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

06-28-2025 16:10 UTC-8

Nam Jams the Flop

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Nick Becker

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

Yilong Wang raised to 1,200,000 on the button and Seunghyun Nam defended in the big blind.

The flop came 5♦9♥4♥ and Nam moved all in for 2,900,000 to put himself at risk.

Wang thought for a brief moment before surrendering his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yilong Wang	22,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Seunghyun Nam	6,200,000 4,200,000	4,200,000

Tags: Seunghyun Nam Yilong Wang

06-28-2025 16:09 UTC-8

Ilani's Aces Take Big Pot

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Jerome Solomon

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

Ren Lin began the actions with a raise in early position. Seunghyun Nam glanced at the 1,200,000 chips to his right and slowly slid three 20-chip stacks of blues with two pinks on top for a raise to 7,000,000.

When it came time for Ran Ilani to act from the big blind, he shoved all of his 6,300,000 chips into the pot. Lin folded.

Ran Ilani: A♥A♠ All in
Seunghyun Nam: A♣K♠

Ilani held his preflop advantage though a runout of 10♠3♣4♣3♠7♣ to earn a key double up and severely hurt Nam, who had been the chip earlier in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	14,500,000 7,800,000	7,800,000
Seunghyun Nam	4,700,000 5,700,000	5,700,000

Tags: Ran Ilani Ren Lin Seunghyun Nam

06-28-2025 16:03 UTC-8

Kolev Pulls Out the Moves

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Seunghyun Nam raised to 1,200,000 in early position and Fabrizio Gonzalez raised to 2,600,000. Yuliyan Kolev responded with an all in of 7,800,000 and Nam folded.

Gonzalez looked over at his opponent who was on his feet and dancing. "Shakira time! Lady Gaga, I'm Shakira!". Gonzalez pushed his hand in the muck and Kolev chipped up after his shimmy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seunghyun Nam	10,400,000 3,300,000	3,300,000
Yuliyan Kolev	8,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	5,700,000 4,100,000	4,100,000

Tags: Fabrizio Gonzalez Seunghyun Nam Yuliyan Kolev

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

Tags: Paawan Bansal Yilong Wang

06-28-2025 15:42 UTC-8

Post Break Chip Counts

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	19,600,000 900,000	900,000

Yilong Wang	17,600,000 3,075,000	3,075,000

Seunghyun Nam	13,700,000 75,000	75,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	9,800,000 800,000	800,000

Yuliyan Kolev	7,000,000 725,000	725,000

Ran Ilani	6,700,000
Kunal Patni	5,900,000 300,000	300,000
Jason Richard	5,100,000 150,000	150,000
Paawan Bansal	3,200,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Level: 34

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

06-28-2025 15:27 UTC-8

Break Time

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Nick Becker

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

The remaining 9 players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 big blind ante.

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

Tags: Paawan Bansal Steven Jones Yilong Wang

06-28-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Nam Takes Chips

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Jerome Solomon

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

Seunghyun Nam made raises that ran off opponents in back-to-back hands to gain a nice amount of chips.

In the first hand, Nam raised from middle position to 800,000, only to have Kunal Patni, seated to his immediate left, three-bet to 1,900,000 chips.

After play folded around to Nam, he wasted little time in shoving all-in. Patni folded in even less time.

The very next hand, Ren Lin raised the preflop bet to 1,300,000. Nam dropped a raise of 2,325,000 on top. No one wanted in prt of that action, including Lin, who folded as soon as the dealer looked in his direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	18,700,000 1,875,000	1,875,000

Seunghyun Nam	13,625,000 5,425,000	5,425,000
Kunal Patni	5,600,000 2,800,000	2,800,000

Tags: Seunghyun Nam Ren Lin Kunal Patni

06-28-2025 15:12 UTC-8

A Look at the Payouts

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Claudio Elizalde

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

With every elimination representing a massive pay jump, play has slowed as major confrontations seem to be avoided.

Paawant Bansal is the current shortest stack at the table (4,200,000) with just over ten big blinds and the chip leading, Ren Lin (20,575,000) has over 50 big blinds. All players are still well in contention all things considered.

FInal Table Payouts

Place	Prize
1	$830,685
2	$553,692
3	$406,016
4	$300,649
5	$224,833
6	$169,818
7	$129,563
8	$99,859
9	$77,760
10	$61,183