Event #62: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-25-2025 15:08 UTC-8

Yadlapati Finds a Double

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Srikanth Yadlapati piled all in for 855,000 from under the gun and Ludovic Uzan just called on the button. James Mendoza gave it some serious thought in the small blind but opted to fold and Adrien Delmas quickly folded his big blind.

Srikanth Yadlapati: K♥Q♦ All in
Ludovic Uzan: 10♠10♣

The flop came Q♠8♠5♠ and Yadlapati took the lead with a pair of queens. Uzan was the only player with a spade in his hand but the 8♦ and 4♦ changed nothing, giving Yadlapati a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Srikanth Yadlapati	1,750,000 1,125,000	1,125,000
Ludovic Uzan	1,350,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Srikanth Yadlapati Ludovic Uzan James Mendoza Adrien Delmas

06-25-2025 15:09 UTC-8

Brutal Back-to-Back for Kamphues

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Sava Krink

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In the first hand, Lars Kamphues opened the action with a raise to 100,000 from under the gun. Marius Gierse, sitting in the cutoff, responded with a three-bet to 240,000. Kamphues came back with a four-bet, and Gierse quickly moved all in. Kamphues made the call, and the cards were on their backs.

Marius Gierse: K♠K♦ All in
Lars Kamphues: J♠J♥

The board ran out 9♦7♦4♦5♥9♣, clean for Gierse, who doubled up through Kamphues.

In the very next hand, Renan Bruschi opened from the cutoff, and Kamphues, now short-stacked, moved all in from the big blind. Bruschi snap-called.

Lars Kamphues: K♥J♣ All in
Renan Bruschi: A♠2♠

The board came Q♦3♦6♣3♠Q♣, offering no help to Kamphues. After losing back-to-back all-ins, he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renan Bruschi	2,025,000 1,125,000	1,125,000

Marius Gierse	2,015,000 315,000	315,000
Lars Kamphues	Busted

Tags: Lars Kamphues Marius Gierse Renan Bruschi

06-25-2025 15:09 UTC-8

Players Upset When Golden Nugget Cancels $1M Gtd. Poker Tournament After Level 1

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Jon Sofen

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Golden Nugget pulled the plug on a $1,200 buy-in, $1 million guarantee after the Grand Poker Series tournament had already begun Wednesday morning.

The Las Vegas card room would inevitably cancel the tournament and refund all players after receiving criticism from those who'd entered and expected to be playing for a seven-figure prize pool.

PokerNews spoke with the poker room's Director of Poker Operations, Joel Garcia, and a player who entered the tournament, David Mcconachie, to find out what happened.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: David Mccon David Mcconachie

06-25-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Yadlapati Rivers Straight and Takes it Down

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Sava Krink

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With around 550,000 in the pot and the board showing K♠7♦9♠10♠J♦ Ludovic Uzan in the big blind checked to Srikanth Yadlapati in the cutoff. Yadlapati bet 250,000 and Uzan took his time before making the call.

Yadlapati showed Q♥8♣ for a straight, which seemed enough for Uzan as his cards found the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Srikanth Yadlapati	2,150,000 400,000	400,000
Ludovic Uzan	830,000 520,000	520,000

Tags: Ludovic Uzan Srikanth Yadlapati

06-25-2025 15:28 UTC-8

A Lucky One for Buhaiov

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

After winning more than 1,000,000 chips thanks to a set against Edward Pak two hands earlier, Renji Mao opened to 120,000 from under the gun. Nazar Buhaiov in the cutoff three-bet to 600,000, then Edward Pak on the button moved all-in for 150,000.

Mao raised all-in, and Buhaiov waited for five minutes for eliminations. But the clock was called and he called with the single chip worth 5,000 he had left.

Edward Pak: A♠Q♥ All in
Nazar Buhaiov: A♣8♣ All in
Renji Mao: A♥Q♠

Buhaiov was lucky enough to hit trips on 10♣8♥8♠Q♦A♦ to double up, while Pak with two pair was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renji Mao	3,500,000

Nazar Buhaiov	1,460,000
Edward Pak	Busted

Tags: Edward Pak Nazar Buhaiov Renji Mao

06-25-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Gierse's Queens Hold, Slobodskoy Hits the Rail

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Sava Krink

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Naor Slobodskoy opened the action with a raise to 100,000 from under the gun. When it folded to Marius Gierse in the big blind, he bumped it up to 390,000. Without hesitation, Slobodskoy moved all in, and Gierse quickly called to set up a showdown.

Naor Slobodskoy: J♠J♦ All in
Marius Gierse: Q♦Q♥

The board ran out K♠6♣9♥5♥7♥, offering no help to Slobodskoy’s jacks. After stacks were counted, Gierse had him covered, and Slobodskoy was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	3,450,000 1,435,000	1,435,000
Naor Slobodskoy	Busted

Tags: Marius Gierse Naor Slobodskoy

06-25-2025 15:31 UTC-8

Break Time

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The remaining 23 players are going on another 15-minute break.

Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

06-25-2025 15:54 UTC-8

Ashelm Takes His Time and It Pays Off

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Adam Lamers

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Robert Ashelm opened to 130,000 in the hijack and Ludovic Uzan jammed all in for 1,170,000 from the big blind. Ashelm confirmed the count on multiple occasions and took roughly three minutes to finally make the call.

Ludovic Uzan: 6♥6♦ All in
Robert Ashelm: A♣K♦

A clear nit roll from Ashelm had the table in awe when they saw his hand. The flop came A♦Q♥5♥ and Ashelm took the lead with a pair of aces. The 5♦ on the turn and the 10♥ on the river bricked out and Ashelm celebrated after eliminating Uzan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Ashelm	3,550,000 375,000	375,000

Ludovic Uzan	Busted

Tags: Robert Ashelm Ludovic Uzan

06-25-2025 16:02 UTC-8

Bruschi Folds, Giving Up Huge Pot

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Sava Krink

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The pot stood at around 700,000, and the board showed 4♣3♦6♠K♥ when Renan Bruschi in the small blind checked to Niall Farrell, who bet 480,000. Bruschi took his time before making the call.

Bruschi checked the 4♠ river once more, and Farrell went into the tank before going all in, covering Bruschi and putting him at risk if he decides to call. Now it was Bruschi's time to go into the tank, as he thought about his decision for almost three minutes.

In the end, he folded, giving up the decent pot to Farrell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	5,060,000 2,385,000	2,385,000

Renan Bruschi	1,500,000 525,000	525,000

Tags: Niall Farrell Renan Bruschi