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

07-02-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Heidenreich Doesn't Pay Taix

Jerome Solomon

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

Gerard Taix went all-in with 350,000 chips from the button and was looking for a double-up when he was called by Debra Heidenreich in the big blind.

Gerard Taix: A♠4♠ All in
Debra Heidenreich: Q♠J♠

Taix was crushed on the flop and needed help that he didn't get in a runout of Q♥Q♦A♥8♣9♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Debra Heidenreich	1,390,000 1,220,000	1,220,000
Gerard Taix	Busted

Tags: Debra Heidenreich Gerard Taix

07-02-2025 15:01 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Jordan	Busted
Steve Watts	Busted
Walter McMichael	Busted
Balazs Szalavics	Busted
Tuan Nguyen	Busted
Zyad Qasem	Busted
Travis Tachibana	Busted
Greg Raymer	Busted
Jaeheum Yu	Busted
Antonio Payne	Busted

Trevor Lewis	Busted
Joshua Schiffman	Busted
Joao Duarte	Busted
Mor Kamber	Busted
Jiraj Hampton	Busted
Tom Eady	Busted
Robert Champion	Busted
Slaven Popov	Busted
Barry Wilson	Busted
Gerard Taix	Busted
Miguel Fiscal	Busted
Jariah Waring	Busted
Vincent Lestingi	Busted
Sreyrath Keo	Busted
Carlos Matoserarte	Busted

Fernandez Takes from Vanarman

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

John Vanarnam opened with a 55,000 bet on the button and got a caller in big blind, Javier Fernandez, leading them to the flop.

The dealer showed Q♠9♦10♥ and the players checked through the turn 6♣ and river 4♦. Fernandez fired 25,000, and Vanarman flat-called.

Fernandez showed 10♣7♦ for mid-pair on the flop, prompting Vanarman to muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Fernandez	720,000 438,000	438,000
John Vanarnam	370,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Javier Fernandez John Vanarnam

07-02-2025 15:08 UTC-8

Felicetti Knocks out Tachibana

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Travis Tachibana put in a bet of 300,000 from the button, leaving 100,000 behind, and Jeremy Felicetti moved all in for 100,000 more effective, from the big blind. Tachibana made the call.

Travis Tachibana: A♣10♣ All in
Jeremy Felicetti: A♥Q♠

The board went 4♥8♠A♦7♠3♣, and a pair of aces with a queen kicker for Felicetti was the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Felicetti	1,300,000 850,000	850,000
Travis Tachibana	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Felicetti Travis Tachibana

07-02-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Abecassis Takes from Dean

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Laura Fryer

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

Andrew Dean opened to 55,000 from late position and Kevin Abecassis called from the small blind.

The Q♦Q♥2♣ flop was checked by Abecassis and Dean bet 40,000. Abecassis called and the players saw the 9♥ turn.

Abecassis check-called Dean's 70,000 bet, and the players saw the 3♣ river.

Both checked it down and Abecassis showed K♦Q♣ for trip queens, taking the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Dean	1,520,000 750,000	750,000
Kevin Abecassis	120,000 1,160,000	1,160,000

Tags: Andrew Dean Kevin Abecassis

07-02-2025 15:13 UTC-8

Vasudeva Flops Monster Draw

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Jacob Wilson

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

Action was picked up with Joseph Jordan all in for 135,000, and Mohit Vasudeva all in over the top for just shy of a million. Daniel Defreitas, with 60,000 of his chips already in play, made the fold, and as did Justin Overholser, who put 60,000 into the dead money pile too.

Joseph Jordan: 7♣7♠ All in
Mohit Vasudeva: A♠Q♠

Vasudeva flopped a royal flush draw on 10♠K♠4♣ then turned the flush on the 4♠. Jordan still had boat outs, but couldn't find them as the 8♠ river confirmed that the pot was Vasudeva's.

Defreitas revealed that he had folded pocket eights for a rivered boat, before Overholser announced that he, too, had folded a boat, with pocket tens. He rued his decision.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohit Vasudeva	1,375,000 468,000	468,000
Daniel Defreitas	1,130,000 20,000	20,000
Justin Overholser	250,000 77,000	77,000
Joseph Jordan (AZ)	Busted

Tags: Daniel Defreitas Joseph Jordan Justin Overholser Mohit Vasudeva

07-02-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Ruban Leaps in Chips

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Vincent Renzo raised to 230,000 from middle position, leaving one 5,000 chip behind. Ivan Ruban made the call from the big blind and then immediately put in the last 5,000 chip to put Renzo all-in.

Ruban assured Renzo, "You made the pay jump".

Renzo stated, "I know", and threw in his last 5,000.

Vincent Renzo: A♥7♥ All in
Ivan Ruban: A♦10♠

The board went 10♦5♠J♠3♦K♦, and Ruban's pair of tens was good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Ruban	4,400,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Vincent Renzo	Busted

Tags: Ivan Ruban Vincent Renzo

07-02-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Liu Lives With Ace-king

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Jerome Solomon

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

After Lorenzo Rodriguez raised to 50,000 in middle position preflop, Jianheng Liu went all in from the cutoff with 265,000 in chips remaining.

Jianheng Liu: A♠K♠ All in
Lorenzo Rodriguez: J♥J♠

Liu got the help he needed immediately, and let out a big whoop as he watched the runout K♣5♦10♥4♠7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorenzo Rodriguez	725,000 550,000	550,000
Jianheng Liu	590,000 503,000	503,000

Tags: Lorenzo Rodriguez Jianheng Liu

07-02-2025 15:19 UTC-8

Kotsines Scoops, Eliminates Two

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Justin Barnes open-shoved in late position for around 130,000and got called by Eric Kotsines in cutoff. Caleb King, who had less than Barnes, called from the big blind, leading to a three-way showdown.

Caleb King: J♣9♣ All in
Justin Barnes: J♠10♣ All in
Eric Kotsines: K♥Q♦

Kotsines was ahead with king-high, leaving both King and Barnes to hope that one of their cards would hit the board. But the board ran A♥6♥4♦2♠A♦ sending both King and Barnes to the payout counter to collect their cashout together.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Kotsines	865,000 645,000	645,000
Caleb King	Busted
Justin Barnes	Busted

Tags: Caleb King Eric Kotsines Justin Barnes

07-02-2025 15:24 UTC-8

Levesque All-in Forces a Fold

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

On a pot of around 500,000 and a board of 3♦6♠J♦4♠, James Casement in hijack fired 150,000 after action was checked to him in a heads-up match. Caleb Levesque called to see the last card.

Levesque led with an all-in shove on the river 9♠ which made Casement fold without hesitation. Levesque claimed he had ace-king as he added the chips to his stack.