Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-15-2025 13:02 UTC-8

Neff Wins a Small One from Madsen

Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jeff Madsen raised to 7,500 under the gun with Griffin Goodman calling from the small blind, and Peter Neff defending his big blind.

The action checked to Madsen on the A♠9♣10♥ flop and he bet 7,500. Goodman folded, but Neff called.

Both players checked the 7♦ turn and 9♠ river. Neff turned over J♠8♠4♣4♥2♥ for a straight, and Madsen mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	320,000 30,000	30,000

Griffin Goodman	200,000 53,000	53,000
Peter Neff	165,000 19,500	19,500

Tags: Griffin Goodman Jeff Madsen Peter Neff

06-15-2025 13:16 UTC-8

Buckley Triples Up

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On a flop of Q♣2♥9♣, Justin Liberto bet 13,000 from the big blind and Cary Katz called from under the gun. George Abdallah called from the next seat, before Adrian Buckley jammed for 42,500 from the button. Liberto shoved for around 110,000, which got Katz to fold, but Abdallah called for his remaining 29,000.

George Abdallah: K♦J♥J♠10♦9♥ All in
Adrian Buckley: A♣Q♦J♣6♠3♥ All in
Justin Liberto: Q♠J♦10♠9♦6♣

Buckley managed to scoop the pot after the rest of the board ran out 5♥7♣, improving Buckley to the nut-nut. Buckley tripled up, while Abdallah headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	300,000 206,500	206,500

Adrian Buckley	150,000 5,000	5,000

Justin Liberto	70,000 10,000	10,000

George Abdallah	Busted

Tags: Adrian Buckley George Abdallah Justin Liberto

06-15-2025 13:20 UTC-8

Hellmuth Wants Chen's Action

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

James Chen limped in on the button and Phil Hellmuth raised to 15,000. "I want action," Hellmuth said as Chen called.

The flop came 9♠6♠2♥ and Hellmuth moved all in for 48,500. "Alright, you asked for it," Chen said as he called.

Phil Hellmuth: A♦K♥10♠7♠2♦ All in
James Chen: A♠Q♣9♣8♠5♣

The board ran out 3♦Q♥ and Chen finished with two pair and a low to scoop the pot and send Hellmuth to the rail.

"If he's going to give me chips all day, I want back at this table," Hellmuth said as he immediately went to reenter.

"Do it now. There's a seat open," tablemate Ray Fishman added.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen (US)	450,000 40,000	40,000

Phil Hellmuth	60,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth James Chen (US)

06-15-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Brown Trips Up Gamble

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Tyler Brown bet 11,000 from under the gun on a flop of 5♦4♣4♦ and Nathan Gamble called in middle position.

The turn was the 5♥ and Brown bet another 23,000. Gamble again called and the J♠ fell on the river. Both players then checked.

Brown turned over A♥K♦10♥9♠4♥ for trips and Gamble mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Brown	160,000 59,000	59,000

Nathan Gamble	80,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Nathan Gamble Tyler Brown

06-15-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Guagenti Hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Three players saw the flop come down 8♦A♣K♠. Matt Livingston checked from the small blind and Nick Guagenti bet 12,500 from middle position. Paul Volpe folded from the hijack, but Livingston raised to put Guagenti all in for his last 50,000. Guagenti quickly called and the cards were revealed.

Nick Guagenti: A♦Q♦7♠3♠2♥ All in
Matt Livingston: K♦K♥J♥7♦5♥

Guagenti's top pair was behind Livingston's set, but Guagenti did have a low draw working for him. However, the rest of the board came 9♥Q♠, and Guagenti was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Livingston	330,000 64,500	64,500
Paul Volpe	170,000 42,000	42,000

Nick Guagenti	Busted

Tags: Matt Livingston Nick Guagenti Paul Volpe

06-15-2025 13:37 UTC-8

Heimiller Takes Three-Quarters From Glendinning

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Four players saw a flop of 9♣7♥4♦ when Jonathan Glendinning moved all in for 28,000 from the hijack. Matthew Woodward folded in the cutoff, as did Maksim Pisarenko in middle position, but Dan Heimiller in the big blind called to put Glendinning at risk.

