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

06-29-2025 21:45 UTC-8

Cao Fires Big on the River

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Heads up on a river reading J♠3♣J♣10♠J♦ saw Yuanzhi Cao bet 9,000,000 into a pot with over 20,000,000 in it.

Daniel Clemente considered shortly and released his hand. Cao showed A♠A♦ and asked Clemente if he had Ace-King.

This continues Cao's momentum as he has spent a large portion of the day among the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanzhi Cao	31,900,000 14,400,000	14,400,000

Daniel Clemente	26,700,000 2,800,000	2,800,000

Tags: Daniel Clemente Yuanzhi Cao

06-29-2025 21:50 UTC-8

No Sixes to Help Hsu

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Maxime Taldir

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

Hiroki Nawa shoved from the cutoff. Wei-Chian Hsu moved all-in as well for 4,400,000 from the small blind and the big blind chose to fold.

Wei-Chian Hsu: A♦6♦ All in
Hiroki Nawa: A♠10♣

Hsu asked for a six but he didn't find any on 5♣3♠4♦Q♣7♦ and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hiroki Nawa	26,000,000 10,000,000	10,000,000
Wei-Chian Hsu	Busted
Robert Lau	Busted
Michael Dulberg	Busted
Dong Ji	Busted
David Oppenheim	Busted

Tags: Hiroki Nawa Wei-Chian Hsu

06-29-2025 22:01 UTC-8

Browning Hits Needle River

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Jacob Wilson

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

Nicholas Browning found himself all in and at risk up against Albert Felarca, one player away from the redraw.

Nicholas Browning: A♣Q♥ All in
Albert Felarca: A♥K♥

Browning rivered a queen, but Felarca's flopped king on 4♠10♦K♦6♥Q♠ was enough to send him home right before the redraw.

Mitchell Tsang was eliminated simultaneously on another table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Felarca	58,500,000 41,400,000	41,400,000
Nicholas Browning	Busted
Mitchell Tsang	Busted

Tags: Albert Felarca Mitchell Tsang Nicholas Browning

06-29-2025 22:05 UTC-8

Mitchell Tsang Eliminated in 27th Place ($15,770)

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Just before the three-table redraw, Mitchell Tsang raised to 5,000,000 leaving himself just a million behind. Manuel Reyes went all in, isolating for quite a bit more. Tsang saw there was no action pending at any of the tables and flicked in the call.

Mitchell Tsang: 9♥9♦ All in
Manuel Reyes: J♠J♥

The board ran out K♠4♣4♦Q♣8♠ and Reyes collected a pot over 12,000,000 as Tsang left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Reyes	58,400,000 19,100,000	19,100,000
Mitchell Tsang	Busted

Tags: Manuel Reyes Mitchell Tsang

06-29-2025 22:06 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw

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Jacob Wilson

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

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
503	1	Lucas Kulbe	United States	5,400,000	4
503	2	Sang Sim	United States	64,700,000	53
503	3	Joseph Butler	United States	13,000,000	10
503	4	Thang Le	United States	11,600,000	9
503	5	Santiago Trujillo	Argentina	49,000,000	40
503	6	Kenny Bedoya	United States	56,800,000	47
503	7	Sanjeev Kapoor	United States	10,500,000	8
503	8	Ken Takayama	Japan	22,700,000	18
503	9	Roland Israelashvili	United States	17,500,000	14

513	1	Yuanzhi Cao	United States	33,000,000	27
513	2	Jesus Rodriguez	United States	24,700,000	205
513	3	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	17,700,000	14
513	4	Douglas Lockwood	United States	23,200,000	19
513	5	Zachary Zehnder	United States	5,600,000	4
513	6	Hiroki Nawa	United States	30,100,000	25
513	7	Michael Criscione	United States	46,800,000	39
513	8	Manuel Reyes	United States	61,000,000	50
513	9	Timothy Thorp	United States	58,400,000	48

533	1	Laszlo Balogh	United Kingdom	20,800,000	17
533	2	Daniel Clemente	United States	30,000,000	25
533	3
533	4	Ian Pelz	United States	16,200,000	13
533	5	Albert Felarca	United States	57,600,000	48
533	6	Bradley Moore	South Africa	26,700,000	22
533	7	Artur Kozlowski	United States	8,300,000	69
533	8	Douglas Weymeersch	Belgium	6,600,000	5
533	9	Ramond Takhsh	United States	12,100,000	10

