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

06-23-2025 18:25 UTC-7

Tsonev Picks Up a Pot

Barry Russell

Level 17

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

There were roughly 120,000 chips in the pot on 10♣10♥4♦, Simeon Tsonev who was under the gun fired a bet, Kyle Ray in the cutoff called and Timothy Miller called on the button.

Action checked to Ray who decided to take a stab on the A♣ turn, Miller and Tsonev both called. Ray bet again on the 2♠ river, Miller folded and Tsonev called.

Tsonev tabled A♥4♥, Ray mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Pelz	540,000 340,000	340,000

Ali Eslami	440,000 40,000	40,000

Simeon Tsonev	272,000 68,000	68,000
Kyle Ray	138,000 62,000	62,000
Timothy Miller	119,000 101,000	101,000
Sean Deacon	45,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Kyle Ray Simeon Tsonev Timothy Miller

06-23-2025 18:13 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	Busted

Raul Celaya	Busted
Richard Tatalovich	Busted
Xixiang Luo	Busted

Patrick Leonard	Busted

Alex Torry	Busted
Jeffrey Mcquillan	Busted
Hiroyuki Noda	Busted
Davin Anderson	Busted
Diego Cordovez	Busted

Bohlman Doubles Through Massman

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

With two players seeing a board of 3♠6♦7♥ and around 454,000 in the middle Scott Bohlman checked from the big blind and Alex Massman bet from under the gun. Bohlman raised, Massman three-bet and Bohlman made it four-bets. Massman capped it at five bets and Bohlman called, leaving just 6,000 behind.

On the 2♣ turn Bohlman checked, Massman bet and Bohlman called, putting himself all-in.

Scott Bohlman: 7♠6♥ All in
Alex Massman: 8♣8♥

Bohlman remained ahead with two pair on the Q♣ river to double up through Massman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Massman	580,000 100,000	100,000
Daniel Idema	561,000 10,000	10,000

Rene Rodriguez	225,000 50,000	50,000
Scott Bohlman	140,000 160,000	160,000

Jiyang Gan	60,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Alex Massman Scott Bohlman

06-23-2025 18:09 UTC-7

Boeken's Jacks are Good

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Tim Baker

Level 17

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Matthew Schreiber raised the button, and Ren Lin three-bet from the small blind. Noah Boeken four-bet from the big blind, which Schreiber and Lin called.

Lin checked the 6♠9♦5♠ flop, and Boeken bet. Schreiber and Lin called.

All three players checked the Q♠ turn to see the Q♥ appear on the river. Lin bet, which only Boeken called.

Lin showed ace-high with A♣10♦, and lost the pot to Boeken's J♦J♣ for a pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Boeken	710,000 110,000	110,000
Ren Lin	560,000 120,000	120,000

Matthew Schreiber	420,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Matthew Schreiber Noah Boeken Ren Lin

06-23-2025 18:04 UTC-7

Gupta Forces Two Players to Fold

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Barry Russell

Level 17

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

There were roughly 60,000 chips in the pot on a board of Q♥2♠Q♣.

Roland Israelashvili led from the big blind, Ashish Gupta called from under the gun and Matthew Valeo called in the small blind.

Gupta decided to bet when the 4♦ hit the turn and this forced Israelashvili and Valeo to fold. Gupta flash the Q♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashish Gupta	364,000 98,000	98,000
Nick Guagenti	355,000 30,000	30,000

Roland Israelashvili	265,000 65,000	65,000

Matthew Valeo	240,000 113,000	113,000

Richard Tatalovich	102,000 88,000	88,000

Tags: Ashish Gupta Matthew Valeo Roland Israelashvili

06-23-2025 17:52 UTC-7

Luo Still in the Mix

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Tim Baker

Level 17

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Alex Livingston raised to 20,000 from the small blind, and Xixiang Luo called for the remainder of his chips out of the big blind.

Xixiang Luo: 7♠7♥ All in
Alex Livingston: Q♥2♥

Luo's pocket sevens held up on the 9♠7♣10♣3♦9♣ runout, as he improved to a full house, earning himself the much-needed double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	135,000 69,000	69,000

Xixiang Luo	40,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Xixiang Luo Alex Livingston

06-23-2025 17:44 UTC-7

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 17

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

These chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	623,000 278,000	278,000

Noah Boeken	600,000 40,000	40,000
Daniel Idema	571,000 81,000	81,000

Moshe Gavrieli	518,000 208,000	208,000

Stephanie Nguyen	483,000 132,000	132,000
Alex Massman	480,000 363,000	363,000
Donny Rubinstein	450,000 210,000	210,000
Ren Lin	440,000 172,000	172,000

Philip Tom	420,000 55,000	55,000

Nicholas Tsoukalas	405,000 15,000	15,000
Nick Guagenti	385,000 244,000	244,000

Jeff Norman	350,000 135,000	135,000
Adam Razny	347,000 132,000	132,000
Takashi Ogura	335,000 73,000	73,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

06-23-2025 17:27 UTC-7

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 16

Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 8,000-160,00

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

06-23-2025 17:25 UTC-7

Five Bet Pot

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Barry Russell

Level 16

Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 8,000-160,00

Andrew Bradshaw raised under the gun, Takashi Ogura three-bet in the cutoff, Nicholas Tsoukalas four-bet in the small blind, Bradshaw five-bet, both Ogura and Tsoukalas called.

Bradshaw bet when the flop came J♦9♠A♦, Ogura called but Tsoukalas decided to raise, both Ogura and Bradshaw called.

Tsoukalas led on the J♥ turn, Bradshaw called and Ogura folded. Tsoukalas led again when the 3♣ was dealt on the river.

Bradshaw said "You must have me but I'm a fish so I need to see what you have", and to his delight Tsoukalas tabled A♠Q♠, and Bradshaw tabled A♣K♣ and scooped this massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephanie Nguyen	615,000 240,000	240,000
Andrew Bradshaw	550,000 120,000	120,000

Nicholas Tsoukalas	390,000 105,000	105,000
Takashi Ogura	262,000 34,000	34,000
Christopher Claassen	250,000 150,000	150,000

Xixiang Luo	180,000 70,000	70,000