Event #65: $1,000 Tag Team Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-25-2025 15:24 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lancaster - Derek Stark	525,000 394,500	394,500
Kasey Mills - Daniel Marx	320,000 20,000	20,000
Steven Mccartney - Dominic Coombe	255,000 126,000	126,000
George Laird - David Mendes	239,000 81,000	81,000
Manda Moore - Jennifer Molan	230,000 171,500	171,500
Paul Ewen - Josh Reichard	220,000 27,500	27,500
Kyeongrim Shin - Hyomo Kang	180,000 1,000	1,000
Katrina Weaver - Joey Senescu	167,000 81,500	81,500
Russell Wikoff - John Navarrette	167,000 149,000	149,000
Bryan Obregon - Jesus Martinez	160,000 20,000	20,000
Carl Wallin - Cash Mitchell	110,000 38,000	38,000
Kiyotoshi Shinohara - Kunihiko Sakamoto	95,000 13,000	13,000

Team Cordeiro Cash Out

Jacob Wilson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was picked up on a flop reading 9♣6♥A♠ with three players in the hand. Tom Verbruggen of Team Hilberts had opened the betting on this street to 12,000. Next to act Gary Cordeiro of Team Cordeiro then shoved for 96,000, and Donald Maloney of Team Maloney snap-shoved over the top, causing Verbruggen to get out of the way.

Gary Cordeiro: A♣J♦ All in
Donald Maloney: 9♥9♦

Both players improved to a boat on the 6♦6♣ runout, but it was Maloney's nines full that took down the pot, and sent Team Cordeiro home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Maloney - Carlos Guerrero	300,000 210,000	210,000
Thijs Hilberts - Tom Verbruggen	195,000 100,000	100,000
Marle Spragg - Gary Cordeiro	Busted

Tags: Donald Maloney Gary Cordeiro Tom Verbruggen

06-25-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Team Richards Survives their Shove

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Matthew Richards from Team Richards shoved his 60,500 stack from the cutoff into the big blind of the monster stack of Jamie Kerstetter of Team Kerstetter, who made the call.

Matthew Richards: A♥J♠ All in
Jamie Kerstetter: A♦4♦

The board ran out with A♣9♥A♠3♥J♦, and Team Richards scored the full house for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Kerstetter - Corey Paggeot	620,000 425,500	425,500
Carson Richards - Matthew Richards	136,000 149,500	149,500

Tags: Jamie Kerstetter Matthew Richards

06-25-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Team Lambrecht Eliminates Team Phiniotis

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chrysi Phiniotis from Team Phiniotis moved all in from early position for 41,000, and Matthew Lambrecht from Team Lambrecht called from the small blind with the superior stack.

Chrysi Phiniotis: K♥J♠ All in
Matthew Lambrecht: Q♠Q♦

The dealer spread out 7♦9♦5♥6♥3♦, and queens were good for the win and the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Lambrecht - Jack Nathan	440,000 213,500	213,500
Chrysi Phiniotis - Georgios Phiniotis	Busted

Tags: Chrysi Phiniotis Matthew Lambrecht

06-25-2025 15:12 UTC-8

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

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Jon Sofen

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 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 Mcconachie

06-25-2025 15:10 UTC-8

Team Deeb Scoops the Pot

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Quirin Heinz from Team Heinz opened under the gun to 12,000 and got two callers: Elizabeth Harrisson from Team Deeb on the button and Jared Jaffee from Team Jaffee in the big blind.

The flop showed A♠2♥5♠. All three players checked to see the turn 9♣. Jaffee bet 15,000. Heinz called. Harrisson looked at her cards and reraised all in for her remaining stack of 58,000. Jaffee quickly moved away. Heinz decided to call.

Elizabeth Harrison; 9♦9♠ All in
Quirin Heinz: K♠K♦

The river showed Q♥. Harrison took down the pot with a set of nines, not ready yet to leave.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quirin Heinz - Felix Rabas	442,500 47,500	47,500

Jared Jaffee - Milton Jaffee	340,000 197,000	197,000
Shaun Deeb - Elizabeth Harrison	181,000 36,000	36,000

06-25-2025 14:50 UTC-8

Marx' Hand Holds

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Jacob Wilson

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kunihiko Sakamoto of Team Shinohara opened the action to 10,000 from middle position, and Daniel Marx of Team Mills flatted next to act. Julien Mayeux of Team Dehaye then ripped in his stack for the second hand running, for a total of 134,000. Sakomoto got out of the way, but Marx called quickly and flipped his cards.

Julien Mayeux: A♦K♠ All in
Daniel Marx: 10♦10♠

The board ran out nice and low for Marx, as he retained an overpaid on 9♠6♥8♦4♠6♠. Sakamoto got up and went over to his teammate, seemingly annoyed that he had folded. He announced that he'd let go of ace-queen, but didn't mention the suit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kasey Mills - Daniel Marx	300,000 222,000	222,000
Kiyotoshi Shinohara - Kunihiko Sakamoto	82,000 36,000	36,000
Mathis Dehaye - Julien Mayeux	Busted

Tags: Daniel Marx Julien Mayeux Kunihiko Sakamoto

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

06-25-2025 14:35 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Ferro - Jonathan Giordano	390,000 56,000	56,000
Jonathan Poletick - London Lawrence	340,000 147,000	147,000
Alan Merdita - Joseph Cada	340,000 267,000	267,000
Taylor Hart - Alejandro Madrigal	320,000 86,000	86,000
Colton Blomberg - Lawrence Brandt	287,000 208,000	208,000
Aaron Lebovitz - Bram Lebovitz	195,000 39,000	39,000
Jonathan Russell - Troy Parkins	155,000 51,500	51,500
Shaun Deeb - Elizabeth Harrison	145,000 15,000	15,000
Jared Jaffee - Milton Jaffee	143,000 64,500	64,500
Aaron Thivyanathan - Landon Brown	143,000 7,500	7,500
Adam Horwitz - Chad Lewin	125,000 23,000	23,000
Behnam Ghane - Mohammad Pourmandi	110,000 100,000	100,000
Thijs Hilberts - Tom Verbruggen	95,000 135,000	135,000
Marle Spragg - Gary Cordeiro	70,000 54,000	54,000
Jason Mccarty - Brett Johnson	65,000 85,500	85,500

06-25-2025 14:31 UTC-8

Four Aces

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Jacob Wilson

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Aaron La of Team Wo found himself all in and at risk, against a hand that had him drawing slim preflop. The hand belonged to Ichun Chiu of Team Chiu

Aaron La: A♥10♦ All in
Ichun Chiu Q♣Q♥

La's had improved monumentally on the A♣5♣A♠ flop, and as if that wasn't enough, the A♦ turn gave him the stone cold nuts, with no risk of being downgraded. The 3♥ river was inconsequential, and his double up was secured.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wo - Aaron La	140,000 79,000	79,000
Chihsiang Chiu - Ichun Chiu	100,000 124,500	124,500

Tags: Aaron La Ichun Chiu