Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-17-2025 13:26 UTC-8

Kim Scores a Queen on the River

Roxanne Johnson

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Andy Wilson raised from under the gun to 120,000, and Dohyeok Kim three-bet all in for 650,000. Wilson made the call, and it was off to the race.

Dohyeok Kim: A♣Q♥ All in
Andy Wilson: 8♣8♥

The board ran out with 3♦K♠5♥3♥Q♣, and the queen on the river saved Kim from elimination with two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Wilson	2,850,000 155,000	155,000
Dohyeok Kim	1,420,000 745,000	745,000

Tags: Dohyeok Kim Andy Wilson

06-17-2025 13:19 UTC-8

Updated Counts After First Break (full)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

According to the WSOP+ App, these are the current chip counts after the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	4,630,000 645,000	645,000
Matthew Wantman	3,780,000 730,000	730,000

Ori Hasson	3,405,000 655,000	655,000

Andy Wilson	3,005,000 375,000	375,000
Alex Keating	3,000,000 550,000	550,000

Michael Walsh	2,440,000 960,000	960,000
Farhad Jamasi	2,370,000 1,010,000	1,010,000
Jakub Michalak	2,360,000 660,000	660,000
Yohwan Lim	2,325,000 1,685,000	1,685,000
Tyler Patterson	1,975,000 225,000	225,000

Tomoyuki Yoshimiya	1,870,000 1,190,000	1,190,000
Giuseppe Calio	1,855,000 1,335,000	1,335,000
Chih Fan	1,750,000
Victoria Livschitz	1,635,000 475,000	475,000
Tyler Cornell	1,575,000 160,000	160,000

Paul Volpe	1,265,000 585,000	585,000

Jose Angel Latorre	1,135,000 55,000	55,000
Richard Dubini	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Kenneth O'Donnell	1,075,000 190,000	190,000

Stoyan Madanzhiev	1,000,000 205,000	205,000

Javier Agorreta	990,000 200,000	200,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	945,000 1,155,000	1,155,000
Alejandro Ganivet	920,000 280,000	280,000
Danny Wong	835,000

Kenneth Hill	775,000 225,000	225,000

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Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

06-17-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Break Time

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Barry Russell

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

06-17-2025 12:58 UTC-8

Wheels Fell off for Wheeler

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Chih Fan raised to 100,000 from under the gun, Jason Wheeler three-bet to 400,000 from the hijack, and Fan four-bet all-in for 800,000 effective, and Wheeler called.

Jason Wheeler:A♦Q♣ All in
Chih Fan: A♥K♦

As the board fell, Wheeler queried jokingly, "I change my bet to a call".

The board ran out 4♣K♠7♥7♦J♠, and Fan won the pot with his two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chih Fan	1,750,000 835,000	835,000
Jason Wheeler	Busted

Tags: Chih Fan Jason Wheeler

06-17-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Keating Gets His Revenge

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Jacob Wilson

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

For the second hand running, Alex Keating got to showdown without all of the community cards having been dealt. He raised to 105,000 in the cutoff, and Guillermo Sanchez Otero shoved for a little under 700,000. Keating said, "I'm gonna do to you what you did to me." He feigned checking his cards before slamming down some chips to indicate a call.

Guillermo Sanchez Otero: A♠J♣ All in
Alex Keating: Q♠Q♣

Alex Keating continued to talk as if he'd already won the hand, as the board ran out 10♠10♣K♣7♠8♣ and he eliminated his adversary. Keating cleared up the confusion for the table, saying that Sanchez Otero had bust him 50th in the Main Event last year, and he had finally got the chance to turn the tables, albeit on a slightly smaller scale.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	2,450,000 850,000	850,000

Guillermo Sanchez Otero	Busted

Tags: Guillermo Sanchez Otero Alex Keating

06-17-2025 12:55 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 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 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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06-17-2025 12:50 UTC-8

Zhang Flushes Turn

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Jacob Wilson

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Yang Zhang shoved his remaining 140,000 chips into a pot of 275,000, with the board reading Q♥2♦K♥. Alex Keating, the only other player who saw a flop, made the call.

Yang Zhang: 10♥2♥ All in
Alex Keating: Q♦8♠

Zhang got it in with the Doyle, and it came good for him as he turned Keating dead with the 7♥ hitting his flush. The dealer then put out the J♠ and Zhang stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakub Michalak	1,700,000 160,000	160,000
Alex Keating	1,600,000 370,000	370,000

Richard Dubini	1,200,000 200,000	200,000
Jose Angel Latorre	1,080,000 240,000	240,000
Yang Zhang	555,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Alex Keating Yang Zhang

06-17-2025 12:47 UTC-8

Stephen Song Among the Recent Eliminations

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Elior Sion	Busted

Adrian State	Busted
Stephen Song	Busted

Toby Boas	Busted
Kyle Julius	Busted

Brian Altman	Busted
Brian Hastings	Busted

Guillermo Sanchez Otero	Busted
Davidi Kitai	Busted

06-17-2025 12:44 UTC-8

Rash Back in Business

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Connor Rash was sitting on a short stack after taking a significant loss in a previous showdown and moved all in on the button for 320,000, and Yohwan Lim was in the big blind and made the call.

Connor Rash: K♦4♠ All in
Yohwan Lim: A♣6♠

Rash was behind heading into the board but held two live cards. The board heavily favored Rash with 4♣K♠7♥7♦J♠, and Rash's two pair would win him back some much-needed chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Rash	790,000 285,000	285,000
Yohwan Lim	640,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Connor Rash Yohwan Lim