Jonathan Glendinning: A♠10♣8♦3♥2♣ All in
Dan Heimiller: A♣Q♦10♦6♥2♠

The board ran out K♦5♠ and Heimiller began to chop up the pot before the rest of the table informed him he had won the high with his ace, queen-kicker.

"He has no pair?" Heimiller asked, as he instead took three-quarters.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Woodward	500,000 77,500	77,500

Maksim Pisarenko	300,000 146,500	146,500

Dan Heimiller	150,000 96,500	96,500

Ren Lin	80,000 80,000	80,000

Jonathan Glendinning	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller Jonathan Glendinning Maksim Pisarenko Matthew Woodward

06-15-2025 13:44 UTC-8

Rotholz Scoops a Big Double Off Tourevski

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

More than 100,000 was already in the middle as Evgeni Tourevski, Hal Rotholz, and Kyle Miholich saw a flop of 8♣2♣4♣. Tourevski then moved all in from under the gun and Rotholz called for his last 20,000 in the hijack, while Miholich folded in the big blind.

Hal Rotholz: A♦J♦10♦5♥3♥ All in
Evgeni Tourevski: A♣K♦8♠6♦2♠

The board ran out K♠3♠ and Rotholz ended up making a wheel on the river to scoop the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeni Tourevski	280,000 69,500	69,500
Hal Rotholz	180,000 120,000	120,000

Kyle Miholich	80,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Evgeni Tourevski Hal Rotholz Kyle Miholich

06-15-2025 13:54 UTC-8

Chen's Stack Keeps Growing

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

James Chen made it 8,000 to go from under the gun with Ray Fishman calling on the button, and Dan Shak calling out of the small blind.

When it checked to Chen on the 5♣6♥K♥ flop, he bet 10,000, and only Fishman called.

The 6♠ dropped on the turn and Chen bet enough to put Fishman all in. Fishman had 55,000 left in his stack and after looking back at his cards, he opted to fold and surrender the pot to Chen.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen (US)	480,000 30,000	30,000

Ray Fishman	55,000 28,000	28,000
Dan Shak	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Dan Shak James Chen Ray Fishman

06-15-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Williams Fills Up to Double Off Sion

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

David Williams was all in for 60,000 from under the gun as Elior Sion put him at risk in the hijack.

David Williams: A♠K♥10♣5♣2♦ All in
Elior Sion: A♣A♦Q♠7♥3♣

Williams needed to improve against Sion's aces to stay alive as the flop came 9♣3♥2♠. The K♠ turn improved him to two pair, while he ended up with a full house after the K♣ completed the board on the river to earn the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	120,000 60,000	60,000

Elior Sion	55,000 68,500	68,500

Tags: David Williams Elior Sion

06-15-2025 14:18 UTC-8

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beinner	593,000 365,500	365,500
Matthew Woodward	513,000 13,000	13,000

Nick Schulman	502,000 129,500	129,500

Viktor Blom	435,000 225,500	225,500
Tomasz Gluszko	421,000 277,400	277,400
Marco Johnson	410,000 199,500	199,500

Matt Livingston	387,000 57,000	57,000
Christopher Costa	338,000 278,000	278,000
Justin Liberto	336,000 266,000	266,000

Joseph Genova	312,000 8,000	8,000
Nicolas Milgrom	307,000 97,000	97,000

Tyler Phillips	305,000 3,000	3,000
Corel Theuma	304,000 24,000	24,000
Dario Sammartino	290,000 224,500	224,500
George Alexander	290,000 6,000	6,000

Ian Bradley	270,000 145,000	145,000
Quan Zhou	270,000 72,000	72,000
Darryll Fish	262,000 146,500	146,500
Jeff Madsen	246,000 104,000	104,000

Tyler Brown	241,000 81,000	81,000

Lawrence Brandt	236,000 36,500	36,500

Griffin Goodman	232,000 32,000	32,000
Chino Rheem	228,000 98,000	98,000
Fahredin Mustafov	219,000 74,000	74,000
Ben Lamb	216,000 130,000	130,000

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