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

06-27-2025 18:49 UTC-8

Finger Gets Cut

Liam Gannon

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Hamid Toghyan raised to 160,000 in late position and in the cutoff, Angela Defoe called. Martin Finger in the small blind three-bet to 490,000 which saw both Toghyan and Defoe call.

Action checked through on the 10♦K♠Q♣ to the 6♦ turn where Finger checked to Toghyan who bet 400,000. Defoe called and Finger called to put his final 10,000 at risk.

Toghyan bet 1,000,000 on the river A♠ and Defoe moved all in immediately which Toghyan responded by calling.

Martin Finger: A♦9♠ All in
Hamid Toghyan: A♣J♦ All in
Angela Defoe: J♥J♣

Both Toghyan and Dafoe held Broadway to chop up the pot while Finger was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angela Defoe	5,460,000 600,000	600,000
Hamid Toghyan	4,010,000 360,000	360,000

Martin Finger	Busted

Tags: Angela Defoe Hamid Toghyan Martin Finger

06-27-2025 18:57 UTC-8

Kolev Takes Out Sagra

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Myles Phago

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Yuliyan Kolev raised to 280,000 from middle position and Ignacio Sagra moved all in late position for 1,450,000. Kolev snap called.

Ignacio Sagra: A♦4♣ All in
Yuliyan Kolev: A♠K♠

A safe runout for Kolev with the 2♥10♠9♦6♠8♥ board and Sagra was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	4,200,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Ignacio Sagra	Busted

Tags: Ignacio Sagra Yuliyan Kolev

06-27-2025 19:05 UTC-8

[Removed:547] Sent to the Rail

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

[Removed:546] limped in late position, Martynas Vitkauskas raised to 250,000 in the cutoff, and Fady Khabbaz called in the big blind. [Removed:547] then moved all in for about 1,275,000 and Vitkauskas reshoved to isolate. Khabbaz got out of the way.

[Removed:546]: K♥Q♦ All in
Martynas Vitkauskas: A♠J♠

Vitkauskas pulled ahead further on the 7♠3♣A♦ flop, pairing his ace. The 8♦ turn and 9♥ river offered no help to [Removed:547] and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martynas Vitkauskas	3,950,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Fady Khabbaz	1,350,000 310,000	310,000
[Removed:546]	Busted

Tags: Fady Khabbaz Martynas Vitkauskas

06-27-2025 19:05 UTC-8

Ilani Doubles Through Kempson

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Liam Gannon

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Corey Kempson raised to 160,000 in middle position and Ran Ilani quickly tossed in a chip to defend his big blind.

On the flop of 7♥5♣8♣, Ilani checked over to Kempson who bet 200,000. Ilani raised to 450,000 and Kempson responded by moving all in for 1,040,000 effective and Ilani called.

Ran Ilani: K♥K♣ All in
Corey Kempson: 9♥8♥

The board ran out Q♥Q♦ and the kings up was good for Ilani to double at the expense of Kempson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	2,650,000 985,000	985,000
Ran Ilani	2,480,000 1,420,000	1,420,000

Tags: Corey Kempson Ran Ilani

06-27-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Sepiol Sees the Exit

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dan Sepiol was all in preflop and at risk for 1,230,000 in late position against Rohit Mariwalla in the hijack.

Dan Sepiol: A♣10♣ All in
Rohit Mariwalla: A♦K♦

Mariwalla pulled ahead further on the K♠4♠9♠ flop, pairing his king. The 6♦ turn and 9♣ river offered no help to Sepiol and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rohit Mariwalla	4,100,000 1,490,000	1,490,000
Dan Sepiol	Busted

Tags: Dan Sepiol Rohit Mariwalla

06-27-2025 19:15 UTC-8

Kolev Pushing On

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Myles Phago

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Govert Metaal limped from under the gun as did John Oneal from early position. Yuliyan Kolev then raised to 350,000 from middle position and it was folded around to Yilong Wang on the button who called as well.

Govert Metaal then three-bet all in for his last 1,450,000, and Kolev four-bet all in and had everyone covered, all other players folded.

Govert Metaal: J♥J♠ All in
Yuliyan Kolev: K♦J♦

Not the flop Metaal wanted to see of 3♠K♥6♣ as he was drawing to the case jack. The A♣ on the turn made no difference, and the A♠ on the river sealed his fate, and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	6,100,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

Yilong Wang	5,100,000 1,025,000	1,025,000

John Oneal	3,000,000 850,000	850,000
Govert Metaal	Busted

Tags: Govert Metaal John Oneal Yilong Wang Yuliyan Kolev

06-27-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Greenblatt Loses On The River

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Liam Gannon

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Fady Khabbaz called in the late position and in the small blind Alexander Greenblatt moved all in for 250,000 which saw only Khabbaz call.

Alexander Greenblatt: A♠7♦ All in
Fady Khabbaz: K♣Q♦

The board ran out 2♥4♦5♥10♦K♦ and the king on the river was good for Khabbaz to take down the pot.

