Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-02-2025 18:52 UTC-7

Guo Eliminates Reyes

Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bryan Reyes moved all in for 295,000 from the big blind, after facing a raise from Zhan Xi Guo to 85,000 in the hijack. Guo made the call.

Bryan Reyes: K♣J♦ All in
Zhan Xi Guo: A♠10♥

The board ran out with A♣Q♠2♥2♣6♣, and even though Reyes called for a ten, he did not receive it, and Guo's two pair was good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhan Xi Guo	1,025,000 280,000	280,000
Bryan Reyes	Busted

Tags: Bryan Reyes Zhan Xi Guo

07-02-2025 18:52 UTC-7

Yuan Out Early After Break

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Jerome Solomon

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Kristopher Duren pushed all in for 300,000 from the small blind, and got a call from Xizhe Yuan seated next to him in the big blind.

Kristopher Duren: J♣8♣ All in
Xizhe Yuan: K♥Q♦

Duren did get a pair on the flop, but the full rundown of 8♥A♣K♦Q♥7♠ ended with Yuan holding two pair (kings and queens) and apologizing for being the knockout artist to his tablemate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xizhe Yuan	2,025,000 500,000	500,000
Kristopher Duren	Busted

Tags: Kristopher Duren Xizhe Yuan

07-02-2025 17:35 UTC-7

Haley's Snowmen Melts under Barnett's Hooks

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action was picked up with Scott Haley all-in for around 200,000 and at risk against Jeremy Barnett.

Scott Haley: 8♦8♣ All in
Jeremy Barnett: J♥J♠

Haley got out of his chair when the hand was tabled, expecting the result. Barnett's jacks stood firm against a board that ran 5♣K♥A♦5♥3♣.

Upon the dealing of the last street, Haley bid farewell and proceeded to the payout counter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Barnett	1,170,000 470,000	470,000
Scott Haley	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Barnett Scott Haley

07-02-2025 17:34 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations Before the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ruiz del Portal	Busted
Daniel Defreitas	Busted
Konstantin Puchkov	Busted

Guozhi Li	Busted
David Welch	Busted
Graeme Wright	Busted
Mario Boos	Busted
Robert Karwowski	Busted
David Ruizdelportal	Busted
Kathy Liebert	Busted

07-02-2025 17:30 UTC-7

Pringle Eats Brent's Chips

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Jerome Solomon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Michael Brent went all in under the gun for his last 210,000 chips. Ryan Pringle went all in after him from the hijack.

Michael Brent: Q♣J♠ All in
Ryan Pringle: A♥Q♥

Pringle's edge on the flop grew with every card in a runout of J♦K♥A♠7♥8♥ that ended with him holding a heart flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Pringle	825,000 750,000	750,000
Michael Brent	Busted

Tags: Ryan Pringle Michael Brent

07-02-2025 17:29 UTC-7

Miyazaki Scoops the Three-way Pot

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Three-way play was already in progress with Congya Zhang all-in on the flop of K♦8♥8♠ with a pot of around 300,000.

Tomonari Miyazaki fired 80,000 when the turn J♥ dropped, creating a side pot with Lorenzo Rodriguez, who was also in the hand. Rodriguez called to see the last card.

The river fell 2♦ and both players checked, taking everyone to showdown.

Zhang tabled 7♣7♥ for two pair with her pockets and the board, Rodriquez showed A♥3♥ for ace-high, and Miyazaki with J♦9♦ took both the main pot and the side pot for the higher two pair. Miyazaki left the table bidding everyone good luck as Miyazaki scooped the pot,

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorenzo Rodriguez	900,000 200,000	200,000
Tomonari Miyazaki	810,000 216,000	216,000
Congya Zhang	Busted

Tags: Congya Zhang Lorenzo Santos Rodriguez Tomonari Miyazaki

07-02-2025 17:17 UTC-7

Valdes Knocks out Siboni

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Eli Siboni moved all in from the small blind for 520,000 after facing a raise from Pablo Valdes in the cutoff to 60,000. Valdes made the call.

Eli Siboni: Q♣6♥ All in
Pablo Valdes: 8♠8♦

The board ran safe for Valdes with 4♣J♣J♦2♠7♠, and two pair was good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Valdes	1,100,000 952,000	952,000
Eli Siboni	Busted

Tags: Eli Siboni Pablo Valdes

07-02-2025 17:11 UTC-7

Chiovaro Exits

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Jerome Solomon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Stephen Chiovaro could not recover from the hand that crippled his stack earlier.

Forced by the blind to go all in, he went head up against Kevin Huang and barely survived.

Stephen Chiovaro: K♠10♣ All in
Kevin Huang: K♣Q♠

The flop ran J♦10♥9♥9♠Q♥, giving both players a king-high straight, meaning they chopped the ante. Chiovaro put his final 20,000 chips all in the next hand from the small blind, that time against Mehrdad Vahabi.

Stephen Chiovaro: 7♥6♥ All in
Mehrdad Vahabi: A♣K♦

The runout didn't save Chiovaro, as 9♣3♥J♣K♥3♣ gave Vahabi a pair of kings and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Huang	2,410,000 900,000	900,000
Jeremy Felicetti	2,160,000 75,000	75,000
Mehrdad Vahabi	575,000 309,000	309,000
Stephen Chiovaro	Busted

Tags: Kevin Huang Mehrdad Vahabi Stephen Chiovaro Jeremy Felicetti

07-02-2025 16:42 UTC-7

More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chiovaro	Busted
Dimitrios Gkatzas	Busted
David Schwartz	Busted
Kevin Mcarthur	Busted
Thomas Hill	Busted
Ben Miller	Busted
Michael Fugate	Busted
Martin Fitzmaurice	Busted
Nobuaki Sasaki	Busted
Bruce Liu	Busted
Xoan Mourino	Busted
Kosaku Akashi	Busted
Meraf Tedla	Busted
Shahabaldin Shirazi	Busted
Lawrence Chow	Busted
Jinghan Yan	Busted
Rodrigo Perez	Busted
Varun Gaur	Busted
Bryden Baxter	Busted
Roberto Ingino	Busted
Daniel Garcia	Busted
Bryan Bennett	Busted
Jose Guilher Valerio	Busted

07-02-2025 16:34 UTC-7

No Help Came For Proctor

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Laura Fryer

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Tanner Martinelli opened to 60,000 from the hijack, and Nick Ahmadi moved all in for around 350,000 from the small blind. Donald Proctor called off his entire 130,000 stack, putting him at risk of elimination, and Martinelli folded.

Donald Proctor: A♣J♥ All in
Nick Ahmadi: Q♦Q♠

Proctor needed to pick up on the board, but the 6♥4♣K♦ flop didn't bring in much hope.

A small straight sweat came in on the 10♣ turn, but that faded by the 7♦ river.