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

07-01-2025 12:03 UTC-8

Rollman Takes the Family Pot

Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Michael Wagner limped from early position and Brian Hartner called from middle position. There were five more calls, with nearly everyone on the table taking part in the preflop action. Daniel Rollman called from the hijack, Roberto Germino from the cutoff, Younes Ben-Iken on the button and both the blinds, Jason Wheeler in the small and Jose Rivera in the big blind.

The 5♦6♣9♣ flop saw the blinds check as did Wagner, with Hartner betting 1,200 from middle position. There were only two calls, Rollman from the hijack and Wheeler in the small blind.

The J♣ was turned. Wheeler and Hartner checked. Rollman bet out 3,000 which was enough for him to see two folds and take the family pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	58,000 58,000	58,000

Michael Wagner	48,500 48,500	48,500
Andrew Miller	47,800 47,800	47,800
Brian Hartner	45,500 45,500	45,500
Daniel Rollman	32,200 32,200	32,200
Wo Lin	30,500 30,500	30,500
Roberto Germino	29,500 29,500	29,500
Younes Ben-Iken	24,500 24,500	24,500
Jose Rivera	23,500 23,500	23,500

Tags: Brian Hartner Daniel Rollman Jason Wheeler Jose Rivera Michael Wagner Roberto Germino Younes Ben-Iken

07-01-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Grande Forces Fold with River Pressure

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Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Maribeth Hilliard raised to 800 in early position, Paul Grande called in middle position and Kihoon Park called in the big blind.

Hilliard fired out a bet of 1,500 when the flop came 10♠A♦2♥, both Grande and Park called. Hilliard did not slow down on the 4♦ turn and she bet 3,000, Grande called and Park folded.

Hilliard check-folded on the 10♣ river as Grande bet 10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maribeth Hilliard	57,300 57,300	57,300
Kevin Frame	44,000 44,000	44,000
Adrian Aguilar	32,000 32,000	32,000

Yishu Yang	29,300 29,300	29,300
Carlos Laureano	27,400 27,400	27,400
Kihoon Park	24,700 24,700	24,700
James Gibson	19,000 19,000	19,000
Rhonda Mcleod	12,100 12,100	12,100

Tags: Kihoon Park Maribeth Hilliard Paul Grande

07-01-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Yun Takes from Singer

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Sung Yun on the button opened to 1,600 and only got big blind player Scott Singer to call. Both players saw a flop of 9♦K♦7♠.

Singer check-called Yun's bet of 1,300. After a check on the turn A♦, Yun looked at her chips, before picking up 2,200 and putting it in the middle.

Without hesitation, Singer folded his hand. The dealer pushed the chips towards Yun.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Singer	76,100 76,100	76,100
Sung Yun	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Scott Singer Sung Yun

07-01-2025 11:55 UTC-8

Saleh Saved by Set

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Syed Saleh found himself all in and at risk preflop, as he had run into the big slick of Mike Vander Veer.

Syed Saleh: 4♦4♣ All in
Mike Vander Veer: A♠K♦

It seemed like showers for Saleh, as the 10♦K♣5♣ had him up and out of his chair. He repositioned himself upon seeing the 6♣ turn, as he picked up additional outs. In the end, he used one that had been there from the start, as the 4♠ river doubled him up, almost back to starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert Johnson	40,000 40,000	40,000
David Knipping	39,000 39,000	39,000
Cyrus Khorram	38,500 38,500	38,500
Michael Wamsganz	32,000 32,000	32,000
Marco Guibert	24,000 24,000	24,000
Syed Saleh	21,600 21,600	21,600
Mike Vander Veer	20,200 20,200	20,200
David Ciener	19,900 19,900	19,900

Tags: Mike Vander Veer Syed Saleh

07-01-2025 11:54 UTC-8

Dalke Has a Big Hand

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Stephan Kribben opened to 800 in hijack and got a three-bet to 2,400 from Kelly Dalke in cutoff. Kribben called.

Kribben check-called Dalke's bet for 2,000 on the flop 7♥9♠4♦. After a check on the river 4♥, Dalke fired another 5,000, which was enough to take the pot down.

Dalke claimed that he had a big hand as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Dalke	39,500 39,500	39,500
Stephan Kribben	18,300 18,300	18,300

Tags: Kelly Dalke Stephan Kribben

07-01-2025 11:52 UTC-8

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 11:48 UTC-8

Big Fold from Malik

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

In late position, Raza Malik opened to 1,200, and Saba Peralta reraised him to 3,600 from the button. When action came back to him, Malik called.

The flop came J♦4♣Q♦. Malik check-raised to 11,000 after Peralta bet 4,200. Peralta replied with an all-in shove for around 40,000, sending Malik to the tank as he only had 18,000 behind. After a few seconds, Malik folded face up, showing A♥Q♥ for top pair, conceding the pot to Peralta.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saba Peralta	58,500 58,500	58,500
Raza Malik	18,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Raza Malik Saba Peralta

07-01-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Burns' Queen Rules Rubinsztain's Queen

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Nick Vazquez

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Leonardo Rubinsztain raised from early position to 1,000, and only Dexter Burns made the call in the cutoff.

The flop was Q♦5♠3♦, and Rubinsztain checked to Burns, who bet 1,000. Rubinstzain called.

The turn was the 10♦, and Rubinsztain checked again. Burns bet 2,200 this time, and Rubinstzain called again.

Both players checked on the 7♦ river, Rubinsztain turned over Q♣8♣, but Burns revealed the Q♠J♠ and took the pot.

Rubinsztain lost a little in this hand, but he's still sitting with a well above-average stack in the early stages of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Rubinsztain	78,300
Dexter Burns	32,100

Tags: Leonardo Rubinsztain Dexter Burns

07-01-2025 11:44 UTC-8

Morariu Scoops a Nice Pot

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Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There were roughly 18,000 chips in the pot on 3♦Q♥7♠8♦, action checked to Sorin Morariu who was on the button and he fired out a bet of 5,300, Xizhe Yuan called in early position and Demarco Howard called in the hijack.

Morariu put all of his 17,100 chips into the middle when the Q♦ fell on the river, Yuan quickly folded and Howard made the call.

Howard tabled K♥Q♣ for three of a kind, but could not beat the full house of Morariu as he tabled 7♥7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorin Morariu	84,000 84,000	84,000
Xizhe Yuan	56,000 45,900	45,900
Davide Zella	48,800 48,800	48,800
Ronnie Duvall	38,000 38,000	38,000
Bastien Joly	36,000 36,000	36,000
Kieran Toledo	29,000 29,000	29,000
Rahul Rastogi	26,400 26,400	26,400
Shawn Beaupre	11,900 11,900	11,900
Demarco Howard	11,100 11,100	11,100

Tags: Demarco Howard Sorin Morariu Xizhe Yuan

07-01-2025 11:42 UTC-8

Reyes Flopped it Again!

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Min So opened from the cutoff to 800 and Manuel Reyes defended the big blind.

Reyes bet to 1,300 on the 9♠Q♥10♦ flop. So called.

The 9♦ turn saw Reyes bet again to 5,000. So didn't go anywhere and made another call.

Reyes moved 8,000 into the middle on the 2♦ river and got a quick call from So.

Reyes showed J♠8♦ for the straight which he had made on the flop, and So mucked his hand.

Ali Ayub commented "Nice hand," and the pair shared some table talk, with Ayub recalling how only a few hands earlier in the tournament Reyes had won another big pot having flopped the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Reyes	63,500 63,500	63,500
Min So	46,500 46,500	46,500

Tags: Ali Ayub Manuel Reyes Min So