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

06-28-2025 12:02 UTC-8

Romain Lewis Eliminated in 16th Place ($39,091)

Nick Becker

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Ran Ilani raised to 400,000 in middle position, Seunghyun Nam flatted in the hijack, and Romain Lewis three-bet jammed for right around 4,000,000 on the button. Ilani got out of the way and Nam quickly called with the covering stack.

Romain Lewis: Q♦Q♣ All in
Seunghyun Nam: K♦K♥

Nam pulled ahead further on the 10♦K♣2♠ flop, improving to a set of kings. The 8♦ turn and J♦ river offered no help to Lewis and his tournament run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seunghyun Nam	10,300,000 4,500,000	4,500,000
Ran Ilani	7,200,000 400,000	400,000
Romain Lewis	Busted

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06-28-2025 12:07 UTC-8

Jiawei Mao Eliminated in 15th Place ($39,091)

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Jerome Solomon

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Paawan Bansal raised to 400,000 from the button. Jiawei Mao went all in from the small blind and Bansal immediately called with a larger stack.

Jiawei Mao: A♦7♣ All in
Paawan Bansal: J♣J♦

The runout didn't save Mao from the knockout, as he didn't connect with the 3♦Q♣6♦3♣8♠ the dealer put on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paawan Bansal	6,000,000 2,275,000	2,275,000
Jiawei Mao	Busted

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06-28-2025 12:32 UTC-8

Rohit Mariwalla Eliminated in 14th Place ($39,091)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 31 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Yilong Wang raised to 500,000 and Rohit Mariwalla responded with an all in to 2,400,000 on his direct left. Wang snapped in a call when it got back to him.

Rohit Mariwalla: J♦J♥ All in
Yilong Wang: A♦A♣

The flop scrolled across A♥9♥K♦, immediately giving Wang top set.

The 3♦ turn had Mariwalla out of his seat, as he had no way of winning the pot as the 10♠ river bricked.

The table congratulated Mariwalla on his good run, and he left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	8,750,000 375,000	375,000

Rohit Mariwalla	Busted

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06-28-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Martynas Vitkauskas Eliminated in 13th Place ($48,647)

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Nick Becker

Level 31 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Martynas Vitkauskas open-shoved under the gun for 525,000 to put himself at risk, and Hamid Toghyan called in the big blind.

Martynas Vitkauskas: Q♥4♠ All in
Hamid Toghyan: A♥5♦

Toghyan pulled ahead further on the 3♥A♦8♣ flop, pairing his ace. The Q♦ turn gave Vitkauskas a glimmer of hope, but the 5♠ river ended his impressive tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kunal Patni	9,675,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Ren Lin	8,600,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Hamid Toghyan	7,100,000 550,000	550,000

Paawan Bansal	4,250,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Olivier Busquet	3,500,000 225,000	225,000
Martynas Vitkauskas	Busted

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06-28-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Olivier Busquet Eliminated in 12th Place ($48,647)

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 31 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Paawan Bansal raised to 500,000 under the gun and Fabrizio Gonzalez flatted from the small blind before Olivier Busquet went all in for 3,300,000.

Bansal considered his options before going all in for just under a million more. Gonzalez folded.

Olivier Busquet: A♠Q♦ All in
Paawan Bansal: K♣K♠

The board ran out 9♣Q♠5♣10♠5♥ and Busquet's pair of queens were a pip worse than Bansal's kings, bringing the field down to 11.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez	11,225,000 3,950,000	3,950,000

Paawan Bansal	8,500,000 4,250,000	4,250,000
Olivier Busquet	Busted

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06-28-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Hamid Toghyan Eliminated in 11th Place ($61,183)

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Nick Becker

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Ren Lin raised to 600,000 in the cutoff and Hamid Toghyan moved all in on the button to put himself at risk. Lin asked for a count and the dealer confirmed that the bet was 7,850,00. Lin elected to make the call with the covering stack.

Hamid Toghyan: 8♥8♣ All in
Ren Lin: 10♦10♥

There were no eights to be found on the runout of 3♣9♠J♥K♠7♠ and Toghyan's impressive tournament run came to an end.

The remaining two tables will now combine for the unofficial ten-handed final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	19,000,000 8,550,000	8,550,000

Hamid Toghyan	Busted

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06-28-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Steven Jones Eliminated in 10th Place ($61,183)

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Nick Becker

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Fabrizio Gonzalez raised to 800,000 in late position and Steven Jones three-bet shoved in the cutoff for 6,375,000. Yilong Wang reshoved in the small blind for 13,500,000 to isolate and Gonzalez got out of the way.

Steven Jones: A♥Q♠ All in
Yilong Wang: A♠K♦

The flop came 6♠6♣K♥, with Wang pulling further into the lead with two pair, kings and sixes.

Jones needed some help but couldn't find any as the board ran out 7♠, 2♣ to end his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	20,675,000 6,275,000	6,275,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	10,600,000 400,000	400,000

Steven Jones	Busted

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06-28-2025 16:00 UTC-8

Paawan Bansal Eliminated in 9th Place ($77,760)

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Nick Becker

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

Yilong Wang raised to 1,200,000 in middle position and Paawan Bansal three-bet to about 2,500,000, leaving himself with just 600,000 behind. Action folded back around to Wang who four-bet all in and Bansal called off his remaining stack to put himself at risk.

Paawan Bansal: K♦Q♦ All in
Yilong Wang: A♥J♥

It was a fair fight, but Wang pulled ahead further on the 10♦A♣10♠ flop, improving to two pair, aces and tens.

Bansal still had outs with running diamonds or a jack but was unable to get there when the board ran out 6♥, 2♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	20,800,000 3,200,000	3,200,000

Paawan Bansal	Busted

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06-28-2025 16:24 UTC-8

Jason Richard Eliminated in 8th Place ($99,859)

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Nick Becker

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

Action folded around to Jason Richard in the small blind who moved all in for 3,000,000 to put himself at risk. Fabrizio Gonzalez looked down at his cards in the big blind and made the call.

Jason Richard: 6♠2♠ All in
Fabrizio Gonzalez: A♦2♥

Richard picked up a little bit of help on the Q♦3♣5♣ flop with outs to a gutshot.

However, the K♦ turn and J♠ river were blanks and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez	11,700,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

Jason Richard	Busted

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06-28-2025 17:09 UTC-8

Fabrizio Gonzalez Eliminated in 7th Place ($129,563)

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Nick Becker

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

Fabrizio Gonzalez open-shoved under the gun for 2,000,000 and Ren Lin reshoved on the button to isolate. Seunghyun Nam and Kunal Patni folded in the blinds.

Fabrizio Gonzalez: A♦9♠ All in
Ren Lin: A♣J♣

Both players paired their ace on the A♠K♦2♣ flop with Lin's jack kicker still in play.

There were no nines to be found on the 4♣ turn or 6♠ river, and the chip leader heading into Day 4 was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	21,100,000 7,100,000	7,100,000

Yilong Wang	21,000,000 400,000	400,000

Ran Ilani	19,500,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Yuliyan Kolev	15,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Seunghyun Nam	8,000,000 200,000	200,000
Kunal Patni	5,550,000 2,250,000	2,250,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	Busted

Tags: Fabrizio Gonzalez Kunal Patni Ren Lin Seunghyun Nam