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

06-15-2025 16:17 UTC-8

Seidel is Cooking After Sending Out Bowers

David Salituro

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

Jonathan Bowers bet 50,000 from the small blind on a flop of 2♠8♥K♠, Erik Seidel moved all in, and Bowers called for 40,000 more.

Jonathan Bowers: A♥A♣K♣6♦2♣ All in
Erik Seidel: A♦K♥8♣5♣3♣

Seidel had flopped two pair against Bowers' aces, and the rest of the board ran out 10♠3♥ to send Bowers to the rail.

"Now you're cooking, E," tablemate Arthur Morris said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	350,000 223,000	223,000

Jonathan Bowers	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Jonathan Bowers

06-15-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Break Time

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David Salituro

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

The remaining 87 players are going on a 15-minute break.

06-15-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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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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Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

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 16:49 UTC-8

Doug Polk Kills Tony Stand-Up Comedy; Michael Kaplan’s Final Stu Ungar Story | PokerNews Podcast #898

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Chad Holloway

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

In the 898th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna Englandn and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio to offer their thoughts on Doug Polk's recent appearance on Kill Tony, the popular Austin-based stand-up comedy program. How did Doug do in front of Tony Hinchcliffe and company? Let's just say you might be surprised.

Mike, who made a recent appearance in Daniel Negreanu's vlog, then sounds off on the cancelled WSOP Online bracelet event, the crew discusses the recently-announced changes to the WSOP Circuit, Chad goes to the world's largest casino collectibles show, and Matt Savage offers his thoughts as a special guest speaker.

Other topics include bracelet wins by Nick Schulman, Jason Koon, and John Racener, highlights from recent Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) events, and an exclusive interview with famed poker author Michael Kaplan, who recently released a new book, Advantage Players. The veteran scribe shares several poker stories, including Phil Ivey and Kelly Sun's baccarat edge sorting, the legendary Billy Baxter, and what it was like working with Stu Ungar in what was one of the final, if not THE final, interviews before he passed in 1998.

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06-15-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Wong Cracks Aces to Double

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David Salituro

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

Danny Wong moved all in for 55,000 from the cutoff and Taylor Atchison put him at risk under the gun.

Danny Wong: A♣Q♠9♥8♠2♥ All in
Taylor Atchison: A♠A♥10♦7♦5♣

The flop came 6♣8♣10♥, while Wong improved to two pair on the Q♠ turn. The 8♦ river gave Wong a full house and Atchison handed over the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Wong	110,000 36,000	36,000

Taylor Atchison	80,000 146,000	146,000

Tags: Danny Wong Taylor Atchison

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

Nikiforov Starts to Chip Up

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Tim Baker

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

Matthew Woodward raised the cutoff to 15,000 and only Ilya Nikiforov called from the small blind.

Nikiforov check-called a bet of 15,000 from Woodward on the 9♦Q♥5♣ flop.

Both players checked the 8♣ turn to see the Q♦ appear on the river, where, after another round of checking, Nikiforov flipped over A♠J♠10♦7♣3♦ for a straight to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Woodward	1,000,000 487,000	487,000

Ilya Nikiforov	230,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Ilya Nikiforov Matthew Woodward

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.