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

07-01-2025 13:37 UTC-7

Ma Sent to the Rail

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up as Nathan Ma was all in against Bruno Delabella.

Nathan Ma: K♠K♦ All in
Bruno Delabella: A♥K♥

Terrible start for Ma as the flop came 4♠A♠J♣, and he was eliminated as the board ran out 10♣8♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Delabella	121,000 121,000	121,000
John O'Neal	66,000 66,000	66,000
Steven Buckner	43,000 43,000	43,000
Wai Lo	24,000 24,000	24,000
Colton Thomas	17,000 17,000	17,000
Leonard Silaban	11,100 11,100	11,100
Juan Rodriguez	9,100 9,100	9,100
Nathan Ma	Busted

Tags: Bruno Delabella Nathan Ma

07-01-2025 13:28 UTC-7

Delossantos Takes Out Jivkov

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Ted Jivkov was sitting with 6,400 and opened to 1,400 from the cutoff. Diego Delossantos called the small blind and Albert Shenker defended the big blind.

The 3♥K♠J♥ flop was checked to the K♣ turn. The blinds checked and Jivkov flicked his remaining 5,000 chip into the middle. Delossantos called and Shenker asked "You're all in, right?" as the all-in button wasn't out.

Jivkov showed nothing behind and Shenker folded, but also showed J♠.

Ted Jivkov: A♣7♦ All in
Diego Delossantos: 8♣3♣

Jivkov was behind as Delossantos was sitting with a pair of treys to go with the pair of kings on the board.

No improvement came for Jivkov on the K♦ river, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Watkins	95,000
Albert Shenker	47,000 47,000	47,000
Eric Phillips	42,000
John Stout	33,000 33,000	33,000
Fredrick Carolin	31,000 31,000	31,000
Diego Delossantos	28,000 28,000	28,000
Mark Wiser	17,000
Antonis Poulengeris	13,800
Ted Jivkov	Busted

Tags: Albert Shenker Diego Delossantos Ted Jivkov

07-01-2025 13:21 UTC-7

Panagopoulos Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up as Ionannis Panagopoulos, and Francois Gubbels were all in against Luiz Oliveira.

Ionannis Panagopoulos: 9♣9♠ All in
Francois Gubbels: 8♠8♥ All in
Luiz Oliveira: Q♣Q♦

Great start for Gubbels as he flopped a set on 8♦3♠4♠, and improved to a full house as the board ran out A♥A♦. Panagopoulos was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Klossner	72,000 72,000	72,000
Mark Kelly	41,000 41,000	41,000
Luiz Oliveira	37,000 37,000	37,000
Timothy Cavallin	31,000 8,500	8,500
Gabriel Fuller	30,400 30,400	30,400
Anthony Irwin	30,000 30,000	30,000
Christopher Hart	26,000 26,000	26,000
Thomas Knebel	23,000 23,000	23,000
Francois Gubbels	19,600 19,600	19,600
Ionannis Panagopoulos	Busted

Tags: Francois Gubbels Ionannis Panagopoulos Luiz Oliveira

07-01-2025 13:16 UTC-7

Graham Takes Big Hit

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Jerome Solomon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Ryan Graham bet 2,200 chips on a turn of Q♠3♣9♥. Khang Pham, raised it to 6,500. Graham made the call.

The river hit 6♥ and Pham fired again, this time a bet of 11,600. Graham again made the call.

Pham turned over K♥K♠. Graham mucked his cards. He was knocked out of the tournament shortly thereafter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Khang Pham	45,400 45,400	45,400

Ryan Graham	Busted

Tags: Khang Pham Ryan Graham

07-01-2025 13:12 UTC-7

Gedcke Doesn't Get There

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Jacob Wilson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on a flop of 10♦9♣2♦ with 12,000 in the middle. Pierdomenico Verrelli bet out for 5,000 into two players. Bradley Livermore made the call, and Timothy Gedcke shoved for just 1,900 on top. Both players called to see a turn A♥. Here, Livermore then bet out for 12,000 when checked to. Verrelli made the fold.

