2025 World Series of Poker

Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j5
Prize
$892,701
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$7,523,700
Total Entries
809
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
809
Players Left
1
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Sanchez Doubles on the Bubble

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

Xiaoyao Ma raised to 40,000 under the gun before John Riordan three-bet to 125,000 from middle position. Diego Sanchez four-bet jammed for 128,000, which forced Ma to fold. Riodan called for the extra few thousand and the Sanchez was at risk.

Diego Sanchez: KK All in
John Riordan: J9

Sanchez needed his kings to hold, to keep the tournament on the bubble. Sanchez got a clean runout of A74A7 to have Riordan drawing dead by the turn, and he doubled up.

Tags: Diego SanchezJohn RiordanXiaoyao Ma

Cho Doubles Through Mamouni

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

Arden Cho moved all-in for 269,000 from the hijack. Mohamed Mamouni in the cutoff called, then the small blind seemed tempted to call or raise but folded.

Arden Cho: AK All in
Mohamed Mamouni: AQ

The dealer fanned a board of 97734 and Cho doubled up.

Tags: Arden ChoMohamed Mamouni

Munoz Calls Kabrhel's Bluff

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

Martin Kabrhel opened the action with a raise from middle position, and Ramon Munoz responded with a three-bet to 85,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Kabrhel, who eventually called with a grin and a comment: “I call, imagining I bubble now.”

The flop came 10Q6, and Kabrhel checked. Munoz continued for 60,000, prompting a long tank from Kabrhel before he made the call.

The K turn was checked by both players, but not before Kabrhel asked, “Do you like the king?”, repeating the question more than once.

When the 10 river landed, Kabrhel didn’t look at the board. Instead, he locked eyes with Munoz and asked, “Is it a blank? If it’s a blank, I win.”

Munoz smiled slightly and nodded. After finally glancing at the card, Kabrhel quipped, “Big blank, heh?” and began counting his stack.

He then placed a few stacks of chips in the middle and announced after a bet of 170,000, with confidence. However, after a quick recount, he corrected himself, “Sorry, just 168,000.” Munoz took a moment, then tossed in the call.

Kabrhel revealed 97 for a nine-high bluff. Munoz tabled AK for a pair of kings, enough to drag the pot and leave Kabrhel with just a handful of chips. That hand took so long to play out that the entire table missed an entire blind level.

Tags: Martin KabrhelRamon Munoz

Soft Bubble for Nikiforov

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

With the tournament on the bubble, action folded to Ilya Nikiforov in the small blind, who moved all in for 190,000. In the big blind, Jeffrey Hong took some time to make a decision. After a little while in the tank, he apologised to the table, saying he really wasn't sure what to do. Ultimately, he decided to call, putting Nikiforov at risk.

Ilya Nikiforov: A4 All in
Jeffrey Hong: K4

It wasn't what Hong was hoping to see, as he didn't even have two live cards.

The deck took care of that for him, though, as the flop came down 3K7, moving him into the lead.

The 8 turn and 7 river couldn't provide a way back for Nikiforov, who vacated his seat and headed to the exit.

Tags: Ilya NikiforovJeffrey Hong

Xu Makes Big Call Near Bubble

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

Action folded round to Alejandro Ganivet in the hijack, who shoved for 402,000. He covered all other players at the table. Only Qiang Xu in the big blind made the call, putting himself at risk.

Qiang Xu: A9 All in
Alejandro Ganivet: K8

The board ran out nice and safe for Xu, who secured a nice stack before the bubble on 37362.

Tags: Alejandro GanivetQiang Xu

Zhou Hunts for Two Bounties

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

Paulino Dias jammed from middle position for roughly 120,000 and Christian Harder committed all of his 95,000 from the cutoff. Steven Zhou called from the big blind with the covering stack in the hope of claiming two bounties.

Christian Harder: AK All in
Paulino Dias: AK All in
Steven Zhou: Q3

Zhou had two live cards against the Big Slicks of Harder and Dias. The board ran out 39K104 and Zhou lost the pot to Harder and Dias' pair of kings.

Tags: Christian HarderPaulino DiasSteven Zhou

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Thiemer With the Bluff; Malinov With the Call

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Atanas Malinov raised in middle position to 40,000, and only Frederik Thiemer called, defending his big blind.

Thiemer executed a check-raise on the 10610 flop, raising to 72,000 following Malinov's original wager of 23,000. Malinov called, and they moved onto a turn card.

Thiemer continued with a bet of 60,000 on the A, and again Malinov called.

The river double-paired the board, coming 6, but this didn't slow Thiemer down as he moved all in, covering his opponent's stack of 235,000.

Malinov took a little time considering his options but elected to call. Thiemer had been caught as he rolled over 43, and duly paid Malinov his double up when he tabled A6.

Tags: Atanas MalinovFrederik Thiemer

Kings for Castro

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Harvey Castro chose to go all in from middle position before being called in the cutoff by Brian Battistone. Jonathan Azoulay chose to raise to 405,000 from his big blind, which pushed out Battistone to make the hand go heads-up to showdown.

Harvey Castro: KKAll in
Jonathan Azoulay: A8

The flop of Q99 was safe for the pocket kings of Castro. The 3 turn and the 4 river offered no sweat for Castro as he secured a triple up to get back into the tournament.

Tags: Brian BattistoneHarvey CastroJonathan Azoulay