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

06-27-2025 00:10 UTC-8

Day 3 Seat Draw

Matthew Pitt

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Event Center	Bronze 600	1	Nitesh Rawtani	United States	635,000	32
Event Center	Bronze 600	2	Arunas Sapitavicius	Lithuania	800,000	40
Event Center	Bronze 600	3	Jonathan Therme	France	500,000	25
Event Center	Bronze 600	4	Fabian Bartuschk	Germany	675,000	34
Event Center	Bronze 600	5	Kartik Ved	India	590,000	30
Event Center	Bronze 600	6	Artem Riabov	Russia	1,050,000	53
Event Center	Bronze 600	7	Rohit Mariwalla	United Kingdom	650,000	33
Event Center	Bronze 600	8	Ran Ilani	Israel	945,000	47
Event Center	Bronze 600	9	Ari Engel	United States	390,000	20

Event Center	Bronze 601	1	Adrian Mateos	Spain	740,000	37
Event Center	Bronze 601	2	Marle Cordeiro	United States	330,000	17
Event Center	Bronze 601	4	Brian Luo	United States	1,080,000	54
Event Center	Bronze 601	5	Tom-Aksel Bedel	Norway	475,000	24
Event Center	Bronze 601	6	Martin Zamani	United States	1,095,000	55
Event Center	Bronze 601	7	Hamid Toghyan	United Kingdom	2,545,000	127
Event Center	Bronze 601	8	Jiawei Mao	China	1,220,000	61
Event Center	Bronze 601	9	Matthew Zola	United States	235,000	12

Event Center	Bronze 602	1	Lander Lijo	Spain	123,000	6
Event Center	Bronze 602	2	Takumi Odani	Japan	440,000	22
Event Center	Bronze 602	3	Michael Vanier	United States	655,000	33
Event Center	Bronze 602	4	Elizabeth Boles	Canada	230,000	12
Event Center	Bronze 602	5	Alex Berenson	United States	915,000	46
Event Center	Bronze 602	6	Diego Ventura	Peru	1,085,000	54
Event Center	Bronze 602	7	Yilong Wang	China	670,000	34
Event Center	Bronze 602	8	Benjamin Eilers	United States	625,000	31
Event Center	Bronze 602	9	Stuart Young	United States	365,000	18

Event Center	Bronze 603	1	Beka Iordanishvili	Ukraine	175,000	9
Event Center	Bronze 603	2	Steven Jones	United States	1,255,000	63
Event Center	Bronze 603	3	Sung Jin Yun	South Korea	645,000	32
Event Center	Bronze 603	4	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	1,002,000	50
Event Center	Bronze 603	5	Ashish Gupta	Australia	1,435,000	72
Event Center	Bronze 603	6	Xuemei Liang	China	460,000	23
Event Center	Bronze 603	7	Seunghyun Nam	United States	615,000	31
Event Center	Bronze 603	8	Yunkyu Song	United States	455,000	23
Event Center	Bronze 603	9	Fabian Niederreiter	Germany	425,000	21

Event Center	Bronze 604	1	Asish Ghosh	India	510,000	26
Event Center	Bronze 604	2	Pierre Merlin	France	375,000	19
Event Center	Bronze 604	3	Charles Thomas	United States	1,015,000	51
Event Center	Bronze 604	4	Edward Leonard	United States	305,000	15
Event Center	Bronze 604	5	David Rheem	United States	260,000	13
Event Center	Bronze 604	7	Stephen Song	United States	900,000	45
Event Center	Bronze 604	8	John Oneal	United States	530,000	27
Event Center	Bronze 604	9	Ital Levy	Israel	450,000	23

Event Center	Bronze 605	1	Marco Bich	Italy	205,000	10
Event Center	Bronze 605	2	Robert Wells	United Kingdom	325,000	16
Event Center	Bronze 605	3	Chen Kuanying	Taiwan	740,000	37
Event Center	Bronze 605	4	Dylan Linde	United States	680,000	34
Event Center	Bronze 605	5	Tanner Lefferts	United States	575,000	29
Event Center	Bronze 605	6	Ehsan Amiri	Australia	1,695,000	85
Event Center	Bronze 605	7	Olivier Busquet	United States	1,101,000	55
Event Center	Bronze 605	8	Leandro Bustillo	Argentina	340,000	17
Event Center	Bronze 605	9	Christopher Da Silva	United Kingdom	330,000	17