At another table, WSOP bracelet winner Ari Engel was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fady Khabbaz	2,390,000 1,040,000	1,040,000
Alexander Greenblatt	Busted
Ari Engel	Busted

Tags: Alexander Greenblatt Ari Engel Fady Khabbaz

06-27-2025 19:22 UTC-8

Vitkauskas Scoops a Massive Pot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The action was picked up on a flop of 3♦5♠9♦ with around 600,000 in the pot. Martynas Vitkauskas checked from the small blind and then called a bet of 550,000 from Ilan Cukrowicz in the big blind.

On the turn K♠, Vitkauskas checked and Cukrowicz shoved for around 2,000,000 Vitkauskas snap-called.

Ilan Cukrowicz: K♥9♥ All in
Martynas Vitkauskas: 3♣3♠

Vitkauskas had flopped a set, which left Cukrowicz drawing extremely thin. Nothing changed on the 7♥ river, and Vitkauskas scooped the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martynas Vitkauskas	7,500,000 3,550,000	3,550,000
Paawan Bansal	5,600,000 310,000	310,000
Jiawei Mao	3,900,000 650,000	650,000
Fady Khabbaz	1,700,000 690,000	690,000
Damian Salas	1,400,000 610,000	610,000

Tanner Lefferts	600,000 375,000	375,000
Ilan Cukrowicz	Busted

Tags: Ilan Cukrowicz Martynas Vitkauskas

06-27-2025 19:25 UTC-8

Lefferts Sent to the Rail

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Tanner Lefferts moved all in for 580,000 in middle position to put himself at risk and Jiawei Mao called in the hijack.

Tanner Lefferts: 6♥6♣ All in
Jiawei Mao: K♦K♥

The board ran out Q♦Q♠2♣5♠Q♣ and Lefferts was sent to the rail.

With that elimination, the three table redraw is now taking place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiawei Mao	4,475,000 575,000	575,000
Tanner Lefferts	Busted

Tags: Jiawei Mao Tanner Lefferts

06-27-2025 19:36 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw (full)

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Myles Phago

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

With 27 players now remaining there has been a full seat redraw as follows:

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
600	1	Martynas Vitkauskas	Lithuania	7,500,000	94
600	2	Romain Lewis	France	4,600,000	58
600	3	Yuliyan Kolev	Bulgaria	6,500,000	81
600	4	Jiawei Mao	China	4,500,000	56
600	5	Jason Richard	United States	3,100,000	39
600	6	Olivier Busquet	United States	2,700,000	34
600	7	Corey Kempson	Australia	1,800,000	23
600	8	Felipe Boianovsky	Brazil	4,100,000	51
600	9	Yilong Wang	China	3,460,000	43

601	1	Kunal Patni	India	6,600,000	83
601	2	Jakub Sterba	CZ	3,500,000	44
601	3	Ren Lin	China	3,600,000	45
601	4	Damian Salas	Argentina	1,410,000	18
601	5	Hamid Toghyan	United Kingdom	3,900,000	49
601	6	Cesar Del Pino	Spain	4,900,000	61
601	7	Steven Jones	United States	1,200,000	15
601	8	Paawan Bansal	Undia	5,630,000	70
601	9	Rohit Mariwalla	United Kingdom	4,100,000	51

602	1	Fabrizio Gonzalez	Italy	3,100,000	39
602	2	John Oneal	United States	2,950,000	37
602	3	Ran Ilani	Israel	3,500,000	44
602	4	Fady Khabbaz	United States	1,750,000	22
602	5	Yuya Kita	Japan	1,275,000	16
602	6	Angela Defoe	United States	2,700,000	34
602	7	Fabian Bartuschk	Germany	600,000	8
602	8	Seunghyun Nam	United States	2,050,000	26
602	9	Diego Ventura	Peru	1,100,000	14

Player	Chips	Progress
Martynas Vitkauskas	7,500,000
Kunal Patni	6,600,000 695,000	695,000
Yuliyan Kolev	6,500,000 400,000	400,000

Paawan Bansal	5,630,000 30,000	30,000
Cesar Del Pino	4,900,000 250,000	250,000
Romain Lewis	4,600,000 300,000	300,000

Jiawei Mao	4,500,000 25,000	25,000
Felipe Boianovsky	4,100,000 2,110,000	2,110,000
Rohit Mariwalla	4,100,000
Hamid Toghyan	3,900,000 110,000	110,000

Ren Lin	3,600,000 2,180,000	2,180,000

Jakub Sterba	3,500,000 2,530,000	2,530,000
Ran Ilani	3,500,000 1,020,000	1,020,000
Yilong Wang	3,460,000 1,640,000	1,640,000

Jason Richard	3,100,000 305,000	305,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	3,100,000

John Oneal	2,950,000 50,000	50,000
Olivier Busquet	2,700,000 500,000	500,000
Angela Defoe	2,700,000 2,760,000	2,760,000
Seunghyun Nam	2,050,000 600,000	600,000
Corey Kempson	1,800,000 850,000	850,000
Fady Khabbaz	1,750,000 50,000	50,000
Damian Salas	1,410,000 10,000	10,000

Yuya Kita	1,275,000 255,000	255,000
Steven Jones	1,200,000 400,000	400,000

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