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

06-27-2025 20:12 UTC-8

Patni Ascends High With a Straight Flush

Liam Gannon

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Kunal Patni raised to 200,000 from first position and Cesar Del Pino called in the cutoff which saw all other players fold.

The flop rolled out K♦A♥9♦ and Patni continue for 200,000 which Del Pino called.

Patni sized up on the turn 5♣ to the tune of 650,000 and Del Pino called a second time.

On the river Q♦, Patni bet 1,700,000 and Del Pino went into the tank.

After some time in the tank, he put in the chips to call and mucked after seeing Patni turn over J♦10♦ for a king-high straight flush. Patni eclipsed nine million and Del Rio dipped down to under two million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kunal Patni	9,110,000 3,010,000	3,010,000
Cesar Del Pino	1,380,000 3,520,000	3,520,000

06-27-2025 20:03 UTC-8

Double Up for Salas

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Myles Phago

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Kunal Patni raised from late position to 200,000, and Damian Salas three-bet all in for 895,000 from the small blind. Patni didn't think too long and made the call.

Damian Salas: A♥K♠ All in
Kunal Patni: K♦10♦

A safe flop of 4♥3♠5♦ came for Salas, and when the A♦ peeled off on the turn, Patni was drawing dead to scoop and Salas was guaranteed to survive. The 8♠ on the river locked up the pot for Salas to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kunal Patni	6,100,000 500,000	500,000
Damian Salas	2,100,000 690,000	690,000

Tags: Damian Salas Kunal Patni

06-27-2025 19:58 UTC-8

Richard Forces a Fold From Kolev

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Yuliyan Kolev opened from the cutoff to 200,000 and Jiawei Mao called on the button. Jason Richard also came along from the big blind.

On the K♠8♥4♣ flop, all three checked to the K♦ turn, where Richard fired out 275,000. Kolev called and Mao folded.

A 5♦ hit the river and after some time, Richard bet 800,000. Kolev went into the tank and needed around a minute before he eventually decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	5,400,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Jiawei Mao	4,050,000 450,000	450,000
Jason Richard	3,700,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Jason Richard Jiawei Mao Yuliyan Kolev

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

06-27-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Jones Wins a Flip to Double Up

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Nick Becker

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

Hamid Toghyan raised to 160,000 in late position and Steven Jones three-bet shoved in the cutoff for 1,350,000. Toghyan called with the covering stack.

Steven Jones: K♣Q♦ All in
Hamid Toghyan: 10♣10♥

Toghyan was still in the lead on the A♥6♣4♦ flop, but Jones pulled ahead on the K♦ turn by pairing his king. The river fell the A♣ and Jones secured the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Jones	2,900,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Hamid Toghyan	2,450,000 1,450,000	1,450,000

Tags: Hamid Toghyan Jones Wins

06-27-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Fabian Bartuschk Eliminated in 26th Place ($31,751)

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Liam Gannon

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

Fabian Bartuschk raised to 550,000 from the cutoff and in the small blind, Fabrizio Gonzalez moved all in which saw action fold back to Bartuschk.

"One time," he said as he put all of his chips into the middle, totaling at 670,000.

Fabian Bartuschk: 10♦9♦ All in
Fabrizion Gonzalez: A♣K♦

The board ran out Q♠5♠Q♦9♠A♦ and the river ace brought aces and queens to Gonzalez to best Bartuschk's queens up. Gonzalez raked in the pot while Bartuschk took his leave in 26th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez	3,665,000 565,000	565,000

Fabian Bartuschk	Busted

Tags: Fabian Bartuschk Fabrizio Gonzalez

06-27-2025 19:38 UTC-8

Diego Ventura Eliminated in 27th Place ($26,069)

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Kai Cocklin

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

Yuya Kita opened to 160,000 from middle position and when the action got to Diego Ventura in the small blind, he shoved for 955,000. After the big blind folded, Kita called.

Diego Ventura: A♥K♣ All in
Yuya Kita: 9♥9♣

Venture was flipping for his tournament life, and needed to play catch up after the 2♣3♠3♦ flop missed his hand. A J♣ on the turn left him with one shot at six outs, and the J♦ on the river meant he was out in 27th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuya Kita	2,500,000 1,225,000	1,225,000
Diego Ventura	Busted

Tags: Diego Ventura Yuya Kita

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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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 19:22 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