Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-29-2025 23:41 UTC-8

You Won't Like Deeb When He's Angry

Calum Grant

Level 12

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante

Pot Limit Omaha

Shaun Deeb opened to 5,000 from the hijack. Zachary Reinbold and Jake Schwartz called from the button and big blind.

The 9♥8♦5♠ flop checked through to the 9♦ turn. Schwartz checked, Deeb bet 6,500 and Reinbold was the only caller.

Deeb fired out another 16,500 on the 3♦ river, with Reibold then potting it to 80,500.

"Trying to out play in me in every game? Or do you just have it?" groaned Deeb as he mulled over his options. After some thinking time, he let his hand go.

Reinbold looked like he was going to show his hand but Schwartz implored him not to.

"We can't have him play angry for the last 15 minutes," said Schwartz, to which Deeb indicated he was getting there.

"There's steam coming out of his ears," joked Schwartz as the next hand was dealt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Reinbold	190,000 147,800	147,800
Shaun Deeb	145,000 59,000	59,000

Jake Schwartz	26,500 127,500	127,500

Tags: Jake Schwartz Shaun Deeb Zachary Reinbold

06-29-2025 23:31 UTC-8

Deeb With the... Slowroll?

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Liam Gannon

Level 12

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante

5 Card Draw

Action was picked up on the first draw after Shaun Deeb had opened in the cutoff, Andrew "AJ" Kelsall called on the button, and Peter Levine called in the big blind.

Levine and Deeb drew three while Kelsall drew one. Action checked around to Kelsall who moved all in for 28,500, quickly folding out Levine and Deeb went into the tank.

"This could be a slowroll," Deeb said after some time in the tank.

"It won't phase me," replied Kelsall, "you slowrolled me the day we met years ago and since then you've done it to me a couple of times. It hasn't phased me."

After some more time in the tank, Deeb put in the call and the hands were tabled.

Andrew "AJ" Kelsall: A♣4♣3♥3♣3♠ All in
Shaun Deeb: Q♥Q♦Q♣10♦6♦

Deeb's table began laughing as he took in the pot while Kelsall was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	204,000 169,000	169,000

Peter Levine	19,000 12,400	12,400
Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Peter Levine Shaun Deeb

06-29-2025 23:21 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Hang Xu	Busted
Steve Zolotow	Busted
Dylan Lambe	Busted
Filippos Stavrakis	Busted

Toby Lewis	Busted

Chris Lee	Busted
Luke Schwartz	Busted

Final Level

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Calum Grant

Level 12

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante

Day 1 of the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet will conclude after the completion of this level.

06-29-2025 23:02 UTC-8

More Level 11 Bust Outs

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Calum Grant

Level 12

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Gluszko	Busted
Huck Seed	Busted

Paul Tedeschi	Busted
Ari Engel	Busted

Manuel Rodriguez	Busted
Yuri Dzivielevski	Busted

Jun Weng	Busted
Richard Acovino	Busted
Toby Boas	Busted

Level: 12

No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,500, 3,500 Ante

06-29-2025 22:58 UTC-8

Po More Than Doubles

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Liam Gannon

Level 11

No-Limit Hold’em: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 800/1,600, 1,600 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante

Big O

Paul Tedeschi opened in first position to 3,500 which saw Kenneth Po raise on the button to 12,500, earning calls from Brian Breck in the big blind and Paul Tedeschi.

The flop rolled out Q♠7♥6♦ and Breck checked to Tedeschi who moved all in for 30,000, prompting Po to move all in for 43,700 and Breck called to put them both at risk.

