2025 World Series of Poker

Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$574,223
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,794,070
Total Entries
1,421
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,421
Players Left
69
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Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Dubini Doubles Blind on Blind

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Richard Dubini shoved for 140,000 from the small blind, and Francisco Moreno Gonzales made the call from the big.

Richard Dubini: Q8 All in
Francisco Moreno Gonzales: K7

The 334 flop changed nothing, but the dealer put out the Q2 runout to keep Dubini alive.

Tags: Francisco Moreno GonzalesRichard Dubini

Minnis Eliminated

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action began with Ronald Minnis all in for 40,000 from the button on a flop of 10Q7. Benjamin Underwood raised to 105,000 from the small blind, and Maximilian Schindler called from under the gun.

Underwood bet 125,000 when the 5 hit the turn, and Schindler called. Both players checked after the 3 appeared on the river. Minnis showed A10, but Underwood revealed Q10 to win the pot and eliminate Minnis. Schindler mucked.

Tags: Benjamin UnderwoodMaximilian SchindlerRonald Minnis

Picone Shows One

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

For the second hand in a row, Igor Picone found himself all in, awaiting an opponent's decision and for the second hand ina. row, he offered his opponent: "Do you wanna see one?" Girish Reknar said no, and called anyway.

Igor Picone: A9 All in
Girish Reknar: J10

Reknar took the lead on the 3810 flop, and kept it on the Q3 runout, sending Picone packing.

Tags: Girish ReknarIgor Picone

Jared Jaffee and Joe Serock Among Five Players Eliminated to Burst the Money Bubble

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Joe Serock
Joe Serock

With 216 players remaining and 214 spots paid, there were six all-in and calls during the same hand of hand-for-hand play, with five players total being eliminated.

Table 281

Manas Gandhi opened from under the gun and Yita Choong three-bet to 70,000 from the button, leaving one T-1,000 chip behind. Gandhi called.

The flop came K52. Gandhi bet and Choong called off with his last chip.

Yita Choong: QQ All in
Manas Gandhi: KJ

Gandhi was ahead with top pair and held on the 2J runout to eliminate Gandhi.

Table 298

Ronald Slucker shoved for 35,000 from under the gun and Todd Rosenthal called from the button with a covering stack.

Ronald Slucker: A5 All in
Todd Rosenthal: AQ

Slucker was dominated and couldn't catch up on the 2QJ84 runout, resulting in his elimination.

Table 291

There was roughly 60,000 in the pot on a board of 59768. Pierce Mckellar led for 10,000 on the river and said "you're dead, you should save that 1 chip".

Abdul Rahim Amer only had a 1,000 chip behind ended up making the call and showed KQ. Mckellar tabled 103 for the ten-high straight and this call eliminated Amer on the stone bubble.

Table 280

Benjamin Underwood raised to 22,000 on the hijack, and Joe Serock three-bet all in from the big blind for 37,000. Underwood made the call.

Joe Serock: A8 All in
Benjamin Underwood: A10

The board came out with hope for Serock with 108Q, but the turn 6 and the river J gave Underwood, also known as the Deepstack King from last year's Deepstack Tournaments, the straight for the win and the knockout.

Table 294

Jared Jaffee was forced into the pot for 16,000 in the big blind on the stone bubble, Michael Mizrachi was in the small blind play was paused during hand-for-hand play. The floor resumed play and the players revealed their hands.

Jared Jaffee: QQ All in
Michael Mizrachi: AQ

As the board ran AJ10A4 giving Mizrachi trip aces, Jaffee was eliminated on the bubble.

Since there were five eliminations when players were two spots away from the money, the five eliminated players each received $3,600 for their share of the first three min-cashes.

Jared Jaffe
Jared Jaffe

Tags: Abdul Rahim AmerBenjamin UnderwoodJared JaffeeJoe SerockManas GandhiMichael MizrachiPierce MckellarRonald SluckerTodd RosenthalYita Choong

Sherre Survival

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Zachary Grech was involved for the second hand in a row, as he raised up to 20,000 from the cutoff. Robbie Sherre shoved, for just 33,000 in the big blind, and Grech put in the remaining chips.

The players were the last of the seven all-ins to be announced by the floor, Sherre knowing he’d locked up a share of the mincash, and needed to win for a full one.

Robbie Sherre: A3 All in
Zachary Grech: QJ

The 35Q flop was terrible news for Shere, but the 3 turn had him cheering. He still had to fade a queen or a diamond, and did so on the 5 river, as he boated up and stayed alive

Tags: Robbie SheerZachary Grech

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Two Away From Money

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Renji Mao
Renji Mao

On the soft bubble, Renji Mao open ripped his stack of 110,000. Small blind Zachary Grech then ripped, covering Ryutaro Suzuki in the big blind. Suzuki then tanked for over four minutes, before folding QQ face up.

Renji Mao: AJ All in
Zachary Grech: 99

The dealer had evil intentions, putting out 8Q9 on the flop, giving Grech a set, and Mao a straight draw. Suzuki looked sick as the board ran out 55 as he would've had top boat. Either way, Mao was heading home just before cashing.

Tags: Renji MaoRyutaro SuzukiZachary Grech

Lambrecht Spikes the River for a Colossal Bubble Double

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Matthew Lambrecht opened from under the gun and Kenneth O'Donnell shoved from the big blind, covering O'Donnell who started the hand with 398,000. Lambrecht went into the tank for a couple minutes before calling off for his tournament life.

Matthew Lambrecht: AK All in
Kenneth O'Donnell: QQ

O'Donnell was ahead on the 224 flop and 6 turn but the K river gave Lambrecht kings up to secure a massive double up.

Tags: Kenneth O'DonnellMatthew Lambrecht