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

07-01-2025 21:00 UTC-7

Nowalany Busts

Barry Russell

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

There were roughly 25,000 chips in the pot on J♣Q♠5♣6♥, Anthony Nowalany bet 13,000 from the big blind and James Neville decided to put Nowalany all in for roughly 60,000 more on the button. After a long tank, Nowalany made the call.

Anthony Nowalany: 4♣3♣ All in
James Neville: Q♦5♦

Neville's two pair held as the river came the A♥, and Nowalany was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Neville	355,000 120,000	120,000
Pingfeng Wu	328,000 328,000	328,000
Eric Kotsines	270,000 32,000	32,000
Jason Moberg	125,000 75,000	75,000
Sean Picquelle	75,000 45,000	45,000
Una Kelly	60,000 12,000	12,000
Collin Krueger	37,000 37,000	37,000
Andrew Currie	21,000 21,000	21,000
Anthony Nowalany	Busted

Tags: Anthony Nowalany James Neville

07-01-2025 20:57 UTC-7

Souza's Aces Hold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Kaue De Souza open-shoved in cutoff to be called by Jonathan Tackett in the small blind.

Kaue De Souza: A♠A♦ All in
Jonathan Tackett: 5♠5♥

Souza's aces held on the board of 10♦4♠K♦8♥6♦ securing himself a double-up and leaving Tacket with eight big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaue De Souza	307,000 307,000	307,000
Jonathan Tackett	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Jonathan Tackett Kaue De Souza

07-01-2025 20:54 UTC-7

Li Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Brockton Hankins raised in early position to 6,000, Zhe Li shoved 17,000 into the middle from the button, the blinds folded and Hankins made the call.

Zhe Li: A♥8♥ All in
Brockton Hankins: Q♠J♠

Terrible start for Li as the flop came J♥4♠6♠, Hankins top pair held as the board ran out K♦8♣ and Li was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Lee	290,000 290,000	290,000
Garik Tamasian	270,000 270,000	270,000
Praveen Ponnaganti	155,000 155,000	155,000
Michael Comisso	111,000 111,000	111,000
Brockton Hankins	110,000 110,000	110,000
Teng Yu	90,000 90,000	90,000
Javier Fernandez	60,000 60,000	60,000
Martin Fitzmaurice	30,000 30,000	30,000
Zhe Li	Busted

Tags: Brockton Hankins Zhe Li

07-01-2025 20:49 UTC-7

Emami Send Home Pou

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Laura Fryer

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Carlos Pou moved all in from under the gun for 43,000 and action folded around to Amirpasha Emami in middle position who called.

Carlos Pou: 9♠9♦ All in
Amirpasha Emami: A♦Q♠

Pou didn't stay ahead for long as the 3♣8♦Q♦4♠3♠ runout saw Emami improve finding a queen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amirpasha Emami	90,000
Carlos Pou	Busted

Tags: Amirpasha Emami Carlos Pou

07-01-2025 20:47 UTC-7

Quads But no Scoop

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

On a table of short stacks, Srikanth Yadlapati was trying to break the mold, as he got all in preflop and dominated his opponent, Carlos Matoserarte, who was holding one of the few larger stacks.

Srikanth Yadlapati: Q♣J♠ All in
Carlos Matoserarte: Q♠9♠

The 8♠8♣8♥ flop brought in plenty of chop outs for Matoserarte, with the 8♦ turn improbably giving quads to both players. The 7♦ river was always going to be inconsequential, as the two chopped up the blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Matoserarte	140,000
Yueqi Wang	137,000
Ignacio Tartaglia	135,000
Rodrigo Borquez	72,000
Michael Adams	65,000
Michael Smith	32,000
Samuel Goodman	30,000
Srikanth Yadlapati	20,000
Brian Jones	13,000

Tags: Carlos Matoserarte Srikanth Yadlapati

07-01-2025 20:41 UTC-7

Jennings Forecasts Ouster

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Jerome Solomon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Brian Jennings three-bet all in with 43,000 chips from the small blind. Ivan Kuziv called the raise with his own all-in from under the gun.

Brian Jennings: A♣K♠ All in
Ivan Kuziv: Q♠Q♦

Jennings lamented his ace-king combination as "the hand that's knocked me out of tournaments all summer. Here it is again."

Another chapter was added to the tale, as the runout of 7♥J♥5♦2♠J♠ sent him home with Kuziv's queens holding up.

Vera Dong, who pondered a call from the button, groaned when, according to her, she realized her hand that contained a jack would have knocked bother players out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vera Dong	174,000 174,000	174,000
Johan Belhassen	117,000 117,000	117,000
Donald Leclair	112,000 59,100	59,100
Kenneth Edmondson	110,000 110,000	110,000
Ivan Kuziv	103,000 103,000	103,000
Brian Jennings	Busted

Tags: Brian Jennings Ivan Kuziv Vera Dong Donald Leclair Johan Belhassen Kenneth Edmondson

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

07-01-2025 19:47 UTC-7

Payouts and Prize Pool Confirmed

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The prize pool for Event 78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship has been confirmed. A total of 851 players will be paid, with a mouth-watering $302,165 up top.

A huge prize pool of $2,856,168 was generated, with a min-cash of $1,200. A spot at the final table is guaranteed a payday of $29,897, while the top four spots will make six figures.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$302,165	10 - 11	$23,526	90 - 98	$2,982
2	$201,233	12 - 13	$18,669	99 - 143	$2,608
3	$149,601	14 - 17	$14,941	144 - 188	$2,302
4	$112,101	18 - 26	$12,060	189 - 242	$2,052
5	$84,676	27 - 35	$9,818	243 - 296	$1,846
6	$64,477	36 - 44	$8,063	297 - 350	$1,677
7	$49,497	45 - 53	$6,680	351 - 404	$1,538
8	$38,310	54 - 62	$5,583	405 - 458	$1,425
9	$29,897	63 - 71	$4,709	459 - 512	$1,333
		72 - 80	$4,007	513 - 566	$1,259
		81 - 89	$3,441	567 - 851	$1,200

07-01-2025 19:20 UTC-7

Players are on 75-Minute Dinner Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 1,560 players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. They are expected to return at 8:35 p.m. to Level 13 with 2,000/3,000 blinds and a 3,000 big blind ante.

07-01-2025 19:18 UTC-7