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

06-25-2025 18:53 UTC-8

No-name Hand Takes Down Bullets and Rockets

Jerome Solomon

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

Chips were being sorted after the finish of a hand that had Yaron Malki all in against two players with significantly more chips and far better starting hands.

Yaron Malki: 5♥6♣ All in
Kevin Abecassis: K♦K♠
Kimberly Moore: A♥A♠

Malki — holding hand without a nickname — got into the pot from early position against the two blinds in Moore (small) and Abecassis (big), but the cards fell in his favor.

With a runout of 8♣7♣3♥9♥8♥, he hit a straight on the turn for the triple-up. Moore took down a smaller side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kimberly Moore	167,000 32,100	32,100
Yaron Malki	124,100
Kevin Abecassis	121,300

Tags: Kimberly Moore Yaron Malki Kevin Abecassis

06-25-2025 18:41 UTC-8

Top Ten Stacks After Dinner Break According to WSOP+ App

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Nick Becker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolai Mamut	233,500 69,900	69,900
Charles Keisling	221,700 154,200	154,200
Xiaohu Liu	211,700 211,700	211,700
Niall Duffy	193,900 33,900	33,900
Olivier Busquet	193,600 110,900	110,900
Jacob Mendelsohn	185,300 185,300	185,300
Mark Seif	181,000 110,900	110,900

Rudy Halim	180,200
James Kraetz	180,000 147,000	147,000
Sean Tan	175,600 600	600

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-25-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players have been sent on a one-hour dinner break and will return at approximately 7:40 p.m. local time.

The tournament will resume with blinds at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.

06-25-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Linde Takes From De Faria

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Joseph Berg

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dylan Linde raised to 2,000 from the button, Luis Pinho De Faria then three-bet to 9,000 from the small blind and Linde called.

Action checked to the river on a board reading 10♠3♥10♦K♣10♣, De Faria bet 1,900. Linde took some time and reraised to 22,500, which got De Faria to throw his cards in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	91,000 91,000	91,000

Luis Pinho De Faria	58,000 58,000	58,000

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

Tags: David Siegel Georgios Sotiropoulos

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

Tags: Chang Yu Chung Edward Pak

06-25-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Peterson Dodges Clubs

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Karim Rebei raised to 2,200 in early position and Nicholas Peterson three-bet all in for 10,400 in the cutoff. Rebei made the call with the covering stack.

Nicholas Peterson: 10♠10♥ All in
Karim Rebei: 8♥8♣

The flop came 10♣3♣K♣, improving Peterson to a set of tens, but Rebei still had outs with the flush draw.

Peterson was able to fade a club on the A♥ turn and 6♥ river, earning him the much needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karim Rebei	59,300
Nicholas Peterson	22,800

Tags: Karim Rebei Nicholas Peterson

06-25-2025 17:29 UTC-8

Aces Drowned on the River

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Jerome Solomon

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Augusto Hagen and Patrick Liang were all-in on a flop and turn of 2♠8♠K♠2♣, with Hagen in jeopardy.

Augusto Hagen: K♥Q♥ All in
Patrick Liang: A♥A♣

The K♣ fell on the river to crush Liang's aces and give Hagen a huge double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Augusto Hagen	83,100 83,100	83,100
Patrick Liang	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Augusto Hagen Patrick Liang

06-25-2025 17:20 UTC-8

Souki's Stack on the Rise

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Joseph Berg

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up on a 6♦3♥J♣ flop. Philippe Souki bet 2,500 from late position, Jesse Kandola raised to 10,000 from middle position and Souki called.

The turn brought the 6♥. Kandola checked, Souki bet 6,000, and Kandola called.

The river was the 5♠. Kandola led out for 15,000, and Souki then moved all in, having Kandola covered. After taking some time, Kandola tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe Souki	111,000 111,000	111,000
Jesse Kandola	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Jesse Kandola Philippe Souki