Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-16-2025 18:47 UTC-8

Leah Scoops a Juicy Pot

Roxanne Johnson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river with a board of 9♠7♠3♣8♣4♥. There was about 62,000 in the pot, and Mike Leah from under the gun had placed a bet of 50,000, which would put Yuzhu Wang all-in from the big blind. Wang took a long time to decide and finally smashed his chips on the table and walked away.

Yuzhu Wang: 10♥8♦ All in
Mike Leah: K♦K♥

Leah stated, "People keep calling and walking away". Leah held the best of it with his pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	290,000 262,500	262,500

Yuzhu Wang	Busted

Tags: Mike Leah Yuzhu Wang

06-16-2025 18:50 UTC-8

Margereson Gets a Big Double Through Lin

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♣2♦4♠3♦ and around 80,000 in the middle Ren Lin checked from the small blind and Scott Margereson bet 18,000 from the hijack. Lin called.

Lin checked again on the 4♦ river and Margereson shoved for 92,500. Lin called with a covering stack.

Lin had a wheel straight with A♣K♥ but Margereson had a king-high flush with K♦8♦ to secure a full double up through Lin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	301,000 301,000	301,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	183,000 183,000	183,000

Lucia Navarro	134,000 134,000	134,000

Francisco Moreno Gonzalez	115,000 115,000	115,000
Jared Jaffee	94,000 6,000	6,000

Baoqiang Ho	78,000 78,000	78,000
Ryan Ostrove	38,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Ren Lin Scott Margereson

06-16-2025 18:51 UTC-8

Katz All In

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Barry Russell

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There were roughly 40,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 10♥J♥2♥, Felipe Campins bet 25,000 from the button when the Q♥ hit the turn, Cary Katz called from the small blind.

Campins continued his aggression with a bet of 78,000 when the 6♣ was dealt on the river. Katz waved his arms in the air and pushed his remaining 140,000 chips into the middle, Campins snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	300,000 137,000	137,000

Felipe Campins	145,000 30,000	30,000
Chad Eveslage	130,000 70,000	70,000

Daniel Palau Vicente	110,000 110,000	110,000
Cody Wiegmann	59,000 59,000	59,000
Yueqi Zhu	37,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Cary Katz Felipe Campins

06-16-2025 18:53 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	247,000 2,000	2,000
Benjamin Teng	115,000 115,000	115,000
Eric Baldwin	110,000 110,000	110,000

Justus Marsico	109,000 44,000	44,000
Maxime Chilaud	45,000 45,000	45,000
Noel Rodriguez	40,000 69,000	69,000

Kartik Ved	29,000 29,000	29,000

06-16-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Brutal River for Ormson

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Allen Shen raised to 8,000 in the hijack, and Brandon Wilson flatted from the cutoff. On his direct left, Larry Ormson opted to shove for 60,000 on the dot. Shen then reshoved for 101,500, and Wilson, with the covering stack, had a decision on his hands. "Chad Holloway style!" announced Ormson during Wilson's tank, as he realised either his bustout or survival would be covered by PokerNews. Wilson eventually found the fold.

Larry Ormson: K♣9♣ All in
Allen Shen: 7♣7♦

"Two overs!" announced Ormson, as he hit one on the 9♦J♣4♥ flop. The J♠ turn almost had the board locked up for him, but the 7♥ river turned the tables, and it would be Shen to scoop in the chips. Ormson, still with a smile on his face, offered good luck to his tablemates as he headed out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Shen	179,500 179,500	179,500
Zachary Fisher	174,000 174,000	174,000
Brandon Wilson	170,000 170,000	170,000
Shawn Buchanan	70,500 17,000	17,000
Jacob Kolbicz	43,000 43,000	43,000
Larry Ormson	Busted

Tags: Allen Shen Brandon Wilson Chad Holloway Larry Ormson

06-16-2025 19:04 UTC-8

More Players Hit the Rail

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	Busted
Bin Duan	Busted
Barry Hutter	Busted

