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

07-02-2025 14:02 UTC-7

Becker Runs Into Queens

Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Joseph Jordan raised to 40,000 under the gun. Keith Becker went all in with a little more than 300,000 from middle position. Lorenzo Rodriguez made the call on the button. Jordan passed.

Keith Becker: 10♦10♠ All in
Lorenzo Rodriguez: Q♥Q♠

Becker needed help from the runout and didn't get it, as the board went 5♣7♠6♠4♦2♠ ending his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorenzo Rodriguez	1,275,000 976,000	976,000
Daniel Defreitas	1,110,000 775,000	775,000
Joseph Jordan (AZ)	385,000 385,000	385,000
Keith Becker	Busted

Tags: Joseph Jordan Keith Becker Lorenzo Rodriguez

07-02-2025 13:59 UTC-7

King's Kings Hold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The hand was underway with Douglas Weymeersch all-in for his tournament life against Andrew King.

Douglas Weymeersch: A♣J♥ All in
Andrew King: K♥K♠

The board ran 7♠5♠8♣2♦Q♦ maintaining the lead of King with his kings sending Weymeersch to hit the rails.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew King	590,000 439,000	439,000
Douglas Weymeersch	Busted

Tags: Andrew King Douglas Weymeersch

07-02-2025 13:53 UTC-7

Melendres Cruz Knocks Out Li

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

We pick up the action with Yu Li all in against Raul Melendres Cruz, who had originally raised under the gun.

Yu Li: 10♣10♦ All in
Raul Melendres Cruz: J♠J♣

The board fell 9♦Q♠K♣9♥A♠ and Melendres Cruz' jacks were the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Melendres Cruz	818,000 504,000	504,000
Yu Li	Busted

Tags: Raul Melendres Cruz Yu Li

07-02-2025 13:45 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Kari Paajanen	Busted
Dylan Wilkerson	Busted
Daniel Dealmeida	Busted
Johnnie Moreno	Busted
Bradley Livermore	Busted
Rubens Michael	Busted
Lucas Jumalon	Busted
Kyle Hughes	Busted
Michael Fan	Busted
Stafford Woodley	Busted
Thomas Macey	Busted
Steven Miller	Busted
Dorian Rios	Busted
Jeremy Surinach	Busted
Ruoxiao Shi	Busted
Arun Sriram	Busted
Jennifer Depolo	Busted
Leonardo Lisi	Busted
Larry James	Busted
Michael Painter	Busted
Christian Jordanich	Busted
Mitchell Jackson	Busted
Alexandre Bruneau	Busted
John Gorsuch	Busted

Mike Golshani	Busted

Johnson Gets the Triple Up

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Laura Fryer

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Dave Stann opened to 40,000 from late position and Tim Kovacic three-bet to 100,000 from the hijack. Bert Johnson moved all in for his remaining 119,000 on the button and both players called behind.

Action was checked from the 10♥3♦2♥ flop, to the 9♦ turn and down to showdown after the 6♥ river was placed.

Bert Johnson: A♥10♣ All in
Tim Kovacic: K♠J♠
Dave Stann: A♠K♦

Johnson took the pot having flopped a pair of tens which was good enough to secure him the triple.

Stann remarked, "How do you do that with Ace-Ten?" with another player asking, "Did the hearts scare you?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Stann	1,000,000 615,000	615,000
Tim Kovacic	560,000 136,000	136,000
Bert Johnson	440,000 316,000	316,000

Tags: Bert Johnson Dave Stann Tim Kovacic

07-02-2025 13:41 UTC-7

Miller Left With Dust

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Jacob Wilson

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Steven Miller opened the betting from middle position with a shove, for 282,000. Martijn Kiers called all in from the button, and both blinds took some time with their decisions. Ultimately, they both folded, sending the two to a runout.

Martijn Kiers: 10♥10♣ All in
Steven Miller: A♥K♠

Kiers' three of a kind on 6♠4♦5♥Q♥10♦ gave him the win, and the double, leaving Miller with less than two big blinds to spin up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martijn Kiers	562,000 407,000	407,000
Steven Miller	26,000 106,000	106,000

Tags: Martijn Kiers Steven Miller

07-02-2025 13:40 UTC-7

Bottom Pair is Good Enough

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Shane Luhr limped in the small blind, and Kevin Kuo in the big checked his option.

The dealer unfurled J♥4♣6♠. Luhr check-called Kuo's bet of 20,000. Both checked the turn 2♣ and the river 9♥

Luhr tabled 5♠2♠ for bottom pair, which was enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shane Luhr	420,000 9,000	9,000
Kevin Kuo	340,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Kevin Kuo Shane Luhr

07-02-2025 13:37 UTC-7

Poker Player Busts Early in WSOP Main Event with Top Pair

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Jon Sofen

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

A tradition unlike any other — a player busting early in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Day 1.

The first of four starting flights kicked off at noon PT on Wednesday from Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in the $10,000 world championship event.

Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter announced "shuffle up and deal" just 45 minutes before the first elimination from the most prestigious tournament in poker.

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Tags: Lauren Hazelgreen

07-02-2025 13:37 UTC-7

Malik Forces a Fold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On a pot of 90,000 and flop of 6♠4♠K♠, Jose Noceda, in middle position, bet 40,000 after action was passed to him. Raza Malik, the only other player in the hand and seated under the gun, called to see the turn.

The turn fell 4♦ which both players checked. On the river 8♥, Malik fired 60,000 and Noceda folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raza Malik	850,000 391,000	391,000
Jose Noceda	490,000 282,000	282,000

Tags: Jose Noceda Raza Malik

07-02-2025 13:34 UTC-7

Warlich Gets Nice Lick

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Kevin Abecassis raised to 32,000 from middle position. Niklas Warlich three-bet to 105,000 from the hijack. Meraf Tedl, sitting on the button made the call.

Abecassis went all in over the top with his 1,300,000-plus stack.

Warlich spent a full minute considering the call, which would put him all in for 562,000. He decided to risk it. Tedla checked out of the hand.

Niklas Warlich: A♦K♥ All in
Kevin Abecassis: J♦J♠

Warlich was in trouble through four-fifths of the runout, but was saved by a king on the river when the full board hit 5♣8♣4♥9♠K♠.