The pace of play at this table was very methodical. Bradley Gafford raised from the cutoff to 2,500, and Byungeun Shin made the call from the big blind. The flop came out with K♦K♠10♦ and Shin checked, while Gafford bet out 2,000.
Both players checked the turn A♥ and the river 7♥.
As Gafford rolled over his hand, he stated, "This is very tight", and showed A♦J♥ for two pair, which must have been good enough as Shin mucked.
Playing the $250,000 Super High Roller turned out to be a bad bet for Sean Perry.
The self-proclaimed sports betting guru arrived on Monday to enter Day 2 of the largest buy-in tournament at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He lost all of his chips about five minutes after he sat down. But he'll have an opportunity to win it all back soon (or lose more).
Here are some updated chip counts from the tournament floor.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Scott Eskenazi woke up with a hand under the gun and ripped in his stack of 13,000. Action got back to small blind Yang Zhang, who then reshoved for 33,300. Big blind, and big stack Daniel Vargas had a decision on his hands, but after around a minute, he opted for a fold.
Scott Eskenazi: A♣9♣ 
Yang Zhang: A♥K♥
The 2♦4♣K♦8♦10♥ runout had Eskenazi dead on the turn, as he got up and left the ballroom.
There were roughly 18,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 7♠Q♥K♣, Hattori Lopez led 6,000 from the small blind when the 4♦ hit the turn, Patrick Leonard called on the button.
Lopez decided to put Leonard all in when the A♠ was dealt on the river, Leonard looked at Lopez and said "I think you have Jack-four", and called.
Lopez tabled 6♥6♣, Leonard tabled A♦7♥ and scooped the pot on the river. The whole hand began when Leonard asked Nacho who was on the table to his right if he should raise, Nacho said "yes".
Under the gun player Timothy Flattery opened up the action to 2,000, and action folded all around to the table's shortest stack, Christopher Agnello. Agnello, in the big blind, shoved his remaining stack, which was worked out to be 11,300 in chips. After a bit of deliberation, Flattery made the call.
Christopher Agnello: K♣10♣
Timothy Flattery: 9♥8♥
The 3♠4♥2♦ flop seemed relatively safe, but the 8♠ turn left Agnello drawing thin. He stood up and started to put his bag on, ready to leave, before seeing the K♥ on the river. He retook his seat, announcing "saved by the king!"
Preflop from the button position Fahredin Mustafov bet 2,000 and Erik Eisen called from the big blind.
On an all spade flop of A♠8♠5♠ Eisen checked. Mustafov bet 1,200 and Eisen check-raised to 3,600. Mustafov obliged the call.
The turn brought a 6♣ accompanying an all black board, Eisen bet out 6,800, after about a minute Mustafov called.
A scary river card 6♠ snapped off on the felt, and after a brief moment, Eisen placed 10,000 in front of him leaving one yellow 1,000 chip on top of his cards. After a lengthy amount of time, Mustafov found the call and Eisen showed the 5♥6♥ for a rivered boat.
Action was picked up as Dennys Ramos was all in against Christos Argyriadis.
Dennys Ramos: 7♣7♥
Christos Argyriadis: Q♥Q♠
The board ran out 5♠3♦9♠6♦5♥, and Ramos was eliminated.
Samuel Fournier raised from under the gun to 2,000, and Alan Goasdoue moved all in for 6,700, and Fournier made the call.
Alan Goasdoue: A♥Q♠
Samuel Fournier: Q♣J♠
Goasdoue was elated when he saw Fournier's cards and more ecstatic when the board ran out with A♠2♦K♥4x8♥, and his pair of aces was enough to keep him in the tournament.
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