2025 World Series of Poker
Dehlia De Jong raised from middle position to 800, and Ashley Young three-bet to 2,400 from the cutoff. De Jong made the call. The flop was 10♥8♥3♥, and De Jong checked and Young bet 5,000. De Jong smooth called.
On the turn K♦, all the action took place. De Jong checked with the nuts, and Young moved all in for her last 7,400. De Jong called.
Ashley Young: A♣A♦
Dehlia De Jong: A♥9♥
The river was an inconsequential K♠, and De Jong received an instant chip boost, while Young was eliminated.
Lisa Fong opened to 1,100 and received calls from Esther Fedorkevich on the button and Ashley Frank in the big blind.
The flop came 8♥K♥10♣ and after a check from Frank, Fong continued for 2,200. Only Frank stayed interested and called. On the 6♦ turn however, Frank check-folded after Fong sent 4,100 into the pot.
The 769 players on the field are on a 20-minute break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Melody Mckee opened to 1,200 and it folded to Natalie Ramos who called in the big blind.
The flop came 9♠Q♥Q♦ and Ramos check-called for 1,200. Both players checked on the K♣ turn.
When the 5♣ hit the river, Ramos sent 4,000 in the middle and Mckee quickly folded.
Th board 5♣K♣10♥7♠ was already dealt with a pot containing around 22,000. Hannah Thomson checked and Asako Kitamura tanked for some time before announcing all in, putting Thomson at risk. The latter quickly let it go.
Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.
Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year's event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.
In a heads-up pot, the flop was K♠J♦A♠ when Orathai Nasathaen check-called Marie Thirlwell for 3,000.
Both checked on the 8♣ turn and a Q♠ hit the river. Nasathaen thought about her move for a minute and bet 7,000. Thirlwell decided to call, but mucked when she saw 8♠7♠ in Nasathaen's hand for the flush.
Katherine Porrello, raised in early position to 1,200, stating, "I'm not bluffing", relating to previous history at the table.
Regina Cicconi called from the big blind. The flop came out with 7♠10♥4♣, and both players checked.
The turn 7♥ and the river J♣ were both also checked.
Porello admitted, "I have a four", and flipped over A♥4♥, and Cicconi flipped over A♠9♠, and stated, "That's good".