Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-04-2025 12:30 UTC-8

Dominguez Flops a Set to Double Through Ahmadi

Kai Cocklin

Level 40 : Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante

Four of the first five hands after the break were walks, with Nick Ahmadi taking down the only hand that went to a flop after he check-raised against Nicolas Godard.

Then, Ahmadi raised the button to 3,700,000 and Jorge Dominguez shoved from the small blind for 13,200,000. After giving it a little thought, Ahmadi called.

Jorge Dominguez: 9♣9♥ All in
Nick Ahmadi: J♦10♦

It was a fair fight, but after the 9♦6♥2♣ flop, Dominguez made a set and took a huge lead, which resulted in a loud roar from his rail. A 2♠ on the turn locked it up for the Argentinian player as he made a full house, with a meaningless 7♦ dropping on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	57,000,000 8,400,000	8,400,000

Nicolas Godard	52,000,000 5,200,000	5,200,000
Jorge Dominguez	29,600,000 17,200,000	17,200,000

Tags: Jorge Dominguez Nick Ahmadi Nicolas Godard

Level: 40

Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000

Ante: 1,600,000

07-04-2025 12:04 UTC-8

Break Time

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Connor Richards

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

The remaining four players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of Day 4.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	65,400,000 9,600,000	9,600,000

Nicolas Godard	57,200,000 2,200,000	2,200,000
Ran Kadur	33,900,000 100,000	100,000
Jorge Dominguez	12,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

07-04-2025 12:03 UTC-8

Godard Makes the Right Call

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Connor Richards

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Nicolas Godard completed in the small blind and Ran Kadur checked his option in the big blind.

Godard bet 3,000,000 on the flop of K♦A♠J♠ and Kadur called. Both players then checked on the 9♠ turn.

Godard checked once more on the 6♠ river and Kadur bet 5,500,000. Godard gave it some thought and called.

Kadur showed a pair of kings with K♣Q♦, but it was no good against the pair of aces of Godard with A♦10♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Godard	55,000,000 13,000,000	13,000,000
Ran Kadur	34,000,000 6,000,000	6,000,000

Tags: Nicolas Godard Ran Kadur

07-04-2025 11:55 UTC-8

Daniel Schill Eliminated in 5th Place ($84,676)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Nick Ahmadi was putting pressure on the two short stacks to his left, and shoved from the small blind & the button without any pushback.

In the next hand, Ahmadi raised to 2,700,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Schill shoved for around 15,000,000 from the small blind. When it got back to Ahmadi, he called.

Daniel Schill: K♦J♠ All in
Nick Ahmadi: 10♦10♠

"It's a flip," said Schill to his rail.

Ahmadi was looking to thin the field down by one, and succeeded in his quest as the 8♥2♠5♠8♦Q♥ runout kept his pocket tens in the lead, leaving the start-of-day chip leader out in fifth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	75,000,000 24,000,000	24,000,000

Nicolas Godard	42,000,000 8,000,000	8,000,000
Jorge Dominguez	11,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Daniel Schill	Busted

Tags: Daniel Schill Nick Ahmadi

07-04-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Here's What Tax Experts Want Poker Players to Know About Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

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Connor Richards

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Gambling tax experts are warning poker players to be aware of legislation that "could have a major effect on the industry" after Congress passed the Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) that, among other things, caps gambling loss deductions at 90% of winnings.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill with a 218-214 vote on Thursday after delaying a vote for several hours the previous night.

“It will negatively affect the recreational player," Ray Kondler of Kondler CPA, a Las Vegas-based CPA firm specializing in gambling taxation, told PokerNews’ Keith Becker. "Because in the past, where you could deduct 100% of your losses, now you can deduct 90%. So basically you’re paying income tax on phantom income you might not have ever have made.”

Waiting for Godard

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Connor Richards

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Nicolas Godard raised to 4,200,000 in the small blind and Ran Kadur defended in the big blind.

Godard bet 2,000,000 on the flop of 3♠8♣A♥ and Kadur called. Godard then checked on the Q♥ turn and Kadur checked back.

Both players checked again on the 6♥ river and Kadur showed A♣10♥ to win the pot with a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Kadur	40,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Nicolas Godard	34,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000

Tags: Nicolas Godard Ran Kadur

07-04-2025 11:39 UTC-8

Is The Main Event Too Long?

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Milko van Winden

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

07-04-2025 11:37 UTC-8

Godard Getting Active

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Kai Cocklin

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Nicolas Godard has been loosening up as of late, resulting in a net increase to his stack.

First, Godard got a steal through and then raise-folded to a shove of around 17,000,000 from Daniel Schill.

Schill then limped from the small blind and Godard checked his option from the big blind.

The flop came 5♥7♣Q♥ and after Schill check-called a bet of 1,200,000, he folded to another bet of 3,000,000 on the 7♦ turn from Godard.

Not long after, Godard made it 2,400,000 to go from the button and Nick Ahmadi called in the big blind.

Both tapped the table on the A♥9♥4♠ flop and Ahmadi check-called a bet of 2,200,000 on the 2♦ turn.

When the 8♠ hit the river, both decided to knuckle it down with Ahmadi showed 9♠7♣ for a pair of nines. However, Godard had the winner with a pair of aces holding A♠7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	51,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Ran Kadur	42,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Nicolas Godard	41,000,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Daniel Schill	21,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000

Jorge Dominguez	16,000,000

Tags: Daniel Schill Nick Ahmadi Nicolas Godard

07-04-2025 11:27 UTC-8

Reigning Main Event Champ Jonathan Tamayo on New WSOP Rules & Folding Pocket Queens

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Connor Richards

Level 39 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 30th episode, Connor talks with 2024 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo about growing up in Humble, Texas, studying hotel management at Cornell University, graduating during the 2008 recession, running deep in the 2009 and 2015 Main Events, his friendship with fellow Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, winning the biggest-ever WSOP Main Event for $10 million, and his first purchase as world champion.

Tamayo also spoke about his infamous fold with pocket queens late in the 2024 Main Event, which he says cost him $120,000 in equity, and gave his thoughts on new rules implemented at the 2025 WSOP in the wake of "LaptopGate," as well as the Main Event structure and Phil Hellmuth's proposed boycott that he has since rescinded.

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Tags: Connor Richards Joe McKeehen Jonathan Tamayo