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

07-01-2025 17:06 UTC-8

Cen Doubles

Barry Russell

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sridhar Sangannagari raised in early position, Yu Cen announced all in for roughly 45,000 from the big blind, Sangannagari called.

Yu Cen: J♣J♦ All in
Sridhar Sangannagari: A♦K♦

The board ran out 8♣10♠4♣2♥Q♦, and Cen doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Andrews	200,000 200,000	200,000
Joshua Oneal	155,500 155,500	155,500
Yu Cen	106,000 106,000	106,000
David Poor	75,000 75,000	75,000
Renmei Liu	52,000 52,000	52,000
Michael Ellis	37,000 37,000	37,000
Charles Whitehouse	28,500 28,500	28,500
Sridhar Sangannagari	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Sridhar Sangannagari Yu Cen

07-01-2025 17:08 UTC-8

Loeliger Takes Her Leave

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Jerome Solomon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Paulina Loeliger pushed all in with her final 28,500 chips on the button. Victor Shih made the call from the big blind.

Paulina Loeliger: K♦J♠ All in
Victor Shih: A♦K♣

After seeing her situation, Loeliger began packing her stuff before the flop. The runout 4♥6♠5♦Q♦2♣ didn't connect with either player's hand, so Shih's ace was enough for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Shih	78,000 78,000	78,000
Paulina Loeliger	Busted

Tags: Paulina Loeliger Victor Shih

07-01-2025 17:09 UTC-8

Kingery Doubles Through Duveau

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Erick Torres

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jared Kingery opened the hand with an all-in from middle position. The action folded to Julien Duveau, who opted to call from the small blind to put Kingery at risk.

Jared Kingery: 4♣4♦ All in
Julien Duveau: K♦Q♠

Kingery was best with pocket fours preflop, and the flop did not compromise that as it fanned out 8♥3♣A♣.

The 2♠ was safe for Kingery, and although the river was paint, it was the J♦ to award Kingery the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Duveau	75,000
Jared Kingery	50,000

Tags: Jared Kingery Julien Duveau

07-01-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Deepstack Qualifiers Bowing Out

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yahya Oguz	80,000
Dannette Mason	40,000 44,500	44,500
Una Kelly	20,000 39,400	39,400
Conrad Co	Busted
Duy Ho	Busted
Ryan Flesch	Busted
Yoel Selles Meijer	Busted
Sridhar Sangannagari	Busted
Konstantinos Tzinis	Busted
Joseph Davidman	Busted

07-01-2025 17:19 UTC-8

Dyer Eliminates Lorenzi with Flopped Straight

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Claudio Lorenzi open-shoved all-in from the button for 10,500 and got called by big blind Tommy Dyer taking them to showdown.

Claudio Lorenzi: 8♦7♥ All in
Tommy Dyer: A♠J♥

The flop came K♦10♣Q♠ giving Dyer a straight and making Lorenzi get up and pack his things. The runout A♥9♥ didn't change anything. Dyer scooped the pot as Lorenzi left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Dyer	250,000 12,500	12,500
Daniel Lawrence	193,000
Ulrich Sprung	135,000
Yusheng Lin	123,000
Jose Lopez Fibla	68,000
Jonathan Rodriguez	49,500
Roongsak Griffeth	28,500
Ramana Epparla	21,000
Claudio Lorenzi	Busted

Tags: Claudio Lorenzi Tommy Dyer

07-01-2025 17:20 UTC-8

Down Up and Out for Wardup

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Jerome Solomon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After barely taking his seat from a table move with a mere four chips totaling 12,000 in his bag, Brian Wardrup was all in against Murilo Figueredo.

Brian Wardrup: Q♦4♦ All in
Murilo Figueredo: A♦J♥

Wardrup got no favors from the cards 10♦K♥3♦Q♣5♣, as Figueredo turned a Broadway straight to end his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murilo Figueredo	52,000

Brian Wardrup	Busted

Tags: Murilo Figueredo Brian Wardrup

07-01-2025 17:21 UTC-8

Reknar His a Set

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Barry Russell

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There were roughly 25,000 chips in the pot on 4♦2♦Q♣10♦3♣, Stephen Lardner bet 6,000 from early position and to his surprise he got raised by Girish Reknar to 15,000 on his direct left.

Lardner went into the tank for a few moments before he eventually called, Reknar tabled a set with 2♣2♠, and Lardner shook his head and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thi Ngo	220,000 177,000	177,000
Girish Reknar	123,500 123,500	123,500
Randy Burstein	105,000 105,000	105,000
Mario Gonzalez	104,000 104,000	104,000
Robert Mitchell	92,000 21,500	21,500
Palvinder Brar	72,000 30,000	30,000
Jaret Villarreal	38,000 7,000	7,000
Stephen Lardner	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Girish Reknar Stephen Lardner

07-01-2025 17:23 UTC-8

Wang Gets it in with Aces

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Laura Fryer

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Three players were already at showdown with Yubin Wang sitting with pocket Aces. He had got his entire stack in and at risk, along side Dennis Zhang who was also at risk. Alexandros Dranovitsas covered both players.

Yubin Wang:A♥A♣ All in
Dennis Zhang: K♠J♣
Alexandros Dranovitsas: K♣Q♣

The 7♥9♥J♦ saw Zhang improve but not enough to crack Wang's Aces.

The 2♠ turn and 9♠ river didn't change anything and Zhang was eliminated, with Wang securing over double his stack just after the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yubin Wang	88,000 88,000	88,000
Alexandros Dranovitsas	13,000 13,000	13,000
Dennis Zhang	Busted

Tags: Alexandros Dranovitsas Dennis Zhang Yubin Wang

07-01-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Whitebrook Splits With Walker

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Laura Fryer

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Richard Whitebrook opened to 5,000 from early position and got a call from Gerald Trass in the small bling. Jonathan Walker moved all in for his remaining 35,000 and Whitebrook asked for a count.

Whitebrook called and the players flipped their hands.

Jonathan Walker: A♥K♠ All in
Richard Whitebrook: A♣Q♣

The 2♥7♣2♣ flop brought in the flush draw for Whitebook. But walker was still ahead.

A 8♥ turn didn't change much but the 7♥ river sent the pair to a chop, both playing their aces with the double paired board.

Trass was seen walking away from the table after taking a big tumble for his 30 big blind stack just after the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Whitebrook	75,000
Jonathan Walker	36,500
Gerald Trass	Busted

Tags: Gerald Trass Jonathan Walker Richard Whitebrook

07-01-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Mitsche Moved on Horst

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Laura Fryer

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Karsen Mitsche opened to 6,500 from middle position and got a single call from Duncan Horst in the big blind.

The J♠9♦4♥ flop saw Horst check-call after Mitsche bet 5,000.

The 6♥ was checked by both to the J♥ river.

Mitsche bet out 8,000 on the river, which prompted Horst to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karsen Mitsche	87,000
Duncan Horst	60,000

Tags: Duncan Horst Karsen Mitsche