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

06-29-2025 16:37 UTC-8

Kings Help Hsu's Stack Soar

Joseph Berg

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Chih Lin raised to 700,000 from middle position before Wei-Chian Hsu three-bet to 1,575,000. Lin made the call.

The dealer fanned a 3♠10♥J♣ flop. Hsu continued for 1,200,000 and Lin called.

The turn brought the 2♠. Hsu moved all in, and Lin snap called for his 3,500,000 effective stack, putting himself at risk.

Chih Lin: A♠J♠ All in
Wei-Chian Hsu: K♦K♣

The river card was the Q♣ sending Lin to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei-Chian Hsu	19,000,000 10,500,000	10,500,000
Chih Lin	Busted

Tags: Chih Lin Wei-Chian Hsu

06-29-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Gray Wins Big Flip to Double

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Jacob Wilson

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Shawn Gray open-shoved his remaining 1,650,000 from under the gun, and received action straight away as Albert Thuilot on his direct left jammed over the top for a total of 3,350,000. A few other players at the table had clear decisions on their hands, but all ended up getting out of the way.

Shawn Gray: 9♠9♣ All in
Albert Thuilot: A♣K♦

The runout had no paint and no ace, giving Gray the double on 10♣5♠10♠7♦6♦

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Gray	3,750,000 3,750,000	3,750,000
Albert Thuilot	1,700,000 395,000	395,000

Tags: Albert Thuilot Shawn Gray

06-29-2025 16:43 UTC-8

A Game of Cat and Mouse

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Michael Blanovsky raised to 600,000 and Ken Takayama called from the small, as well as Zachary Zehnder from the big.

Three ways, they saw the J♦6♥9♦ hit the felt and both blinds check-called a bet of 600,000 from Blanovsky.

All three slowly checked through on the 6♠.

The river completed the Q♣ and Takayama took well over a minute weighing his options before tapping the table. Both players behind him checked as well.

Takayama was reluctant to table his hand but seeing as no one else was volunteering he showed 7♦8♦ for the missed straight and flush draw, prompting Zehner to table A♥K♠ and Blanovsky flashed the A♦5♦ before sending his hand into the muck. Zehnder collected the pot with his ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Takayama	17,100,000
Zachary Zehnder	11,200,000 200,000	200,000
Michael Blanovsky	4,300,000 5,090,000	5,090,000

Tags: Ken Takayama Michael Blanovsky Zachary Zehnder

06-29-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Dinner Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

The 91 remaining players head to a 60-minute dinner break, and will return at 6:40 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antony Friel	Busted
William Hitchcock	Busted
John Von Eschenbach	Busted
Nicholas Verret	Busted
Tom Simpson	Busted
Michael Souza	Busted
Albert Thuilot	Busted
Henry So	Busted
Grant Moses	Busted
Renmei Liu	Busted
Richard Harthorn	Busted
Anshul Raj	Busted
Divino De Oliveira	Busted

06-29-2025 17:32 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Here are the full chip counts during dinner break according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Pelz	26,400,000 275,000	275,000

Ken Takayama	22,525,000 5,425,000	5,425,000
Wei-Chian Hsu	19,200,000 200,000	200,000
Yuanzhi Cao	17,500,000 400,000	400,000

Sang Sim	16,575,000 7,325,000	7,325,000
David Hoag	16,000,000 14,055,000	14,055,000
Douglas Lockwood	14,975,000 14,300,000	14,300,000
Timothy Thorp	14,775,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Trevor Jackson	14,225,000 13,255,000	13,255,000
Michael Criscione	13,825,000 1,875,000	1,875,000
Nicholas Browning	13,650,000 11,900,000	11,900,000
Zachary Zehnder	13,375,000 2,175,000	2,175,000
Yang Zhang	12,800,000 800,000	800,000

Mikhaile Richards	12,500,000 10,720,000	10,720,000
Chuishan Wong	12,050,000 11,630,000	11,630,000
Tefan Liu	11,975,000 2,475,000	2,475,000
Samuel Concannon	11,300,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Jonathan Kirch	10,950,000 850,000	850,000

Carlos Perez	10,800,000 4,400,000	4,400,000
Thi Le	10,600,000 9,132,000	9,132,000
Saigokul Kannan	10,600,000 9,850,000	9,850,000
Laszlo Balogh	10,000,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Jesse Medina-Lopez	9,950,000 5,350,000	5,350,000
Thomas Graupner	9,800,000 800,000	800,000
Joseph Butler (IN)	9,575,000 6,300,000	6,300,000

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Level: 32

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

06-29-2025 17:52 UTC-8

Gray Runs Into Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 32 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Shawn Gray in early position jammed for 3,250,000. Mikhaile Richards to his left called, but Tefan Liu in the small blind raised all-in for a bit more than 12,000,000. Richards eventually folded what she later said was ace-jack suited.

Shawn Gray: 7♠7♣ All in
Tefan Liu: A♥A♠

Gray ran into aces and was eliminated on 8♥J♥6♦4♦9♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tefan Liu	19,400,000 7,425,000	7,425,000
Mikhaile Richards	9,000,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Shawn Gray	Busted

Tags: Mikhaile Richards Shawn Gray Tefan Liu

06-29-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Dietenberger Hits the Rail

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Joseph Berg

Level 32 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Bradley Dietenberger was all in and at risk from early position for roughly 4,000,000 and was up against Yoon Kim in late position.

Bradley Dietenberger: K♦J♥ All in
Yoon Kim: A♦K♣

The dealer ran out a board of 5♦10♦7♠10♥6♥ ending Bradley Dietenberger's impressive run in Event #67.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoon Kim	12,000,000 11,925,000	11,925,000
Bradley Dietenberger	Busted

Tags: Bradley Dietenberger Yoon Kim

06-29-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Nice Flop for Le

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Myles Phago

Level 32 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

The action was joined with the flop reading 8♠6♠7♠ and the pot at over 2,000,000.

Samuel Concannon had led out from the small blind for 450,000, and Thang Le in the big blind was in the tank. He then announced an all-in which sent Concannon into the tank for a short while before he made the call.

Thang Le: 10♦9♦ All in
Samuel Concannon: Q♠9♥

Le needed to dodge a X♠ to stay alive and double up. The turn brought the 3♦ and when the 7♦ bricked out on the river Le was shipped the pot for a full double-up and more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thang Le	11,500,000 5,450,000	5,450,000
Samuel Concannon	6,500,000 4,800,000	4,800,000

Tags: Samuel Concannon Thang Le

06-29-2025 18:01 UTC-8

Perez Lays one Down

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Jacob Wilson

Level 32 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Sang Sim opened up the bidding from middle position with a raise to 800,000. It wouldn't stay at that amount for long, however, as Carlos Perez put in a three-bet to 2,200,000. Sang Sim struggled to put in the correct amount of chips, but on his third attempt he did manage to place in enough to signify a call.

The flop Q♣7♦9♦ checked through, prompting Sim to come out with a bet once the J♥ turn peeled off. He made it 3,000,000, and Perez pondered over his decision for quite a while. Eventually, he surrendered his cards, as well as the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	21,000,000 4,425,000	4,425,000
Carlos Perez	8,600,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Tags: Carlos Perez Sang Sim