Kane Kalas	Busted
Yunkyu Song	Busted
Shai Zurr	Busted

Benjamin May	Busted
Erik Eisen	Busted
Nicolas Julien	Busted
Stephen Kendrick	Busted
Karl Moris	Busted
Clement Meunier	Busted
Nicholas Verderamo	Busted
Hattori Lopez	Busted
Min Zhang	Busted
Giovanny Rodriguez Ocampo	Busted
David Valden	Busted
Spencer Champlin	Busted
Francisco Benitez	Busted
Juan Endara	Busted
Hugues Girard	Busted
Kevin Ordet	Busted
Luis Pinho De Faria	Busted
Mathew Frankland	Busted
Tian Liu	Busted

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06-16-2025 19:19 UTC-8

Misstep by Amiri

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Barry Russell

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

There were roughly 100,000 chips in the middle on a board of 9♥8♦6♥J♦, Danny Wong bet 32,500 from the hijack when the turn card came, Ehsan Amiri put Wong all in for 111,000 more, Wong snap-called.

Danny Wong: Q♥10♥ All in
Ehsan Amiri: Q♦8♥

Amiri drawing to a chop could not find it when the 6♦ hit the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Wong	329,000 329,000	329,000

Andrew Wilson	320,000 320,000	320,000
Michael Wasserman	285,000 177,000	177,000
Romain Morvan	166,000 166,000	166,000
Ehsan Amiri	155,000 116,000	116,000
Yang Zhang	85,000 36,700	36,700

Tags: Danny Wong Ehsan Amiri

06-16-2025 19:19 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Varnell	350,000 310,000	310,000

Chris Moorman	250,000 132,000	132,000

Seunghyun Nam	220,000 220,000	220,000
Scott Bohlman	213,000 213,000	213,000

Nicholas Seward	175,000 175,000	175,000

Alex Keating	175,000 175,000	175,000

Stephen Song	171,000 171,000	171,000

Matt Affleck	167,000 74,000	74,000
Jason Wheeler	157,000 157,000	157,000

Ian Matakis	145,000 500	500

Ethan Yau	145,000 25,500	25,500

Dan Sepiol	117,000

Brad Owen	96,000 19,000	19,000

Benjamin Palmer	85,000 85,000	85,000
Bradley Gafford	75,000 26,000	26,000

Victoria Livschitz	72,000 72,000	72,000
Kristen Foxen	52,000 3,500	3,500

Freddy Deeb	40,500 31,500	31,500

06-16-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Draft Players Clash

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John Avelino

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 10,000 in middle position, and was called by both Mike Leah and Uri Reichenstein.

The flop came A♥J♦6♥ and Reichenstein checked. Volpe bet out 12,000, Leah made the call and Reichenstein folded.

The 10♥ hitting the turn saw Volpe betting 32,000. After a brief moment, Leah folded, and Volpe is back over the 100k chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	580,000 290,000	290,000

Uri Reichenstein	289,000 42,000	42,000
Paul Volpe	114,000 114,000	114,000

Tags: Mike Leah Paul Volpe Uri Reichenstein

06-16-2025 19:27 UTC-8

Sangannagari Eliminated by Julius

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Benjamin Castner opened to 10,000 from the button, Sridhar Sangannagari shoved for 12,500 from the small blind, Kyle Julius called from the big blind and Castner called.

The flop came Q♦J♥6♠ and Julius check-called an 8,000 bet from Castner.

Both players checked the J♣ turn leading to the J♦ river. Julius bet 15,000 and Castner folded.

Sangannagari had missed with A♠7♦ while Julius showed two pair with Q♥6♣ to eliminate Sangannagari and win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	511,000 221,000	221,000

Benjamin Castner	441,000 441,000	441,000
Gabriel Andrade	270,000 119,000	119,000
Alex Keating	247,000 247,000	247,000

Chris Moorman	222,500 27,500	27,500

Cary Katz	215,500 84,500	84,500

Kyle Julius	196,000 118,500	118,500

Patrick Leonard	143,000 27,000	27,000

Chad Eveslage	116,000 14,000	14,000

Alan Cho Fung Wong	69,000 41,000	41,000
Tomoya Kakihara	55,000 55,000	55,000
Sridhar Sangannagari	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Castner Kyle Julius Sridhar Sangannagari