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

07-01-2025 17:31 UTC-7

Rodrigues Eliminated

Barry Russell

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

William Stephenson raised 3,000 on the button, Rose Rodrigues announced all in for 23,000, Stephenson called.

Rose Rodrigues: 8♣8♠ All in
William Stephenson: A♦8♥

Great start for Rodrigues as the flop came 6♠Q♥J♣, but the A♣ on the turn put Stephenson way into the lead, and the 4♣ eliminated her from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Stephenson	67,000 67,000	67,000
Yuichi Nakase	55,500 18,500	18,500
Stuart Phillips	53,000 15,000	15,000
Alexandre Bruneau	50,000 6,000	6,000
Craig Mongo	49,000 25,000	25,000
Julian Eibel	36,000 18,000	18,000
Gilles Frere	21,000 35,000	35,000
Richard Ali	19,000 19,000	19,000
Rose Rodrigues	Busted

Tags: Rose Rodrigues William Stephenson

07-01-2025 17:27 UTC-7

Third Time is a Strikeout for Mecheri

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Jerome Solomon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Damien Mecheri, holding one of the shortest stacks returning from the break, went all in and consecutive hands. Then came the third.

Mecheri pushed all in, Claudio Martin called, and Christopher Gordon, went all in over the top. Martin got out of the way.

Damien Mecheri: K♥7♥ All in
Christopher Gordon: A♣Q♣

Mecheri did not get the help he needed from a board that ran 5♣10♥J♣10♦6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Gordon	105,000
Claudio Martin	43,000
Damien Mecheri	Busted

Tags: Christopher Gordon Claudio Martin Damien Mecheri

07-01-2025 16:47 UTC-7

River Sacks Tak's Jacks

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Jerome Solomon

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In a matchup of players with a relatively even number of chips, Tomoyuki Yoshimiya was all-in against Mohammad Tak, with Tak having the covering stack.

Tomoyuki Yoshimiya: A♥K♦ All in
Mohammad Tak: J♠J♦

Tak's Jacks were holding strong until Yoshimiya found a bigger flush on the river in a runout of 6♦7♣5♦3♦10♦, crippling Tak's stack.

In the next hand, Tak went all in with his last 4,200 chips. Quentin Girardet made the call.

Mohammad Tak: 9♠8♣ All in
Quentin Girardet: A♠7♦

The runout K♣7♥2♣4♠10♠ gave Girardet the win with a pair of sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quentin Girardet	177,000 177,000	177,000
Tomoyuki Yoshimiya	63,000 63,000	63,000
Mohammad Tak	Busted

Tags: Mohammad Tak Quentin Girardet Tomoyuki Yoshimiya

07-01-2025 16:47 UTC-7

Ramirez Rivered Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ruben Ramirez went all in as an underdog against Chuan Ooi.

Ruben Ramirez:Q♠J♣ All in
Chuan Ooi: A♠Q♥

A jack on the flop gave Ramirez new life, but by the river he was done, with the board running out J♥4♠8♣2♦A♥, giving Ooi a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chuan Ooi	56,800
Ruben Ramirez	Busted

Tags: Ruben Ramirez Chuan Ooi

07-01-2025 16:33 UTC-7

Tomren Towers over the Table

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Laura Fryer

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Shannon Lazorko was seen walking away from the table after being knocked out from the small blind by Christian Tomren to her direct left in the big blind. Luke Wasikowski was also caught up in the action from middle position and doubled up Tomren but his cards were already face down.

The cards were already on their backs and players were looking at a monotone 4♥6♥K♥7♥2♥ runout.

Shannon Lazorko: 4♦4♣ All in
Christian Tomren: A♥J♠ All in
Luke Wasikowski: XxXx

Tomren had the nut flush and stole the pot from both players, putting him in the top ten of the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Tomren	232,800 232,800	232,800
Luke Wasikowski	20,300 20,300	20,300
Shannon Lazorko	Busted

Tags: Christian Tomren Luke Wasikowski Shannon Lazorko

07-01-2025 16:13 UTC-7

Singh Happy With Jacks

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Jerome Solomon

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rederic Videna pushed all in over the top of Laksh Singh, who was under the gun, and Singh made the call.

Rederic Videna: A♥9♣ All in
Laksh Singh: J♠J♥

Singh's jacks held through the board runout of 10♠6♦7♦Q♠4♠, and Videna was gone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laksh Singh	84,500 84,500	84,500
Rederic Videna	Busted

Tags: Laksh Singh Rederic Videna

07-01-2025 16:12 UTC-7

Strandberg Scores Last Minute Winner

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Jacob Wilson

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Anders Strandberg opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. Nicolas Nabet made the call from the cutoff, before Mauro Pomponi then shoved on his direct left for 16,700. Strandberg, undeterred, reshoved for a total of 29,200. Nabet pondered for a moment before folding.

Mauro Pomponi: A♣J♥ All in
Anders Strandberg: J♠10♠

Pompini was happy to see that he was far ahead; however, he became far less so after seeing the 4♠6♠5♥ flop. "That's a good flop," noticed Strandberg. "I've equalized." Not only did he equalize, but he then went and scored late on, following a K♥ turn and 7♠ river. Pomponi was defeated and exited the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Nabet	75,000 75,000	75,000
Anders Strandberg	51,900 51,900	51,900
Mauro Pomponi	Busted

Tags: Anders Strandberg Mauro Pomponi Nicolas Nabet

07-01-2025 16:09 UTC-7

Krumins Knocked Out

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Laura Fryer

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players were already heads-up on the J♥8♥9♦ flop when Andris Krumins was all in and at risk from the big blind. He was against Donald Nimneh from the cutoff.

Andris Krumins: K♣Q♣ All in
Donald Nimneh: K♥9♥

Krumins was hunting for the straight and Nimneh the heart flush, both having draws on the flop.

The 10♥ turn brought it in for both, but Nimneh had Krumins dominated, and even the K♦ river couldn't save Krumins.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Nimneh	52,000 52,000	52,000
Andris Krumins	Busted

Tags: Andris Krumins Donald Nimneh

07-01-2025 16:06 UTC-7

Pelletier's Hopes Dashed with Dombrowski's Turned Trips

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Eric Pelletier open-shoved in hijack for 6,500. Daniel Dombrowski on the button re-raised to 13,000, which was enough to isolate and take Pelletier to showdown.

Eric Pelletier: A♦4♣ All in
Daniel Dombrowski: A♣3♦

Pelletier hoped for a double up when the hands were tabled, as he dominated Dombrowski's hand; however, the flop showed 7♠3♣Q♣, giving Dombrowski bottom pair. The 3♥ on the turn sealed Pelletier's fate, giving Dombrowski trips.

Pelletier got out of his chair and started packing when the river 8♥ fell. The dealer pushed the pot towards Dombrowski as Pelletier left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dombrowski	46,000 46,000	46,000
Eric Pelletier	Busted

Tags: Daniel Dombrowski Eric Pelletier

07-01-2025 16:03 UTC-7

Who's Zaman With the Double Knockout?

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Jerome Solomon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Derik Li went all in from the hijack for his last 12,300 chips. Malik Zaman called from the cutoff, which gave Jordan Siegel the green light to go over the top for all of his stack.

Zaman was there again with the call.

Derik Li: Q♠Q♦ All in
Jordan Siegel: 10♥10♦ All in
Malik Zaman: A♦A♠

Any hope of cracking the aces dissipated on the turn, and the full runout 8♥J♠3♥A♣5♦ gave Zaman a double knockout.