After losing a sizable pot to Yilong Wang just moments ago, Felipe Boianovsky raised all in for 220,000 in the cutoff which saw Wang raise to 450,000. In the small blind, Martynas Vitkauskas raised to 1,450,000 and only Wang called.
The flop rolled out 2♥5♥8♣ and Vitkauskas bet 1,400,000 to earn a fold from Wang.
Felipe Boianovsky: J♦8♦
Martynas Vitkauskas: A♥A♣
The board ran out Q♥Q♦ and the aces up were good for Vitkauskas to take down the pot to eliminate Boianovsky.
Action was folded to Fady Khabbaz, who moved all in for his last 720,000 from middle position, and was called by Yuya Kita also in middle position. All other players folded.
Fady Khabbaz: 8♣8♦
Yuya Kita: K♣K♥
The flop came 3♥Q♦7♦ and was not much help to Khabbaz. Nor was the A♠ on the turn, and he was drawing to an eight to stay alive. Unfortunately for Khabbaz, the 7♠ peeled off on the river, and he was sent to the cage in 19th spot.
Yuya Kita raised to 510,000 in the small blind and in the big blind, Seunghyun Nam moved all in for 2,300,000 effective and Kita called to put himself at risk.
Yuya Kita: J♣J♥
Seunghyun Nam: 2♥2♠
The board ran out A♦Q♥2♦A♥K♦ and the twos full of aces was good for Nam to take down the pot and eliminate Kita from the tournament.
Ren Lin raised under the gun to 320,000 and in early position, Jiawei Mao three-bet to 1,000,000. Action folded to Fabrizio Gonzalez on the button who raised to 1,850,000 and action folded back around to Mao. He moved all in for 5,050,000 effective and Gonzalez called to put himself at risk.
Fabrizio Gonzalez: Q♥Q♣
Jiawei Mao: A♠K♣
The board ran out 10♥5♥3♦9♣3♥ and the queens up were good for Gonzalez to secure a late night double into the chip lead.
After ten levels of play, Day 3 action has come to a close here in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2025 World Series of Poker, hosted by the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Of the 127 runners who started the day, only 16 players will return for Day 4 on Saturday. The remaining competitors will be battling it out for a piece of the $6,242,460 prize pool, with the winner taking home the first-place prize of $830,685, as well as the coveted gold bracelet.
Fabrizio Gonzalez was the only player to break the eight-figure mark and sits atop the leaderboard with 11,525,000. Yilong Wang ended the day in second with 8,375,000, and rounding out the top three is Martynas Vitkauskas with 8,300,000. All three players will be on the hunt for their first piece of WSOP hardware as play reaches the homestretch.
Steven Jones, best known for his runner-up finish at the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event, sits in fourth with 7,925,000 and looks to leverage his experience to navigate a tough remaining field. With multiple WSOP final tables on his resume, Jones will be looking to take advantage of his chip position and close this one out to capture his first gold bracelet.
Other stand-out players in the top ten include Romain Lewis (7,225,000), Yuliyan Kolev (7,200,000) and Ren Lin (4,925,000), who is the only 25K Fantasy Draftee remaining in this event.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Fabrizio Gonzalez
Uruguay
11,525,000
58
2
Yilong Wang
China
8,375,000
42
3
Martynas Vitkauskas
Lithuania
8,300,000
42
4
Steven Jones
United States
7,925,000
40
5
Paawan Bansal
India
7,650,000
38
6
Romain Lewis
France
7,225,000
36
7
Yuliyan Kolev
Bulgaria
7,200,000
36
8
Seunghyun Nam
United States
5,950,000
30
9
Ren Lin
China
4,925,000
25
10
Hamid Toghyan
United Kingdom
4,475,000
22
Still in the mix in 13th is Olivier Busquet, who bagged 3,575,000 at the end of Day 3. Busquet is a well respected player with over $9,000,000 in total live earnings tallied on his resume. Although he hasn't made many appearances on the poker scene in recent years, his results speak for themselves and he will be a player to look out for on Day 4.
Olivier Busquet
Notable Eliminations
Several notable players made early exits on Day 3 within the first few levels of play. Arthur Morrislost a big flip with pocket queens against the ace-king of Wang. Jessica Vierling fell to Jerry Yang when she found herself short-stacked with ace-seven and ran into Yang's ace-king. Marle Spragg had less than ten big blinds and exited after running into Adrian Mateos' pocket jacks. Upeshka De Silva's jack-nine suited couldn't crackFabian Niederreiter's pocket kings and Chino Rheem was eliminated with ace-ten by Ren Lin's pocket nines.
Others that fell by the wayside before the dinner break include Stephen Song (87th - $10,094), Dylan Linde (80th - $11,491), Yang (71st - $13,234), Mateos (60th - $15,416), and Lander Lijo (38th - $21,640).
Later in the day, Dan Sepiol hit the rail in 33rd, good for a cash of $26,069, when his ace-ten suited ran into the ace-king suited of Rohit Mariwalla. Others who made a deep run include Ari Engel (31st - $26,069), Diego Ventura (27th - $26,069) and 2020 WSOP Main Event champion Damian Salas (23rd - $31,751).
Damian Salas
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize (USD)
1
$830,685
2
$553,692
3
$406,016
4
$300,649
5
$224,833
6
$169,818
7
$129,563
8
$99,859
9
$77,760
10-11
$61,183
12-13
$48,647
14-16
$39,091
Day 4 will start at 12 p.m. local time on Saturday, June 28, where the event will play down to a winner. The tournament will resume in Level 30 with blinds at 100,000/200,000/200,000 and there will be a 15-minute break every two levels with a one-hour dinner to be determined.
Be sure to follow PokerNews for the remainder of this event, as well as future coverage throughout the summer.
