro Pimentel	Busted
Damjan Radanov	Busted
Jonathan Bowers	Busted

06-14-2025 17:59 UTC-8

Bradley Scores a Double Knockout

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three-handed on a flop of Q♦A♣5♦, Chan Pelton put in his 9,000 from the small blind, Ari Engel moved in for 10,000 on the button, and Ian Bradley in the hijack put both players at risk.

Chan Pelton: K♦K♠10♠4♠3♣ All in
Ari Engel: 7♦4♥3♥3♦2♣ All in
Ian Bradley: A♦Q♠J♦8♣4♦

Bradley was ahead with top two pair as the 9♣ fell on the turn. The river was the 9♦ and Bradley improved to the nut flush to take the pot and send both opponents to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Bradley	170,000 22,500	22,500
Ari Engel	Busted

Chan Pelton	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Chan Pelton Ian Bradley

06-14-2025 18:11 UTC-8

Hanson Survives With Three-Quarters

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Bart Hanson and Joey Couden saw a flop of 8♦2♣5♣ where Hanson moved all in for 47,000 from the cutoff and Couden put him at risk in the big blind.

Bart Hanson: A♦K♦J♣3♠3♣ All in
Joey Couden: A♠9♦8♠4♥3♥

Both players already had the nut low, while Hanson was chasing a flush draw. The 9♣ turn gave him his flush, and he secured three-quarters of the pot once the K♣ completed the board on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Couden	120,000 56,100	56,100

Bart Hanson	80,000 37,600	37,600

Tags: Bart Hanson Joey Couden

06-14-2025 18:34 UTC-8

Brandt Takes Most of Three-Way All In

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Around 40,000 was in the middle on a board of 7♥A♦3♣K♠ when Lawrence Brandt moved all in for 40,600 in the small blind. Luis Velador reshoved for 58,000 in the big blind, and Jonathan Greene called on the button to put both players at risk.

Brandt had A♠10♠6♣4♣2♠ for top pair, Velador showed K♣6♠4♠2♥2♣, while Greene had Q♦5♥4♥3♠2♦. The river was the 9♦ and Velador took three-quarters of the side pot, while Brandt took the high end of the main pot while all three players chopped up the low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brandt	120,000 53,000	53,000

Jonathan Greene	65,000 5,000	5,000
Luis Velador	55,000

Tags: Jonathan Greene Lawrence Brandt Luis Velador

06-14-2025 18:48 UTC-8

Three-Way All In Ends in Three-Way Chop

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Filippos Stavrakis was already all in as Yuri Dzivielevski and Jacobo Garza Ibarrola went to a flop of 8♥5♦7♦. Garza Ibarrola then potted to 20,500 under the gun, Dzivielevski moved all in from the cutoff, and Garza Ibarrola called for 35,000.

Filippos Stavrakis: A♦K♠5♣4♦2♠ All in
Jacobo Garza Ibarrola: A♣6♦4♣2♥2♦ All in
Yuri Dzivielevski: A♠10♠8♠7♥2♣

All three players had the nut low, while Garza Ibarrola had flopped a straight. He ended up taking three-quarters of both pots once the board ran out 4♥J♣.

"I don't even get the extra chip," Stavrakis lamented as it took a few minutes for the pot to be properly chopped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacobo Garza Ibarrola	80,000 28,200	28,200
Yuri Dzivielevski	50,000 34,000	34,000

Filippos Stavrakis	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Filippos Stavrakis Jacobo Garza Ibarrola Yuri Dzivielevski

06-14-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Smirnov	Busted
Tobias Hausen	Busted
Andrew Brown	Busted

Scott Veitzer	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
Nitesh Rawtani	Busted
Michael Balan	Busted
Khamar Xaythavone	Busted
Jared Hemingway	Busted
Richard Bai	Busted

06-14-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Hacker Cracks the Code to Bust Brown

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Andrew Brown moved all in for 46,500 from the big blind and Brian Hacker put him at risk in the hijack.

Andrew Brown: A♦K♣Q♠7♠5♠ All in
Brian Hacker: A♥Q♥Q♦3♥2♦

Hacker spiked the last queen on the 4♥Q♣7♣ flop to make top set, while the rest of the board ran out K♦J♥ to secure him the pot and send Brown to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hacker	100,000 49,000	49,000
Andrew Brown	Busted

Tags: Andrew Brown Brian Hacker

06-14-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Racener Shows a Straight

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Leandro Pimentel opened to 2,000 from under the gun and found a call from John Racener in the big blind.

Racener checked the 7♥7♠J♦ flop, making the call after Pimentel continued for 4,000. The dealer flipped over the 10♦ turn, where both players checked.

Another pair of checks followed the 9♥ river, with Racener tabling A♦Q♦10♣8♣4♣ for a straight. That was good enough to claim the pot as Pimentel mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	79,500 2,500	2,500

Leandro Pimentel	64,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: John Racener Leandro Pimentel