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

Jun 25, 2025

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

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.

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Jun 25, 2025

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.

Tags: Lars Kamphues Marius Gierse Renan Bruschi

Jun 25, 2025

Yadlapati Finds a Double

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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.

Tags: Srikanth Yadlapati Ludovic Uzan James Mendoza Adrien Delmas

Jun 25, 2025

Mercier Runs Into Jacks

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Maxime Taldir

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

While Ludovic Uzan was doubling through Srikanth Yadlapati, Natasha Mercier was all-in and at risk from the cutoff for about 1,600,000 against Matthew Zambanini under the gun.

Natasha Mercier: A♠J♠ All in
Matthew Zambanini: J♥J♦

The board of 6♥5♠K♣Q♥Q♠ was no help for Mercier, who was eliminated in 27th place for $31,543.

Tags: Ludovic Uzan Matthew Zambanini Natasha Mercier Srikanth Yadlapati

Jun 25, 2025

Paur Takes a Hit

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Adam Lamers

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

Three players headed to a flop of A♦Q♦10♠ and the action checked to Taylor Paur on the button who bet 125,000. Nicholas Grippo called from the big blind and Erwann Pecheux came along from the cutoff.

The turn was the 9♣ and the action checked to Paur again who bet 450,000. Grippo still called and Pecheux got out of the way. The 10♦ paired the board and both players tapped the table. Grippo turned over A♣10♥ for a rivered full house and Paur nearly tabled his hand but only showed the Q♥ in frustration, with the table guessing it was ace-queen.

Tags: Taylor Paur Nicholas Grippo Erwann Pecheux

Jun 25, 2025

Kamphues Doubles with Set of Kings

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Sava Krink

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

Thomas Boivin raised from the small blind, and Lars Kamphues responded by shoving for 580,000 in the big blind. Boivin made the call, and the cards were turned up.

Lars Kamphues: K♥K♠ All in
Thomas Boivin: A♦2♥

The flop came K♦4♦A♥, giving Boivin top pair but Kamphues a commanding set of kings. The 3♥ on the turn gave Boivin a gutshot to a straight, but the 10♠ river was safe for Kamphues, locking up the double and keeping his tournament hopes alive.

Tags: Lars Kamphues Thomas Boivin

Jun 25, 2025

Kanit Makes the Right Call

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Adam Lamers

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

A full board of 10♣9♦6♠J♣9♠ was spread across the felt with Ludovic Uzan and Mustapha Kanit heads-up in the pot. The rest of the table was on their feet watching while Uzan announced all in into a pot of nearly 1,000,000.

Kanit had a decision to make for his remaining 940,000 chips and eventually made the call after nearly two minutes. Uzan tabled 7♣2♣ for a missed straight and flush draw while Kanit held K♣J♠ for two pair to score a double up.

Tags: Mustapha Kanit Ludovic Uzan

Jun 25, 2025

Action Preflop

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Maxime Taldir

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

Robert Ashelm was in the hijack when he opened to 100,000. Nazar Buhaiov in the small blind three-bet to 325,000, but Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind clicked back to 575,000.

The action went back to Ashelm who moved all-in with the largest stack of the table.

Buhaiov struggled to make a decision for a long moment but folded, and so did Muehloecker.

Tags: Nazar Buhaiov Robert Ashelm Thomas Muehloecker

Jun 25, 2025

Yanovsky Stalls, Calls, and Gets Flushed Out

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Sava Krink

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

With around 550,000 already in the pot and the flop showing 6♦3♠6♣, Srikanth Yadlapati was in the big blind and led out for 10,000, just enough to cover Eric Yanovsky's last two chips in the cutoff.

Yanovsky took his time to make the call. Eventually, the clock was called, and with just a second left, he tossed in his final chips.

“If you have trips, I’m gonna cry,” he said as the cards were tabled.

Eric Yanovsky: A♥7♥ All in
Srikanth Yadlapati: K♠10♠

Yanovsky was ahead with ace high, but the 8♠ turn gave Yadlapati a flush draw. The river 7♠ sealed it, completing the flush and ending Yanovsky’s run.

“Of course,” he said as he stood up and made his way to the rail.

Tags: Eric Yanovsky Srikanth Yadlapati

Jun 25, 2025

Fernandez Can't Get There

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Adam Lamers

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

Taylor Paur raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Sergio Fernandez shipped all in for his last 545,000 in the big blind. Paur gave it some thought but eventually called to put Fernandez at risk.

Sergio Fernandez: K♦Q♣ All in
Taylor Paur: 3♠3♦

The flop came A♦J♠6♠ and Fernandez picked up some more outs without hitting a pair. The 2♣ on the turn bricked off and the 9♦ on the river also missed Fernandez who was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Sergio Fernandez Taylor Paur