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

06-29-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Break Time

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 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 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 20:57 UTC-8

Richards' Rollercoaster Ride

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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 21:01 UTC-8

New Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

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

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

06-29-2025 21:23 UTC-8

Alavez Can't Make the Pay Jump; Criscione Climbs Counts

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Exactly one off another pay jump, Briant Alavez raised to 7,700,000 under the gun, leaving himself just a million behind. Michael Criscione made the call and the rest of the table folded.

The flop scrolled across 10♣4♠9♣ and Alavez took his time with his decision and the either anxious or bored Criscione got out of his seat, looping around his chair until his opponent finally checked, at which point he flicked out a peach million chip to put his opponent all in.

"A chip and a chair!", Criscione said as Alavez took his time before finally making the call.

Briant Alavez: A♠Q♠ All in
Michael Criscione: Q♥J♥

The turn closed the door on Alavez as Criscione made a straight with the K♣, making the A♣ a needle as Alavez exit without unlocking the pay jump.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Criscione	37,400,000 18,400,000	18,400,000
Briant Alavez	Busted

Tags: Briant Alavez Michael Criscione

06-29-2025 21:29 UTC-8

Concannon Cannot Find an Ace

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Jacob Wilson

Level 37 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Big blind Samuel Concannon shoved his remaining 11,000,000 following a button open from Daniel Clemente. Clemente snapped him off, sending the two to a runout.

Samuel Concannon: A♥4♥ All in
Daniel Clemente: 10♠10♣

Concannon was drawing to an ace and an ace only the whole way. The 9♠2♥J♣9♣K♥ runout didn't give him what he needed, as headed for the payouts desk.