Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-31-2025 12:48 UTC-8

Leonard's River Shove Gets Through

Nick Vazquez

Level 27 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Patrick Leonard raised to 10,000 on the button and Martin Zamani called.

The flop came A♥K♥8♥ and Zamani decided to play out of flow and bet 9,000. Leonard decided to bump it up to 47,000. Zamani made the call.

Leonard fired out again after a check from Zamani on the 9♣ turn. This time the bet was 134,000. Zamani called after some consideration.

The J♣ came on the river, Zamani checked, and Leonard went all in. The dealer counted out his stack and determined it was 504,000, but it was for Zamani's shallower effective stack.

Zamani eventually folded after using a time bank card, and Leonard now has a sizeable lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	890,000 380,000	380,000

Martin Zamani	310,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Patrick Leonard Martin Zamani

05-31-2025 12:48 UTC-8

Kornuth Defeats Desnos

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Killian Desnos did plenty to entertain yesterday, and he continued in a similar style today in his third-round match versus Chance Kornuth.

With chips already flying and stacks swinging, Kornuth raised the button to 8,000 before Desnos three-bet to 19,000.

Kornuth called, and Desnos was happy enough with the 2♦J♣7♥ flop, as he moved all in for his remaining stack, roughly 150,000. Kornuth called, and Desnos was at risk.

Killian Desnos: K♦2♠ All in
Chance Kornuth: 9♥7♦

Desnos needed help, but the deck did not cooperate as the board ran out 7♣J♠, giving Kornuth sevens-full, the pot, and passage to the next round.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	1,200,000 165,000	165,000

Killian Desnos	Busted

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05-31-2025 12:56 UTC-8

Eychenne Chips Away at Foxen

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Erick Torres

Level 27 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Thomas Eychenne continued to grow his lead against Alex Foxen when Eychenne raised to 15,000 preflop and got a call from Foxen.

The flop of K♥10♦10♠ led to a check from Foxen before Eychenne down bet to 6,000 resulting in a call from Foxen.

Both players checked the K♣ turn.

Foxen checked again on the 9♦ river before Eychenne chose to bet out 30,000. Foxen called after some deliberation.

Eychenne showed A♥6♥ and Foxen folded his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	950,000 100,000	100,000
Alex Foxen	250,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Thomas Eychenne

05-31-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Foxen Battling Back

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Stewart Morrison

Level 28 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Alex Foxen took back-to-back pots to cut the deficit in his heads-up showdown versus Thomas Eychenne.

First three-betting pre-flop from the big blind, his continuation-bet was enough to win the pot on the 4♦4♥7♥ board.

The very next hand, he raised on the button before barrelling the flop and the turn to get the job done.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	850,000 100,000	100,000
Alex Foxen	350,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Thomas Eychenne Alex Foxen

05-31-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Eychenne's River Jam Leaves Foxen Short

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Erick Torres

Level 28 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Thomas Eychenne has continued to put pressure on Alex Foxen leaving him in dire straits.

Foxen bet out 101,000 on the river of the board that read 4♠8♥4♣K♥8♦.

Eychenne played two time banks before electing to jam for the remainder of Foxen's stack.

Foxen's cards quickly hit the muck as Eychenne dragged in the critical pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	1,150,000 200,000	200,000
Alex Foxen	150,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Thomas Eychenne

05-31-2025 13:12 UTC-8

Martirosian Eliminates Rabichow

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Nick Vazquez

Level 28 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Artur Martirosian limped on the button, then called Kevin Rabichow's 15,000 raise from the big blind.

The board came out A♥9♣4♣, and Rabichow bet out for 31,000. Martirosian decided to call and see a turn.

The turn brought the 2♠ and now Rabichow fired out 37,000. Maritrosian once again called.

The river came the J♣, which made Rabichow pause. He eventually checked, and Maritrosian bet enough to put Rabichow all in. He eventually folded, and was left with just fumes.

A few hands later, the two players got all in and Rabichow was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	1,200,000 600,000	600,000

Kevin Rabichow	Busted

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05-31-2025 13:21 UTC-8

Boika Defeats Brown

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Stewart Morrison

Level 29 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Aliaksei Boika recalled the action that led to his third-round match against Brandon Brown coming to an end.

In a three-bet pot, Brown had opened the button before Boika reraised with pocket eights.

Boika bet the flop on the 7x3x2x flush draw board, and bet again on the 2x turn, which completed the flush draw.

He elected to check the Ax river, which gave Brown the green light to move all in.

Boika called and had caught Brown bluffing. Boika is now progressing to the next round

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	1,200,000 600,000	600,000
Brandon Brown	Busted

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05-31-2025 13:25 UTC-8

Foxen Doubles to Stay Alive

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Stewart Morrison

Level 29 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Alex Foxen moved all-in from the button for 45,000 and Thomas Eychenne quickly called.

Alex Foxen: 9♥7♣ All in
Thomas Eychenne: K♠6♣

Foxen was behind, but the deck was kind to him as the board ran out A♠9♣5♥8♠5♠, seeing him survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	1,110,000 40,000	40,000
Alex Foxen	90,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Thomas Eychenne

05-31-2025 13:27 UTC-8

Eychenne Defeats Foxen

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Adam Lamers

Level 29 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Alex Foxen limped in on the button and Thomas Eychenne announced all in from the big blind. Foxen quickly called off his stack of around 95,000 and the cards were face up.

Alex Foxen: K♥9♠ All in
Thomas Eychenne: 2♠2♣

The flop came Q♣10♥3♦ and Foxen picked up a straight draw to go with his two live cards. The 10♠ on the turn gave him even more outs but Eychenne held on through the A♠ river to eliminate Foxen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	1,200,000 90,000	90,000
Alex Foxen	Busted

Tags: Thomas Eychenne Alex Foxen

05-31-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Leonard Eliminates Zamani

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Erick Torres

Level 30 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Martin Zamani's tournament run came to an end at the hands of Patrick Leonard.

The hand began with a limp from Leonard before Zamani opted to raise to 32,000 from the big blind.

Leonard chose to call to head to the flop of 10♥J♠9♣. Zamani slid out 21,000 eliciting a call from Leonard.

Zamani checked the 5♣ river before Leonard bet 82,500 on the turn. Zamani chose to call to head to the river.

The 3♠ river saw another check from Zamani before Leonard committed Zamani's entire stack with a large bet of 315,000.

Zamani went deep into the tank using four time banks in the process as he mulled over his decision for his tournament life.

After some deliberation Zamani slid out some chips to call.

Leonard showed K♥J♣ for a pair of Jacks, knocking out Zamani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	1,200,000 310,000	310,000

Martin Zamani	Busted

Tags: Martin Zamani Patrick Leonard