Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-28-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Seunghyun Nam Eliminated in 6th Place ($169,818)

Claudio Elizalde

Level 35 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

It folded to Ren Lin in the small blind and he took inventory of Seunghyun Nam's stack before declaring all in.

"Just don't snap call." said Lin as Nam did just that, slamming a stack of blue chips in to indicate the call for his remaining 7,200,000.

Seunghyun Nam: A♠8♠ All in
Ren Lin: Q♠6♠

Nam was ahead but Lin picked up outs as the J♣9♠10♣ fanned out, followed by the 3♥.

The river was a dagger to Nam as it came the 8♥, giving Lin a straight and ending Nam's run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	28,200,000 7,100,000	7,100,000

Seunghyun Nam	Busted

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06-28-2025 17:16 UTC-8

Kunal Patni Eliminated in 5th Place ($224,833)

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Jerome Solomon

Level 35 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Facing a bet of 1,800,000 on a flop of 5♣A♠8♠, Kunal Patni decided to push all in with his last 5,000,000-plus chips. Ran Ilani, who easily covered him made the call.

Kunal Patni: 8♦6♦ All in
Ran Ilani: A♦7♦

Patni's pair of eights was not good enough on the flop and wouldn't be good enough in the end with the turn and river of K♣5♠ bringing no help. Ilani's aces took down the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	25,700,000 6,200,000	6,200,000
Kunal Patni	Busted

Tags: Kunal Patni Ran Ilani

06-28-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Yuliyan Kolev Eliminated in 4th Place ($300,649)

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Jerome Solomon

Level 35 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

After five straight hands in which the blinds folded to a minimum raise, Yuliyan Kolev pushed all in with 9,000,000 chips in the cutoff.

After some consideration, Ran Ilani made the call from the button. The others at the table folded.

Yuliyan Kolev: K♦J♥ All in
Ran Ilani: 6♦6♠

Kolev had two overcards in the race but neither hit the board in a runout of A♣4♠10♣7♣2♦. Ilani's sixes held and he became the overall chip leader with only three players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	39,000,000 15,000,000	15,000,000
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted

Tags: Ran Ilani Yuliyan Kolev

06-28-2025 19:36 UTC-8

Ren Lin Eliminated in 3rd Place ($406,016)

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Nick Becker

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

Ren Lin open-shoved in the small blind for just under 13,000,000 and Ran Ilani snap called in the big blind with the covering stack.

Ren Lin: J♠10♣ All in
Ran Ilani: K♠J♦

Lin was dominated and Ilani pulled ahead further on the K♦10♠K♥ flop, improving to trip kings.

The 9♦ turn gave Lin a glimmer of hope with outs to a gutshot, but the 8♠ river was a brick and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	65,200,000 13,000,000	13,000,000
Yilong Wang	28,300,000

Ren Lin	Busted

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06-28-2025 20:55 UTC-8

Ran Ilani Eliminated in 2nd Place ($553,692)

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Nick Becker

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

Ran Ilani limped on the button with about 18,500,000 and Yilong Wang moved all in from the big blind to put Ilani at risk. Ilani snap called and quickly saw that he was a big favorite to double up.

Ran Ilani: 9♦9♥ All in
Yilong Wang: 6♠6♣

The flop came 4♠10♦6♦ with Wang drilling a six to improve to a set, but Ilani still had outs with a nine or runner-runner for backdoor straight and flush draws.

The turn landed the 10♣, meaning only a nine or a ten would save Ilani, but the river fell the K♥, ending his impressive tournament run.