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

06-29-2025 22:32 UTC-8

Douglas Lockwood Eliminated in 24th Place ($19,450)

Maxime Taldir

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

Douglas Lockwood shoved for 21,400,000 from under the gun. Yuanzhi Cao three-bet all-in with a slightly bigger stack from the button and the blinds folded.

Douglas Lockwood: 5♣5♠ All in
Yuanzhi Cao: A♥K♣

Cao hit two pair on K♦3♥2♥9♠2♦ and sent Lockwood to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanzhi Cao	54,000,000 20,800,000	20,800,000

Douglas Lockwood	Busted

Tags: Douglas Lockwood Yuanzhi Cao

06-29-2025 22:48 UTC-8

Douglas Weymeersch Eliminated in 23rd Place ($19,450)

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Douglas Weymeersch had just chopped a pot against Bradley Moore when the prior's better ace-high got counterfeit by a double-paired board.

The Very Next Hand:

Douglas Weymeersch raised to 7,500,000, leaving himself 800,000 behind. Ian Pelz called and bet blind, putting Weymeersch all in before the flop scrolled across Q♠3♥2♥ and Weymeersch was quick to call, as he'd hit gin.

Douglas Weymeersch: K♥Q♥ All in
Ian Pelz; A♥J♣

The turn had Weymeersch bemoaning his luck as it snapped off the A♠ and the river bricked the 5♦, awarding Pelz the pot and putting a halt to Weymeersch's thoughts of making Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Pelz	33,500,000 27,500,000	27,500,000

Bradley Moore	25,000,000 15,200,000	15,200,000
Douglas Weymeersch	Busted

Tags: Bradley Moore Douglas Weymeersch Ian Pelz

06-29-2025 22:48 UTC-8

Alexandros Kolonias Eliminated in 22nd Place ($19,450)

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Jacob Wilson

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

Alexandros Kolonias open-shoved from middle position, and was called off by Manuel Reyes in the small blind, who had not only a covering stack but the table chip lead.

Alexandros Kolonias: Q♦J♦ All in
Manuel Reyes: 8♣8♥

Kolonias couldn't find a pair as the board ran out 6♣4♠2♠K♦5♦ Reyes celebrated as he added to his mammoth stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Reyes	106,200,000 24,200,000	24,200,000
Alexandros Kolonias	Busted

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Manuel Reyes

06-29-2025 22:53 UTC-8

Kenny Bedoya Eliminated in 21st Place ($19,450)

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Jacob Wilson

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

Kenny Bedoya opened up the action with a raise to 3,500,000 under the gun, and Sang Sim made the call from the button.

The flop of 8♠4♥8♥ checked through, allowing the J♥ to peel off on the turn. Bedoya bet out for 4,000,000, and Sim put in the smooth call. On the 5♦ river, Bedoya bet 10,000,000, and Sim shoved with a covering stack. Bedoya made the call.

"Nuts!" announced Sim, emphatically tabling A♥10♥ It was not, in fact, the nuts, however it was enough to beat Bedoya's flopped trips with Q♣8♣ and send him home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Bedoya	Busted

Tags: Kenny Bedoya Sang Sim

06-29-2025 22:58 UTC-8

Thang Le Eliminated in 20th Place ($19,450)

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Jacob Wilson

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

Roland Israelashvili opened the action from middle position, as he shoved his remaining 15,900,000. Action got round to Thang Le on the button, who then announced "all in" for a little less than 13,000,000. Everyone else folded, and Le pushed his cards towards the middle.

Other players at the table then questioned his actions and got him to table his cards. The table was even more confused upon seeing what he had called all in with.

Thang Le: 6♠5♠ All in
Roland Israelashvili: A♣8♥

It transpired that Le hadn't noticed Israelashvili's all-in and thought he opened with the shove. That being said, despite being behind, he took a commanding lead on the 6♥5♦K♠ flop, confining his opponent to runner-runner. The cards to follow were as sick as they come.

Le then turned added equity with a flush draw on the 7♠ turn, and it seemed as though his misclick would pay off. The 4♦ river did not reward it, however, as Israelashvili made a backdoor straight. There was a huge clamour from the rail that had been intently watching every action of the hand. "What a flop!" said one. "What a turn!" added another. "What a river!" a third onlooker finished off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Israelashvili	30,000,000 13,000,000	13,000,000

Thang Le	Busted

Tags: Roland Israelashvili Thang Le

06-29-2025 23:01 UTC-8

Artur Kozlowski Eliminated in 19th Place ($19,450)

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Maxime Taldir

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

Artur Kozlowski jammed from the small blind and Ramond Takhsh in the big blind snap called off his last 9,500,000.

