Event #62: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-23-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Gumz over 200,000

Robert Jones

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ali Shahni raised from the button to 2,000. He was called by Fabian Gumz in the small blind and Anthony Marquez in the big blind.

The flop came A♥K♦7♦ and Shahni bet 3,000. Gumz made the call while Marquez folded.

On the 2♥ turn, Gumz check-called the 6,500 chip bet from Shahni.

Both players checked on the Q♥ river, and Gumz tabled A♠9♣ which was the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Gumz	210,000 140,500	140,500
Ali Shahni	110,000
Anthony Marquez	35,000

Tags: Ali Shahni Anthony Marquez Fabian Gumz

06-23-2025 19:23 UTC-8

Bougaret Overbets the River

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Tyler Montoya raised it up from the hijack and Marc Bougaret called from the big blind. The flop came 9♣9♦7♣ and both players checked to the 5♠ on the turn.

Bougaret led out with a bet of 2,200 and Montoya put together a raise to 8,500. Bougaret called and the 2♣ landed on the river. Bougaret counted out a bet of 30,000 this time and Montoya instantly flew his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Bougaret	67,500 28,700	28,700
Tyler Montoya	61,000 77,500	77,500

Tags: Tyler Montoya Marc Bougaret

06-23-2025 19:25 UTC-8

Kramer Fires Three Barrels

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Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mohammad Pourmandi opened to 2,200 from under the gun and Jonathan Kramer called from the hijack.

Pourmandi checked the 6♣K♣J♥ flop and called a bet of 2,400 by Kramer, who fired a second barrel of 5,700 on the 4♠ turn. Pourmandi check-called again.

After Pourmandi checked the 3♣ river, Kramer jammed for 17,300. Pourmandi went into the tank, ask the dealer to spread the pot but ultimately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammad Pourmandi	101,000 101,000	101,000
Jonathan Kramer	40,000

Tags: Mohammad Pourmandi Jonathan Kramer

06-23-2025 19:27 UTC-8

Snooze Fest on Table 81

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Raul Gallego raised it up from under the gun and Santiago Plante three-bet to 7,000 on his left. The action folded back to Gallego who called to see a flop of 9♠4♠2♥.

Both players eventually checked and the 6♣ rolled off on the turn. Gallego led out with a bet of 3,600 at which point multiple players at the table had their eyes closed, taking a quick snooze in between hands. Plante thought for a minute and then raised to 22,000, forcing a fold from Gallego.

"Wakey, wakey," Plante said as the dealer started pitching cards for the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santiago Plante	97,500 46,500	46,500
Raul Gallego	89,000

Tags: Santiago Plante Raul Gallego

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-23-2025 19:47 UTC-8

Covington Has No Plans of Changing Professions

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Najeem Ajez raised it up from under the gun and was called by Colby Covington on the button along with the big blind. The flop came A♥7♥7♣ and Ajex continued with a bet of 2,500. Covington called and the big blind got out of the way.

The 6♣ landed on the turn and both players checked to the 5♣ on the river. Ajez fired out another bet of 3,000 and Covington raised to 11,000. Ajez looked him up and Covington turned over 6♠6♥ to scoop the pot.

"You're good at poker, you might have to change professions soon," one player at the table piped up.

"I'm not that good, or else I would have a long time ago," Covington replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Colby Covington	78,000 15,400	15,400
Najeem Ajez	54,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Najeem Ajez Colby Covington

06-23-2025 19:47 UTC-8

Martirosian Doubles

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Robert Jones

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Pingfeng Wu raised from under the gun to 2,500, and was reraised by Artur Martirosian, who was next to act, to 8,000. In the small blind, Paul Hong went all in. Wu folded, and Martirosian called for his 43,700 chip stack.

Artur Martirosian: Q♣Q♦ All in
Paul Hong: 10♦10♥

The board ran out K♠J♦3♣A♥7♦, and Martirosian scooped in the 92,000 chip pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	92,000 84,500	84,500

Paul Hong	4,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Paul Hong Pingfeng Wu

06-23-2025 19:48 UTC-8

Lopes Takes From Ahuja

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Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jeremy Saderne opened to 2,500 from the hijack. Ankit Ahuja called from button, but Bruno Lopes three-bet to 12,000 from the blinds. Saderne folded and Ahuja eventually made the call.

Lopes continued for 8,000 on the 5♣K♥Q♦ flop, then fired a second barrel of 30,000 on the 8♥ turn.

Ahuja, who called on the flop, quickly folded turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Lopes	100,000 8,000	8,000

Ankit Ahuja	93,000 93,000	93,000
Jeremy Saderne	88,000 88,000	88,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Bruno Lopes Jeremy Saderne

06-23-2025 19:52 UTC-8

Shankar Spikes an Ace to Bust Arends

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ravi Shankar raised to 2,800 from under the gun and Jans Arends ripped all in for his last 11,000 on his left. Shankar called but was upset when he saw the cards.

Jans Arends: Q♥Q♣ All in
Ravi Shankar: A♣Q♠

The flop came A♦J♥4♦ and Shankar spiked an ace to leave Arends drawing to just a single out. The 5♠ and 8♥ runout changed nothing, sending Arends to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Shankar	233,000
Jans Arends	Busted

Tags: Ravi Shankar Jans Arends

06-23-2025 19:55 UTC-8

Mackoff Turns Up Quads to Bust Ausmus in Massive Pot

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Sava Krink

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With about 9,300 already in the pot and the flop showing 3♠3♦A♠, all three players, Ethan Yau in the big blind, Jeremy Ausmus in middle position, and Jonas Mackoff on the cutoff, checked it through.

On the 5♦ turn, Yau led out for 5,500. Both Ausmus and Mackoff called.

The 10♠ hit the river, and Yau fired again, this time for 16,000, leaving just 400 behind. Ausmus thought it over and called, before Mackoff moved all in for roughly 69,200.

Yau tanked and eventually folded, clinging to just a few chips. Ausmus called and tabled 5♠5♥ for a full house, but it wasn’t enough, Mackoff turned over 3♠3♣ for quads to scoop the monster pot and send Ausmus to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Mackoff	171,100 131,100	131,100
Ethan Yau	400 49,600	49,600

Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Tags: Ethan Yau Jeremy Ausmus Jonas Mackoff