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

06-15-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Phillips	1,031,000 31,000	31,000
George Alexander	890,000 140,000	140,000

Christopher Demaci	625,000 375,000	375,000
James Chen (US)	612,000 222,000	222,000

Viktor Blom	550,000 115,000	115,000
Justin Liberto	548,000 212,000	212,000

Matt Livingston	505,000 118,000	118,000
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	466,000 16,000	16,000

David Williams	450,000 330,000	330,000

Igor Zektser	448,000 158,000	158,000

Jeff Madsen	447,000 87,000	87,000

Evgeni Tourevski	445,000 85,000	85,000
Griffin Goodman	432,000 68,000	68,000
Nick Schulman	424,000 78,000	78,000

Edward Jackson Spivack	422,000 269,000	269,000
Phil Hui	420,000 247,000	247,000

Erik Seidel	385,000 35,000	35,000

Tomasz Gluszko	363,000 58,000	58,000
Ben Yu	360,000 247,000	247,000

Patrick Leonard	345,000 145,000	145,000

Alex Tchong	325,000 35,000	35,000
Lawrence Brandt	321,000 61,000	61,000

Maksim Pisarenko	317,000 17,000	17,000

Corel Theuma	287,000 22,000	22,000
Alex Livingston	286,000 76,000	76,000

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06-15-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Soverel Puts Ruben in the Blender

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sam Soverel made it 20,000 from the button with only Brad Ruben calling from the small blind.

Two checks followed the K♣8♦A♣ flop to see the 9♦ hit the turn. Ruben bet 42,000, which Soverel called.

Ruben opted to check the 5♠ river, prompting Soverel to bet 136,000. Ruben thought for around two minutes, counted out the calling chips, but then, decided to fold. Soverel slid his cards face down to the dealer and added some more chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	220,000 138,000	138,000

Brad Ruben	215,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: Brad Ruben Sam Soverel

06-15-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Morris Doubles Through Brown

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With roughly 200,000 already in the pot preflop, Arthur Morris jammed for his final 57,000 on the 9♣4♣8♦ flop. Tyler Brown called from the cutoff and the cards were turned over.

Arthur Morris: A♠A♥J♦8♥6♥ All in
Tyler Brown: A♦K♦Q♥2♣5♦

The Q♣ turn and 4♥ river completed the board, which meant that as no low was available, Morris' aces won the pot and he doubled-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Morris	315,000 220,000	220,000
Tyler Brown	210,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Arthur Morris Tyler Brown

06-15-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Anderson Survives Massive Three-Way All In

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

"You might want to stay around for this," Shawn Rice said as Nick Schulman had three-bet to 86,000 in the small blind. Eric Wasserson called under the gun, while Calvin Anderson also called in middle position. Action went on Matt Livingston and he also called on the button.

"You don't see too many of these," Christopher Costa said.

"No you don't" Rice added.

The flop came 10♥Q♣4♦ and Schulman moved all in. Wasserson snap-called for 115,000, while Anderson also stuck in his last 180,000. "I got stuck in there," Livingston said as he mucked.

Eric Wasserson: A♠J♦9♠6♣2♦ All in
Calvin Anderson: A♥10♦10♣8♦2♥ All in
Nick Schulman: A♦A♣7♣7♦3♣

Anderson had flopped a set to take the lead, while Wasserson was on a straight draw. The 8♣ turn gave Wasserson his straight, but Anderson spiked the 4♥ on the river to make a full house and scoop the entire pot, doubling up off Schulman while sending Wasserson to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	800,000 540,000	540,000

Matt Livingston	460,000 45,000	45,000
Nick Schulman	130,000 294,000	294,000

Eric Wasserson	Busted

Tags: Calvin Anderson Eric Wasserson Matt Livingston Nick Schulman

06-15-2025 17:12 UTC-8

Ruben Bests Yeh Boat Over Boat

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Four players saw a flop of 9♥J♣9♠ when Brad Ruben bet 13,000 from the cutoff. Andrew Yeh called in the big blind, while Matthew Beinner and Sam Soverel got out of the way.

Both players checked the A♦ turn. Yeh then led out for 28,000 on the 10♥ river and Ruben called.

Ruben showed A♣Q♣9♣7♠3♦ for nines full of aces, and Yeh flashed 10♠9♦ as he mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	400,000 180,000	180,000

Andrew Yeh	300,000 120,000	120,000

Brad Ruben	300,000 85,000	85,000

Matthew Beinner	150,000 443,000	443,000

Tags: Andrew Yeh Brad Ruben Matthew Beinner Sam Soverel

06-15-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Owais Ahmed	Busted

Jon Turner	Busted

Richard Green	Busted
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Robert Cowen	Busted

06-15-2025 17:21 UTC-8

Troha Doubles Off Velador

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Luis Velador limped in from the hijack before Sean Troha raised to 33,000 in the cutoff. Velador called and they went heads-up to the 10♦8♥5♠ flop.

Velador then bet 80,000 and Troha moved all in for 132,000 as Velador quickly called.

Sean Troha: A♠A♥Q♠9♥6♠ All in
Luis Velador: A♣7♦6♥6♣3♦

Velador was on a straight draw against Troha's aces, but it was Troha who ended up making a straight on the 10♣J♦ runout to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Troha	330,000 152,000	152,000

Luis Velador	150,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Luis Velador Sean Troha

06-15-2025 17:24 UTC-8

Weisman Turns a Flush to Win Three-Quarters

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Alex Livingston made it 15,000 to go from middle position with Phil Hellmuth calling from the cutoff. From the button, Dylan Weisman squeezed it up to 69,000, which Livingstone called. Hellmuth mulled it over for quite some time before electing to fold.

Livingston jammed for Weisman's remaining 80,000 or so chips on the 9♥7♥5♣ flop. Weisman called.

Dylan Weisman: A♠K♥J♥8♥3♠ All in
Alex Livingston: A♦7♣6♣5♦3♥

Livingstone had bottom two pair, but Weisman had a lot of outs that he could hit with two cards to come. The rest of the board came 4♥K♣, improving Weisman to a flush. Both players had the same low, but because Weisman won the high, he got three-quarters of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	350,000 98,000	98,000

Phil Hellmuth	290,000 166,000	166,000

Alex Livingston	200,000 86,000	86,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Dylan Weisman Phil Hellmuth

06-15-2025 17:28 UTC-8

"John the Box" Catches Runner-Runner to Bust Guagenti

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Nick Guagenti got his last 40,000 in the middle from the big blind as the flop showed 6♦A♦3♦, while John Bunch put him at risk in the cutoff.

Nick Guagenti: A♣9♦9♥5♦2♠ All in
John Bunch: A♥Q♥Q♠4♠2♣

Guagenti flopped a flush, while the Q♦ turn gave Bunch some outs with a set. The 3♣ river improved Bunch to a full house and Guagenti was sent to the rail.

"John the Box," tablemate Kyle Miholich told Bunch.