Event #60: $3,000 Limit Hold’em Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-23-2025 13:52 UTC-7

Shimizu Holds on With Second Pair

Tim Baker

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

Catching the action on a flop of Q♠A♥5♦. Charles Thomas checked from the small blind, and Nozomu Shimizu bet from the hijack. Thomas check-raised, which Shimizu called.

Thomas bet the 7♣ turn and Shimizu called.

The 2♣ came on the river and both players checked. Thomas showed K♥J♥ for just king-high and lost the pot to Shimizu's Q♣4♣ for a pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nozomu Shimizu	135,000 6,000	6,000
Charles Thomas	81,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Charles Thomas Nozomu Shimizu

06-23-2025 13:50 UTC-7

Allan Hits Two Pair

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Barry Russell

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

Shaun Deeb raised under the gun, Craig Allan called in the cutoff, Donny Rubinstein three-bet in the small blind, Deeb and Allan called.

Rubinstein fired out a bet when the flop came 10♠6♠Q♠, Deeb and Allan called. Rubinstein slowed down and checked when the 8♦ hit the turn, Deeb checked and Allan bet, Deeb and Rubinstein then called.

Action checked when the A♥ was dealt on the river. Rubinstein tabled K♣K♥, but could not beat Allan's two pair wtih Q♣10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donny Rubinstein	240,000 26,000	26,000
Rene Rodriguez	175,000 35,000	35,000
Craig Allan	163,000 100,000	100,000
Nick Guagenti	141,000 34,000	34,000

Shaun Deeb	86,000 16,000	16,000

John Prather	29,000 43,500	43,500

Tags: Craig Allan Donny Rubinstein Shaun Deeb

06-23-2025 13:49 UTC-7

Gan Takes Down the Pot

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

Robert Klein opened on the button. Jiyang Gan in the small blind and Andrew Kelsall in the big blind both called. The dealer revealed the flop of 9♠9♦2♦.

Gan check-called Klein's bet while Kelsall left the hand. The turn showed 7♦, and both checked to the river K♠. Both players checked again.

Gen flipped his cards, A♦Q♥. Klein took a minute to muck his cards. Gan took all the chips from the middle of the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiyang Gan	265,000 103,000	103,000
Robert Klein	215,000 53,000	53,000
Andrew Kelsall	150,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Jiyang Gan Robert Klein

06-23-2025 13:46 UTC-7

Kerry Welsh

181,000 41,000

Table 606Seat 5

06-23-2025 13:35 UTC-7

Vampan Gets Paid With a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

Matthew Valeo raised the button before David Ha three-bet from the small blind. Daniel Vampan called from the big blind, and Valeo also called.

Ha bet the Q♣J♥2♣ flop and Vampan raised. Valeo and Ha called.

After Ha checked the 3♠ turn, Vampan bet, which only Valeo called.

Vampan bet the J♠ river and Valeo called. Vampan showed the second nuts with Q♦J♦ for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ha	130,000 31,000	31,000
Daniel Vampan	125,000 54,000	54,000

Matthew Valeo	105,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Daniel Vampan David Ha Matthew Valeo

06-23-2025 13:33 UTC-7

Flush for Tatalovich

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Barry Russell

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

There were roughly 50,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 4♥5♥2♥, and the action checked through.

Richard Tatalovich, who was in early position, bet on the 6♠ turn, Matthew Valeo called in the cutoff, David Ha folded on the button and Daniel Vampan folded in the big blind.

Tatalovich bet again when the 6♥ was dealt on the river. Valeo painfully flicked in a chip to call.

Tatalovich tabled A♥10♣ and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashish Gupta	211,000 5,000	5,000
Richard Tatalovich	204,000 82,000	82,000
David Ha	161,000 35,000	35,000
Matthew Valeo	152,000 112,000	112,000

Daniel Vampan	71,000 19,000	19,000

Patrick Hendricks	22,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Daniel Vampan David Ha Matthew Valeo Richard Tatalovich

06-23-2025 13:21 UTC-7

Bradshaw Collects Chips From Geeng

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

In the first hand of the day, Daniel Geeng opened from the button, and Andrew Bradshaw decided to call in the big blind. Both players looked at the flop 4♠2♣7♦.

Bradshaw check-called the bet to see the turn5♣. For the next street, Geeng called Bradshaw's bet for the river 8♣.

Both players checked, but Geeng tossed his cards away as soon as he saw the 9♦7♠ of Bradshaw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Bradshaw	195,000 30,000	30,000

Daniel Geeng	130,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Andrew Bradshaw Daniel Geeng

06-23-2025 13:18 UTC-7

Rodriguez Checks With Trips

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Tim Baker

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

Catching the action on a flop of 6♦8♦9♥, Shaun Deeb bet from the small blind, and Rene Rodriguez raised out of the big blind. Deeb called.

Deeb checked the 10♣ turn and Rodriguez bet. Deeb called again.

Both players checked the 9♦ river and Rodriguez took down the pot with K♥9♠ for trip nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Rodriguez	140,000 34,000	34,000
Shaun Deeb	70,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Rene Rodriguez Shaun Deeb

06-23-2025 13:14 UTC-7

Kabrhel Picks Up a Pot Early

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Barry Russell

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

Roland Israelashvili raised on the button, Martin Kabrhel called in the big blind.

Israelashvili fired out a bet when the flop came J♦6♥7♠, Kabrhel called. Israelashvili did not slow down when the 3♠ hit the turn and he bet, Kabrhel called again.

Action checked on the J♥ river, Kabrhel tabled 9♣6♠, and he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Israelashvili	235,000 49,000	49,000

Michael Moncek	137,000 72,000	72,000

Martin Kabrhel	101,000 20,000	20,000

Gregory Bitterly	92,000 22,000	22,000
Ahmed Mohamed	50,000 10,000	10,000
Shane Douglas	29,000 9,000	9,000