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

07-02-2025 19:38 UTC-8

Vasudeva Pays Bar

Jerome Solomon

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mohit Vasudeva and Gal Bar battled over a 3,000,000-chip pot in a hand that stretched well into the break.

The largest chunk of chips moved after the river. With the board reading 5♦Q♠A♦7♣3♦, Vasudeva, who was in the small blind, bet 500,000.

Bar took a long time before raising to 1,000,000. Vasudeva quickly called.

Bar tabled Q♦8♦. Vasudeva showed J♦6♦, for a smaller flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gal Bar	3,700,000 1,240,000	1,240,000
Mohit Vasudeva	755,000 1,145,000	1,145,000

Tags: Gal Bar Mohit Vasudeva

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

07-02-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Dominguez Doubles With Aces

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Jacob Wilson

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was picked up on a flop of 3♣J♥9♦ with three players holding hole cards. Caleb Levesque had bet out for 125,000 when checked to, and received a call from both Jorge Dominguez and Chunhui Ji.

On the 4♥ turn, Ji checked for a second time, and Levesque bet for a second time, but this time it was for 450,000. Dominguez started cutting out chips and playing with them before moving all in. Ji snap folded, and Levesque snap called.

Jorge Dominguez: A♠A♣ All in
Caleb Levesque: Q♣Q♠

Levesque couldn't find a queen on the river, as it came the 9♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Dominguez	2,995,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Chunhui Ji	1,130,000 300,000	300,000
Caleb Levesque	400,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Caleb Levesque Chunhui Ji Jorge Dominguez

07-02-2025 20:00 UTC-8

Updated Top Ten Counts After the Break According to the WSOP+ App

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Laura Fryer

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Godard	4,960,000 260,000	260,000
Aditya Sushant	4,300,000 4,097,000	4,097,000

Thomas Henager	4,250,000 3,249,925	3,249,925
Dorian Rios	4,000,000 440,000	440,000
Jeremy Felicetti	3,975,000 1,175,000	1,175,000
Gal Bar	3,700,000
Pablo Valdes	3,525,000 2,475,000	2,475,000
Todd Collins	3,510,000 205,000	205,000
Karl Pineault	3,500,000 1,060,000	1,060,000
Lucas Cortijo	3,480,000 30,000	30,000

07-02-2025 20:06 UTC-8

Schill Gets a Thrill

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was picked up as two players were all in; Berkeley Yuan in the small blind for 1,075,000, and Daniel Schill in the big blind with a slightly bigger stack.

Berkeley Yuan: Q♠Q♦ All in
Daniel Schill: A♣J♣

The board ran out with 10♣K♥2♦3♦A♦, and the ace on the river was a score for Schill with his pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Schill	3,280,000 865,000	865,000

Berkeley Yuan	Busted

Tags: Berkeley Yuan Daniel Schill

07-02-2025 20:09 UTC-8

Yuan Falls to Godard's Aces

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Laura Fryer

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Nicolas Godard opened from late position and Berkeley Yuan moved all in for around 1,000,000 from the cutoff. Godard snap called and the players flipped their cards.

Berkeley Yuan: A♣K♠ All in
Nicolas Godard: A♥A♦

There was no real sweat on the 4♦8♥Q♣10♦9♣ runout and Godard got to add more to his chip leading stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Godard	5,950,000 1,250,000	1,250,000
Berkeley Yuan	Busted

Tags: Berkeley Yuan Nicolas Godard

07-02-2025 20:11 UTC-8

Henager Wrestles Away Big Pot

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Jerome Solomon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Thomas Henager bet the hand from the jump, beginning with a raise to 140,000 in middle position. Both the blinds, Andrew Dean (small) and Lucas Cortijo (big) made the call.

The flop J♥6♠A♠ drew checks from Dean and Cortijo, but Henager fired 350,000 into the pot. Dean bailed, but Cortijo called.

Henager bet 500,000 on the turn Q♠, drawing a check-raise from Cortijo to 1,400,000.

Without hesitation, Henager moved all in. Cortijo folded and Henager took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Henager	6,230,000 1,980,000	1,980,000
Andrew Dean	2,850,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Lucas Cortijo	1,680,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Tags: Andrew Dean Lucas Cortijo Thomas Henager

07-02-2025 20:12 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fanyao Bu	Busted
Lorenzo Rodriguez	Busted
Lu Zhang	Busted
Stavros Petychakis	Busted

07-02-2025 20:18 UTC-8

Pineault Satisfied

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

After action was passed to the button, Karl Pineault bet 265,000 on the turn of a board of Q♠10♦5♦A♣ and a pot of 500,000. Xizhe Yuan, his heads-up opponent, called to see the last card.

The river 7♣ got another check from Yuan. Pineault stared at Yuan, considering his options. He took his time to decide what to do but decided to bet 375,000 in the pot. It was Yuan's turn to think. After a while, he called.

Pineault tabled 10♣10♠ looking directly at Yuan. Yuan tapped the table to indicate it was good and mucked his hand. Visibly relieved, a smile spread across Pineault's face. He claimed that he had to think carefully how much to bet, finding the balance between a callable bet and a painless amount he can get away from in case Yuan shoved.

All in all, Pineault was quite satisfied with how the hand played out as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aditya Sushant	4,900,000 600,000	600,000

Pablo Valdes	4,200,000 675,000	675,000
Karl Pineault	3,150,000 350,000	350,000
Justin Barnum	2,020,000 280,000	280,000
Renta Krisgatos	1,600,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Tomasz Trelski	1,260,000 40,000	40,000
Michael Lamontagne	1,120,000 90,000	90,000
Xizhe Yuan	450,000 750,000	750,000
Callum Vibert	200,000 2,250,000	2,250,000

Tags: Karl Pineault Xizhe Yuan

07-02-2025 20:24 UTC-8

Smith Survives on Pay Jump

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Jacob Wilson

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Darragh Smith open-shoved in the cutoff for just 205,000 chips. Ryan Pinkerton made the call from the small blind, and the two were off to a runout, with Smith just one elimination away from making a pay jump.

Darragh Smith: 6♦9♦ All in
Ryan Pinkerton: K♥10♠

It was a rollercoaster ride for Smith, who had the worst of it preflop, but the best of it post, as he hit a pair on the 5♦Q♠6♥ flop. He was then behind yet again following the K♣ turn, which put his opponent back in the lead. However, it would be Smith to come out on top, as the miracle 6♣ river kept him alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Pinkerton	950,000 450,000	450,000
Darragh Smith	530,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Darragh Smith Ryan Pinkerton