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

06-29-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Pearson Gets a Boost

Calum Grant

Level 4

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/400, 600 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/400, 400 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 300/500, 800 Ante

Big O

Action was caught on the 9♠5♦2♠ flop, with 5,200 in the middle. David Avina had checked from under the gun, while Ryan Moriarty bet pot from the cutoff. Travis Pearson then jammed for 18,100 from the button. Avina moved in as the big stack, and Moriaty called off his stack of around 40,000.

Travis Pearson: A♣J♣9♥4♠3♦ All in
Ryan Moriarty: A♥K♣K♠4♦3♥ All in
David Avina: A♠7♠6♦4♣2♣

The board completed with the 7♥ turn and 9♦ river.

Pearson took three quarters of the main pot after rivering trip nines for the high, while sharing the low with Moriaty.

Moriaty scooped the side pot with his pair of kings and nut low to leave Avina short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Moriarty	57,500 21,100	21,100
Travis Pearson	43,000 8,000	8,000
Jen Harman	35,000

David Avina	13,000 41,800	41,800

Tags: David Avina Ryan Moriarty Travis Pearson

06-29-2025 15:41 UTC-8

Hui Heads to the Exit

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Calum Grant

Level 4

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/400, 600 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/400, 400 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 300/500, 800 Ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Action was caught on the completed board of J♠4♦5♣10♣7♣. Dominick Sarle checked from the hijack, and Philip Hui fired out a bet of 17,000 into a pot of around 25,000.

Sarle mulled over his options before putting the call.

"Queen-high," announced Hui, who was left with around 5,000 after Sarle tabled 8♥7♥ for a pair of sevens.

The following hand, Hui moved all-in and Colton Blomberg called from the small blind.

"I've got it," said Blomberg, who tabled K♥K♣, ahead of Hui's Q♦10♦.

Hui was drawing dead after the 4♥2♣2♦ flop and 3♠ turn, and he headed to the reentry desk after the dealer dealt the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominick Sarle	63,000 28,000	28,000

Colton Blomberg	46,000 11,000	11,000
Phillip Hui	Busted

Tags: Colton Blomberg Dominick Sarle Philip Hui

06-29-2025 15:40 UTC-8

Leonard Folds A Boat

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Liam Gannon

Level 4

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/400, 600 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/400, 400 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 300/500, 800 Ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Action was picked up on the flop in a sizable pot between Cavin Ehia in the small blind and Patrick Leonard on the button.

The flop read 6♣A♣6♥ and Ehia checked over to Leonard who bet 2,400. Ehia raised to 10,000 and Leonard called.

Both players checked the A♦ turn to the J♥ river where Ehia moved all in for 18,500 effective and Leonard went into the tank.

After some time in the tank, he flashed a 6♦ as he tossed his hand into the muck.

"Lucky river," said Ehia who raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cavin Ehia	56,000 21,000	21,000
Patrick Leonard	18,500 16,500	16,500

Tags: Cavin Ehia Patrick Leonard

06-29-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Counts at Break (full)

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Calum Grant

Level 4

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/400, 600 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/400, 400 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 300/500, 800 Ante

Per WSOP+

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Rodenborn	123,500 10,500	10,500
Alex Epstein	113,700 113,700	113,700

Jacob Hamed	98,000 98,000	98,000
Ariel Mantel	94,600 94,600	94,600
Michael Savakinas	86,300 86,300	86,300

Jay Kerbel	82,000 47,000	47,000
Philip Sternheimer	80,600 80,600	80,600

Jonathan Turner	79,700 79,700	79,700
Carol Fuchs	75,000 75,000	75,000

Danny Noam	74,200 74,200	74,200
Jason Stockfish	73,200 38,200	38,200
Robert Gussoni	73,000 73,000	73,000

Bill Stern	71,400 700	700
Patrick Keogan	70,400 35,400	35,400
Edward Jordan	65,000 30,000	30,000
Lawrence Berg	63,000 63,000	63,000

Adam Owen	60,200 60,200	60,200
George Wolff	60,000 60,000	60,000

Clinton Wolcyn	59,600 59,600	59,600
Evgeni Tourevski	59,000 59,000	59,000
Ryan Hughes	57,000 57,000	57,000

Christophe Morbee	55,000 2,000	2,000
David Avina	54,800 5,200	5,200
Brian Breck	54,200 54,200	54,200
Michael Krescanko Jr	52,500 9,500	9,500

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Level: 4

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/400, 600 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/400, 400 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 300/500, 800 Ante

06-29-2025 15:00 UTC-8

Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 3

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/300, 500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/300, 300 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 200/400, 600 Ante

The players have gone on their first 15-minute break of the day.

06-29-2025 14:53 UTC-8

Rodenborn Pips Chait

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Liam Gannon

Level 3

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/300, 500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/300, 300 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 200/400, 600 Ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Craig Chait raised to 1,100 in the hijack and Todd Rodenborn called in the big blind.

Rodenborn drew two while Chait stood pat and Rodenborn check-called a bet from Chait to the tune of 2,500.

On the second draw, Rodenborn drew one while Chait stood pat and Rodenborn check-called a second bet from Chait, this time to the tune of 5,000.

The final draw saw Rodenborn stand pat and Chait drew one. Rodenborn checked over to Chait who bet 9,000 and Rodenborn called.

Chait turned over 8x6x4x3x2x, but it was no good against Rodenborn's 8x5x4x3x2x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Rodenborn	113,000 78,000	78,000
Craig Chait	31,000

Tags: Craig Chait Todd Rodenborn

06-29-2025 14:37 UTC-8

Two Pair Over Two Pair

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Liam Gannon

Level 3

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/300, 500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/300, 300 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 200/400, 600 Ante

5 Card Draw

Action was picked up on the first draw after both Alexander Fung in the hijack and John Evans in the cutoff saw the first draw after putting in 1,600 before the first draw.

Fung drew three while Evans drew one. Fung bet 1,500 and Evans called.

At showdown, Fung turned over K♥K♠9♣9♦5♦ for kings up, but it was second best against Evan's A♠A♥10♠10♦4♣ for aces up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Evans	29,300 29,300	29,300
Alexander Fung	16,600 18,400	18,400

Tags: Alexander Fung John Evans

Level: 3

No-Limit Hold’em: 200/300, 500 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 200/300, 300 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 200/400, 600 Ante

06-29-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Wells Jams on Byers

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Calum Grant

Level 2

No-Limit Hold’em: 100/200, 300 Ante
PLO – PLO 8 – Big O - PLTD: 100/200, 200 Ante
NLFCD & 2-7 NL: 200/300, 500 Ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Michael Byers called in the small blind before Robert Wells raised to 800 in the big blind. Byers called.

Byers check-called for 600 on the 10♣6♦6♥ flop, then led out for 1,100 on the 3♥ turn. Wells eyed up Byers' stack, who had 4,800 behind. Wells raised all in and Byers snap folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	37,000 4,000	4,000

Robert Wells	32,000 3,500	3,500

Denis Strebkov	28,000 13,000	13,000

Michael Byers	4,800 4,800	4,800

Tags: Michael Byers Robert Wells