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	64,700,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Manuel Reyes	61,000,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Timothy Thorp	58,400,000 21,600,000	21,600,000
Albert Felarca	57,600,000 900,000	900,000
Kenny Bedoya	56,800,000 14,600,000	14,600,000
Santiago Trujillo	49,000,000 13,000,000	13,000,000
Michael Criscione	46,800,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Yuanzhi Cao	33,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Hiroki Nawa	30,100,000 4,100,000	4,100,000
Daniel Clemente	30,000,000 3,300,000	3,300,000
Bradley Moore	26,700,000 16,900,000	16,900,000
Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	24,700,000 7,900,000	7,900,000
Douglas Lockwood	23,200,000 5,800,000	5,800,000
Ken Takayama	22,700,000 11,300,000	11,300,000
Laszlo Balogh	20,800,000 10,800,000	10,800,000
Alexandros Kolonias	17,700,000 6,800,000	6,800,000

Roland Israelashvili	17,500,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Ian Pelz	16,200,000 10,200,000	10,200,000

Joseph Butler (IN)	13,000,000 2,900,000	2,900,000

Ramond Takhsh	12,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Thang Le	11,600,000 6,825,000	6,825,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	10,500,000 14,500,000	14,500,000
Artur Kozlowski	8,300,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Douglas Weymeersch	6,600,000 100,000	100,000
Zachary Zehnder	5,600,000 9,300,000	9,300,000

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06-29-2025 22:07 UTC-8

Zachary Zehnder Eliminated in 26th Place ($19,450)

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Zachary Zehnder went all in for just over 8,000,000 and was called by the commanding stack of Timothy Thorp.

Zachary Zehnder: K♥9♦ All in
Timothy Thorp: A♦J♦

The flop helped Thorp right away as it fanned out A♠Q♣4♦ and while the 9♥ did give Zehnder some outs, the J♥ closed the door on his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Thorp	69,200,000 10,800,000	10,800,000
Zachary Zehnder	Busted

Tags: Timothy Thorp Zachary Zehnder

06-29-2025 22:08 UTC-8

Lucas Kulbe Eliminated in 25th Place ($19,450)

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Maxime Taldir

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

Ken Takayama limped from middle position. Lucas Kulbe in the cutoff raised all-in for 4,900,000, then Sang Sim on the button shoved with the largest stack of the table. Joseph Butler in the small blind jammed as well for 11,400,000 and he made Takayama fold.

Lucas Kulbe: A♥Q♠ All in
Joseph Butler: A♦K♣ All in
Sang Sim: A♣Q♥

Butler's ace-king held all the way through a board of 7♣4♦4♣8♦K♦ and doubled up while Kulbe was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sang Sim	53,000,000 11,700,000	11,700,000
Joseph Butler (IN)	31,300,000 18,300,000	18,300,000

Ken Takayama	22,000,000 700,000	700,000
Lucas Kulbe	Busted

Tags: Joseph Butler Ken Takayama Lucas Kulbe Sang Sim

06-29-2025 22:08 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

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

The final 24 players head on their last break of the day, lasting 15 minutes. Players will return at 11:23 p.m. local time and play out the final two levels of Day 2.

Level: 38

Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000

Ante: 1,600,000

06-29-2025 22:24 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 38 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Here are the full update chip counts according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Reyes	82,000,000 21,000,000	21,000,000
Kenny Bedoya	71,000,000 14,200,000	14,200,000
Timothy Thorp	64,000,000 5,200,000	5,200,000
Albert Felarca	57,600,000
Santiago Trujillo	46,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Sang Sim	42,000,000 11,000,000	11,000,000
Michael Criscione	35,000,000 11,800,000	11,800,000
Yuanzhi Cao	33,200,000 200,000	200,000

Joseph Butler (IN)	31,000,000 300,000	300,000

Daniel Clemente	29,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	27,000,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Douglas Lockwood	25,000,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Ken Takayama	24,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Alexandros Kolonias	22,400,000 4,700,000	4,700,000

Douglas Weymeersch	21,800,000 15,200,000	15,200,000
Laszlo Balogh	17,500,000 3,300,000	3,300,000
Hiroki Nawa	17,000,000 13,100,000	13,100,000
Roland Israelashvili	17,000,000 500,000	500,000

Ramond Takhsh	15,010,000 2,910,000	2,910,000
Thang Le	11,600,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	11,000,000 500,000	500,000
Bradley Moore	9,800,000 16,900,000	16,900,000
Ian Pelz	6,000,000 10,200,000	10,200,000

Artur Kozlowski	4,600,000 3,700,000	3,700,000