Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-25-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Ioakimides Hits 100k Mark

Nick Becker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Mikhail Zavoloka was all in preflop and at risk for 13,600 from the small blind against Andreas Ioakimides in middle position.

Mikhail Zavoloka: 2♦2♣ All in
Andreas Ioakimides: A♥J♠

Ioakimides pulled ahead on the A♣8♦8♠ flop, pairing his ace. The 10♦ turn and 9♠ river offered no help to Zavoloka and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Ioakimides	107,600
Mikhail Zavoloka	Busted

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06-25-2025 15:55 UTC-8

Runner-runner for Rezaie

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Jerome Solomon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

All the chips went into the pot on the river, with Cameron Rezaie having enough (22,200) to cover Sreekanth Krishnamoorthy's all-in. The board showed: 10♥8♥A♠7♠J♠.

Sreekanth Krishnamoorthy: 10♣8♣ All in
Cameron Rezaie: Q♠10♠

Rezaie's flush ran down Krishnamoorthy's pairs of tens and eights on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cameron Rezaie	47,600 47,600	47,600
Sreekanth Krishnamoorthy	Busted

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06-25-2025 16:22 UTC-8

Aces Turn Gold to Dust

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Myles Phago

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jamie Gold, feeling "steamed up," in his own words, raised to 5,000 from under the gun and found a call from Christopher Dowling in the big blind.

The flop came 5♥6♣4♥, and Gold flipped out another 5,000 bet, Dowling called. The 9♥ dropped on the turn, and now Gold bet out for 15,000 only to see Dowling move all in, and he had Gold covered.

"I have aces!" exclaimed Gold, not really liking the call but pushing in his remaining chips.

Jamie Gold: A♣A♠ All in
Christopher Dowling: 9♦9♣

"Oh wow, great hand," complemented Gold when he saw Dowling's cards and that he had turned a set. The 5♦ on the river filled Dowling up and sent the legendary Gold to the reentry page on the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Dowling	52,000 52,000	52,000
Jamie Gold	Busted

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06-25-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Powers Sent Packing

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Myles Phago

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Marco Bich raised it up from late position to 2,000 only to see Jacob Powers three-bet jam all in from the cutoff for 15,100. Bich thought for a while before he made the call.

Jacob Powers: K♣Q♦ All in
Marco Bich: A♠Q♥

A clean runout for Bich with the 5♠2♠7♦J♥5x board and Powers was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Bich	72,000 72,000	72,000
Jacob Powers	Busted

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06-25-2025 17:09 UTC-8

Matsumoto's Queens Taken Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ryan Bambrick three-bet Rentaro Matsumoto's preflop raise to 4,800. Matsumoto shoved and Bambrick made the call.

Rentaro Matsumoto: Q♦Q♠ All in
Ryan Bambrick: J♣J♥

It didn't take long for Bambrick, a two-time bracelet winner, to overcome the odds against him, as he flopped a set and held on through a board runout of 5♦J♠3♦A♦K♣. Matsumoto's flush draw after the turn proved to be unrealized hope.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Bambrick	108,300 68,300	68,300

Rentaro Matsumoto	Busted

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06-25-2025 17:34 UTC-8

Chung Sent Pak'ing

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Myles Phago

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Chang Yu Chung raised from late position to 1,600, and Edward Pak three-bet from the button to 4,300. Chung moved all in for his last 22,000, and Pak snap called.

Chang Yu Chung: 9♥9♣ All in
Edward Pak: Q♣Q♠

No nine to rescue Chung on the 7♣J♦K♥ flop, and when the 7♦ fell on the turn, he was drawing thin. The 6♣ was no help on the river and Chung was sent packing by Pak.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Pak	63,000
Chang Yu Chung	Busted

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06-25-2025 17:37 UTC-8

Sotiropoulos Sends Siegel Home

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Jerome Solomon

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Georgios Sotiropoulos called David Siegel's desperate preflop all-in of only 7,100.

David Siegel: A♦5♣ All in
Georgios Sotiropoulos: J♥J♣

Siegel got help on the runout 9♠6♣Q♠2♣3♣ as he was able to make a flush, but his five was no match for Sotiropoulos' jack, sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	59,500 59,500	59,500

David Siegel	Busted

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06-25-2025 19:28 UTC-8

Jacks Hold for Blomdahl

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Myles Phago

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Corey Blomdahl opened to 2,200 from early position, only for Bogdan Munteanu to three-bet to 6,000 from middle position. Maksim Kniter also in middle position flat called, but then Cameron Collins in late position four-bet all in for 15,500.

Blomdahl then five-bet all in for 46,000, and he had all players covered. Munteanu and Kniter folded.

Cameron Collins: A♠K♣ All in
Corey Blomdahl: J♦J♣

A tasty looking flop of Q♠3♣J♠ for Blomdahl and Collins was in trouble and needed to hit a ten to stay alive. No such luck on the 5♦ turn, and even the K♠ river didn't help, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Kniter	134,000 134,000	134,000
Corey Blomdahl	101,000 101,000	101,000
Bogdan Munteanu	25,000 25,000	25,000
Cameron Collins	Busted

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06-25-2025 19:50 UTC-8

Zhou Sees the Exit

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Nick Becker

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Daniel Maor raised from under the gun to 2,400 and Quan Zhou flatted in middle position.

The flop came J♥2♠K♠ and Maor began with a check. Zhou moved all in for about 13,500 to put himself at risk, and Maor made the call.

Quan Zhou: Q♣10♣ All in
Daniel Maor: J♦10♦

Zhou had outs with the queen and the open ended straight draw but couldn't get there when the board ran out 8♣3♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Maor	213,000 213,000	213,000

Faraz Jaka	150,000 150,000	150,000

Quan Zhou	Busted

Tags: Daniel Maor Quan Zhou

06-25-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Wagstaff Taken Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mark Wagstaff called an all-in from Kostya Zaks on the turn, putting his tournament life at risk, with the board reading: Q♠9♦A♦7♣.

Mark Wagstaff: A♥5♣ All in
Kostya Zaks: A♣9♣

Wagstaff rivered a pair of fives to go with his aces he had on the flop, but the 5♠ mattered not as Wagstaff already had a bigger pair.

The hit severely damaged Wagstaff, who would go out two hands later, with Zaks stepping in the finish him off. It was a tree-way pot with Virgile Turchi jumping in for the flop.

Wagstaff and Turchi checked down to the river and the players revealed their hands.

Mark Wagstaff: A♣Q♠ All in
Kostya Zaks: 8♥8♣
Virgile Turchi: A♥10♥

None of them connected to the runout 9♣2♣6♥5♠5♦, making Zaks' pocket eights the best hand.