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

07-01-2025 10:04 UTC-8

Hall Takes a Tumble

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Players were already heads up on the 4♠A♥Q♣ flop, with Arthur Rigaud in the small blind and Shane Hall in the hijack.

Rugaud checked, and Hall bet 800. Ragaud made a quick call.

The 8♣ was turned, and Rugaud check-called a 1,600 bet from Hall.

Both players checked the 4♦ river, and Hall showed A♦J♥ for two pair. Hall mucked, handing an early pot to Rugaud.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Rigaud	41,000 41,000	41,000
Shane Hall	22,500 22,500	22,500

Tags: Shane Hall Arthur Rigaud

07-01-2025 09:59 UTC-8

Wong Going for Value

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Barry Russell

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

There were roughly 13,000 chips in the pot on 6♦6♥J♥7♠8♥.

Arturas Astrauskas checked from early position to Colleen Wong in the cutoff. Wong bet 3,600, and Astrauskas quickly called with a single chip.

Wong revealed pocket queens Q♦Q♠, and Astrauskas mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Colleen Wong	44,000 14,000	14,000
Dan Mahaffey	32,300 700	700
Satheesh Francis	29,200 29,200	29,200
Michel Elmassih	26,500 500	500
Gregory Strauss	25,900 25,900	25,900
Leo Bell	23,000 7,000	7,000
Arturas Astrauskas	19,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Arturas Astrauskas Colleen Wong

07-01-2025 09:55 UTC-8

Klein Chips at Medina

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

George Medina opened the hijack to 400 and Dan Klein raised to 1,400.

Medina was the only caller, and the players went heads-up to the board.

The flop came 6♠J♦7♦ and Medina checked. Klein bet 1,000 and Medina folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Klein	34,000 34,000	34,000
Andrew Nguyen	33,500 33,500	33,500

George Medina	29,000 29,000	29,000
Robert Worthing	27,000 27,000	27,000
Tony Collier	25,000 25,000	25,000
David Hall	24,700 24,700	24,700
Matthias Weigert	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Dan Klein George Medina

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

07-01-2025 09:41 UTC-8

Gilmore Catches Federspiel's Bluff

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Action was ongoing on a pot of around 800 with two players engaged. The dealer unfurled 5♠K♥Q♥.

Steven Federspiel check-raised to 2,200 from the big blind after Andrew Gilmore in cutoff made a bet of 700.

The turn came 8♠ and Federspiel kept the pressure with 2,500. Gilmore called. Finally on the river 8♣ action slowed with both players tapping the felt.

Federspiel showed A♥7♥ for a busted flush draw. Gilmore turned over K♦2♦ for two pair with the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Federspiel	33,000 33,000	33,000
Andrew Gilmore	23,500 23,500	23,500

Tags: Andrew Gilmore Steven Federspiel

07-01-2025 09:39 UTC-8

PokerNews Deepstack Challenge Winners

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Jacob Wilson

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

One of the most special parts about Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship is the fact that 50 players have been able to take their seats without paying a cent! Well, not directly at least.

Every day throughout the series, PokerNews sponsored daily deepstack tournaments in the Normandy and Provence Ballrooms in Horseshoe Las Vegas, with $200, $250, and $400 buy-in tournaments all taking place at 8:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m., respectively. Cashing and running deep in these tournaments earned them points, and points meant prizes.

Each week, a leaderboard was completed, with points accumulated in the same manner as those for the WSOP Player of the Year. The top ten players from each week earned a free entry into this event, with 50 having been given out after five weeks of deepstack competition.

Winners Table

Week	Winner
1	James Derosa
2	Tristan Tauscher
3	Dominique Terzian
4	Duy Ho
5	Caleb Mitson

Will one of our deepstack entrants take down the event, earning themselves a bracelet as well as a 24k gold PokerNews card protector?

Tags: Caleb Mitson Dominique Terzian Duy Ho James Derosa Tristan Tauscher

07-01-2025 09:39 UTC-8

Le Raises the River

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Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

There were roughly 1,000 chips in the pot on K♣9♣7♦, Trung Le bet 800 from the hijack and Rafael Rodriguez called in the big blind.

Both players checked on the 6♣ turn, Rodriguez deicded to lead for 800 when the 8♣ got dealt on the river.

Le took a few moments before he raised to 4,700, Rodriguez quickly folded and Le flashed the K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Trung Le	34,000 34,000	34,000
Rafael Rodriguez	34,000 34,000	34,000
John Balsai	32,000 32,000	32,000
Shaundle Pruitt	31,000 31,000	31,000
Gustav Institoris	24,000 24,000	24,000
Howard Ashkinos	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Rafael Rodriguez Trung Le

07-01-2025 09:37 UTC-8

Good Hand versus Lucky Hand

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Play was already underway with a pot of 2,500 and a board of 2♦10♥8♦J♣.

Chujun Gong fired 1,500 in cutoff and Terry Fleischer, the only other player in the hand, called to see the last card.

The river K♥ fell and Gong checked. Fleischer shot out 3,000 which Gong called. Fleischer tabled A♦Q♣ for a rivered straight and Gong, frustrated, turned over 8♣8♥ prompting her to say, "You didn't believe me on the flop."

Fleischer just commented, "You have a good hand, but I have the lucky hand."

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Fleischer	37,500
Chujun Gong	26,500

Tags: Terry Fleischer Chujun Gong

07-01-2025 09:37 UTC-8

Luca Looks to Rebuild

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Laura Fryer

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Jacob Marlman opened to 300 from the cutoff and got a call from Timothy Cavallin on the button.

Jonathan Sapp folded the small blind and Matthew Luca defended from the big blind.

The 7♣Q♥4♥ flop saw Matthew Luca bet out and all players mucked, allowing him to scoop the pot and rebuild some of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Cavallin	39,500 39,500	39,500
Jacob Marlman	33,000 33,000	33,000
Jonathan Sapp	27,000 27,000	27,000
Matthew Luca	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Jacob Marlman Jonathan Sapp Matthew Luca Timothy Cavallin

07-01-2025 09:35 UTC-8

Harrison Takes a Small One

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Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Uzi Zilka raised in the hijack to 300, Daniel Harrison called on the button and the blinds folded.

Zilka fired out a bet of 1,000 when the flop came K♥5♠8♥, Harrison called. Zilka decided to check-call a bet of 2,000 when the 8♠ hit the turn.

Both players checked on the 9♦, Harrison tabled K♦4♦ for top pair and he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daryn Hemerson	37,000 37,000	37,000
Daniel Harrison	35,000 35,000	35,000
Hubert Morissette	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jeremy Brown	30,000 30,000	30,000
Maryna Khatskevich	29,000 29,000	29,000
Uzi Zilka	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Daniel Harrison Uzi Zilka