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

07-01-2025 23:08 UTC-8

Not a Chop

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ronald Fernandez opened to 12,000 and got an all-in shove for 106,000 from Mykhailo Lendel on the button. Justin Sharpe in the big blind shoved as well, pushing Fernandez out of the pot and taking Lendel to showdown.

Mykhailo Lendel: A♦K♠ All in
Justin Sharpe: A♥K♣

The moment the hands were tabled players were slightly disappointed as they expected a chop. But the board ran K♦7♦6♦4♦K♥ giving Lended a flush and a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Fernandez	430,000 430,000	430,000
Mykhailo Lendel	233,000 233,000	233,000
Justin Sharpe	105,000 185,500	185,500

Tags: Justin Sharpe Mykhailo Lendel Ronald Fernandez

07-01-2025 23:08 UTC-8

Burlacu Builds His Stack During Bubble Time

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After receiving the action, Elwood Gray bet 12,000 from the button with a pot of 30,000 and a flop of J♦5♣10♥. Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu in the big blind, called to see the next street.

The turn fell 2♥ and Burlacu check-called Gray's bet of 22,000. On the river 4♦ Burlacu led with 50,000 and Gray called.

Burlacu tabled J♥8♥ for top pair. Gray mucked his hand as the dealer pushed the pot towards Burlacu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elwood Gray	315,000 25,000	25,000
Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu	300,000

Tags: Claudiu-Mihai Burlacu Elwood Gray

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

07-01-2025 23:13 UTC-8

Tarlo Eliminated One from Stone Bubble

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Just two players away from making the money, sparks flew at table #139. Thi Ngo opened the betting with a raise to 13,000, before Jeremy Van Der Linden on her direct left three bet to 35,000, before Antoine Winfield ripped all in for 51,000. Van Der Linden called, and the two went to showdown on the floor's signal.

Antoine Winfield : 5♣5♦ All in
Jeremy Van Der Linden: A♥3♥

The board took no prisoners, as Winfield didn't hold on the 2♠7♥K♥J♣10♥ runout, to multiple "ooooh"s from the table. "That's the nuts!" announced one of the players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Van Der Linden	691,000 691,000	691,000
Antoine Winfield	Busted

Tags: Jason Tarlo Thi Ngo Van Der Linden

07-01-2025 23:16 UTC-8

Troha and Nennstiel Bubble Boys

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Daniel Schill opened the action on the stone with a raise to 15,000 under the gun. Sean Troha then shoved his remaining 35,000 on the button, and Schill was "priced in" to make the call. The two waited for floor direction to table their hands.

Sean Troha: J♥J♦ All in
Daniel Schill: A♥4♥

Troha was far ahead, but the table started to get rowdy as the dealer put out the 2♠8♣3♥ flop. Schill wasted no time in wiping his opponent's equity, as he locked it on the 5♣ turn, making the 3♣ river inconsequential.

Hand 2:

Yang Lei open ripped 300,000 from early position, and Carson Nennstiel made the call from the small blind.

Carson Nennstiel: A♠K♣ All in
Yang Lei: A♥6♥

It was an awful start for Nennstiel, as the flop came J♠3♣6♣, and he stone bubbled alongside as the board ran out 5♣6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carson Nennstiel	860,000
Sean Troha	Busted

Tags: Carson Nennstiel Daniel Schill Sean Troha Yang Lei

07-01-2025 23:16 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations Post-Bubble

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antony Friel	Busted
Antoine Vranken	Busted

Juan Montoya	Busted
Hamish Tong	Busted
Nicholas Verderamo	Busted
Michel Bouskila	Busted
Jose Andrade	Busted
Beltran Abad	Busted
Jaehoon Lee	Busted
Kengo Sakurai	Busted
Sandeep Chaduvula	Busted
Vuong Do	Busted
Benjamin Stroemer	Busted
Lakshay Aggrawal	Busted
Kenji Hamamoto	Busted
Cody Ward	Busted
Christopher Le	Busted
Sylvia Kretschmann	Busted
Eduardo Amaral	Busted
Thomas Digiacomo	Busted
Jorge Yranek	Busted
Christopher Jones	Busted
Florian Bordet	Busted
Timothee Scotti	Busted
Joshua Weiss	Busted

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07-01-2025 23:29 UTC-8

Albin Eliminated by Acheampong

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The cards were already on their backs with Nicholas Albin at risk against Sam Acheampong.

Nicholas Albin: 2♣2♥ All in
Sam Acheampong: A♣K♦

Albin was looking to hold, but the K♠J♠8♥9♥Q♠ runout secured Acheampong the pot, leaving Albin to take home a minimum cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Acheampong	200,000
Nicholas Albin	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Albin Sam Acheampong

07-01-2025 23:34 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Jordan	Busted
Ming Li	Busted
Pushpinder Singh	Busted
Rick Whitesell	Busted
Brett Shaffer	Busted

Francisco Martin-Romo	Busted
Larry Serebryany	Busted
Warren Watson	Busted
Julia Soloman	Busted
Adam Cader	Busted
Robert Flude	Busted
Marc Levy	Busted
Jasper Vanmoorsel	Busted
Rabih Sultani	Busted
Cole Chait	Busted
Christopher Chatman	Busted

Charbel Boujaoude	Busted
Nicholas Albin	Busted
Stoyan Kitanov	Busted
Christopher Kojack	Busted
Alexander Neumann	Busted

Isidro Sifuentes	Busted
Zachary Spergel	Busted
Joel Doney	Busted
Jimmy Setna	Busted

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07-01-2025 23:39 UTC-8

Some More Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
A.J. Palmer	Busted
Joseph Couden	Busted

Mitchell Tsang	Busted
Cornelis Demoree	Busted
Edwin Lee	Busted
Ryan Ervin	Busted
Aaron Parsons	Busted
Nancy Brett	Busted
Andrew Difeo	Busted
Alan Lujan	Busted
David Hudson	Busted
Oblip Kuppusamyvenkates	Busted
Martin Hogarty	Busted
Richard Bose	Busted
Shaip Aqareva	Busted
Ali Ayub	Busted
Shane Hall	Busted
Briant Alavez	Busted
Behrooz Jamshidi	Busted
Christopher Smith	Busted
James Edminister	Busted
Daniel Jordan	Busted
Adrian Santos	Busted
Macie Kaminski	Busted
Brian Christopher	Busted

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07-01-2025 23:45 UTC-8

Duong Connects After Five-bet

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Thanh Duong and Francisco Martin-Romo went back-and-forth and back-and-forth. At some point all the chips were going in.

Martin-Romo started with a raise from the small blind to 16,000, Duong raised to 32,000 in middle position, Martin-Romo made it 75,000, Duong came back with 200,000, enough to put Martin-Romo (140,000 remaining) all in.

Francisco Martin-Romo: Q♦Q♣ All in
Thanh Duong: A♣J♥

It didn't take long for Duong to grab the lead, as the window card was an ace. The full runout 2♥K♠A♥3♦6♠ gave Martin-Romo a massive stack, and sent Martin-Romo home as play for the day came to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thanh Ha Duong	1,020,000 1,020,000	1,020,000
Francisco Martin-Romo	Busted

Tags: Francisco Martin-Romo Thanh Duong