Event #62: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-24-2025 16:50 UTC-8

15-Minute Break

Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The remaining 176 players have gone on a 15-minute break and will all return in the money when the action resumes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Gallego	Busted
Michael Jozoff	Busted
Adrian Strobel	Busted
Scott Eskenazi	Busted

Connor Rash	Busted
Akihiro Konishi	Busted
Elior Sion	Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

06-24-2025 17:09 UTC-8

Zhao Saved by the River

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Moments after the restart, Gang Zhao jammed for 33,000 from under the gun and was called by Alisson Piekazewicz in the cutoff.

Gang Zhao: 7♠6♣ All in
Alisson Piekazewicz: A♠8♦

Zhao flopped a straight draw with the 5♣4♠10♣ flop, but the A♣ turn gave top pair to Piekazewicz. The 8♥ river completed Zhao's straight and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisson Piekazewicz	430,000 87,000	87,000
Gang Zhao	86,000 249,500	249,500

Tags: Alisson Piekazewicz Gang Zhao

06-24-2025 17:12 UTC-8

Ripnick Runs Into Shevlyakov's Queens

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

John Ripnick in the small blind was all-in and at risk for 214,000 against Aleksandr Shevlyakov on the button.

John Ripnick: 2♣2♥ All in
Aleksandr Shevlyakov: Q♥Q♠

The board of J♣8♦J♦3♣K♥ was no help for Ripnick who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Shevlyakov	1,110,000 510,000	510,000
John Ripnick	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Shevlyakov John Ripnick

06-24-2025 17:12 UTC-8

Corrigan Squeaks In, Now Catching Fire

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jack Corrigan was down to just 15,000 chips on the money bubble and managed to survive the blinds passing by him by getting a shove through. After returning from the break, he quickly doubled up and was now sitting on a stack of 60,000.

Marius Gierse opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Corrigan ripped all in again from the cutoff. The action folded back to Gierse who reluctantly flicked in a chip to call.

Jack Corrigan: 10♥10♦ All in
Marius Gierse: J♠9♠

The board ran out Q♦7♣3♥4♦3♦ and Corrigan doubled up again, now climbing to nearly 20 big blinds and a chance to make a deep run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	350,000 86,000	86,000
Jack Corrigan	140,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Marius Gierse Jack Corrigan

06-24-2025 17:16 UTC-8

Leng Doubles

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Robert Jones

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ryan Leng went all-in from the cutoff for 75,000 and was called by Shunjiro Kita in the small blind.

Ryan Leng: A♣J♣ All in
Shunjiro Kita: A♠10♣

The board ran out K♦Q♠6♦K♠4♦ and Leng chipped up to 160,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Toro	1,200,000 50,000	50,000

Farhad Jamasi	650,000 322,000	322,000
Shunjiro Kita	340,000 149,500	149,500
Adrien Delmas	260,000 33,000	33,000
Daniel Barriocanal	250,000 248,000	248,000
Ryan Leng	160,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Ryan Leng Shunjiro Kita

06-24-2025 17:21 UTC-8

Early Eliminations in the Money (157th-176th, $9,957)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Guilbert	Busted
Manuel Fritz	Busted
Mauricio Pais	Busted
Reiji Kono	Busted
Virgile Turchi	Busted
Humberto Martins	Busted
Justin Young	Busted
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

John Richards	Busted
Pedro Chaves	Busted
Rui Pinto Campos	Busted
Jamie Dwan	Busted
Ezequiel Waigel	Busted
Gang Zhao	Busted
Jakob Miegel	Busted
Martin Zamani	Busted

David Chen	Busted
Zdenek Zizka	Busted

John Ripnick	Busted
Michael Holtz	Busted

06-24-2025 17:22 UTC-8

Reigning Main Event Champ Jonathan Tamayo on New WSOP Rules & Folding Pocket Queens

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Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 30th episode, Connor talks with 2024 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo about growing up in Humble, Texas, studying hotel management at Cornell University, graduating during the 2008 recession, running deep in the 2009 and 2015 Main Events, his friendship with fellow Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, winning the biggest-ever WSOP Main Event for $10 million, and his first purchase as world champion.

Tamayo also spoke about his infamous fold with pocket queens late in the 2024 Main Event, which he says cost him $120,000 in equity, and gave his thoughts on new rules implemented at the 2025 WSOP in the wake of "LaptopGate," as well as the Main Event structure and Phil Hellmuth's proposed boycott that he has since rescinded.

Tags: Connor Richards Joe McKeehen Jonathan Tamayo

06-24-2025 17:23 UTC-8

Zamani Busts in Three-Way All In with Fernandez Making Quads

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Nick Vazquez

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Martin Zamani moved all in from the button, Wai Kiat Lee called in the small blind and then Sergio Fernandez went all in from the big blind. Lee made the call.

Martin Zamani: K♦10♦ All in
Sergio Fernandez: Q♠Q♣ All in
Wai Kiat Lee: 9♠9♦

The runout of Q♦3♠8♦Q♥6♣ gave Fernandez quads and saw Zamani eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Fernandez	430,000 73,000	73,000
Wai Kiat Lee	210,000 25,000	25,000
Martin Zamani	Busted

Tags: Sergio Fernandez Martin Zamani Wai Kiat Lee

06-24-2025 17:26 UTC-8

All but One for Ladva

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Bariscan Betil raised it up from the hijack and Ottomar Ladva defended from the big blind. The flop fell J♦4♠2♣ and both players checked to the 8♦ on the turn.

Ladva checked again and Betil threw in a bet of 27,000. Ladva check-raised to 81,000 and Betil stuck around for the K♥ on the river. Ladva pushed out a bet of 97,000, leaving just 1,000 behind. Betil asked for a count and then called. Ladva flipped over K♣4♦ for a rivered two pair and Betil paid him off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bariscan Betil	650,000 145,000	145,000
Ottomar Ladva	445,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Ottomar Ladva Bariscan Betil