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

06-16-2025 13:30 UTC-8

Allen Leads the River

Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 6,000 chips in the middle on 8♦A♣9♠, Colin Dentan from the cutoff bet 2,000 on the 4♠ turn, Michael Allen called in the big blind.

Allen decided to lead for 20,200 when the 10♥ hit the river, Dentan said "20,200" picked up his chips and called. Allen tabled 7♣6♥ for a straight, Dentan mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Allen	61,100 61,100	61,100
Tian Liu	39,000 39,000	39,000
Mathew Frankland	38,500 38,500	38,500
David Valden	36,000 36,000	36,000
Josh Arieh	22,900 22,900	22,900

Colin Dentan	13,300 13,300	13,300

Tags: Colin Dentan Michael Allen

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-16-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The players head into their first break of the day, which will last 15 minutes.

06-16-2025 12:58 UTC-8

Levy Rivers the Goods

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On a board reading 7♦10♦4♠J♥3♥, with 10,500 in the pot, two players still had live cards. First to act, Kenneth Kim bet out for 8,000, but was met with a raise from David Levy, who made it 24,000. After a minute of thinking, Kim put in the call, then snap-mucked as Levy showed him 6x5x for the second nuts.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Levy	72,000 72,000	72,000
Kenneth Kim	40,500 40,500	40,500

Tags: David Levy Kenneth Kim

06-16-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Loube Survives First Shove

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Chad Loube, with a very short stack, moved all in for 3,900 from under the gun and received a call from Fabian Gumz in the big blind.

Chad Loube : 10♣9♦ All in
Fabian Gumz: 5♣5♠

The board ran out with J♥3♠10♠8♣A♦, and Loube's pair of tens was triumphant.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Gumz	68,000
Chad Loube	5,600 1,700	1,700

Tags: Chad Loube Fabian Gumz

06-16-2025 12:55 UTC-8

Stout Hits a Jack; Doubles His Stack

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John Avelino

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Players were splashing chips into the pot as action was picked up, David Pock had a bet in front of him for 2,600 from the cutoff and Matthew Stout raised to 7,000 from under the gun. Felipe Campins raised to 17,000 from middle position and Pock folded. Stout moved all in and Campins snap-called.

Matthew Stout: J♥J♦ All in
Felipe Campins: K♦K♣

Campins was in a commanding lead before the flop, but that ended quickly as the flop came 3♦4♦J♣ giving Stout top set and the lead heading to the turn.

The 6♥ peeled off on the turn, and Stout was still in the lead with one card to come.

The river 8♠ wasn't the king Campins needed to draw out and Stout raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Campins	84,600 84,600	84,600
Matthew Stout	74,600 39,300	39,300

Tags: Felipe Campins Matthew Stout

06-16-2025 12:54 UTC-8

Russell Hits Trips

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Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There were roughly 10,000 chips in the pot on a board of 10♥3♦Q♣4♣, Florian Ribouchon bet 6,000 from the button on the turn card, Dan Russell called in the big blind.

Russell checked when the Q♥ hit the river and Ribouchon quickly checked behind. Russell tabled Q♦9♥ for three of a kind, Ribouchon nodded his head in approval and mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastiaan Dejonge	66,500 66,500	66,500

Dan Russell	45,900 45,900	45,900
Duy Duong	30,100 30,100	30,100
Lachezar Petkov	29,100 29,100	29,100

Florian Ribouchon	25,900 14,100	14,100

Tags: Dan Russell Florian Ribouchon

06-16-2025 12:49 UTC-8

Soma Hits the Straight

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with the board of 6♥5♦J♥8♣ with the pot at about 12,000. Chad Loube placed a bet of 3,000 from under the gun, and Leo Soma called from the big blind.

On the river 4♥, Soma led for 5,000, and Loube made the call and queried, "Do you have a seven?"

Soma had two sevens and showed 7♥7♠ for the straight, and Loube mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Soma	32,000 8,000	8,000

Chad Loube	3,900 3,900	3,900

Tags: Chad Loube Leo Soma

06-16-2025 12:48 UTC-8

Angela Defoe Balances Poker, Artistry & Being Married to a Rock Star

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Los Angeles' Angela Defoe has written a viral pop single, directed an anniversary music video for one of the biggest alternative rock songs of the 2000s, and maintained her sanity while being married to a constantly traveling rock star. The director and musician's next goal is winning a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

PokerNews caught up with Defoe, a lifelong poker player, in one of several WSOP events that she is playing this summer to talk about her music and directing careers, poker goals and being married to Ronnie Winter-Defoe, the singer and founding member of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

Read About Angela Defoe's WSOP Run!

Tags: Angela Defoe

06-16-2025 12:44 UTC-8

Pock Doubles

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On a flop reading 6♣6♥J♠, with 9,000 in the middle, David Pock made an overbet of 9,500, before getting shoved on by Matthew Stout, with a covering stack. He wasn't happy about the play and had a decision on his hands, but ended up making the call for his tournament life.

David Pock: J♦9♥ All in
Matthew Stout: A♠K♣

Pock wasn't safe just yet as he had outs to fade, but the turn J♣ locked up the board for him. The 4♠ river meant nothing.