Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-27-2025 19:05 UTC-8

Chivukula Doubles Through Azoulay

Joseph Berg

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Venkat Chivukula raised to 50,000 from middle position before Jonathan Azoulay moved all in, having Chivukula covered. Chivukula called, and the players were off to the races.

Venkat Chivukula: 8♥8♣ All in
Jonathan Azoulay: A♠J♠

The dealer ran out Q♣8♦K♣3♣6♣, giving Chivukula a set and a much-needed boost to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Venkat Chivukula	960,000
Jonathan Azoulay	171,000 469,000	469,000

Tags: Venkat Chivukula Jonathan Azoulay

06-27-2025 19:07 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Angelov	Busted
Thomas Muehloecker	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted

Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted
Brian Battistone	Busted
Arthur Morris	Busted
John Reiter	Busted
Poseidon Ho	Busted
Santiago Plante	Busted
Brian Yoon	Busted

Chance Kornuth	Busted

Kinesh Pather	Busted
Diego Sanchez	Busted
Daniel Lee	Busted
Renji Mao	Busted

Hirokazu Kobayashi	Busted
Stanley Tang	Busted
Bernhard Binder	Busted

Kamel Mokhammad	Busted
Matas Cikinas	Busted
Mustapha Kanit	Busted

Johanssy Joseph	Busted
Noah Boeken	Busted
Bamdad Garzin	Busted
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	Busted

Mammoth Pot Goes Arito's Way

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Jacob Wilson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

[Removed:548] opened the action to 50,000 from early position. Marc Rivera then shoved on the button for 172,000. Yuya Arito cold-called from the small blind, and [Removed:549] called too.

The A♥5♣5♥ checked through, before Arito bet 75,000 into an empty side pot on the K♦ turn. [Removed:549] made the call, which brought in the A♠ river. Arito continued for 150,000, and [Removed:549] shoved his covering stack. Arito couldn't have called any quicker, as he emphatically slammed his chips in and tabled A♦K♥ for top boat. [Removed:549]'s smaller full house with A♣4♣ was no good, and Rivera's 6♣6♦ sent him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuya Arito	1,289,000 779,000	779,000
[Removed:548]	423,000 7,000	7,000
Marc Rivera	Busted

Tags: Marc Rivera Yuya Arito

06-27-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Sanchez Hits Ace to Stay in Contention

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Erick Torres

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The chips were all in preflop between David Sanchez and Michael Brinkenhoff, with Sanchez at risk for his tournament life.

David Sanchez: A♣K♦ All in
Michael Brinkenhoff: Q♠Q♣

It was the classic race between Sanchez and Brinkenhoff as they went into the runout.

The J♦10♠A♠ leaped Sanchez into the lead, but he was not out of the woods yet as Brinkenhoff could still hit a king for a straight.

The 7♥ turn was a safe card, and so was the 5♦ river to secure the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Brinkenhoff	570,000 570,000	570,000

David Sanchez	239,000 239,000	239,000

Tags: David Sanchez Michael Brinkenhoff

06-27-2025 19:16 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Tim Baker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The 79 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at 9:10 p.m.. The blinds will be 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante.

06-27-2025 20:09 UTC-8

Chip Counts After Dinner Break (full)

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Sava Krink

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Kanme	1,835,000 1,355,000	1,355,000
Justin Saliba	1,630,000 950,000	950,000

David Shaw	1,575,000 1,575,000	1,575,000
Steven Zhou	1,505,000 705,000	705,000
Vladimir Minko	1,385,000 1,000	1,000
Viktor Ustimov	1,360,000 1,360,000	1,360,000
John Riordan	1,360,000 60,000	60,000

Yuya Arito	1,310,000 21,000	21,000
Arden Cho	1,130,000 542,000	542,000
Rehman Kassam	1,120,000 780,000	780,000
Natasha Mercier	1,110,000 822,500	822,500
William Jia	1,030,000 370,000	370,000
Xiaoyao Ma	1,010,000 450,000	450,000
Anatoly Nikitin	1,000,000 650,000	650,000
Davidi Kitai	980,000 280,000	280,000

Venkat Chivukula	970,000 10,000	10,000
Ramon Munoz	955,000 20,000	20,000
Qiang Xu	920,000 18,000	18,000

Samuel Mullur	910,000 565,000	565,000
Rainer Kempe	850,000 850,000	850,000

Jeffrey Hong	845,000 130,000	130,000
Aaron Mermelstein	830,000 284,000	284,000
Brian Rast	785,000 152,000	152,000

Min Zhang	785,000 424,000	424,000
Victor Chong	780,000 15,000	15,000

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Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

06-27-2025 20:23 UTC-8

"Don't Do Anything Stupid, Jennifer"

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Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

"Don't do anything stupid, Jennifer," Martin Kabrhel in the big blind said while checking a flop of 10♣10♥5♣.

Jennifer Harman in middle position checked back to discover the 4♥ turn where Kabrhel bet 65,000. Harman called.

After counting his stack, Kabrhel moved all in for 390,000 on the 5♠ river. Harman went into the tank and asked for the count but Kabrhel eventually called the clock.

It didn't take long after the floor arrived for Harman to fold. "Who called the clock," she just asked as Kabrhel was grabbing his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	700,000 180,000	180,000

Jennifer Harman	280,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Jennifer Harman Martin Kabrhel

06-27-2025 20:24 UTC-8

Azoulay With an Early Double

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Tim Baker

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jonathan Azoulay got his last 60,000 into the middle preflop with Venkat Chivukula making the call to try and bust him.

Jonathan Azoulay: K♠J♦ All in
Venkat Chivukula: Q♣J♠

Azoulay looked likely to double if his king-jack could hold. The board ran out A♦K♣J♥9♦Q♦ to give both players two pair, but Azoulay's two pair was better, earning him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Venkat Chivukula	900,000 70,000	70,000
Jonathan Azoulay	130,000 390,000	390,000

Tags: Jonathan Azoulay Venkat Chivukula

06-27-2025 20:27 UTC-8

The Recently Departed

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Tim Baker

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	Busted
Paulino Dias	Busted
Najeem Ajez	Busted
Bob Shao	Busted
Chris Savage	Busted
Aaron Kupin	Busted
Matthew Zambanini	Busted
William Jia	Busted
Scott Baumstein	Busted

Richard Green	Busted
Namhyung Kim	Busted
Frederik Thiemer	Busted