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

06-15-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Cha Gets Three-Quarters Off Phillips

David Salituro

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

PJ Cha bet his last 50,000 on a board of 7♦8♥8♦Q♣ and Tyler Phillips called on the button.

Cha showed A♣10♠9♦8♣2♣, while Phillips had A♠J♥8♠4♥4♣. Both players had trip eights with an ace-kicker, but the 5♣ river also gave Cha a low as he took three-quarters.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Phillips	600,000 431,000	431,000
PJ Cha	140,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: PJ Cha Tyler Phillips

06-15-2025 17:56 UTC-8

Zekster Folds to Woodward's Small Bet

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Tim Baker

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

Catching the action on the turn in a heads-up pot of a board that showed 8♠6♥J♦9♠. Matthew Woodward bet 40,000 from under the gun, and Igor Zektser called from middle position.

The 9♦ landed on the river and Woodward bet 40,000 again. Zekster thought for a few moments before opting to fold and forfeit the pot to Woodward.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Woodward	1,150,000 150,000	150,000

Igor Zektser	495,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Igor Zektser Matthew Woodward

06-15-2025 17:57 UTC-8

Alexander Spikes the River to Bust Seed

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David Salituro

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

Around 200,000 was already in the middle as Huck Seed and George Alexander saw the turn on a board of 3♠J♠5♥9♣. Seed then bet 180,000 from the hijack, Alexander moved all in on the button, and Seed called for around 60,000 more.

Seed showed J♣5♣4♦3♦2♠ for two pair, while Alexander had A♦Q♥J♦10♦4♠. The K♠ river gave Alexander a straight and Seed was sent to the rail.

"I made a bad play," Seed lamented on his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	1,200,000 310,000	310,000

Huck Seed	Busted

Tags: George Alexander Huck Seed

06-15-2025 18:04 UTC-8

Phillips Takes Another Hit as Nikiforov Doubles

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David Salituro

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

Ilya Nikiforov raised to 25,000 in the cutoff and Tyler Phillips three-bet to 80,000 in the big blind. Nikiforov then moved all in for 123,000 and Phillips called.

Ilya Nikiforov: A♠K♠Q♣4♥3♦ All in
Tyler Phillips: K♥K♦7♦4♣3♣

Nikiforov hit two pair on the A♥9♥Q♦ flop to take the lead, while the rest of the board ran out 10♥2♦ and Phillips was forced to hand over another pot as Nikiforov doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Phillips	500,000 100,000	100,000
Ilya Nikiforov	250,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Tyler Phillips Ilya Nikiforov

06-15-2025 18:07 UTC-8

Krela's Tournament Comes to an End

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Tim Baker

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

On a flop of Q♥5♠3♣ Jonathan Krela got his last 30,000 into the middle with Viktor Blom making the call to try and bust him from the big blind.

Jonathan Krela: A♥A♦10♦9♠4♣ All in
Viktor Blom: K♠8♠6♣4♥2♦

Krela was one of the shortest stacks remaining in the tournament, so a scoop here would give him a good chance of sneaking into the money. However, the rest of the board came 9♥A♣, which may have improved Krela to a set of aces, but Blom ended up with a wheel, and sent Krela to the showers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	750,000 200,000	200,000
Jonathan Krela	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Krela Viktor Blom

06-15-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Theuma Captures His Own Double Up

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David Salituro

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

Corel Theuma moved all in for 85,000 from middle position and James Chen called in the hijack.

Corel Theuma: A♥K♣K♥2♦2♠ All in
James Chen: A♣Q♥J♠4♥3♦

Theuma stood up from his seat and began filming the action as the flop came 9♠6♦8♥. The Q♦ turn gave Chen some outs with a pair, but the K♦ river improved Theuma to a set and earned him a double up.

"Let's go. Nice to get a monstrous hand when you have ten bigs," Theuma said as he sat back down.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen (US)	400,000 212,000	212,000

Corel Theuma	170,000 117,000	117,000

Tags: Corel Theuma James Chen (US)

06-15-2025 18:18 UTC-8

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

06-15-2025 18:19 UTC-8

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 18:27 UTC-8

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.