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

07-01-2025 16:31 UTC-8

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 16:27 UTC-8

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 16:18 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts According to WSOP+ App

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Jacob Wilson

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

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Thomas Watson	United States	310,000	206
2	Ismael Elyaakoubi	Spain	273,800	182
3	Tommy Dyer	United States	262,500	175
4	Steven Buckner	United States	250,000	166
5	Antonio Payne	United States	248,500	165
6	Adam Johnson (NH)	United States	247,000	164
7	Nicolas Godard	France	240,000	160
8	Ran Kadur	Israel	235,500	157
9	Marcelo Ortiguela	Argentina	235,000	156
10	Ben Miller	United States	224,500	149

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Watson	310,000 310,000	310,000
Ismael Elyaakoubi	273,800 273,800	273,800
Tommy Dyer	262,500 262,500	262,500
Steven Buckner	250,000 207,000	207,000
Antonio Payne	248,500 209,600	209,600

Adam Johnson (NH)	247,000 247,000	247,000
Nicolas Godard	240,000 240,000	240,000
Ran Kadur	235,500 235,500	235,500
Marcelo Ortiguela	235,000 235,000	235,000
Ben Miller	224,500 224,500	224,500

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-01-2025 15:47 UTC-8

A Time to Double

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Laura Fryer

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

Jeremy Goldy was all in and at risk from the button for his remaining 11,500 having been called off by Francis Anderson from under the gun.

Jeremy Goldy: A♦Q♦ All in
Francis Anderson: Q♥J♠

When Goldy saw the flop he remarked "Ive seen this story before", but he picked up an Ace on the A♣ turn.

Goldy held out on the K♦ river to seal his double up.

On a few tables across, Michael Connelly opened the hijack to 2,500 and David Rich called from the cutoff. Mitsuru Fujiwara moved all in for his remaining 9,900 and only Connelly called.

Mitsuru Fujiwara: A♣5♦ All in
Michael Connelly: K♥10♥

Fujiwara held with Ace high, which was good enough to take the pot on the 6♦2♠9♥8♣3♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Connelly	63,000
Francis Anderson	32,500

David Rich	30,500

Jeremy Goldy	26,000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	22,800

Tags: David Rich Francis Anderson Jeremy Goldy Michael Connelly Mitsuru Fujiwara

07-01-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

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

The 2,690 players still with chips head to a 30-minute break; the third break of the day. During this break there will be a color up of the 100-denomination chips

07-01-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Tait Folds to the Call of Nature

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Play was already underway with around 4,000 in the pot on a flop of A♣6♣Q♦. John Oconnell, on the button, shot out 4,000 after a check from Paul Tait in the big blind and David Schwartz under the gun. Both Tait and Schwartz called.

They all checked the turn J♣. On the river K♠, Tait fired 4,500 and Schwartz raised to 12,700 making Oconnell fold. Tait tanked as the break happened. He was asking how high Schwartz's flush was because he too had a flush.

Schwartz, however, was visibly suffering as he needed to head to the toilet as soon as possible. Tait attempted to get some information from Schwartz with table talk, but Schwartz was too preoccupied with suppressing his urge.

Tait even asked how much Schwartz had behind. Schwartz finally begged that whatever it was that Tait decided to please make it quick before anything untoward happened.

With Schwartz moving around and slightly stomping his legs, Tait folded. And as Schwartz headed to the toilet in a rush, he told Schwartz, bad fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Tait	120,000 37,000	37,000
David Schwartz	57,000 24,000	24,000
John Oconnell	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: David Schwartz John Oconnell Paul Tait

07-01-2025 15:47 UTC-8

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 15:47 UTC-8

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 15:41 UTC-8

Nanos Ticking Away the Moments

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Jacob Wilson

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

Action was picked up on the river, with a board that read 7♠9♣K♣10♦4♣. Tuan Nguyen had shoved his remaining 39,400 into a pot that consisted of 51,200. Dimitrios Nanos, the only other player with cards, was put deep into the tank.

Nguyen remained unmoving. His eyes, hidden by sunglasses, focused on the board and nothing else, as Nanos looked him up and down, removed then replaced his hood, and put his head in his hands. He repeated this process for an entire seven minutes (the length of the aptly named Time by Pink Floyd, for reference) before Orez Mokedi waved to the dealer, and signalled to his wrist. The dealer brought over the floor, and he let each passing second tick by, folding with just one left.

Some players at the table were visibly disappointed with the outcome.