2025 World Series of Poker

Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j2
Prize
$302,165
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$2,856,168
Total Entries
5,667
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
5,667
Players Left
635
Players Left 1 / 5,667
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Straight Sayin It

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

Selma Sayin shoved all in from the button on a flop of 678. Donald Leclair made the call.

Selma Sayin: 54All in
Donald Leclair: A9

Leclair had an open-ended straight draw, but Sayin was already to her eight-high straight. The turn of the A brought in a flush draw for her, but she didn't need it. The K on the river was irrelevant.

Tags: Donald LeclairSelma Sayin

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Tsatskin Aces Hold on Scary Board

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Mikhail Tsatskin opened with at 2,100 bet from under the gun and got called by Kasey Fingarson. The flop dropped JJ9.

Both players checked through the turn 10. The river dropped 3 and Fingarson bet 3,000. Tsatskin snap-called. Fingarson showed Q9 for two pair on the flop. Tsatskin tabled AA for the higher two-pair with the board.

Tags: Kasey FingarsonMikhail Tsatskin

Martin Chips Up

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Peter Martin started the action with a 2,000 bet in middle position, and the man on left, Noam Muallem, called.

The flop came QAJ and Martin fired another 1,400. Muallem called once again.

On the turn 2, Martin made it 4,400, and it was enough to push Muallem out of the hand and take the pot down.

Tags: Noam MuallemPeter Martin

Frere Fires Twice with Sixes

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There were roughly 6,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 5103, action checked to Gilles Frere who was on the button and he bet 2,500, Julian Eibel folded in early position and Lior Serfaty called in middle position.

Serfaty check-called a bet of 6,000 when the 2 hit the turn and both players checked on the Q river.

Serfaty tabled AJ for ace-high but was no match for the pair of sixes, as Gilles Frere revealed 66 to take the pot.

Tags: Gilles FrereJulian EibelLior Serfaty

Warling Secures a Double

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Joe Warling moved all in from under the gub for his remaining 3,800 stack and Jongtae Kim raised to 10,000 from the cutoff. There were no other callers, and the players went heads-up to showdown.

Joe Warling: J10All in
Jongtae Kim: 22

Warling hit instantly on the J77 flop, and held on the 4 turn and K river.

Tags: Joe WarlingJongtae Kim

Dominated But Not Dead

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Robert Nemanic went all in under the gun and was called by Richard Guerra in the small blind.

Robert Nemanic: A8All in
Richard Guerra: AK

The dominated hand came out on top, as Nemanic paired his eight on the flop and the runout 87563 got hima double-up.

Tags: Richard GuerraRobert Nemanic

Maruna's Attempt to Bluff Fails

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

James Matz opened to 2,000 in hijack and got called by Michael Maruna in cutoff, leading them both to the flop.

The dealer flopped 5A6. Matz led with a 1,600 bet, which Maruna called once again. On the turn A, Matz check-called Maruna's bet of 2,100.

Finally, on the river 6, Matz took control once again and fired 5,000. Maruna thought a bit and mucked his hand face-up to show Q9 for a busted flush draw saying he tried to bluff earlier.

Tags: James MatzMichael Maruna

Mazet Eliminated by Broadway

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Florence Mazet got her remaining 12,900 in preflop, only to see the terrible shape she was in as Christopher Jones snapped and tabled the rockets.

Florence Mazet: 77 All in
Christopher Jones: AA

Jones ended up with Broadway as the dealer put out 3QJ10K sending Mazet away.

Tags: Christopher JonesFlorence Mazet

Datta Calls Down with Second Pair to Win the Pot

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There were roughly 10,000 in the pot on a board of 371042.

Erik Erdell decided to bet 3,000 on the river, Sanjeev Datta who was on the button went into the tank for a short while before he made the call.

Erdell tabled AQ, but could not beat the one pair of Datta as he tabled A7 and took the pot.

Tags: Erik ErdellSanjeev Datta