Event Center	Bronze 606	1	Andrew Fleming	United Kingdom	500,000	25
Event Center	Bronze 606	2	Zhiyuan Xu	China	1,060,000	53
Event Center	Bronze 606	3	Rahul Rastogi	Australia	710,000	36
Event Center	Bronze 606	4	Dimitrios Farmakoulis	United Kingdom	460,000	23
Event Center	Bronze 606	5	Adrian Buckley	United States	425,000	21
Event Center	Bronze 606	7	Shai Arbel	Israel	755,000	38
Event Center	Bronze 606	8	Fabien Antho Gun	France	710,000	36
Event Center	Bronze 606	9	Charles Lee	United States	395,000	20

Event Center	Bronze 607	1	Weizheng Zhong	United States	340,000	17
Event Center	Bronze 607	2	Pedro Gusmao Madeira	Brazil	426,000	21
Event Center	Bronze 607	3	Ravi Shankar	United States	620,000	31
Event Center	Bronze 607	4	Kevin Killeen	Ireland	300,000	15
Event Center	Bronze 607	5	Daniel Sepiol	United States	690,000	35
Event Center	Bronze 607	6	Yiannis Liperis	United Kingdom	590,000	30
Event Center	Bronze 607	7	Luigi Soncin	Brazil	300,000	15
Event Center	Bronze 607	8	Jack Duong	United States	96,000	5
Event Center	Bronze 607	9	Felipe Boianovsky	Brazil	766,000	38

Event Center	Bronze 608	1	Yenhan Chen	Taiwan	370,000	19
Event Center	Bronze 608	2	Felix Martel	Canada	395,000	20
Event Center	Bronze 608	3	Yuriy Boyko	Ireland	1,815,000	91
Event Center	Bronze 608	4	Yuliyan Kolev	Bulgaria	1,920,000	96
Event Center	Bronze 608	6	Fabrizio Gonzalez	Spain	1,255,000	63
Event Center	Bronze 608	7	Smain Mamouni	France	1,130,000	57
Event Center	Bronze 608	8	Lucas Pochat	Argentina	309,000	15
Event Center	Bronze 608	9	Jonah Labranche	United States	910,000	46

Event Center	Bronze 609	1	Xiaohu Liu	China	474,000	24
Event Center	Bronze 609	2	Cesar Del Pino	Spain	1,000,000	50
Event Center	Bronze 609	3	Corey Kempson	Australia	633,000	32
Event Center	Bronze 609	4	Jessica Vierling	Germany	265,000	13
Event Center	Bronze 609	5	Preston Mcewen	United States	990,000	50
Event Center	Bronze 609	6	Xao Yang	United States	1,680,000	84
Event Center	Bronze 609	7	Reiji Kono	Japan	475,000	24
Event Center	Bronze 609	8	Alexander Greenblatt	United States	1,855,000	93
Event Center	Bronze 609	9	Angela Defoe	United States	160,000	8

Event Center	Bronze 610	1	Pablo Valdivieso	Ecuador	425,000	21
Event Center	Bronze 610	2	Feng Yu	United Kingdom	550,000	28
Event Center	Bronze 610	3	Brennen Duke	United States	565,000	28
Event Center	Bronze 610	4	Rachid Amamou	Switzerland	1,480,000	74
Event Center	Bronze 610	5	Neil Walker	United Kingdom	495,000	25
Event Center	Bronze 610	7	Hannes Jeschka	Germany	1,025,000	51
Event Center	Bronze 610	8	Damian Salas	Argentina	510,000	26
Event Center	Bronze 610	9	Dean Ruan	United States	370,000	19

