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

06-15-2025 20:40 UTC-7

Vongxaiburana Fills Up For a Massive Double Off Alexander

David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of Q♠3♣9♦, George Alexander bet 85,000 from the hijack and Veerachai Vongxaiburana raised to 250,000 in middle position. Alexander called and the 6♥ fell on the turn.

Vongxaiburana then moved all in for 256,000 and Alexander took nearly a minute before calling. He showed A♦K♦J♠10♠7♥ for straight draws, while Vongxaiburana had A♥9♠9♣5♥2♠ for a set of nines.

The river was the 3♥ and Vongxaiburana improved to a full house to double up into chip-lead contention.

"If the board paired on the turn, it would've saved me some money," Alexander said as he handed over the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	1,150,000 644,000	644,000

George Alexander	620,000 492,000	492,000

Tags: George Alexander Veerachai Vongxaiburana

06-15-2025 20:40 UTC-7

Check Out the 2025 WSOP PokerGO Streaming Schedule

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Chuck Sklar

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

PokerGO revealed the streaming schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) that will include near-daily coverage of more than two dozen bracelet events.

Most notable will be the coverage of the $10,000 Main Event. PokerGO will broadcast each step of the action from July 2-16.

Day 1 coverage for flights 1a-1d will kick off at 7 p.m. local time, while coverage of Day 2 through Day 4 will begin at 3:30 p.m. Coverage will then begin at 1 p.m. from Day 5-8 before switching to 3 p.m. for two days of final table coverage.

Other highlights from the streaming schedule include:

$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em - June 16-17
$50,000 Poker Players Championship - June 26-28
$1,000 Ladies Championship - June 29
$10,000 PLO Championship - July 1

Find the Full Schedule Here

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

06-15-2025 20:16 UTC-7

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	1,112,000 178,000	178,000

Matthew Woodward	1,099,000 1,000	1,000

Christopher Demaci	1,080,000 280,000	280,000
Erik Seidel	980,000 80,000	80,000

Calvin Anderson	835,000 45,000	45,000

Viktor Blom	717,000 63,000	63,000
Dylan Weisman	656,000 4,000	4,000

Marco Johnson	649,000 189,000	189,000

James Chen (US)	612,000 212,000	212,000

Nick Schulman	550,000 40,000	40,000

Evgeni Tourevski	548,000 103,000	103,000
Edward Jackson Spivack	522,000 100,000	100,000
Tyler Phillips	515,000 415,000	415,000
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	506,000 40,000	40,000

Quan Zhou	470,000 200,000	200,000
Ilya Nikiforov	440,000 190,000	190,000
Arthur Morris	438,000 123,000	123,000
Andrew Yeh	435,000 115,000	115,000

Sam Soverel	406,000 6,000	6,000

Jeff Madsen	396,000 154,000	154,000

Alex Tchong	395,000 5,000	5,000
Luis Velador	383,000 233,000	233,000

Fahredin Mustafov	356,000 294,000	294,000
Lawrence Brandt	347,000 26,000	26,000

John Bunch	345,000 165,000	165,000

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06-15-2025 19:32 UTC-7

Dinner Break

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The remaining 67 players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Action should resume around 8:30 p.m. local time.

There are six more eliminations to go before the money bubble bursts.

06-15-2025 19:31 UTC-7

Seidel Bets Out Becker

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Three-handed on a flop of K♣Q♥J♣, Erik Seidel bet 10,000 from the small blind and Igor Zektser called in the big blind. Andrew Becker then raised to 90,000 in middle position and both Seidel and Zektser called.

The turn was the Q♣ and Seidel led out for another 75,000. Zektser quickly folded, while Becker, with around 100,000 remaining, tanked for a few minutes before giving up his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	900,000 25,000	25,000

Igor Zektser	190,000 305,000	305,000

Andrew Becker	100,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Andrew Becker Erik Seidel Igor Zektser

06-15-2025 19:30 UTC-7

A Few to Bust Before Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduards Rakuss	Busted
Senovio Ramirez	Busted
Robert Klein	Busted
Corel Theuma	Busted

06-15-2025 19:27 UTC-7

Saliba's Stack is Now in Schulman's Possession

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nick Schulman made it 28,000 from the button and Justin Saliba jammed for 42,000 from the big blind. Schulman made the call.

Justin Saliba: A♣K♥Q♣Q♠3♦ All in
Nick Schulman: A♦Q♦9♠5♦4♦

Schulman was able to scoop and eliminate Saliba as the board of J♥5♣2♣A♠A♥ was revealed, giving Schulman a full house to win the pot, because neither player had a low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	510,000 70,000	70,000

Justin Saliba	Busted

Tags: Justin Saliba Nick Schulman

06-15-2025 19:19 UTC-7

Anderson, Costa Both Show the Nuts

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Calvin Anderson bet 17,000 from middle position on a flop of K♦Q♠7♠ and Christopher Costa called in the hijack.

The turn was the 10♦ and Anderson paused for a minute before betting 63,000. Costa also took more than a minute until shoving all in for 250,000, and Anderson snap-called.

Costa showed A♠Q♥J♠9♦2♣ for the nut straight, while Anderson also had the straight with A♣J♦J♣6♦6♠. The river was the Q♣ and they made sure Costa didn't improve to a full house before chopping up the lengthy pot.

"It's nice that it only took 20 minutes when you both had the nuts," tablemate Ray Fishman said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	790,000 10,000	10,000

Christopher Costa	320,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Calvin Anderson Christopher Costa

06-15-2025 19:18 UTC-7

Some Big Stacks Approaching the Bubble

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	1,290,000 90,000	90,000

Matthew Woodward	1,100,000 50,000	50,000

Tyler Phillips	930,000 430,000	430,000
Erik Seidel	875,000 490,000	490,000

Viktor Blom	780,000 30,000	30,000
David Williams	710,000 260,000	260,000

Dylan Weisman	660,000 310,000	310,000

Jeff Madsen	550,000 103,000	103,000

Marco Johnson	460,000 213,000	213,000

Nick Schulman	440,000 310,000	310,000

Alex Tchong	400,000 75,000	75,000