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

07-01-2025 22:51 UTC-8

Another Five Survive the Bubble; Aces Double on the Bubble Again

Laura Fryer

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

There were 5 all-in and calls, all five survived.

Andrew Bart was one of the survivors and secured a double after moving all in from middle position. He got a single call from William Watkins in the hijack.

Andrew Bart: A♥A♣ All in
William Watkins: A♦Q♠

Bart secured the double after seeing the J♦4♣4♠7♦J♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Watkins	320,000 225,000	225,000
Andrew Bart	150,000

Tags: Andrew Bart William Watkins

07-01-2025 22:50 UTC-8

Harris First of Last Survivors

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Jerome Solomon

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

The last hand before hand-for-hand play begin, play was held for Sterling Harris's all-in of 78,000 from the hijack against Jianghuai Chen big blind call.

Sterling Harris: A♣A♠ All in
Jianghuai Chen: A♥Q♣

Harris had to sweat a gutshot straight draw on the flop, but survived the runout 10♦6♠K♦4♦7♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sterling Harris	176,000 176,000	176,000
Jianghuai Chen	166,000 166,000	166,000

Tags: Jianghuai Chen Sterling Harris

07-01-2025 22:42 UTC-8

Phamolivo Finds Aces to Survive

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Laura Fryer

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

Matan Mesika opened to 12,000 on the button and Matan Mesika moved her remaining 6,000 chips into the middle from the small blind.

The action was held whilst other tables played their hand for hand and then the cards were flipped.

Kristianne Phamolivo: A♥A♣ All in
Matan Mesika: A♠9♣

The Q♦7♣Q♥ flop didn't change anything, and Phamolivo held to survive the first round of hand for hand on the 10♥ turn and 2♣.

One player was eliminated, and one remains to burst the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Mesika	332,000 332,000	332,000
Kristianne Phamolivo	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Matan Mesika Kristianne Phamolivo

07-01-2025 22:25 UTC-8

Hand for Hand

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

They announced hand-for-hand play with 853 players remaining and 851 in the money.

07-01-2025 22:24 UTC-8

Shaffer Wins the Pot

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Juan Montoya in hijack raised to 13,000 and got one caller in the big blind Brett Shaffer.

Both players checked the flop 6♣10♥5♦. On the turn 2♣, Shaffer led out with 20,000 which was enough to take the pot down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Montoya	174,000
Brett Shaffer	78,000

Tags: Brett Shaffer Juan Montoya

07-01-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Jiang Gets Two-Outered; Murnaghan Flops Quads

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Jacob Wilson

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

Two huge hands occurred almost simultaneously here in the Paris Ballroom, the first involving Zhi Feng Jiang and Guy Haviv, who got it all in preflop.

Zhi Feng Jiang: 8♠8♣ All in
Guy Haviv: 2♠2♥

Jiang was the heavy favourite all the way to the river, as the board read 10♣9♣9♥A♦ however Haviv spiked the win on the 2♠ river, revealing that he had also one-outered another player earlier in the day.

Elsewhere, Richard Bose paid off a river bet from Aubrey Murnaghan on a board reading 8♥8♣8♦J♥7♦ tabling Q♥Q♠ for a boat, however Murnaghan's flopped quads with A♣8♠ would of course scoop. It was told to PokerNews that the pot had been limped preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aubrey Murnaghan	360,000 360,000	360,000
Richard Bose	145,000 145,000	145,000
Guy Haviv	45,000 45,000	45,000
Zhi Feng Jiang	Busted

Tags: Aubrey Murnaghan Guy Haviv Richard Bose Zhi Feng Zhang

07-01-2025 22:19 UTC-8

Antezana Gets Important Double-up

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Jerome Solomon

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

With the bubble approaching, Edgar Antezana needed to double up in the worst way. He went all in from middle position. Feng Qian, in the big blind, was the lone caller.

Edgar Antezana: Q♠10♠ All in
Feng Qian: K♦6♦

The runout 5♠3♣3♠Q♦4♣ hit Antezana's queen on the turn, giving him more chips with which to work.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feng Qian	125,000
Edgar Antezana	67,000

Tags: Feng Qian Edgar Antezana

07-01-2025 22:18 UTC-8

Blinds Wanted to See

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Bryden Baxter opened to 12,000 on the button, and both blinds, Craig Crivello in small and Richard Gress in big called to see the flop.

The dealer unfurled 10♠5♣4♦. After a check from the blinds, Baxter continued with a 14,000 bet, which made both blinds fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryden Baxter	300,000 300,000	300,000
Craig Crivello	87,000 87,000	87,000
Richard Gress	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Bryden Baxter Craig Crivello Richard Gress

07-01-2025 22:18 UTC-8

Zektser Forces a Fold Near the Bubble

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Barry Russell

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

There were roughly 40,000 chips in the pot on 5♥10♦5♣9♣.

Allen Altamirano bet 6,000 from early position, but got raised by Igor Zektser on the button to 17,000, Altamirano called.

Altamirano checked on the 9♠ river, and Zektser decided to bet 50,000, Altamirano went deep into the tank before he eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Fair	230,000 230,000	230,000
Rupom Pal	180,000 180,000	180,000
Igor Zektser	160,000 160,000	160,000

Allen Altamirano	130,000 130,000	130,000
Levent Beyazkilic	109,000 109,000	109,000
Alexandre Bruneau	107,000 57,000	57,000
Raminder Singh	90,000 90,000	90,000
Mathieu Choffardet	82,000 3,000	3,000
Wu Guangbiao	52,000 52,000	52,000