Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-30-2025 16:20 UTC-8

Roland Israelashvili Eliminated in 6th Place ($100,120)

Maxime Taldir

Level 43 : Blinds 3,000,000/6,000,000, 6,000,000 ante

Roland Israelashvili moved all in for 70,000,000 from under the gun. Ian Pelz in the cutoff went deep into the tank and called.

Roland Israelashvili: 9♥9♦ All in
Ian Pelz: 10♥10♣

Israelashvili ran into a better pair. He did not improve on a board of 5♣K♠K♥3♣2♣ and was eliminated in 6th place, adding another WSOP cash to his record-breaking number of places in the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	350,000,000
Ian Pelz	188,000,000 99,000,000	99,000,000

Manuel Reyes	120,000,000 15,000,000	15,000,000
Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	42,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Yuanzhi Cao	39,000,000 12,000,000	12,000,000

Roland Israelashvili	Busted

Tags: Ian Pelz Roland Israelashvili

06-30-2025 16:13 UTC-8

Joseph Butler Eliminated in 7th Place ($77,580)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 43 : Blinds 3,000,000/6,000,000, 6,000,000 ante

Sang Sim raised to 10,000,000 with A♥A♣ and Roland Israelashvili made the call with 7♦7♣. Joseph Butler put on the squeeze with an all in for 125,000,000 holding A♦9♦. Sim called and Israelashvili folded.

The flop was a dramatic one as the J♦7♥8♦ scrolled across on a board that would have given Israelashvili a set and had Butler plenty live to win a massive pot.

The turn brought the 2♥ and anticipation built as the 6♣ completed the board and eliminated Butler. Sim cheered in victory as Butler came to terms with his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	350,000,000 143,500,000	143,500,000
Manuel Reyes	135,000,000
Ian Pelz	89,000,000

Roland Israelashvili	70,000,000 20,500,000	20,500,000

Yuanzhi Cao	51,000,000 8,500,000	8,500,000

Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	44,000,000
Joseph Butler (IN)	Busted

Tags: Joseph Butler Roland Israelashvili Sang Sim

Level: 43

Blinds: 3,000,000/6,000,000

Ante: 6,000,000

06-30-2025 16:03 UTC-8

Beginning of the Final Table

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Maxime Taldir

Level 42 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

The seven remaining players are back are their seats, so the $300 Gladiators of Poker final table can start.

06-30-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Four-Way All-In

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Maxime Taldir

Level 42 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

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06-30-2025 14:18 UTC-8

Break Before Final Table

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Maxime Taldir

Level 42 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

The seven remaining players are now moving to the main feature table, after which they will go on a break.

Play is set to resume at 4 p.m. local time, with the final table stream available on PokerGO with a 60-minute delay.

To respect this stream, PokerNews will provide updates on the same delay.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big blinds
1	Sang Sim	United States	206,500,000	52
2	Ian Pelz	United States	89,000,000	22
4	Manuel Reyes	United States	135,000,000	34
6	Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	United States	44,000,000	11
7	Yuanzhi Cao	United States	42,500,000	11
8	Roland Israelashvili	United States	90,500,000	23
9	Joseph Butler (IN)	United States	131,000,000	33

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	206,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Manuel Reyes	135,000,000 8,000,000	8,000,000
Joseph Butler (IN)	131,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Roland Israelashvili	90,500,000 2,500,000	2,500,000

Ian Pelz	89,000,000 500,000	500,000

Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	44,000,000 17,000,000	17,000,000
Yuanzhi Cao	42,500,000 8,500,000	8,500,000

06-30-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Santiago Trujillo Eliminated in 8th Place ($60,700)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 42 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Santiago Trujillo in the cutoff shoved for 15,000,000. Jesus Rodriguez raised all-in for 21,000,000 from the small blind and the big blind folded.

Santiago Trujillo: K♦10♠ All in
Jesus Rodriguez: A♠A♦

Once again, Trujillo ran into aces, and despite a king on the flop of J♣K♠8♣, he was eliminated after the 2♦ turn and the 9♥ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	44,000,000 17,000,000	17,000,000
Santiago Trujillo	Busted

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06-30-2025 14:10 UTC-8

Reyes Scores Huge Double; Trujillo on Fumes

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Jacob Wilson

Level 42 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Action folded to Sang Sim in the cutoff, who raised to 9,000,000. Santiago Trujillo then shoved his remaining 64,500,000 from the small blind, and Manuel Reyes took no time in calling all in for just less. Sim quickly folded.

Manuel Reyes: A♥A♦ All in
Santiago Trujillo: A♠8♠

Despite shouts for spades from Trujillo's rail, he could only make one pair on the 9♦10♠3♠8♥7♦ runout, a pair which was no good against the aces of Reyes.

Left with just 3,000,000, Trujillo then called all in following a preflop raise from Joseph Butler (IN). No other players went to a runout.

Santiago Trujillo: K♠8♠ All in
Joseph Butler: A♠3♥

Trujillo flopped well and held on K♥7♠2♦10♣J♦ as he quintupled his stack and found life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	205,500,000 10,000,000	10,000,000
Joseph Butler (IN)	130,000,000 14,000,000	14,000,000

Manuel Reyes	127,000,000 61,000,000	61,000,000
Santiago Trujillo	15,000,000 42,000,000	42,000,000

Tags: Joseph Butler Manuel Reyes Sang Sim Santiago Trujillo

06-30-2025 14:00 UTC-8

The Best Full House for Sim

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Maxime Taldir

Level 42 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Sang Sim in middle position and Yuanzhi Cao in the big blind checked all the way through a board of 3♠3♣3♦10♠10♥.

Once on the river, Cao checked and Sim bet 20,000,000. With a full house on the board, Cao seemed to have no choice but to call.

He put chips in front of him but Sim immediately flipped over A♥10♦ for the best full house possible. Cao's cards went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	215,500,000 35,500,000	35,500,000
Yuanzhi Cao	51,000,000 40,000,000	40,000,000

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06-30-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Trujillo Doubles Blind vs Blind; Pelz Runs into It

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 42 : Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante

Ian Pelz jammed from the small blind when it folded to him and the short-stacked Trujillo quickly called.

Santiago Trujillo: A♦10♦ All in
Ian Pelz: K♦6♣

Trujillo breathed a sigh of relief when the A♠8♥9♦ scrolled across, and he pushed his stack forward to be doubled when the 9♥ snapped off.

"Cien por ciento...", he whispered to himself before the 9♣ completed the board.

Pelz was left to do the accounting and shrugged off the blind vs blind confrontation.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Pelz	88,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Santiago Trujillo	57,000,000 25,500,000	25,500,000

Tags: Ian Pelz Santiago Trujillo