Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-30-2025 13:53 UTC-8

Two Big All-Ins See Leonard Through

Stewart Morrison

Level 8 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

According to the dealer, it was two big all-ins that saw Patrick Leonard emerge victorious from his round one match versus Linglin Zeng.

First of all, Leonard's pocket tens held versus the pocket sevens of Zeng. Following this hand, Leonard found himself with another big pair, this time pocket queens, which was all-in pre-flop versus the underpair of Zeng again.

No help for Zeng on the run-out, and Leonard progresses.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	300,000 150,000	150,000

Linglin Zeng	Busted

Tags: Linglin Zeng Patrick Leonard

05-30-2025 13:51 UTC-8

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

05-30-2025 13:49 UTC-8

Dan Advances, Hendrix Stays Alive

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Just a few hands after Jeremy Dan took a massive lead over Chris Brewer, the match finished with Dan advancing to the next round.

A couple of tables over, Adam Hendrix found himself all in and at risk for around 40,000. Hendrix tabled Q♠Q♥ and held a comfortable lead against the A♥2♥ of Richard Green.

The board ran out jack-high and Hendrix held on to double up and survive elimination for now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Dan	300,000 19,000	19,000
Richard Green	220,000 20,000	20,000
Adam Hendrix	80,000 20,000	20,000
Chris Brewer	Busted

Tags: Richard Green Jeremy Dan Chris Brewer Adam Hendrix

05-30-2025 13:48 UTC-8

Foxen Felts Fata

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Erick Torres

Level 8 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Mario Fata was hobbled after the previous hand left him with 16,900 after Kristen Foxen river jammed, eliciting a fold from Fata.

Fata then opted to go all in on the next hand for his remaining stack. Foxen settled on a call, and the cards were on their back.

Mario Fata: Q♣5♥ All in
Kristen Foxen: K♦2♠

The queen was the first in the window when the flop came, but a king followed shortly after when the board ran Q♥6♦K♣. The 3♦ turn and the 8♥ river brought no help to Fata as he hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Foxen	300,000 120,000	120,000

Mario Fata	Busted

Tags: Kristen Foxen Mario Fata

05-30-2025 13:37 UTC-8

Tice Amps Up the Aggression

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

David Chen opened to 5,000 on the button and Landon Tice reraised to 17,500 from the big blind. Chen called and the dealer fanned the flop of J♥4♠4♥.

Tice continued with a bet of 9,000 and Chen called to see the 7♥ on the turn. Tice fired out another bet of 26,000 and that was enough to force Chen out of the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Landon Tice	186,000 36,000	36,000
David Chen	114,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Landon Tice David Chen

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

05-30-2025 13:33 UTC-8

Dan Leaves Brewer on Crumbs

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 0 ante

Jeremy Dan raised to 5,500 on the button and Chris Brewer three-bet to 22,000 out of the big blind. Dan four-bet shoved all in for 140,700 and Brewer contemplated for a couple of minutes before calling it off.

Jeremy Dan: 10♠10♣ All in
Chris Brewer: A♠9♠

Dan held a commanding lead with his pocket pair and the board ran out 7♣6♦5♥2♦4♣ to give him a full double up, leaving Brewer with just a few big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Dan	281,000 131,000	131,000
Chris Brewer	19,000 131,000	131,000

Tags: Chris Brewer Jeremy Dan

05-30-2025 13:33 UTC-8

Danchev Falls as Song Progresses

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 0 ante

Dimitar Danchev raised to 5,500 on the button, and Stephen Song responded with a three-bet to 17,500. Danchev then slid the remainder of his stack in, roughly 90,000, putting himself at risk. Song snap called and the players revealed they were flipping.

Dimitar Danchev: 5♣5♠ All in
Stephen Song: A♣J♦

The flop came 9♥7♣J♥, Danchev now requiring one of the two remaining fives in the deck, or a running straight.

No such luck on the K♦3♣ runout, and it is Song who progresses to round two from this match.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	300,000 160,000	160,000

Dimitar Danchev	Busted

Tags: Dimitar Danchev Stephen Song

05-30-2025 13:32 UTC-8

Desnos Bounces Richardson

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Erick Torres

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 0 ante

The money went in preflop when Daemon Richardson opted to go all in for his remaining 90,000 in chips.

Killian Desnos decided on a call, putting Richardson at risk.

Daemon Richardson: 6♥6♣ All in
Killian Desnos: Q♠J♣

The chances of a double were looking good for Richardson when the first four cards spread out were 3♠2♦A♣8♦, but Desnos spiked the Q♦ on the river to eliminate Richardson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Killian Desnos	300,000 150,000	150,000
Daemon Richardson	Busted

Tags: Daemon Richardson Killian Desnos

05-30-2025 13:23 UTC-8

Cucchiara Stays Alive with a Double

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 0 ante

After a couple of preflop raises, Frank Cucchiara and Wesley Fei got all of their chips in the middle with Cucchiara being the player at risk for 62,500.

Frank Cucchiara: 5♠5♦ All in
Wesley Fei: K♠Q♦

The flop came J♥6♠2♣ and Cucchiara stayed in front with his pair of fives. The A♦ on the turn gave some hope to Fei but the J♣ on the river was the wrong face card, sending Cucchiara a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Fei	175,000 25,000	25,000
Frank Cucchiara	125,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Wesley Fei Frank Cucchiara