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

06-28-2025 12:53 UTC-8

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

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

Tags: Hamid Toghyan Martynas Vitkauskas

06-28-2025 12:41 UTC-8

Queen-High Wins Massive Pot; Nam Climbs

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Yilong Wang raised to 500,000 under the gun and Seunghyun Nam defended his big blind.

The dealer presented A♠3♣A♣ and Nam checked. Wang bet 300,000 and Nam responded with a raised to 800,000.

Action furthered when Wang clicked it to 1,400,000 and Nam made the call.

Nam check-called a bet of 850,000 when the J♦ turned.

The river paired again with the J♥ and Nam checked. Wang didn't seem thrilled and appeared to be giving up when he checked. This was confirmed when Nam tabled Q♣8♣ and Wang couldn't beat the queen-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seunghyun Nam	12,775,000 2,475,000	2,475,000
Ran Ilani	8,750,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Steven Jones	7,400,000 400,000	400,000

Yilong Wang	5,875,000 2,875,000	2,875,000

Jason Richard	4,500,000 550,000	550,000
Yuliyan Kolev	3,350,000 950,000	950,000

Tags: Seunghyun Nam Yilong Wang

06-28-2025 12:38 UTC-8

Vitkauskas Left on Fumes

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Nick Becker

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

Hamid Toghyan open-shoved in the cutoff for 2,975,000 and Martynas Vitkauskas reshoved on the button for 3,500,000.

Hamid Toghyan: A♠Q♠ All in
Martynas Vitkauskas: J♣J♦

Toghyan pulled ahead on the 5♥K♥A♣ flop, pairing his ace. The 3♥ turn and 6♦ river offered no help to Vitkauskas, and he was left with just over two big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamid Toghyan	6,550,000 2,650,000	2,650,000

Martynas Vitkauskas	525,000 2,975,000	2,975,000

Tags: Hamid Toghyan Martynas Vitkauskas

06-28-2025 12:34 UTC-8

Kolev Survives All-in

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Jerome Solomon

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

Yilong Wang raised to 600,000 from the cutoff. When the action reached Yuliyan Kolev in the big blind, he went all in with his final 3,100,000 chips. Wang called.

Yuliyan Kolev: A♠10♥ All in
Yilong Wang: K♣Q♣

Kolev was in jeopardy, and in bad shape after the flop 2♣K♠10♦ gave Wang a pair of kings and the 6♦ didn't help on the turn.

But the river delivered the A♦ and a huge yelp from Kolev, who was back from the brink.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	6,750,000 2,450,000	2,450,000

Yilong Wang	5,650,000 3,100,000	3,100,000

Tags: Yilong Wang Yuliyan Kolev

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

Tags: Rohit Mariwalla Yilong Wang

Level: 31

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

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

Tags: Jiawei Mao Paawan Bansal

06-28-2025 12:02 UTC-8

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

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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

Tags: Ran Ilani Romain Lewis Seunghyun Nam

06-28-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Lewis Value Bets River; Illani Has Better

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Claudio Elizalde

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

Romain Lewis raised to 400,000 from early position and Ran Ilani made the call on the button.

The dealer fanned out A♥2♥J♣ and Lewis bet 450,000 after some deliberation. Illani made the call.

The turn peeled the 9♥ and Lewis continued for 700,000. Illani called again.

Lewis continued his aggression with an all-in when the 3♠ fell, and Illani wasted no time in calling off his remaining stack of 2,100,000. Lewis then realized he likely didn't have the best hand.

"Flush?" he asked, and Illani quickly confirmed.

Lewis showed A♣2♣ for flopped two pair but Ilani was best with his Q♥J♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Jones	7,800,000 125,000	125,000

Ran Ilani	7,600,000 4,150,000	4,150,000
Seunghyun Nam	5,800,000 150,000	150,000
Yuliyan Kolev	4,300,000

Romain Lewis	3,950,000 3,275,000	3,275,000

Jason Richard	3,950,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Rohit Mariwalla	3,400,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Ran Ilani Romain Lewis

06-28-2025 11:40 UTC-8

Gonzalez Chips Up Big in Five-Bet Pot

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Nick Becker

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

Fabrizio Gonzalez raised to 400,000 in the hijack and Paawan Bansal three-bet to 1,275,000 on the button. Gonzalez then four-bet to 2,350,000 and Bansal responded with a five-bet to 3,775,000. Gonzalez made the call.

The flop came 6♥5♦6♦ and Gonzalez led out with a bet of 725,000. Bansal thought for a moment before making the call.

On the Q♦ turn, Gonzalez continued with a bet of 950,000. Bansal took some time to think through his decision before eventually tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez	15,175,000 3,650,000	3,650,000

Ren Lin	7,400,000 1,775,000	1,775,000

Paawan Bansal	3,725,000 3,925,000	3,925,000
Olivier Busquet	3,275,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Fabrizio Gonzalez Paawan Bansal