Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-01-2025 20:54 UTC-7

Li Eliminated

Barry Russell

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Brockton Hankins raised in early position to 6,000, Zhe Li shoved 17,000 into the middle from the button, the blinds folded and Hankins made the call.

Zhe Li: A♥8♥ All in
Brockton Hankins: Q♠J♠

Terrible start for Li as the flop came J♥4♠6♠, Hankins top pair held as the board ran out K♦8♣ and Li was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Lee	290,000 290,000	290,000
Garik Tamasian	270,000 270,000	270,000
Praveen Ponnaganti	155,000 155,000	155,000
Michael Comisso	111,000 111,000	111,000
Brockton Hankins	110,000 110,000	110,000
Teng Yu	90,000 90,000	90,000
Javier Fernandez	60,000 60,000	60,000
Martin Fitzmaurice	30,000 30,000	30,000
Zhe Li	Busted

Tags: Brockton Hankins Zhe Li

07-01-2025 20:49 UTC-7

Emami Send Home Pou

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Laura Fryer

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Carlos Pou moved all in from under the gun for 43,000 and action folded around to Amirpasha Emami in middle position who called.

Carlos Pou: 9♠9♦ All in
Amirpasha Emami: A♦Q♠

Pou didn't stay ahead for long as the 3♣8♦Q♦4♠3♠ runout saw Emami improve finding a queen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amirpasha Emami	90,000
Carlos Pou	Busted

Tags: Amirpasha Emami Carlos Pou

07-01-2025 20:41 UTC-7

Jennings Forecasts Ouster

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Jerome Solomon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Brian Jennings three-bet all in with 43,000 chips from the small blind. Ivan Kuziv called the raise with his own all-in from under the gun.

Brian Jennings: A♣K♠ All in
Ivan Kuziv: Q♠Q♦

Jennings lamented his ace-king combination as "the hand that's knocked me out of tournaments all summer. Here it is again."

Another chapter was added to the tale, as the runout of 7♥J♥5♦2♠J♠ sent him home with Kuziv's queens holding up.

Vera Dong, who pondered a call from the button, groaned when, according to her, she realized her hand that contained a jack would have knocked bother players out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vera Dong	174,000 174,000	174,000
Johan Belhassen	117,000 117,000	117,000
Donald Leclair	112,000 59,100	59,100
Kenneth Edmondson	110,000 110,000	110,000
Ivan Kuziv	103,000 103,000	103,000
Brian Jennings	Busted

Tags: Brian Jennings Ivan Kuziv Vera Dong Donald Leclair Johan Belhassen Kenneth Edmondson

07-01-2025 19:11 UTC-7

Aguilar Wins Race

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Jerome Solomon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ian Eckstein moved all in under the gun, drawing a call from Adrian Aguilar

Ian Eckstein: 6♦6♣ All in
Adrian Aguilar: A♥K♥

Eckstein's sixes were ran down in the rundown 2♥J♦9♣K♦4♣ with Aguilar hitting a king on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Aguilar	231,000 199,000	199,000
Ian Eckstein	Busted

Tags: Ian Eckstein Adrian Aguilar

07-01-2025 19:07 UTC-7

Bolleurs' Queens Crush Nathan

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Erick Torres

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Richard Bolleurs raised from early position before Adam Nathan responded with a jam from the big blind. Bolleurs called to send them to a showdown.

Adam Nathan: J♦J♥ All in
Richard Bolleurs: Q♣Q♠

Nathan was in a world of hurt, and the low card flop of 3♣6♥2♠ did not bring any sense of relief.

The 7♣ turn did not change the standings, and the 8♦ river shut the door on Nathan's hope of a suckout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Wilkerson	279,000 279,000	279,000
Carlos Barrera	210,000 210,000	210,000
Martin Hogarty	128,000 128,000	128,000
Richard Bolleurs	119,000 119,000	119,000
Yu Liu	56,000 56,000	56,000
Adam Nathan	Busted

Tags: Adam Nathan Richard Bolleurs

07-01-2025 19:02 UTC-7

Ohayom Turns a Flush, Eliminates Fingarson

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Christopher Mott opened to 5,000 and got called by Nissim Ohayon. Action folded to the big blind, Kasey Fingarson, who shoved all-in for around 29,500. Mott folded but Ohayon made the call, taking them to showdown and putting Fingarson's tournament life on the line.

