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

07-01-2025 10:40 UTC-8

Zaldo Doubled Through Tedla

Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Players were already on the river with the cards flipped over, Meraf Tedla under the gun and Javier Zaldo in the cutoff.

Javier Zaldo: 9♥9♠ All in
Meraf Tedla: A♥8♠

The 9♦2♦A♠A♦10♠ board saw Zaldo Double up with the boat, beating Tedla's trip Aces.

Tedla ended the hand under ten big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Zaldo	48,500 48,500	48,500
Meraf Tedla	2,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Javier Zaldo Meraf Tedla

07-01-2025 10:34 UTC-8

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 10:33 UTC-8

James Forces a Fold from To

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Barry Russell

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

There was roughly 7,000 chips in the pot on a board of 5♦9♣3♠.

Larry James in the cutoff bet 2,500, Tuong To called on the button, Jason Waugh folded in the big blind and Craig Lecompte folded from early position.

James forced a fold on the 7♥ turn after betting 5,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Burgess	74,700 74,700	74,700
Larry James	44,000 44,000	44,000
Angel Garcia	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jason Waugh	29,000 29,000	29,000
Tuong To	17,400 17,400	17,400
Craig Lecompte	11,400 11,400	11,400
Shohei Yokoyama	9,600 9,600	9,600

Tags: Craig Lecompte Jason Waugh Larry James Tuong To

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

07-01-2025 10:24 UTC-8

Lamontagne Catches Two Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Michael Delaney limped in middle position and small blind Varadarajan Iyengar did the same. Big blind Michael Lamontagne defended by raising to 700 making Delaney fold. Iyengar called.

The flop dropped 10♣7♦A♦. Iyengar check-called Lamontagne's bet for 800.

On the turn K♥, Iyeangar checked once again. Lamontagne fired 3,000 which was enough to make Iyengar fold. Lamontagne showed A♠7♠ as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lamontagne	53,500
Michael Delaney	24,500
Varadarajan Iyengar	8,000

Tags: Michael Delaney Michael Lamontagne Varadarajan Iyengar

07-01-2025 10:24 UTC-8

Not That Painful

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Joel Gossett opened to 500 from hijack and got two callers in Martin Staszko in cutoff and Jose Manso in the big blind.

All three saw a flop of 10♠7♥J♦. After a check, Gossett continued with another 500. Both Staszko and Manso stayed on.

All three checked the turn 8♣. On the river 9♦, Gossett resumed the pressure with a 2,200 telling both Staszko and Manso that it wasn't that painful, urging them to call. Both conceded their hands and the pot to Gossett.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Manso	37,000 37,000	37,000
Martin Staszko	35,500 35,500	35,500
Joel Gossett	27,600 27,600	27,600

Tags: Joel Gossett Jose Manso Martin Staszko

07-01-2025 10:21 UTC-8

Barang Picks Up; Bennett Left Hanging On

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

John Zentner opened to 600 from the hijack and Elmar Barang called on the button. Dessiree Bennett folded the small blind with only around 10 big blinds remaining in her stack.

The 5♥5♦4♣ flop was check-called by Zentner after Barang bet 600.

Barang get 2,600 after Zentner checked on the 2♠ turn. Zentner folded and Barang took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ferguson	62,500 62,500	62,500
Elmar Barang	32,500 32,500	32,500
David Vago	32,300 32,300	32,300
Rudijanto Soetikno	27,500 27,500	27,500
John Zentner	27,000 27,000	27,000
Ivan Vepritskiy	24,800 24,800	24,800
Dessiree Bennett	1,700 1,700	1,700

Tags: Dessiree Bennett Elmar Barang John Zentner

07-01-2025 10:15 UTC-8

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

07-01-2025 10:12 UTC-8

Zayas Firing

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Barry Russell

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

There was roughly 7,500 chips in the pot on 7♥2♣9♣, Francisco Zayas bet 3,500 from the small blind, Ronald Hunt in the hijack folded and Xizhe Yuan called on the button.

Zayas fired out a bet of 5,000 on the 3♦ turn and on the J♦ river, Yuan called every bet and got shown K♦K♥ for an overpair to the board, Yuan tapped the tabled and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Zayas	46,400 46,400	46,400
Marcia Kuntz	38,000 38,000	38,000
Vincent Lam	31,000 31,000	31,000
Brad Rutta	29,300 29,300	29,300
Samyo Bounlom	27,400 27,400	27,400
Ronald Hunt	19,600 19,600	19,600
Xizhe Yuan	10,100 10,100	10,100

Tags: Francisco Zayas Ronald Hunt Xizhe Yuan

07-01-2025 10:05 UTC-8

Payneful Decision for Ozaki

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Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

There was a preflop betting war on Table 247 in the Paris Ballroom that began with Anthony Pineda raising to 600 under the gun. On his direct left, Rudi Patitucci made the call before seeing a three-bet from Antonio Payne in the hijack, to 2,500.

Action got to Shota Ozaki on the button, who seemed to have a decision on his hands. After a brief pause, he put in a raise to 8,000. Confused, Pineda mucked, Patitucci did the same, allowing Payne to jam for just under a starting stack. Ozaki asked for a count, which came to 29,400, and went deep into the tank. After some minutes, he ended up folding, as Payne became the table's big stack without seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Payne	38,900 38,900	38,900

Anthony Pineda	33,600 33,600	33,600
Karim Zaki	32,000 32,000	32,000
Robert Shangguan	28,800 28,800	28,800
Rudi Patitucci	28,800 28,800	28,800
Rajdeep Gill	27,400 27,400	27,400
Shota Ozaki	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Anthony Pineda Antonio Payne Rudi Patitucci Shota Ozaki