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

Frankland Eliminated by Young

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Joseph Berg

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

Mathew Ernest Frankland was all in and at risk from the cutoff for roughly 160,000 and was up against Stuart Young on the button.

Mathew Ernest Frankland: K♦Q♠ All in
Stuart Young: K♥J♥

The dealer ran out a board of 7♥8♥9♥7♣6♣, sending Frankland to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stuart Young	595,000 595,000	595,000
Mathew Frankland	Busted

Tags: Mathew Ernest Frankland Stuart Young

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

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

06-26-2025 19:16 UTC-8

Here's How to Best Sweat Your 25K & ODB Fantasy Team in the PokerNews Live Updates!

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Lyle Bateman

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

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06-26-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Dinner Time

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Myles Phago

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

The remaining 312 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:45 p.m. local time.

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 18:21 UTC-8

Garcia Saved on the River

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Nick Becker

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

Julio Garcia moved all in for 88,000 in middle position and was called by Martin Finger in the small blind who had the covering stack.

Julio Garcia: K♦Q♥ All in
Martin Finger: 9♦9♠

The flop came 2♣10♠5♠ with Finger's pair of nines still in the lead. The turn landed the 8♥ and Garcia needed a king or a queen on the river to survive.

The river fell the K♠, keeping Garcia's tournament hopes alive. Three other players doubled up at other tables, extending the stone bubble to another hand.