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

06-27-2025 15:56 UTC-8

Muehloecker Takes from Zhou

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Sava Krink

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Quan Zhou kicked things off in middle position and raised to 8,500. Thomas Muehloecker made the call on the button.

Zhou continued on the J♣6♦7♦ board with 12,000, and Muehloecker again made the call.

On the 8♥ turn, Zhou checked and Muehloecker fired a bet of 36,000, prompting a fold from Zhou, adding to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	235,000 45,000	45,000
Quan Zhou	124,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Quan Zhou Thomas Muehloecker

06-27-2025 15:56 UTC-8

Fritz Bounces Back with Double Through Melki

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Erick Torres

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Manuel Fritz announced he was all-in from under the gun right after losing a pot the previous hand. The table folded to Jack Melki in the big blind, who chose to call to send them to a showdown.

Manuel Fritz: A♣6♣ All in
Jack Melki: Q♣J♦

Both players caught a piece of the flop, but Fritz got the best of it when the flop fanned out 8♠A♦Q♠. The 9♦ turn gave Melki a gutshot, but the 9♠ river ended the hand in favor of Fritz, who secured a double and left Melki short-stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Fritz	85,000
Jack Melki	18,000

Tags: Jack Melki Manuel Fritz

06-27-2025 15:55 UTC-8

Ausmus Wins Battle of the Blinds

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Joseph Berg

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Phong Nguyen raised to 9,000 from the small blind and was called by Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind.

The players saw a 7♣K♥Q♦ flop, Nguyen bet 5,500, and Ausmus called.

The turn was the J♣ Nguyen bet 11,000, and Ausmus then decided to go all in, having Nguyen covered. After taking a moment, Nguyen made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	93,000 93,000	93,000

Phong Nguyen	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus Phong Nguyen

06-27-2025 15:54 UTC-8

Kornuth Scores an Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Chance Kornuth on the button opened to 8,000, Yohwan Lim in the big blind raised all-in for 42,500 and Kornuth called.

Yohwan Lim: A♠8♣ All in
Chance Kornuth: K♠10♥

Kornuth hit a pair on 4♦7♠6♦K♥3♣ to send Lim to the rail. Joe Serock was eliminated from the same table a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	250,000

Yohwan Lim	Busted
Joe Serock	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Joe Serock Yohwan Lim

06-27-2025 15:51 UTC-8

Newey Wins a Big One

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Justin Saliba opened up the action from middle position, with a raise to 8,000. Ori Hasson jammed from the button, before Paul Newey jammed over the top in the big blind. Saliba snapped, and cards were on their backs.

Ori Hasson: A♠10♣ All in
Paul Newey: K♣Q♠ All in
Justin Saliba: J♦J♣

Saliba had outs to fade if he wanted to score a double knockout, but he couldn't manage it on the 2♠K♥6♦3♥6♣ runout. Newey took Hasson's chips, his bounty, as well as a double on the side from Saliba.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Newey	235,000 84,400	84,400
Justin Saliba	50,000 50,000	50,000

Ori Hasson	Busted

Tags: Justin Saliba Ori Hasson Paul Newey

06-27-2025 15:51 UTC-8

Cha Doubles With Big Slick

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Pj Cha raised to 10,000 from middle position before Takashi Ogura three-bet to 28,000 from the next seat. Cha four-bet shoved for around 90,000, and Ogura called.

Pj Cha: A♣K♠ All in
Takashi Ogura: Q♠Q♥

Cha needed to find an ace or a king to remain in the tournament. The board ran out 8♥2♦6♠K♣9♣ to give Cha a pair of kings on the turn, earning him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pj Cha	180,000
Takashi Ogura	80,000

Tags: Pj Cha Takashi Ogura

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

06-27-2025 15:38 UTC-8

A Few Updated Chip Counts After the Break

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Sava Krink

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The chip counts are provided by the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Lagodich	470,000 470,000	470,000
Brock Wilson	462,000 222,000	222,000
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	458,000 359,600	359,600
Min Zhang	407,500 302,500	302,500
Matas Cikinas	379,500 379,500	379,500
Simon Lindell	350,000 350,000	350,000
Darius Samual	350,000 200,200	200,200

Alex Lynskey	348,000 348,000	348,000
Steven Zhou	348,000 158,000	158,000
Raoul Kanme	330,500 201,500	201,500
Santiago Plante	330,000 330,000	330,000
Arthur Morris	325,000 325,000	325,000
Kinesh Pather	321,000 206,000	206,000
Connor Rash	309,000 309,000	309,000
Samuel Bernabeu	301,000 301,000	301,000

Luis Faria	300,000 300,000	300,000
Martin Kabrhel	300,000 237,000	237,000

Jon Vallinas	293,500 211,400	211,400
Natasha Mercier	287,500 287,500	287,500
Johnson Juanda	286,500 286,500	286,500

Dinesh Alt	252,500 193,500	193,500
Boris Kolev	249,000 92,000	92,000

Erik Seidel	221,500 23,500	23,500

Tom Fuchs	193,000 133,000	133,000

Oliver Weis	185,000

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06-27-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players head onto their second break of the day, lasting 25 minutes as a color-up takes place. Late Registration closes at the end of this break, with play resuming at 4:40 p.m. local time.

06-27-2025 15:13 UTC-8

Rast Takes Two

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Sava Krink

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Akihiro Konishi went all in for 8,500 in under the gun. Brian Rast, in the early position, raised to 16,000 and found a caller in Lawrence Brandt in the big blind.

On the 10♥2♦8♥ flop, Rast bet 17,000, and Brandt went all in for 77,900. Rast needed a bit to think about it, but made the call in the end, sending the cards on their backs.

Akihiro Konishi: A♥9♥ All in
Lawrence Brandt: K♥4♥ All in
Brian Rast: A♠8♣

Konishi and Brandt were both chasing the flush whilst Rast had a pair of eights. The 10♦ turn and the J♦ river didn't change anything, allowing Rast to collect a decent pot and two bounties.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	224,800 224,800	224,800

Akihiro Konishi	Busted
Lawrence Brandt	Busted

Tags: Akihiro Konishi Brian Rast Lawrence Brandt