Event Center	Bronze 611	1	Paawan Bansal	India	920,000	46
Event Center	Bronze 611	2	Joshua Boulton	United Kingdom	915,000	46
Event Center	Bronze 611	3	[Removed:546]	Austria	1,530,000	77
Event Center	Bronze 611	4	Arthur Morris	United States	745,000	37
Event Center	Bronze 611	5	David Paredes	United States	550,000	28
Event Center	Bronze 611	6	Fady Khabbaz	United States	745,000	37
Event Center	Bronze 611	7	Yuya Kita	Japan	1,370,000	69
Event Center	Bronze 611	8	Jacob Mendelsohn	United States	540,000	27

Event Center	Bronze 612	1	Diego Dos Santos	Argentina	202,000	10
Event Center	Bronze 612	2	Xing He	Canada	820,000	41
Event Center	Bronze 612	3	Filipp Khavin	United States	970,000	49
Event Center	Bronze 612	4	Leonard Maue	Germany	1,055,000	53
Event Center	Bronze 612	5	Ilan Cukrowicz	France	2,055,000	103
Event Center	Bronze 612	6	Martynas Vitkauskas	Lithuania	40,000	2
Event Center	Bronze 612	7	Upeshka Desilva	United States	570,000	29
Event Center	Bronze 612	8	Kunal Patni	India	994,000	50
Event Center	Bronze 612	9	Antoine Saout	France	255,000	13

Event Center	Bronze 613	1	Aaron Massey	United States	270,000	14
Event Center	Bronze 613	2	Ignacio Sagra	Argentina	565,000	28
Event Center	Bronze 613	4	Manas Gandhi	United States	500,000	25
Event Center	Bronze 613	5	Russell Brooks	United States	260,000	13
Event Center	Bronze 613	6	Ken Aldridge	United States	645,000	32
Event Center	Bronze 613	7	Laurie Tournier	Brazil	604,000	30
Event Center	Bronze 613	8	Bruno Mota	Brazil	500,000	25
Event Center	Bronze 613	9	Evan Sandberg	United States	285,000	14

Event Center	Bronze 620	1	Martin Finger	Germany	1,050,000	53
Event Center	Bronze 620	2	Romain Lewis	France	1,850,000	93
Event Center	Bronze 620	3	Ren Lin	China	310,000	16
Event Center	Bronze 620	4	Jason Richard	United States	390,000	20
Event Center	Bronze 620	6	Conor Bergin	Netherlands	550,000	28
Event Center	Bronze 620	7	Roeland Peeks	Netherlands	605,000	30
Event Center	Bronze 620	8	Jakub Sterba	Czech Republic	970,000	49
Event Center	Bronze 620	9	Michael Berk	United States	235,000	12

Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem

Day 3 Started

06-27-2025 07:00 UTC-8

Patni Chasing Bracelet on Day 3 of $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

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Jerome Solomon

Pursuit of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em continues today at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas at noon local time. Of the 351 players who reached the money in Day 2, just 127 remain, out of a field of 2,338 total entries, vying for the first-place prize of $830,685.

Kunal Patni, who has an extensive list of cashes at WSOP events in the past decade, is in prime position to claim his first bracelet. Patni, who finished 20th in this event a year ago, and eighth in a $3,000 Freezeout here two years ago, enters the day second in chips with 2,125,000.

Hamid Toghyan holds the chip lead (2,545,000) on an international leaderboard that has eight countries represented among the top ten players.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Hamid Toghyan	United Kingdom	2,545,000	127
2	Kunal Patni	India	2,125,000	106
3	Ilan Cukrowicz	France	2,055,000	103
4	Yuliyan Kolev	Bulgaria	1,920,000	96
5	Alexander Greenblatt	United States	1,855,000	93
6	Yuriy Boyko	Ireland	1,815,000	91
7	Ehsan Amiri	Australia	1,695,000	85
8	Jerry Yang	United States	1,680,000	84
9	Romain Lewis	France	1,660,000	83
10	[Removed:546]	Austria	1,530,000	77

Bracelet winners Yuliyan Kolev, Jerry Yang, Romain Lewis, Daniel Sepiol, Diego Ventura and Martin Finger are all in the hunt with more than 1,000,000 in chips.

Day 3 will begin with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000. The schedule calls for the field to play down to five players, through 60-minute levels, with breaks after every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:30 p.m.).

Stay tuned to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker, for live updates from this and all bracelet events at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.

