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

06-16-2025 18:08 UTC-8

Eliminated Players

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Fournier	Busted
Malcolm Franchi	Busted
Ignacio Sagra	Busted
Thomas Eychenne	Busted
Maria Konnikova	Busted

Julien Sitbon	Busted

Jacob Powers	Busted
Julian Parmann	Busted
Luis Yepez Carmona	Busted
Byungeun Shin	Busted
Florian Ribouchon	Busted
Vincenzo Abate	Busted
Alexander Yen	Busted
Anthony Spinella	Busted

Namhyung Kim	Busted
Lachezar Petkov	Busted

Maurice Hawkins	Busted
Mateusz Moolhuizen	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Ben Hoy	Busted
Cole Uvila	Busted
Jonas Mackoff	Busted
Leo Soma	Busted

Joshua Adkins	Busted
Chino Rheem	Busted

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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-16-2025 18:02 UTC-8

Borick Munches on Berger

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Seth Berger moved all in from the cutoff for 28,000, and Robert Borick placed his stack in the middle for 45,000, and everyone else left the battle.

Seth Berger: A♦2♦ All in
Robert Borick: J♥J♦

The board favored Borick with 7♠Q♥5♦J♣10♥, and he won it with a set of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Borick	79,500
Seth Berger	Busted

Tags: Robert Borick Seth Berger

06-16-2025 17:57 UTC-8

Reknar Gets it Through

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Georgi Sandev opened to 5,000 on the button, before being instantly raised by Jonathan Wang, who made it 12,000. Button player Girish Reknar called, as did Sandev.

Sparks flew on a flop of 4♠4♣Q♦ as Sandev checked, Wang downbet to 8,000 and Reknar called. Now it was Sandev's turn to bump it up, as he check-raised to 19,000. Wang got out of the way, before Reknar three-bet ripped it for 60,500. Sandev, in a tough spot, said, "You can't have aces, because I have aces." He eventually mucked, forfeiting the pot to Reknar.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	160,000

Georgi Sandev	152,000
Girish Reknar	129,500
Jonathan Wang	43,500
Paulo Villena Gini	39,500
Yita Choong	34,000

Tags: Georgi Sandev Girish Reknar Jonathan Wang

06-16-2025 17:54 UTC-8

Ahuja Gets the Max

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Barry Russell

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked with roughly 50,000 chips in the pot, Ankit Ahuja bet 71,500 from the cutoff on a board of A♦8♣Q♠7♥6♥. Drew O'Connell went deep into the tank and eventually called.

Ahuja was quick to table Q♥8♠ and O'Connell mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	185,000 185,000	185,000
David Coleman	120,000 120,000	120,000

Drew O'Connell	59,000

Joshua Berthiaume	40,500 40,500	40,500
Yunkyu Song	22,500 22,500	22,500
Bin Duan	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Drew Oconnell

06-16-2025 17:54 UTC-8

The Eagle Has Landed

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John Avelino

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The action started before the flop with Steve Zolotow raising to 5,500 from under the gun. The action folded around to Dragos Trofimov who moved all in for 160,000. Zolotow made the call and was at risk of his tournament life.

Steve Zolotow: 10♦10♣ All in
Dragos Trofimov: A♣J♦

Zolotow needed to fade an ace or a jack to stay alive. The flop came K♦3♣4♥ Zolotow in good shape heading to fourth street.

"No deuce" said Zolotow as a turn card of the 5♥ hit the felt.

No deuce indeed was the outcome as the 5♦ paired the board and Zolotow was able to take the pot down with his pocket pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragos Trofimov	120,500 44,000	44,000
Steve Zolotow	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Dragos Trofimov Steve Zolotow

06-16-2025 17:54 UTC-8

Duong Holds With Jacks to KO Boujmala

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a preflop confrontation Samy Boujmala was all in from the hijack for 25,000 and up against Dan Russell who had him covered from the small blind.

Samy Boujmala: Q♦J♥ All in
Duy Duong: J♦J♠

Boujmala had a gutshot straight draw on the A♥10♣4♦ flop and improved to an open-ender on the 9♣ turn. The 2♣ river was a brick and Boujmala exited the tournament area while Duong took the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakob Miegel	115,000
Dan Russell	107,000 61,100	61,100
Duy Duong	77,000 46,900	46,900
Stephen Buell	44,500
Leonard Maue	37,500
Samy Boujmala	Busted

Tags: Dan Russell Duy Duong Samy Boujmala

06-16-2025 17:48 UTC-8

Sangannagari Gets One Street of Value

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sridhar Sangannagari opened to 5,500 from the cutoff and Ryan Leng defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of K♠J♠7♠6♣3♣. Leng checked, Sangannagari bet 5,000 and Leng called.

Sangannagari turned over top pair with K♣10♥ and Leng mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sridhar Sangannagari	153,000 153,000	153,000
Ryan Leng	125,500 125,500	125,500

Kyle Julius	77,500 77,500	77,500

Laith Salem	64,000 64,000	64,000
Alan Cho Fung Wong	28,000

Tags: Ryan Leng Sridhar Sangannagari

06-16-2025 17:37 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts According to the WSOP+ App

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Sloman	360,000 360,000	360,000
Thomas Zanot	349,000 349,000	349,000
Chao Duan	340,000 340,000	340,000
Nicholas Wright	338,000 338,000	338,000
Hannes Jeschka	310,000 158,000	158,000
Renji Mao	300,000 208,000	208,000

Jacopo Achille	300,000
Ozair Hasan	279,000 69,000	69,000
Ben Jones	275,000 275,000	275,000
Ehsan Amiri	271,000 52,500	52,500

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500