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

07-04-2025 11:55 UTC-8

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

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 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 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

Level: 40

Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000

Ante: 1,600,000

07-04-2025 12:30 UTC-8

Dominguez Flops a Set to Double Through Ahmadi

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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

07-04-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Kings Doom Poker Player Right Off the Bat on Day 1c in the 2025 WSOP Main Event

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Jon Sofen

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

Thomas Henshaw couldn't get away from his pocket kings just minutes after taking his seat Friday on Day 1c of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and it cost him his entire 60,000-chip starting stack.

The field, at the time of publishing, had over 1,300 players registered. Henshaw was the first player out the door, just moments after Jack Effel announced "shuffle up and deal." He ran into a preflop cooler against poker pro Yueqi Zhu and was unable to avoid busting with a hand that didn't improve with the five community cards.

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Tags: Yueqi Zhu Thomas Henshaw

07-04-2025 12:34 UTC-8

Godard Bets Out Dominguez

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Connor Richards

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

Nicolas Godard raised to 3,200,000 in the cutoff and Jorge Dominguez defended his big blind.

Dominguez checked on the flop of 9♥6♥10♦ and Godard checked back. Dominguez checked again on the 4♣ turn and Godard bet 3,000,000. Godard carved out a stack of chips that looked like a raise but then tossed his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Godard	55,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Jorge Dominguez	26,000,000 3,600,000	3,600,000

Tags: Jorge Dominguez Nicolas Godard

07-04-2025 12:44 UTC-8

It's Getting Shovey Out There

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Kai Cocklin

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

A few shoves were made in the past couple of orbits, but all went uncalled.

First, Ran Kadur made it 3,200,000 from under the gun and Nick Ahmadi called on the button. Jorge Dominguez then shoved around 23,000,000 from the small blind, and everybody folded.

Nicolas Godard then made it 4,000,000 from the small blind and Kadur shoved from the big blind for around 26,000,000. Godard snap-folded.

There was a flop seen when Dominguez made it 3,600,000 from the button and Kadur called in the big blind.

Both checked the 2♣7♥10♠ flop and Kadur took it down with a bet of 3,600,000 on the 4♥ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	60,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Nicolas Godard	46,000,000 9,000,000	9,000,000
Ran Kadur	34,000,000 100,000	100,000
Jorge Dominguez	29,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Tags: Jorge Dominguez Nick Ahmadi Nicolas Godard Ran Kadur

07-04-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Kadur Hits Turn

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Connor Richards

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

Ran Kadur raised to 3,700,000 on the button and Nicolas Godard defended in the big blind.

Godard checked on the flop of 5♣8♦9♣ and Kadur continued for 3,500,000. Godard called. Godard checked again on the 10♠ turn and Kadur sized up to 7,000,000. Godard again called.

Godard checked once more on the 5♦ river and Kadur checked back. Godard showed a pair of eights with 8♣7♦, but it was no good against the top pair of Kadur with 10♥4♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Kadur	40,000,000 6,000,000	6,000,000
Nicolas Godard	36,000,000 10,000,000	10,000,000

Tags: Nicolas Godard Ran Kadur

07-04-2025 13:02 UTC-8

Jorge Dominguez Eliminated in 4th Place ($112,101)

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Kai Cocklin

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

Nick Ahmadi opened the button to 3,700,000 and Jorge Dominguez shoved from the small blind for around 26,000,000. Once it got back to Ahmadi, he quickly rechecked his cards and then put a stack of chips into the pot to make the call.

Jorge Dominguez: A♣J♣ All in
Nick Ahmadi: K♠K♥

Ahmadi had Dominguez on the ropes with his cowboys, but the J♥Q♣2♦ flop did give the Argentinian player a few extra outs. A K♣ on the turn gave Ahmadi a set, but also improved Dominguez to an elusive Royal Flush draw.

However, it wasn't to be for Dominguez as the 8♦ hit the river, leaving him on the rail in fourth.