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

06-29-2025 15:46 UTC-8

Levy Runs Into Kings

Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Not long after he doubled up with kings, Frederick Levy opened to 550,000 from early position. Ramond Takhsh in middle position three-bet to 1,550,000, Levy moved all in for a bit more than 3,000,000 and Takhsh called.

Frederick Levy: A♦K♦ All in
Ramond Takhsh: K♣K♥

This time, it was Levy's turn to run into kings. He found a flush draw with the 3♥5♦Q♦ flop, but the 4♣J♣ runout didn't complete his flush and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramond Takhsh	8,100,000 7,685,000	7,685,000
Todd Tooley	6,800,000 5,010,000	5,010,000
Kyungkeun Lee	5,900,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Robert Flude	4,700,000 3,260,000	3,260,000
Lucas Kulbe	4,500,000 3,350,000	3,350,000
Alan Kirkland	3,900,000 2,935,000	2,935,000
Anthony Ruttler	3,600,000 3,165,000	3,165,000
Frederick Levy	Busted

Tags: Frederick Levy Ramond Takhsh

06-29-2025 15:33 UTC-8

Mitchell Can't Find Her Outs

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Jacob Wilson

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Briant Alavez opened up the bidding with a raise to 500,000 from early position. Kathleen Mitchell was two doors down, and she jammed for a total of 925,000. Action got back round to Alavez, who quickly called off.

Kathleen Mitchell: Q♠10♠ All in
Briant Alavez: K♦9♦

The 8♦7♦9♥ flop had something for both players: Alavez flopped incredibly well with top pair and a flush draw, but Mitchell was still very live with an open-ender and two overcards. That being said, her number of outs was reduced, as she would be drawing dead should a diamond be dealt. It wasn't, but the A♠3♥ runout wasn't enough to keep her alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Briant Alavez	4,175,000 1,275,000	1,275,000
Kathleen Mitchell	Busted

Tags: Briant Alavez Kathleen Mitchell

06-29-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Perez Presses the Air Horn

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

John Dorsey opened to 400,000 from middle position. Barry Shulman to his left shoved for 1,850,000. Then Carlos Perez in the cutoff four-bet all in for 3,550,000. Dorsey asked for the count but folded.

Barry Shulman: A♠3♥ All in
Carlos Perez: 10♥10♠

Shulman hit a pair two pair on 6♥K♦6♣Q♣3♦, but it wasn't enough to beat Perez and he was sent to the rail. After the hand, Dorsey gave his little air horn to Perez so he can press it to celebrate the win of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Dorsey	7,175,000 2,775,000	2,775,000
Carlos Perez	6,400,000 4,330,000	4,330,000
Barry Shulman	Busted

Tags: Barry Shulman Carlos Perez John Dorsey

06-29-2025 15:17 UTC-8

"Comeback of the Century" Ends Early

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Jacob Wilson

Level 29 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Poker vlogger Justin "Miles" Barnum had just 250,000 chips to his name as the big blind approached, meaning he was forced all in blind, unable to pay the full big blind ante. Harjas Wadhwa shoved from the hijack, and it was just the two who went to a runout.

Justin "Miles" Barnum: K♥8♥ All in
Harjas Wadhwa: 7♥7♦

Barnum peeled his first card, optimistically announcing, "overcard!" His wish was rewarded as he saw a king. It got even better as his second card gave him two suited overs. He took the lead on the 8♠3♥5♠ flop and ended up improving to a flush on the 10♥9♥ runout. "Comeback of the century!" he said to his phone as he attempted to begin the spin-up.

Unfortunately, he busted just a few hands later, as his A♥8♥ hit trip eights, but lost out to Sanjeev Kapoor's Jx10x on a Qx9x4x8x8x board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sanjeev Kapoor	7,725,000 4,765,000	4,765,000
Harjas Wadhwa	2,450,000 1,015,000	1,015,000
Justin "Miles" Barnum	Busted

Tags: Harjas Wadhwa Justin Miles Barnum Sanjeev Kapoor

06-29-2025 15:15 UTC-8

More Eliminations (148th - 185th)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrance Reid	Busted
Carl Feathers	Busted
Marc Korner	Busted
Sinha Gunisha	Busted
Julian Hirt	Busted
Sebastien Cuenod	Busted
Jesus Arredondo	Busted
Eduardo Amaral	Busted
Kambiz Zamani	Busted
Oscar Peleg	Busted
Jeffrey Williams	Busted
Charlton Hawes	Busted
Peter Ng	Busted
Patrick Garman	Busted
Christopher Palumbo	Busted
David Jackson	Busted

