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

07-02-2025 15:34 UTC-8

Chiovaro Makes Painful Call

Jerome Solomon

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

Stephen Chiovaro took a very long time considering whether he wanted to make the call of Jeremy Felicetti's all-in.

The two players had almost identical stacks, 1,030,000 for Chiovaro, 1,025,000 for Felicetti.

With the board reading A♦5♠Q♣4♥2♦, Chiovara didn't make his decision until the clock had been called and less than 10 seconds remained before his hand was to be declared dead by the tournament director.

He called.

Chiovera showed A♣2♠, having hit two pair on the river. Felicetti turned over 5♣5♥, a flopped set of fives and the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Felicetti	2,085,000 785,000	785,000
Stephen Chiovaro	5,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Jeremy Felicetti Stephen Chiovaro

07-02-2025 15:34 UTC-8

Joyner's Queens Cracks Tatum's Aces

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Roxanne Johnson

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

Jesse Duddy raised to 50,000 from early position, Timothy Joyner three-bet to 140,000 from middle position, and Luke Tatum four-bet to 350,000 from the button. Duddy folded, and Joyner called.

The flop came out with 4♠5♠4♦, Joyner checked, and Tatum bet out 300,000. Joyner went into the think tank and moved all in for 800,000. Tatum made the call.

Timothy Joyner: Q♣Q♥ All in
Luke Tatum: A♠A♣

The turn Q♦, was truly the turning point and the river 8♠ sealed the deal for Joyner to win the pot with his full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Joyner	2,900,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Jesse Duddy	1,630,000 1,179,000	1,179,000
Luke Tatum	180,000 970,000	970,000

Tags: Jesse Duddy Luke Tatum Timothy Joyner

07-02-2025 15:33 UTC-8

Zeharia Wins Second Three-Way All in of the Day

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Jacob Wilson

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

For the second time in just two hours, Assaf Zeharia found himself all in and with the best of it preflop, against two opponents that he covered.

Scott Danby: A♥Q♦ All in
Origenes Duarte: 10♦10♠ All in
Assaf Zeharia: J♠J♥

There was no ace, queen, or ten on the board as the K♠6♥2♦K♥2♣ runout secured Zeharia's double double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Assaf Zeharia	2,200,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Scott Danby	Busted
Origenes Duarte	Busted

Tags: Assaf Zeharia Origenes Duarte Scott Danby

07-02-2025 15:31 UTC-8

Ji Builds His Stack

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Raza Malik opened to 60,000 on the button and got called by Chunhui Ji in the big blind. They both saw a flop of 2♣7♠3♠.

Both players checked leading them to the turn10♦ which was also checked. On the river 2♠, Ji restarted action with 175,000 which made Malik surrender his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chunhui Ji	1,450,000 1,326,000	1,326,000
Raza Malik	1,000,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Chunhui Ji Raza Malik

07-02-2025 15:29 UTC-8

Martinelli Takes from Kiers

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Laura Fryer

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

Martijn Kiers opened to 50,000 from middle position and Matan Mesika called from late position. Tanner Martinelli also called from the cutoff, taking the players three-ways to the flop.

The 3♥8♠K♥ board was dealt, and checked to the K♠ turn.

Kiers bet 55,000 and Mesika folded. Martinelli called.

The 7♠ river was checked to showdown, and Kiers showed A♦J♣ Martinelli flipped over 6♥6♠ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanner Martinelli	1,600,000 745,000	745,000
Matan Mesika	720,000 273,000	273,000
Martijn Kiers	300,000 262,000	262,000

Tags: Martijn Kiers Matan Mesika Tanner Martinelli

07-02-2025 15:27 UTC-8

Lanka Lands a Big One

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Jerome Solomon

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

Ben Miller opened to 50,000 in the hijack, then called Venkata Lanka's button raise to 160,000.

The flop hit K♣2♠10♦. Lanka bet 150,000, and Miller called.

The 2♥ on the turn brought a check from both players, but the A♣ on the river got it going again. Miller went all in with just under 1,300,000 chips. Lanka called with his last 870,000.

Miller showed A♦J♠. Lanka took the huge pot down with A♥K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Venkata Lanka	2,410,000 2,136,000	2,136,000
Ben Miller	425,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Ben Miller Venkata Lanka

07-02-2025 15:26 UTC-8

Nahum Blasts Off Then Blasts Off

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Jacob Wilson

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

Action was picked up preflop, with Ivan Ruban having placed in a three-bet from the small blind, to 200,000. Kfir Nahum, the original raiser, called from the hijack.

On a flop of 10♥K♠7♠ Ruban opted for a small continuation-bet, deciding that 100,000 was the correct size. Nahum made the call. The turn brought in the 10♣ which checked through, and Ruban checked again on the K♥ river. Nahum quickly announced "all in," and Ruban read him like a book, snapping him off.

"Oh, come on!" Nahum shouted, standing up and launching his cards towards the dealer rather than tabling them. One bounced up, and the J♥ was shown. Ruban turned over J♠J♦ and won the pot as well as the chip lead, as his stack rose to over a huge 5,000,000 chips, good for 200 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Ruban	5,205,000 805,000	805,000
Kfir Nahum	Busted

Tags: Ivan Ruban Kfir Nahum

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb Levesque	3,000,000 750,000	750,000
James Casement	1,700,000 915,000	915,000

Tags: Caleb Levesque James Casement

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.