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

06-26-2025 21:36 UTC-8

Sabat Almost Cracks Kings

Nick Becker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Edward Sabat raised to 134,000 in late position, leaving himself with just 1,000 behind, and Erfan Geula called in the small blind.

The flop came 10♥A♦3♦, Geula bet 1,000 and Sabat called to put himself at risk.

Edward Sabat: A♥Q♦ All in
Erfan Geula: K♦K♣

Sabat had pulled ahead by pairing his ace, but his excitement was short-lived as Geula hit running diamonds for a better flush when the board ran out J♦, 8♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erfan Geula	650,000 595,000	595,000
Edward Sabat	Busted

Tags: Edward Sabat Erfan Geula

06-26-2025 21:40 UTC-8

Kono Takes From Sepiol

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Joseph Berg

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Reiji Kono raised to 25,000 from under the gun, Dan Sepiol called on the button.

Action checked through on the 4♥A♣2♠ flop.

The turn brought the Q♣. Kono checked, Sepiol bet 30,000, and Kono called.

Both players checked the Qx river. Kono tabled A♦J♥, which was good for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Sepiol	1,050,000 50,000	50,000

Reiji Kono	650,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Dan Sepiol Reiji Kono

06-26-2025 21:45 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Maximiliano Gallardo	Busted
Ryan Wolfson	Busted
Jean-Pascal Vernet	Busted
Edward Sabat	Busted
Julien Sitbon	Busted

Alisson Piekazewicz	Busted
Junqiang Lyu	Busted
Peter Park	Busted

Chinwei Lim	Busted

Mamad Arani	Busted
Matthieu Anton	Busted
Spencer Champlin	Busted
Lawrence Lakatosh	Busted
Michael Katz	Busted
Florian Ribouchon	Busted
Francois Pirault	Busted
Sungwoo Tae	Busted
Tanupat Punjarojanakul	Busted
Robertson Yap	Busted
Roberto Damelian	Busted
Sundiata Devore	Busted
Adrian Tivadar	Busted
Michael Malm	Busted

Yuan Yu	Busted

Break Time

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Myles Phago

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night and play will resume at approximately 11:00 p.m. local time.

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

06-26-2025 22:17 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts According to the WSOP+ App (full)

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	2,300,000 875,000	875,000

Romain Lewis	1,850,000 647,000	647,000

[Removed:546]	1,550,000 1,345,000	1,345,000
Ehsan Amiri	1,462,000 238,000	238,000
Charles Thomas	1,450,000
Yuya Kita	1,370,000 1,252,000	1,252,000
Feng Yu	1,370,000
Brian Luo	1,316,000
Felix Martel	1,175,000 155,000	155,000
Yuriy Boyko	1,100,000
Zhiyuan Xu	1,060,000
Leonard Maue	1,055,000 473,000	473,000
Niall Duffy	1,000,000
Martin Finger	1,000,000 170,000	170,000

Kunal Patni	994,000 684,000	684,000
Alex Berenson	915,000 800,500	800,500
Olivier Busquet	856,000 522,000	522,000
Steven Jones	850,000

Ari Engel	846,000 454,000	454,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	835,000 435,000	435,000

Shai Arbel	827,000 798,000	798,000
Govert Metaal	825,000 733,500	733,500
Rahul Rastogi	815,000 597,000	597,000
Fabian Bartuschk	810,000 520,000	520,000
Adrian Buckley	800,000 529,500	529,500

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06-26-2025 22:25 UTC-8

A Toast and a Trap: Lefferts Lures in a Cal

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Joseph Berg

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Brennen Duke limped in from middle position, and Feng Yu raised to 50,000. Tanner Lefferts then moved all in for roughly 250,000, putting himself at risk. Duke folded.

As Yu mulled over the decision, Lefferts had a glass of wine delivered to the table and asked Yu to wait until he took a sip before acting. Yu then quickly pushed his chips into the middle to call, only to discover he was dominated.

Tanner Lefferts: A♠Q♠ All in
Feng Yu: A♦J♠

The dealer ran out a board of 9♦4♦3♥4♣10♦, securing a much-needed double-up for Lefferts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feng Yu	1,050,000 320,000	320,000
Brennen Duke	645,000 190,000	190,000
Tanner Lefferts	575,000 301,000	301,000

Tags: Feng Yu Tanner Lefferts

06-26-2025 22:36 UTC-8

Thomas Wins a Small One

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action went heads up to a flop of 6♦K♣A♣ in a hand between Xing He in the cutoff and Charles Thomas in the big blind.

Thomas check-called a bet of 25,000 from Thomas bringing the 9♣ turn where both players checked.

Thomas and He checked again on the Xx river and Thomas tabled the winner with K♦5♥ for a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Thomas	1,125,000 325,000	325,000
Xing He	700,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Charles Thomas Xing He

06-26-2025 22:47 UTC-8

Mao Applies the Pressure

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action picked up on the flop of 10♠6♣Q♦ in a hand between Allen Shen in middle position and Jiawei Mao in late position.

With about 300,000 in the middle, Shen led out with a bet of 40,000 and Mao made it 150,000 to go.

Shen counted out his chips and thought for a moment before giving up his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiawei Mao	950,000 758,000	758,000
Allen Shen	240,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Allen Shen Jiawei Mao

06-26-2025 22:47 UTC-8

Brooks Doubles Up Through Sandberg

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Joseph Berg

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Russell Brooks was all in and at risk from middle position, and was at risk; he was up against Evan Sandberg from the small blind.

Russell Brooks: A♦J♦ All in
Evan Sandberg: 8♣8♠

The dealer ran out a board of 7♥K♦10♣A♥2♥, securing a much-needed double-up for Brooks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Brooks	490,000 65,000	65,000

Evan Sandberg	40,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Evan Sandberg Russell Brooks

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Break Time

Updated Chip Counts According to the WSOP+ App (full)

A Toast and a Trap: Lefferts Lures in a Cal

Thomas Wins a Small One

Mao Applies the Pressure

Brooks Doubles Up Through Sandberg