Ramond Takhsh: A♣K♥ All in
Artur Kozlowski: A♦4♥

"I need a diamond," Kozlowski said when Takhsh flopped two pair on K♦4♣A♥. The J♠2♣ runout changed nothing and Takhsh doubled up.

On the next hand, Kozlowski shoved for 3,600,000 with 9♣8♠ but split on A♥4♦4♣7♠7♣ against Laszlo Balogh in the big blind with 9♥2♥.

Two hands later, Kozlowski moved all-in once again for 4,800,000 and was called by Ian Pelz in the big blind.

Artur Kozlowski: 10♥8♥ All in
Ian Pelz: 8♠7♠

Kozlowski was on his way to double up but on Q♣Q♥6♠10♠5♠, Pelz hit a runner-runner flush to eliminate Kozlowski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Pelz	40,800,000 7,300,000	7,300,000

Ramond Takhsh	20,600,000 5,590,000	5,590,000
Laszlo Balogh	11,800,000 5,700,000	5,700,000
Artur Kozlowski	Busted

Tags: Artur Kozlowski Ian Pelz Laszlo Balogh Ramond Takhsh

06-29-2025 23:03 UTC-8

Two Table Redraw

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Maxime Taldir

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

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip counts	Blinds
503	1	Sanjeev Kapoor	United States	5,500,000	3
503	2	Timothy Thorp	United States	55,700,000	35
503	3	Albert Felarca	United States	49,800,000	31
503	4	Joseph Butler	United States	55,000,000	34
503	5	Ramond Takhsh	United States	19,800,000	12
503	6	Michael Criscione	United States	16,900,000	11
503	7	Daniel Clemente	United States	26,000,000	16
503	8	Roland Israelashvili	United States	28,500,000	18
503	9	Jesus Rodriguez	Mexico	23,300,000	15

533	1	Ian Pelz	United States	51,000,000	32
533	2	Bradley Moore	South Africa	24,800,000	16
533	3	Laszlo Balogh	United Kingdom	12,300,000	8
533	4	Yuanzhi Cao	United States	61,500,000	38
533	5	Sang Sim	United States	81,800,000	51
533	6	Manuel Reyes	United States	121,100,000	76
533	7	Ken Takayama	Japan	32,000,000	20
533	8	Santiago Trujillo	Argentina	45,000,000	28
533	9	Hiroki Nawa	Japan	14 ,300,000	9

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Reyes	121,100,000 14,900,000	14,900,000
Sang Sim	81,800,000 39,800,000	39,800,000
Yuanzhi Cao	61,500,000 7,500,000	7,500,000

Timothy Thorp	55,700,000 8,300,000	8,300,000
Joseph Butler (IN)	55,000,000 24,000,000	24,000,000

Ian Pelz	51,000,000 10,200,000	10,200,000

Albert Felarca	49,800,000 7,800,000	7,800,000
Santiago Trujillo	45,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ken Takayama	32,000,000 8,000,000	8,000,000
Roland Israelashvili	28,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Daniel Clemente	26,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Bradley Moore	24,800,000 200,000	200,000
Jesus Rodriguez (CA)	23,300,000 3,700,000	3,700,000
Ramond Takhsh	19,800,000 800,000	800,000
Michael Criscione	16,900,000 18,100,000	18,100,000
Hiroki Nawa	14,300,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Laszlo Balogh	12,300,000 500,000	500,000
Sanjeev Kapoor	5,500,000 5,500,000	5,500,000

Level: 39

Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000

Ante: 2,000,000

06-29-2025 23:08 UTC-8

Michael Criscione Eliminated in 18th Place ($19,450)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 39 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante

Joseph Butler opened to 3,500,000 from middle position. Michael Criscione in the cutoff three-bet all-in for 16,900,000 and Butler called.

Michael Criscione: 8♥8♠ All in
Joseph Butler: A♠K♣

The flop of Q♣5♦3♦ was followed by the A♥ turn which gave a top pair to Butler who immediately cheered with his rail. The Q♦ river completed the board and Criscione was eliminated.