Paul Tedeschi: A♠8♦7♦4♣2♦ All in
Kenneth Po: A♥A♦J♣3♠2♠ All in
Brian Breck: A♣Q♣9♥4♠2♥

Po held up on the runout of K♥6♣ to win the entire pot with aces up while Tedeschi was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Po	157,300 138,700	138,700
Brian Breck	28,000 31,500	31,500
Paul Tedeschi	Busted

Tags: Brian Breck Kenneth Po Paul Tedeschi

06-29-2025 22:47 UTC-8

Bust Outs After Late Registration

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Calum Grant

Level 11

No-Limit Hold’em: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 800/1,600, 1,600 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lin	Busted
Jesse McVicker	Busted
Eric Garma	Busted
Zachary Hirst	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

Danny Noam	Busted
Rodrigo Portaleoni	Busted
Sean Troha	Busted

Leonardo Fernandez	Busted
Marian Fridrich	Busted
Alexander Schwartz	Busted
Adam Owen	Busted
Noah Bronstein	Busted

Jonathan Wirjo	Busted
Joshua Reichard	Busted
Ryan Leng	Busted

Joao Vieira	Busted

Daniel Bedson	Busted
Juan Caridad	Busted
Michael Parisi	Busted
Jonathan Krela	Busted
Alberto Masis	Busted
Arthur Morris	Busted
Daniel Shak	Busted
Richard Bai	Busted

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06-29-2025 22:41 UTC-8

Brown’s Game Mix-Up Causes Calamity on #64; Stavrakis Literally Flips a Coin

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Calum Grant

Level 11

No-Limit Hold’em: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 800/1,600, 1,600 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante

Big O

Gabriel Ramos opened to 4,000 from under the gun, before Tyler Brown made it 14,500 from the hijack, and had 5,500 behind. Filippos Stavrakis four-bet to 30,000 from the cutoff. The button and small blind folded and then Christopher Vitch made potted it to 109,200.

Ramos went deep into the tank, and after a few minutes — and a clock being called — he eventually folded.

Brown put in his last few chips, with Stavrakis then finding himself in the blender. He thought for several minutes, before calling, which left him with around 98,000 behind.

Vitch jammed on the J♦J♣7♠ flop, and Stavrakis found himself again in another tough spot. He thought for several minutes more, and decided his fate rested on the flip of a coin. He asked if anyone at the table had one, and Eric Garma reached into his wallet to hand one over.

He flicked it onto the table, and then folded.

Vitch and Brown tabled their cards.

Tyler Brown: 9♣6♥4♠4♣3♠ All in
Christopher Vitch: A♠A♣8♥5♦2♥

At this point, Brown admitted he thought they were still playing Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, not realizing the game plaque had changed.

The board ran out with the 3♣2♦ and Vitch scooped the massive pot to be one of the biggest stacks in the room. Vitch took the high with aces and the low with 7-5-3-2-A.

"Wow, can you believe that cost me 109K!" bemoaned Stavrakis, as the hand would've played out much differently had Brown realized what game they were playing.

"Thank God, the coin landed on a fold."

Stavrakis explained that he was taking so long because he had A-K-K, was double suited and thought that it would be hard for Vitch to have aces due to Ramos' open and Brown's three-bet.

Vitch agreed the action was sick, but it benefitted him with his stack sitting around 450,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Vitch	450,000 123,000	123,000

Filippos Stavrakis	98,000 74,000	74,000

Gabriel Ramos	36,000 14,000	14,000
Tyler Brown	Busted

Tags: Christopher Vitch Eric Garma Gabriel Ramos Tyler Brown Filippos Stavrakis

06-29-2025 22:38 UTC-8

Prize Pool Confirmed; $206,982 To Winner

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Liam Gannon

Level 11

No-Limit Hold’em: 800/1,600, 2,400 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 800/1,600, 1,600 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,000/2,000, 3,000 Ante

The registration period of the tournament has come to a close with 458 entrants total during the 10 levels of registration.

This generated a prize pool of $ 1,019,050 that the final 69 players will see a piece of. Here below are the official payouts.

Place	Prize
1	$206,982
2	$134,345
3	$89,289
4	$60,792
5	$42,426
6	$30,369
7	$22,311
8-9	$16,835
10-11	$13,056
12-17	$10,415
18-23	$8,553
24-29	$7,237
30-35	$6,315
36-41	$5,689
42-47	$5,296
48-53	$5,170
54-69	$5,044