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

06-23-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Miracle Double Up for Maruo

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Yuefan Wang raised to 40,000 in middle position and Nicolas Sagra shoved for around 215,000. Tasuku Maruo also pushed next to him for his last 125,000 and Wang quickly folded:

Tasuku Maruo: A♣J♠ All in
Nicolas Sagra: J♥J♦

Sagra had the best starting hand and improved into a set on the 7♠A♠J♣ flop, but the rest of the board brought 5♠Q♠ to give a runner-runner flush to Maruo and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuefan Wang	460,000 45,000	45,000
Tasuku Maruo	350,000 155,000	155,000
Nicolas Sagra	90,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Nicolas Sagra Tasuku Maruo Yuefan Wang

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

06-23-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Srikanth Yadlapati	Busted
Nikolaos Oikonomou	Busted
David Gonzalez	Busted
George Kenny	Busted
Robert Goldbaum	Busted
Darrell Washburn	Busted
Peter Kvisthammar	Busted
Gary Fisher	Busted
Allan Haupert	Busted
Kunal Patni	Busted
Carlos Caldas	Busted
Nicholas Fornito	Busted
Robert Ronspies	Busted
David Aadland	Busted
Pei Li	Busted

William Perpich	Busted
Audley Harrison	Busted
David Erquiaga	Busted

Benjamin Sim	Busted
Marcelo Giordano Mendes	Busted
Alex Soares	Busted
Mengqi Chen	Busted
Chen Yu Hung	Busted
Eduardo Arias	Busted
Jason Ward	Busted

Wheeler Shows Pahuja the Exit

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Stewart Morrison

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action folded to Vineet Pahuja in the cutoff, who moved all in for 150,000. When the button folded, Marcus Wheeler then moved all in from the small blind, prompting the big blind to fold.

Vineet Pahuja: 10♦9♦ All in
Marcus Wheeler: A♥Q♠

Pahuja was the player at risk, but the 8♣8♠10♠ flop saw him move ahead.

"I don't like that card," Pahuja said on the K♠ turn, as it gave his opponent a whole host of outs to retake the lead.

Sure enough, the 3♠ river was revealed, giving Wheeler a flush and sending Pahuja to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcus Wheeler	1,050,000 275,000	275,000
Vineet Pahuja	Busted

Tags: Marcus Wheeler Vineet Pahuja

06-23-2025 16:29 UTC-8

Maskill Chips Up

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jack Maskill opened to 40,000 under the gun and had one caller in Zurvan Tumboli int he big blind.

Both players saw the J♦5♠4♣ come down. Tumboli check-called Maskill's bet of 20,000 leading them to the turn 5♥.

The same thing happened after Maskill fired another 50,000 in the pot. Finally, on the river A♦, Maskill decided to check after Tumboli.

Maskill tabled Q♣J♣ for a pair on the flop. Tumboli showed his hand 7♣6♣ for a busted straight draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Maskill	370,000 60,000	60,000
Zurvan Tumboli	150,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Jack Maskill Zurvan Tumboli

06-23-2025 16:33 UTC-8

Naranja Hits the Rail

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The cards were already tabled with Agustin Naranja being all in and at risk for a remaining stack around 180,000, against Jack Maskill who had him covered.

It was a typical flip situation as Naranja held A♠K♦ and was facing 6♠6♦ for Maskill, but the board brought 5♠J♠5♣10♣3♣ to bust Naranja from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Maskill	575,000 205,000	205,000
Agustin Naranja	Busted

Tags: Agustin Naranja Jack Maskill

06-23-2025 16:34 UTC-8

De Jonge Hits Huge River

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Jacob Wilson

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Sebastiaan de Jonge open-shoved his 105,000 stack from the cutoff. Kelley Slay made the call, covering, from the small blind. Keith Pomonis called off too, for just 75,000.

Keith Pomonis: 7♠5♠ All in
Sebastiaan de Jonge: A♠8♥ All in
Kelley Slay: A♣9♥

Slay was out in the lead, and it stayed that way on the K♣2♣K♠ flop. The turn 7♣ changed everything, as Pomonis picked up the lead, but still had to fade the nut flush draw of Slay. de Jonge was all but eliminated, until he hit the miracle two-outer on the 8♠ river, as he almost tripled up, and sent Pomonis home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelley Slay	700,000 290,000	290,000

Sebastiaan de Jonge	310,000 110,000	110,000

Keith Pomonis	Busted

Tags: Keith Pomonis Kelley Slay Sebastiaan de Jonge

06-23-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Lai Can't Take his Bad Beat

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action was picked up with Marco Soares and Jun Lai engaged in an all-in showdown.

Jun Lai: A♥K♠ All in
Marco Soares: A♣8♣

Lai was ahead with his big slick and was pushed further ahead with the flop 4♦Q♣K♣ where he caught top pair. Soares was given a bit of hope with a flush draw. The turn K♦ almost cemented Lai's double up but the river 6♣ dashed his hopes as the board completed Soares' flush for the win.

Lai stood up staring at the board and the chips being pushed towards Soares shocked. He said that the flop was bad for him and that he hated being bad beat. After a while of venting his frustrations, Lai graciously left to collect his payout.