Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-29-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyungkeun Lee	Busted
Babatunde Onimole	Busted
Oscar Arndt	Busted
David Hoag	Busted
Philippe Lucas	Busted
Daniel Jose	Busted
Antoinette Leblanc	Busted
Paul Stanechewski	Busted
Dustin Eggleston	Busted
Trevor Jackson	Busted
Robert Flude	Busted
Santiago Montes	Busted
Jesse Medina-Lopez	Busted

Richards' Rollercoaster Ride

Jacob Wilson

Level 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Mikhaile Richards found herself one player away from a $2,200 pay jump, as she went into the tank from under the gun. Eventually, a player at the table called the clock, and with just a few seconds left, she put in a min-raise, leaving just 1,700,000 behind. Action folded around to Ken Takayama in the big blind, who shoved, and Richards returned to the tank. After hearing "Payout!" from another table, she put in the call.

Mikhaile Richards: A♦8♦ All in
Ken Takayama: A♣6♥

As it turned out, she would have survived after all, as the two players chopped up dead money on the A♥K♥10♣7♠Q♠ runout.

The very next hand, she open shoved under the gun. Roland Israelashvili isolated two doors down, and the two were off to a flip.

Mikhaile Richards: A♥K♥ All in
Roland Israelashvili: J♠J♣

Israelashvili held on the 3♣4♦7♦Q♠4♥ runout, and Richards left with a smile on her face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Takayama	34,000,000 10,500,000	10,500,000
Roland Israelashvili	18,600,000 9,475,000	9,475,000

Mikhaile Richards	Busted

Tags: Ken Takayama Mikhaile Richards Roland Israelashvili

06-29-2025 20:48 UTC-8

Flush on the River for Kulbe

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Maxime Taldir

Level 36 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

After the clock was called on him, Jared Ward shoved for 300,000 from under the gun. Lucas Kulbe in the small blind called the big blind. Kyungkeun Lee didn't see this action so he wanted to fold but checked his option.

Kulbe bet 800,000 on the 9♥8♣4♥ flop and Lee folded.

Jared Ward: 9♠4♣ All in
Lucas Kulbe: 8♥5♥

Ward flopped two pair but Kulbe had a flush draw. The 6♦ changed nothing, but the 10♥ river completed the flush and Ward was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Kulbe	21,500,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Kyungkeun Lee	8,200,000 3,900,000	3,900,000
Jared Ward	Busted

Tags: Jared Ward Kyungkeun Lee Lucas Kulbe

06-29-2025 20:29 UTC-8

Thorp Scores a Double Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

Level 35 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Saigokul Kannan moved all-in for 10,800,000 from middle position. Lowell Braddock on the button jammed for 2,700,000, then Timothy Thorp in the small blind called Kannan's bet.

It took a few minutes for the dealer to count the main pot and the side pot, but once done, she spread a flop of 5♥6♣Q♣. Thorp bet and Kannan waited for a minute to reach the next pay jump to call with the single 100,000 chip he had left.

Lowell Braddock: 8♣8♥ All in
Saigokul Kannan: A♠J♣ All in
Timothy Thorp: Q♠Q♥

Thorp flopped a set and even a full house with the 6♠3♠ runout to eliminate both of his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Thorp	36,800,000 13,100,000	13,100,000
Saigokul Kannan	Busted
Lowell Braddock	Busted

Tags: Lowell Braddock Saigokul Kannan Timothy Thorp

06-29-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 34 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

The remaining 54 players head to a 20-minute break. During this break, the 25,000 denomination chips will be raced off. Action resumes at 9:00 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chuishan Wong	Busted
Piotr Grubba	Busted
Aaron Flores	Busted
Danny Mui	Busted
Joshua Palmer	Busted

Adam Cader	Busted
Rajiv Sakaria	Busted
Tefan Liu	Busted
Thomas Graupner	Busted
Todd Tooley	Busted

06-29-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Kolonias Takes Out Le to Near the 40 Million Mark

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Myles Phago

Level 34 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Alexandros Kolonias raised to 1,200,000 from middle position and action folded to Thi Le in late position who moved all in for 7,875,000. Kolonias thought for a while before making the call.

Thi Le: K♦10♥ All in
Alexandros Kolonias: K♠J♠

Le was in trouble and needed to outdraw Kolonias or hit some miracle cards. The flop didnt help when it came 3♦4♠8♠ and when the 6♠ peeled off on the turn to give Kolonias a flush, Le was drawing dead. The irrelevant 2♥ completed the board and Le was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros Kolonias	38,500,000 34,595,000	34,595,000

Thi Le	Busted

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Thi Le

06-29-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Zehnder Ends Liu's Run

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 34 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Tefan Liu went all in and was put at risk by Zachary Zehnder.

"Am I the pay jump bubble?" Liu asked, half bemused and half disappointed.

Tefan Liu: Q♥J♦ All in
Zachary Zehnder: K♥K♠

The board ran out 3♦3♣10♦6♣7♥ and Liu's run came to an end. He was, indeed, the one who bubbled the $1,530 pay jump.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Zehnder	12,100,000 1,275,000	1,275,000
Tefan Liu	Busted

Tags: Tefan Liu Zachary Zehnder

06-29-2025 18:42 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 33 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Kirch	Busted

Carlos Perez	Busted
Hamid Yasini	Busted
Enrico Olivieri	Busted
John Dorsey	Busted
Menahem Asher	Busted
Daniel Circu	Busted
Darrin Oremba	Busted
Albert Sanchez	Busted
Dennis Saneski	Busted

Craig Teti	Busted
Yang Zhang	Busted

Sean Martin	Busted
Anthony Ruttler	Busted
Jason Spurgetis	Busted
Dana Deitz	Busted
Yuzu Wang	Busted
Michael Blanovsky	Busted

06-29-2025 18:24 UTC-8

Browning Hits a Flush to Crack Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 33 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Nicholas Browning opened from under the gun, Saba Peralta on the button raised to 2,650,000 and Browning called before both players quickly moved all in on 2♣6♣8♥, with Peralta at risk for approximately 5,500,000.

Saba Peralta: K♣K♥ All in
Nicholas Browning: A♣8♣

Peralta had kings but Browning had a nut flush draw, which was completed on the 5♣ turn to eliminate Peralta after the 2♥ river.