Tags: Alexander Greenblatt Daniel Sepiol Diego Ventura Ehsan Amiri Hamid Toghyan Ilan Cukrowicz Jerry Yang Kunal Patni Martin Finger Romain Lewis Yuliyan Kolev Yuriy Boyko

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

06-27-2025 11:00 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Cards are in the air in Day 3 of Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem.

06-27-2025 11:12 UTC-8

Richard Doubles First Hand of the Day

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jason Richard raised to 40,000 in early position and Roeland Peeks flatted in the hijack.

The flop came 2♠A♣2♦ and Richard continued with a bet of 50,000. Peeks called and the turn brought the 8♣.

Richard bet again, this time for 125,000 and Peeks stuck around. The river landed the 3♦.

Richard moved all in for 175,000 and Peeks went into the tank before eventually making the call.

Richard tabled A♥Q♣ for two pair, aces and deuces with a queen kicker, besting the A♦J♥ of Peeks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Richard	830,000 440,000	440,000
Roeland Peeks	215,000 390,000	390,000

Tags: Jason Richard Roeland Peeks

06-27-2025 11:14 UTC-8

Defoe Spikes an Ace to Triple

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was folded around to Angela Defoe in the cutoff, who open jammed all in for 160,000. Cesar Del Pino in the small blind flat called only to see Corey Kempson three-bet all in from the big blind, having both players covered. Del Pino got out of the way.

Angela Defoe: A♣4♠ All in
Corey Kempson: 8♠8♦

The flop of J♠10♠4♣ didn't help Defoe enough, nor did the Q♦ dropping on the turn. When the A♠ peeled off on the river, it made her a better pair, two pair actually, and the pot was pushed Defoe's way for a handsome triple-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Kempson	1,200,000 30,000	30,000
Cesar Del Pino	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Angela Defoe	530,000 370,000	370,000

Tags: Angela Defoe Cesar Del Pino Corey Kempson

06-27-2025 11:23 UTC-8

Oneal Cracks Queens

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

John Oneal raised to 40,000 under the gun and Pierre Merlin three-bet shoved in middle position for 325,000 to put himself at risk. Oneal made the call.

Pierre Merlin: Q♥Q♣ All in
John Oneal: A♣Q♠

Oneal pulled ahead on the 6♥A♥9♥ flop, pairing his ace, but Merlin picked up a flush draw. There were no hearts to be found on the K♣ turn or A♦ river and Merlin was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Oneal	2,150,000 1,620,000	1,620,000
Pierre Merlin	Busted

Tags: John Oneal Pierre Merlin

06-27-2025 11:28 UTC-8

Labranche Scoops a Monster

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was joined with the board reading 5♠K♥7♠9♣ and the pot at over 200,000.

Smain Mamouni, who was on the button, bet out for 210,000, and Jonah Labranche in the big blind was in the tank for a good 3-4 minutes before he announced that he was all in. Fabrizio Gonzalez, who was also in the pot, snap-folded while Mamouni snap-called.

Jonah Labranche: Q♠J♠ All in
Smain Mamouni: 8♦6♦

Mamouni had turned a straight and needed to dodge a spade to send Labranche to the rail. However, the 3♠ peeled off on the river and made Labranche his flush for a monster pot and to send him soaring up the chip counts with nearly 2,000,000. Mamouni was left with a little more than a bowl of rice after the nasty suck-out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonah Labranche	1,900,000 990,000	990,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	1,300,000 45,000	45,000

Smain Mamouni	130,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Fabrizio Gonzalez Jonah Labranche Smain Mamouni

06-27-2025 11:34 UTC-8

Early Day 3 Eliminations

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roeland Frederik Peeks	Busted
Feng Yu	Busted
Smain Mamouni	Busted
Evan Sandberg	Busted

Martin Zamani	Busted
Leonard Maue	Busted
Manas Gandhi	Busted
Xiaohu Liu	Busted
Jacob Mendelsohn	Busted
Pierre Merlin	Busted
Charles Lee (CA)	Busted
Russell Brooks	Busted

Chris Dasilva	Busted
Asish Ghosh	Busted
Alex Berenson	Busted
Robert Wells	Busted

Chen Kuanying	Busted
Bruno Mota	Busted