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

06-23-2025 12:33 UTC-8

Flush for Tatalovich

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 12:35 UTC-8

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 12:46 UTC-8

Kerry Welsh

181,000 41,000

Table 606Seat 5

06-23-2025 12:49 UTC-8

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 12:50 UTC-8

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 12:52 UTC-8

Shimizu Holds on With Second Pair

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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 12:55 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 13

Blinds: 2000-4000
Limits: 4000-8000

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelo Karimalis	Busted
Motoyoshi Okamura	Busted

Christopher Chung	Busted
Eduards Rakuss	Busted
Ibrahim Ghazal	Busted
Christopher Picquette	Busted
Domenico De Notaristefani	Busted
Maximilian Schindler	Busted
Julio Belluscio	Busted

Travis Kubota	Busted
Ben Yu	Busted

Andrei Kanapelka	Busted
Joseph Ermatinger	Busted
James Devore	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 3000-5000
Limits: 5000-10000

06-23-2025 13:06 UTC-8

Sarle Turns a Better Set; Luo Left on Fumes

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Tim Baker

Level 14

Blinds: 3000-5000
Limits: 5000-10000

Xixiang Luo raised the button and Dominick Sarle defended his big blind.

Sarle check-called Luo's bet on the K♦2♥9♥ flop.

Sarle checked the 10♥ turn, and Luo bet. Sarle check-raised, which Luo called.

Two checks followed the 8♥ river and Sarle took down the pot with 10♠10♦ for a turned set of tens. Luo flipped over a lower set with 2x2x as the pot was pushed to Sarle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominick Sarle	140,000 103,000	103,000

Xixiang Luo	22,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Dominick Sarle Xixiang Luo

06-23-2025 13:12 UTC-8

Kerry Welsh

179,000 13,000

Table 606Seat 5