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

06-29-2025 19:06 UTC-8

Kim Wants Small, But Wins Big

Maxime Taldir

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

Yoon Kim was all-in and at risk for 1,950,000 from the button against Jesus Rodriguez under the gun.

Yoon Kim: A♠A♦ All in
Jesus Rodriguez: K♣K♦

After the flop of 4♣8♥3♦, Kim asked for "small" cards to double up, but he had a little sweat when the Q♦J♣ runout appeared. "Two pictures, wow," he said while holding his heart. He still managed to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	7,600,000 600,000	600,000
Yoon Kim	5,400,000 1,350,000	1,350,000

Tags: Jesus Rodriguez Kim Wants Small Yoon Kim

06-29-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Lee Doubles Through Palmer

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Maxime Taldir

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

Joshua Palmer jammed for 6,075,000 from under the gun. Kyungkeun Lee called off his last 5,300,000 from two seats over and all the other players folded.

Kyungkeun Lee: 9♥9♠ All in
Joshua Palmer: Q♠J♠

Lee flopped a set on 9♦2♥6♦K♣A♣ and secured a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyungkeun Lee	12,100,000 5,500,000	5,500,000
Joshua Palmer	775,000 5,100,000	5,100,000

Tags: Joshua Palmer Kyungkeun Lee

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 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 19:19 UTC-8

Clemente Makes Pay Jump

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Jacob Wilson

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

Yuanzhi Cao opened the action to 1,300,000 from the hijack, before Daniel Clemente shoved his remaining 3,000,000 on the button. Cao put in the call.

Daniel Clemente: A♦K♠ All in
Yuanzhi Cao: K♣8♣

Clemente was one elimination away from a pay jump, and there was quite the sweat as the board read 5♣7♠Q♥10♣ on the turn. However, the clean 9♦ river doubled him up, and he made the $1,500 jump just moments later

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanzhi Cao	22,000,000 5,800,000	5,800,000

Daniel Clemente	7,500,000 850,000	850,000

Tags: Daniel Clemente Yuanzhi Cao

06-29-2025 19:29 UTC-8

Tens a Welcome Sight for Kapoor

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Joseph Berg

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

Sanjeev Kapoor raised to 1,500,000 from under the gun, Tefan Liu then three-bet to 3,000,000. Kapoor then went all in and was at risk for 11,750,000. Liu took some time before deciding to call and was behind.

Sanjeev Kapoor: 10♠10♥ All in
Tefan Liu: 7♣7♥

The final board read 3♦2♣K♠6♥4♦. Kapoor's tens were a welcome sight as his stack continues to grow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sanjeev Kapoor	25,000,000 19,100,000	19,100,000
Tefan Liu	3,500,000 3,500,000	3,500,000

Tags: Sanjeev Kapoor Tefan Liu

06-29-2025 19:36 UTC-8

Reyes Holds With Kings

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Jacob Wilson

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

Manuel Reyes opened the action under the gun with a raise to 6,000,000. Piotr Grubba called all in from middle position, and everyone else folded.

Piotr Grubba: A♦K♦ All in
Manuel Reyes: K♥K♠

There was no ace on the 3♦4♠2♣8♣10♥ runout, sending Grubba to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Reyes	27,850,000 21,550,000	21,550,000
Piotr Grubba	Busted

Tags: Manuel Reyes Piotr Grubba

06-29-2025 19:38 UTC-8

Takhsh Flops Quads to Crack Aces

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Maxime Taldir

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

The action was picked up on a board of 7♥6♠7♠A♦K♦ with 5,200,000 in the pot and Ramond Takhsh in the big blind all-in on the river for 4,750,000 against Wei-Chian Hsu under the gun.

Hsu though he had the win with A♠A♣ for a full house, but Takhsh flipped over 7♦7♣ for quads and secured a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramond Takhsh	14,700,000 8,950,000	8,950,000
Wei-Chian Hsu	11,200,000 8,000,000	8,000,000

Tags: Ramond Takhsh Wei-Chian Hsu

06-29-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Kim Hits the Rail

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Joseph Berg

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

Jesus Rodriguez went all in from early position for 6,225,000 and was called by Yoon Kim in the small blind, who had roughly 6,000,000 and was at risk.

Yoon Kim: 10♥10♦ All in
Jesus Rodriguez: A♠J♣

The dealer ran out a board of 2♠J♦7♥A♦9♣, sending Kim to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	13,500,000 5,900,000	5,900,000
Yoon Kim	Busted

Tags: Jesus Rodriguez Yoon Kim

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