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

06-26-2025 16:04 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	391,000 66,000	66,000

Lander Lijo	350,000 142,000	142,000
Jamie Dale	322,000 201,000	201,000
Chinwei Lim	103,000 103,000	103,000

Tammel Doubles Up

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Nick Becker

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

Tarmo Tammel was seen dragging in a pot after having doubled up through Gal Naim.

Tammel was in the big blind and his cards were still face up at showdown on a board of 3♠K♥7♠10♠J♥.

Tammel held 3♣3♥ for three of a kind, treys. Naim, who was under the gun, had already mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gal Naim	325,000 91,000	91,000
Tarmo Tammel	140,000 45,500	45,500

Tags: Gal Naim Tarmo Tammel

06-26-2025 16:17 UTC-8

Lin Doubles Up Graupner

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Myles Phago

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

Jamie Dale raised to 6,000 from early position, and the action was folded around to Thomas Graupner in the cutoff, who flat called. Ren Lin on the button then three-bet to 29,000.

Dale folded, and Graupner slid out his whole stack and was all in. Lin snap called.

Thomas Graupner: A♥A♠ All in
Ren Lin: Q♠Q♣

No help for Lin on the 4♠J♠8♠7♥3♦ runout, and Graupner's chips were counted out and matched by Lin to give Graupner a full double up and more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Graupner	312,000 94,000	94,000
Jamie Dale	280,000 42,000	42,000
Ren Lin	215,000 176,000	176,000

Tags: Jamie Dale Ren Lin Thomas Graupner

06-26-2025 16:17 UTC-8

No Winners, No Losers, Just a Classic Chop Pot

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Joseph Berg

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

Xinze Li raised to 12,000 from the button, Victoria Livschitz then three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind, and Li made the call.

Both players checked on the 10♠J♦10♦ flop.

The turn was the 4♠, Livschitz checked, Li bet 12,000, and Livschitz called.

Action checked through on the J♥ river. Livschitz tabled A♦K♦ good for half the pot as Li held A♣Q♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xinze Li	370,000 274,500	274,500
Victoria Livschitz	355,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Victoria Livschitz Xinze Li

06-26-2025 16:20 UTC-8

Hellmuth KO's Defending Champ Negreanu in Poker Players Championship

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Eliot Thomas

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

Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.

Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year's event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.

Mcewen's Five-Bet Gets Through

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Nick Becker

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

Upeshka Desilva raised to 12,000 in the hijack, Preston Mcewen three-bet to 32,000 in the cutoff, and Zhiyuan Xu cold four-bet to 82,000 on the button.

Desilva got out of the way, and Mcewen thought for a moment before putting in a five-bet to 220,000. Xu then went into the tank, eventually deciding to give up his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhiyuan Xu	585,000 87,000	87,000
Preston Mcewen	535,000 193,500	193,500
Upeshka De Silva	495,000 495,000	495,000

Tags: Preston Mcewen Upeshka Desilva Zhiyuan Xu

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 16:30 UTC-8

Kabrhel Left with Dust

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Myles Phago

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

From early position Martin Kabrhel raised to 22,000, leaving himself his standard 1,000 chip behind. Evan Sandberg called from middle position as did Fabrizio Gonzalez in the big blind.

The flop came J♦6♠J♠, and Kabrhel was first to act but went into the tank. The floor were called, and Kabrhel was put on a five-second clock for every action on the hand. He timed out on the flop and checked. Sandberg and Gonzalez checked behind.

The turn brought the 8♣ and all three players checked(Kabrhel after timing out) and it was rinse and repeat on the 6♦river.

Gonzalez tabled A♥9♥ for ace high, and he was pushed the pot, leaving Kabrhel with less than a bowl of rice.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez	400,000 353,200	353,200

Evan Sandberg	150,000 150,000	150,000

Martin Kabrhel	1,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Evan Sandberg Fabrizio Gonzalez Martin Kabrhel

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.