Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-26-2025 20:11 UTC-8

Kuanying Chipping Up

Myles Phago

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Chen Kuanying raised from middle position to 20,000 only for Alfie Poetra to move all in from late position for 144,000. Kuanying went into the tank and ended up making the call.

Alfie Poetra: A♥J♥ All in
Chen Kuanying: A♦10♦

Not the flop Poetra wanted to see with a ten as the door card on the 10♣9♠3♥ flop. The 6♠ was no help on the turn nor was the 4♥ river, and Poetra was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chen Kuanying	740,000
Alfie Poetra	Busted

Tags: Alfie Poetra Chen Kuanying

06-26-2025 19:58 UTC-8

Aces No Good for Audoli

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Myles Phago

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Angela Defoe raised from under the gun to 20,000 only for Baptiste Audoli to three-bet all in from middle position for 119,000. Ravi Shankar in the small blind then asked for counts on both players before deciding to flat call. Defoe folded.

Baptiste Audoli: A♦A♥ All in
Ravi Shankar: 10♠10♣

Audoli liked the 6♦K♠2♣ flop but then saw the 10♦ peel off on the turn to leave him drawing to an ace on the river to stay alive. No such luck when the Q♦ rolled off and Audoli was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Shankar	360,000 300,500	300,500
Angela Defoe	125,000 15,000	15,000
Baptiste Audoli	Busted

Tags: Angela Defoe Baptiste Audoli Ravi Shankar

06-26-2025 18:41 UTC-8

Eliminations Before Dinner

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Nick Becker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thi Xoa Nguyen	Busted
Vladimir Heinich	Busted
Andrew Ostapchenko	Busted

Gabriel Moura	Busted
Barry Hutter	Busted

Stephen Ma	Busted
Nicholas Naughton	Busted
Robert Burlacu	Busted
Sorin Morariu	Busted
Joshua Mccully	Busted
Nate Silver	Busted
Julio Fantin	Busted
Dongmin Lee	Busted
Corentin Ropert	Busted
Michael Dwyer	Busted

Takashi Ogura	Busted
Adrian Strobel	Busted
Yaniv Peretz	Busted
Taylor Hart	Busted
Nozomu Shimizu	Busted
Brian Green	Busted

Krasimir Yankov	Busted
Marco Zevola	Busted
Nicholas Seward	Busted

Thomas Eychenne	Busted

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06-26-2025 18:38 UTC-8

Bubble Burst

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Myles Phago

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was folded to Ren Lin in the cutoff, who raised to 16,000, and action was then folded to Koray Korkmaz in the big blind. Korkmaz had only 2,000 behind, so would be forced all in next hand in the small blind. He went into the tank for a good 3-4 minutes and then called.

Koray Korkmaz: 4♠4♥ All in
Ren Lin: K♥9♠

The flop came 5♣J♠J♣, and it was looking like a double up for Korkmaz, but then the 10♥ came on the turn, giving some danger. The Q♦ then peeled off on the river to make Lin a straight and sent Korkmaz home as the bubble boy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	249,000 34,000	34,000

Koray Korkmaz	Busted

Tags: Koray Korkmaz Ren Lin

06-26-2025 16:35 UTC-8

Bedell Sends Zurr to the Rail

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Nick Becker

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shai Zurr raised to 13,000 in late position, Yu Liu flatted on the button, and Tom-Aksel Bedell three-bet to 34,000 in the small blind. Zurr then four-bet jammed for 131,000 to put himself at risk, prompting Liu to get out of the way. Bedell thought for a moment before making the call.

Shai Zurr: A♠Q♠ All in
Tom-Aksel Bedell: 9♠9♦

It was a fair fight but Bedell came out on top as the board ran out K♠2♣8♠8♣9♥, sending Zurr to the rail just shy of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	915,000 535,000	535,000
Yu Liu	485,000 245,000	245,000
Tristan Wade	330,000 115,000	115,000

Shai Zurr	Busted

Tags: Shai Zurr Tom-Aksel Bedell Yu Liu

06-26-2025 16:29 UTC-8

Dowling Sent Packing

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Joseph Berg

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Asish Ghosh raised to 12,000 from under the gun. Christopher Dowling then went all in and was at risk from the cutoff for 36,000. Ghosh made the call and required help from the dealer.

Christopher Dowling: 8♦8♥ All in
Asish Ghosh: A♦4♦

The dealer ran out a board of 4♥K♣5♠A♣5♦, eliminating Dowling from Event #68.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asish Ghosh	955,000 724,500	724,500
Christopher Dowling	Busted

Tags: Christopher Dowling Asish Ghosh

06-26-2025 14:49 UTC-8

Yankov Leaves Jin on Fumes

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Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ren Jin moved all in for 73,000 in early position and Krasimir Yankov called in the cutoff for slightly less to put himself at risk.

Krasimir Yankov: 10♣10♥ All in
Ren Jin: 9♦9♥

Jin couldn't find a nine on the Q♠A♣8♠5♦K♣ runout and was left with just 3,500 after the hand.

He was seen exiting the tournament just a few moments later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	151,500
Ren Jin	Busted

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Ren Jin

06-26-2025 14:25 UTC-8

Noda Wins Blind Versus Blind

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Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action folded around to Hiroyuki Noda in the small blind who moved all in. Byungeun Shin made the call in the big blind for about 50,000 to put himself at risk.

Byungeun Shin: K♥9♦ All in
Hiroyuki Noda: K♣10♠

The board ran out A♣4♠8♣3♥8♦ and Noda's ten kicker played to send Shin packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hiroyuki Noda	400,000 328,000	328,000
Byungeun Shin	Busted

Tags: Byungeun Shin Hiroyuki Noda

06-26-2025 14:16 UTC-8

Bartuschk's Jack Besta Montoya

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Joseph Berg

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Fabian Bartuschk raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position. Tyler Montoya then went all in from the cutoff for roughly 52,000. Bartuschk called, and the middle position player folded.

Tyler Montoya: A♥4♥ All in
Fabian Bartuschk: J♦K♣

The board ran out J♥7♠8♥6♦2♦, providing some drama but ultimately sending Montoya to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Bartuschk	290,000 197,000	197,000
Tyler Montoya	Busted

06-26-2025 13:49 UTC-8

Four Way All In Action

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Myles Phago

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Martin Finger raised from early position to 8,000 only for Victor Fryda to three-bet all in from middle position for his last 18,500. Nicholas Olivetti then four-bet all in as well for his last 40,000 from late position. Gabriel Moura in the big blind then five-bet all in as well for 83,000.

Finger, who had everyone covered, went into the tank for a while and then decided to make the call.

Victor Fryda: 10♥J♥ All in
Nicholas Olivetti:A♠Q♥ All in
Gabriel Moura: A♥K♠ All in
Martin Finger: A♣K♦

The flop peeled off 4♠10♠Q♠ to send Olivetti into the lead but also give Fryda outs. The 4♥ dropped on the turn and changed nothing, and when the 4♣ came on the river Olivetti scooped the main and smaller side pots, and the larger side pot between Finger and Moura was chopped. Fryda was sent to the rail.