Timothy Gedcke: Q♣J♣ All in
Bradley Livermore: A♠2♣

Gedcke's draw didn't complete on the 4♣ river, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Livermore	70,400
Pierdomenico Verrelli	31,000
Timothy Gedcke	Busted

Tags: Bradley Livermore Pierdomenico Verrelli Timothy Gedcke

07-01-2025 13:06 UTC-7

Isar Busts Kenney

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Nick Vazquez

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Christian Kenney raised to 1,000 in early position. Arthur Demmerley called in the small blind, before Mihai Isar squeezed to 4,500 in the big. Kenney then went all in for 16,100. Demmerley folded and Isar made the call.

Christian Kenney: A♦Q♦ All in
Mihai Isar: K♥J♠

The board came out K♣4♦10♥8♥9♥, and Isar won the pot to eliminate Kenney.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Isar	45,600 45,600	45,600
Arthur Demmerley	14,800 14,800	14,800
Christian Kenney	Busted

Tags: Arthur Demmerley Christian Kenney Mihai Isar

07-01-2025 12:52 UTC-7

Figliomeni Takes Ashton Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Short-stacked Steven Ashton went all in and got a call from Paul Figliomeni in the cutoff.

Steven Ashton: Q♥8♥ All in
Paul Figliomeni: Q♦Q♣

Needing all sorts of help, Ashton didn't get any from the runout of 3♣A♣4♥8♣10♦, and was bounced from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Figliomeni	50,500
Steven Ashton	Busted

Tags: Paul Figliomeni Steven Ashton

07-01-2025 11:34 UTC-7

Martinovic's Nuts Stay Nuts

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Jacob Wilson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up on the turn, with a board reading 3♦4♣2♥8♣ and three players still with hole cards. Michael Maruna had bet out for 5,000 into a pot of around 12,000, with Deshan Woods making the call. Marjan Martinovic then raised to 25,000, which was enough to put the other two at risk should they make the call.

After some tanking, Maruna called all in, much to the dismay of Woods.

"Oh my god," he said, laughing. "I don't know what you guys have but I'm folding," he said, tabling A♦8♦ for top pair, top kicker. As it turned out, he made the correct fold.

Michael Maruna: J♥J♦ All in
Marjan Martinovic: 6♥5♥

Maruna was drawing dead, as the straight of Martinovic was the flopped nuts, still the nuts on the turn, and on the 10♦ river, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marjan Martinovic	76,000 76,000	76,000
Andrew Smyth	60,300 60,300	60,300
Lucas Peterson	31,000 31,000	31,000
Brian Wardrup	29,500 29,500	29,500
Deshan Woods	21,500 21,500	21,500
Nicolas Zacair	18,400 18,400	18,400
Michael Maruna	Busted

Tags: Deshan Woods Marjan Martinovic Stephen DeVault

07-01-2025 11:15 UTC-7

Joseph Runs Into a Monster

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Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was picked up on a board reading 4♠5♣4♥. First to act Hans Anderson bet out for 3,900, and received a call in two places, as Jiwoo Hyul and Marc Joseph both paid to see a turn.

When it came, the A♥ was checked through, bringing in the 5♦ on the river. Anderson put 6,700 into the middle. Hyul got out of the way, before Joseph shoved. Anderson snap-called, covering, and showed A♠5♠ for fives-full-of-aces. Joseph was no good with 8♣8♠ and went home early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Anderson	67,700 67,700	67,700
Casey Williams	32,000 32,000	32,000
Young Choi	30,300 30,300	30,300
Hongxing Li	28,000 28,000	28,000
Jiwoo Hyul	27,500 27,500	27,500
Stephen Whitaker	24,700 24,700	24,700
Marc Joseph	Busted

Tags: Hans Anderson Jiwoo Hyul Marc Joseph