Mark Bansemer	Busted
Bhasker Ravikanti	Busted
Michel Akrich	Busted
George Merchant	Busted
Timothy Davis	Busted
Stephen Brown	Busted
Jonathan Park	Busted
Michael Eisenzopf	Busted
Gerardo Benitez	Busted

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06-29-2025 15:10 UTC-8

Girotti Tried to Survives

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Gary Girotti had 300,000 left. He put 200,000 in the big blind and the rest in the ante, so he was forced all-in against a player in early position.

Gary Girotti: 5♦5♠ All in
Early position player: A♦Q♥

Girotti flipped over a pair, way more than he could have hoped. He even hit a set on 5♥10♦7♣K♦6♥ and remained in the tournament on this one. Despite this double up, he was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Girotti	Busted

Tags: Gary Girotti

06-29-2025 15:00 UTC-8

Dougherty Can't Beat the Nuts

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Jacob Wilson

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Connor Dougherty, Yuzu Wang, and Daniel Jose found themselves all in preflop, with Daniel Jose at risk, but with the best of it.

Daniel Jose : K♥K♦ All in
Connor Dougherty: Q♥10♥ All in
Yuzu Wang: A♠10♠

Nobody would be eliminated on the 4♦6♥Q♠5♣2♥ runout, as Jose tripled, and Dougherty was left with less than one big blind. The very next hand, he was all in and at risk again.

Connor Dougherty: K♠Q♥ All in
Santiago Montes: J♠10♥

Montes turned the nuts on the 9♣8♥A♠7♣4♠ runout, sending Dougherty to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuzu Wang	5,000,000 2,630,000	2,630,000
Daniel Jose	5,000,000 4,040,000	4,040,000
Santiago Montes	4,000,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Connor Dougherty	Busted

Tags: Connor Dougherty Daniel Jose Santiago Montes Yuzu Wang

06-29-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Time Comes to an End for Endo

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Myles Phago

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Action was folded around to Takuma Endo in middle position, who open jammed all in for 1,400,000 and found a call from Jonathan Kirch in late position.

Takuma Endo: A♣3♦ All in
Jonathan Kirch: A♠10♠

A pretty grim flop came for Endo of 10♦J♠A♥, and the turn made it even worse when the 10♣ dropped. The 9♠ on the river sealed the Endo and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Kirch	10,200,000 5,090,000	5,090,000

Takuma Endo	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Kirch Takuma Endo

06-29-2025 14:56 UTC-8

Pelz Stacking Chips

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Joseph Berg

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Ian Pelz raised to 400,000 from middle position and was called by Thomas Graupner on the button. Siarhei Chudapal then three-bet to 4,000,000 with 300,000 remaining in his stack. Pelz called, and Graupner folded.

The flop came 6♣3♠7♠. Pelz bet 300,000, putting Chudapal all in, and Chudapal made the call and needed help.

Siarhei Chudapal: Q♥10♥ All in
Ian Pelz: J♣J♦

The turn 3♣ and river K♥ weren't what Chudapal was hoping for, and his run in Event #67 has come to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Pelz	15,000,000 14,705,000	14,705,000

Thomas Graupner	9,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Siarhei Chudapal	Busted

Tags: Ian Pelz Siarhei Chudapal Thomas Graupner

06-29-2025 14:56 UTC-8

El to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Briant Alavez on the button jammed for 1,650,000. Kozman El in the big blind went into the tank and called off his last 700,000.

Kozman El: K♣3♣ All in
Briant Alavez: A♣10♣

El was still dominated on the 8♦Q♦9♣ flop, but he took the lead thanks to the K♥ turn. The A♥ river however dashed his hopes and he was eliminated.

Chanthy Phoutsakanh was eliminated from this tables a few minutes later and the table broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Briant Alavez	2,900,000 900,000	900,000
Kozman El	Busted
Chanthy Phoutsakanh	Busted

Tags: Briant Alavez Chanthy Phoutsakanh Kozman El