Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-23-2025 14:22 UTC-8

Karpov's Blind All-in Falls Short of a Double Up

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sergii Karpov under the gun went blind all-in for 32,000 even before the dealer finished shuffling the next hand. He covered his cards as the dealer dealt, seemingly praying for an ace. He then started to advise everyone to fold.

But Matheus Grazziotin in hijack went all-in taking both of them to showdown. Karpov peeled his cards one by one building excitement.

Sergii Karpov: K♦J♥ All in
Matheus Grazziotin: A♥4♥

Karpov was pretty happy with his hole cards despite being behind Grazziotin's ace-high. But he prepared his exit as the dealer fanned out the board showing 7♣10♦5♠2♠Q♣. Grazziotin graciously bid Karpov good luck as the latter left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matheus Grazziotin	160,000 10,000	10,000
Sergii Karpov	Busted

Tags: Sergii Karpov Matheus Grazziotin

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-23-2025 14:32 UTC-8

Trips All Around

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Jacob Wilson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Stephen Ma opened with a min-raise from the hijack, before Karle Wilson then shoved on his direct left, for 92,000 total. After the blinds got out of the way, Ma made the call.

Stephen Ma: Q♣10♣ All in
Karle Wilson: K♦Q♦

Both players made trips on the 3♦7♣Q♥Q♠5♦ runout, but it was Wilson who would prevail, with a better kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karle Wilson	214,000 71,000	71,000
Stephen Ma	106,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Karle Wilson Stephen Ma

06-23-2025 14:33 UTC-8

Maruo Scores a Double

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ignacio Sagra opened for 20,000 in cutoff and got called by Junhyoung Ki on the button. Small blind player Tasuku Maruo went beyond by going all-in for 86,000. Sagra was mulling over his actions and looked at Ki who seemed like he was going to make the call. Sagra folded and, sure enough, Ki made the call taking the players to showdown.

Tasuku Maruo: K♥Q♥ All in
Junhyoung Ki: K♣10♠

Maruo was ahead. The flop paired the board with J♠3♥J♦. Nothing changed with the runout of 7♠9♥ doubling Maruo up and leaving Ki with only 7,000 behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ignacio Sagra	280,000 152,000	152,000
Tasuku Maruo	196,000 7,000	7,000
Junhyoung Ki	7,000 263,000	263,000

Tags: Ignacio Sagra Junhyoung Ki Tasuku Maruo

06-23-2025 14:35 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payouts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The prize pool and payouts have been confirmed, with the 3,074 entries creating a prize pool of $2,815,784.

The top 461 players will each be guaranteed $2,012, but all will have one eye on the $335,390 first-place prize that will go to the winner alongside a 2025 WSOP gold bracelet.

Place	Prize
1	$335,390
2	$223,394
3	$165,944
4	$124,269
5	$93,820
6	$71,416
7	$54,814
8	$42,424
9	$33,112
10-13	$26,064
14-17	$16,571
18-26	$13,386
27-35	$10,909
36-44	$8,969
45-53	$7,441
54-62	$6,229
63-71	$5,262
72-80	$4,486
81-89	$3,860
90-98	$3,353
99-143	$2,940
144-197	$2,603
198-251	$2,326
252-305	$2,099
306-461	$2,012

06-23-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Runner-Runner Flush for Lopez

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Quang Pham raised in the hijack to 24,000 and Mario Lopez shoved next to him for 120,000. In the big blind, Jonathan Wolter reshoved for 126,000 and Pham decided to fold:

Mario Lopez: A♠Q♥ All in
Jonathan Wolter: A♦K♠

Lopez had the dominated hand but the board revealed J♣2♠9♠5♠3♠ to give him the nut flush while Wolter was left with crumbs and busted a few minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Lopez (CA)	270,000 31,000	31,000
Quang Pham	136,000 124,000	124,000
Jonathan Wolter	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Wolter Mario Lopez (CA)Quang Pham

06-23-2025 14:42 UTC-8

Nelson Doubles with a Full House

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Chris Nelson open-jammed all-in for 79,000 under the gun. Action folded to the small blind and Scott Lake bet 170,000 which was enough to make Artashes Kartalyan in the big blind fold.

Chris Nelson: A♦10♥ All in
Scott Lake: J♥J♠

The flop came 8♣5♠A♥ instantly pushing Nelson in the lead. The A♠ turn strengthened Nelson's hand with trips. Lake still had minimal outs to turn the tides but the river 5♣ double paired the board giving Nelson a full house and cementing his chip up to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Lake	540,000 342,000	342,000
Chris Nelson	182,000 91,000	91,000

Tags: Artashes Kartalyan Chris Nelson Scott Lake

06-23-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Harnish Doubles on Levy

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ital Levy shoved for a little more than 100,000 with 8♣9♣ and David Harnish also pushed all in next to him with 91,000, holding A♣Q♣.

The board brought no surprise with 3♣7♦K♠2♣J♥ and Harnish took down the pot while Levy was left with less than two big blinds and busted a few minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Harnish	195,000 125,000	125,000
Ital Levy	Busted

Tags: David Harnish Ital Levy

06-23-2025 14:48 UTC-8

Yadlapati Pays Out

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Jacob Wilson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

James Heath, Julio Novo, and Srikanth Yadlapati all got it in preflop, with two players having the equity advantage.

James Heath: A♣Q♥ All in
Julio Novo: A♥Q♦ All in
Srikanth Yadlapati: A♠J♠

It would be Heath and Novo to double up through their adversary, as they held on the 3♥K♣10♣5♥10♦ runout, and Yadlapati forked out the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julio Novo	310,000 136,000	136,000
Srikanth Yadlapati	216,000 49,000	49,000
James Heath	81,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: James Heath Julio Novo Srikanth Yadlapati

06-23-2025 14:54 UTC-8

Shin Climbing Up; Fernandez Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Byungeun Shin raised on the button to 35,000 and Leonardo Fernandez pushed in the small blind for a stack around 160,000. Shin snap-called for the following showdown:

Leonardo Fernandez: K♦J♠ All in
Byungeun Shin: A♥K♥

Fernandez was in terrible shape for his tournament's life, and busted after the 4♦A♦K♠3♠Q♦ ranout.