Kasey Fingarson: A♦Q♥ All in
Nissim Ohayon: K♦10♦

Fingarson was ahead with ace-high on a flop of 4♠3♦6♦ but Ohayon caught himself a flush draw, which got completed on the turn 9♦. The river J♠ was dealt with no consequence sending Fingarson to hit the rails.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Mott	210,000 210,000	210,000
Nissim Ohayon	128,000 128,000	128,000
Kasey Fingarson	Busted

Tags: Christopher Mott Kasey Fingarson Nissim Ohayon

07-01-2025 19:02 UTC-7

Schultz Busts

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Barry Russell

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Bryan Schultz shoved roughly 30,000 from under the gun, Benjamin Streber also shoved all in from the cutoff and the blinds folded.

Bryan Schultz: A♥10♥ All in
Benjamin Streber: A♣Q♦

The board ran out 9♣J♣2♣Q♣3♥, and Schultz was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Smith	220,000 220,000	220,000
Anthony Sinclair	210,000 210,000	210,000
Beau Stanton	140,000 140,000	140,000
Barry Wilson	140,000 140,000	140,000
Benjamin Streber	75,000 75,000	75,000
Satheesh Francis	72,500 43,300	43,300
Fernando Islas	70,000 70,000	70,000
Michael Marder	40,100 40,100	40,100
Bryan Schultz	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Streber Bryan Schultz

07-01-2025 19:01 UTC-7

Shuttlewood Shows Varela the Exit

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Erick Torres

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Pablo Varela got his chips in preflop against Kalan Shuttlewood and was at risk as they headed to a showdown.

Pablo Varela: A♦J♠ All in
Kalan Shuttlewood: A♣K♦

Both players flopped an ace, but Shuttlewood's kicker was best on the A♠4♣9♥ flop.

The 2♠ was of no help to Varela, and the Q♣ was the wrong paint to send Varela out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalan Shuttlewood	118,000
Pablo Varela	Busted

Tags: Kalan Shuttlewood Pablo Varela

07-01-2025 19:00 UTC-7

Jendoubi Almost Got Away

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Laura Fryer

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Raouf Jendoubi moved all in for his remaining 38,000 from under the gun, and action folded around the entire table, to Andy Mai in the big blind.

Mai moved in his stack to call, more than covering Jendoubi, and the players flipped their hands.

Raouf Jendoubi: 10♣10♥ All in
Andy Mai: Q♥Q♠

Jendoubi didn't like his chances and stood from the table to watch the 8♥4♠7♥ flop, which brought in a small straight draw sweat.

The 5♦ turn and 9♦ runout wasn't enough and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Mai	163,000
Raouf Jendoubi	Busted

Tags: Andy Mai Raouf Jendoubi

07-01-2025 18:49 UTC-7

Bolek Spikes Wheel

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Erick Torres

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Christopher Bolek began the action with a raise to 5,000 from middle position. Victor Wang called from the big blind to send the two to a flop.

Wang checked the 2♣J♠5♣ flop, which led to a bet of 3,000 from Bolek. Wang responded with a raise to 9,000 and Bolek called to come along for a turn.

Wang chose to bet 17,000 on the 4♦ turn. Bolek took some time before he announced he was all in. Wang responded with a call and cards were on their backs with Wang at risk.

Victor Wang: K♦J♦ All in
Christopher Bolek: A♦3♠

Wang was ahead on the flop, but the turn was disastrous as it had him drawing dead making the 7♣ river meaningless as he exited the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Bolek	356,000 356,000	356,000

Stavros Petychakis	126,000 126,000	126,000
Rebecca Mattila	85,000 85,000	85,000
Hyunjin Lim	75,500 75,500	75,500
Alen Edmon	70,500 70,500	70,500
Brian Landon	70,000 70,000	70,000
Harry Gyuleseryan	23,000
Bin Yuan	21,000 21,000	21,000
Victor Wang	Busted

Tags: Christopher Bolek Victor Wang