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

07-02-2025 11:44 UTC-7

Bucker Expects Good Day

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Jerome Solomon

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Maki Fuchigami raised to 20,000 under the gun, and faced a reraise from Steven Buckner in the big blind to 70,000.

Fuchigami made the call. The flop hit J♣7♥6♠, and Buckner bet 50,000, which Fuchigami also called.

The turn of 10♦ landed and Buckner went all in with his 560,000 chips.

"Believe me, we can play stack for stack," Buckner said while chomping on a cigar as per his norm. Fuchigami considered it for some time before electing to fold.

"Gonna be a good day," Buckner said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maki Fuchigami	865,000 45,000	45,000
Steven Buckner	690,000 98,000	98,000

Tags: Maki Fuchigami Steven Buckner

07-02-2025 11:36 UTC-7

All Friendly this Morning

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Christopher Dupuy opened for 20,000 and got a raise to 30,000 from Jeremy Brown in the small blind. Brown was so focused on whether big blind player Miguel Fiscal was going to call or not that when Fiscal folded, Brown showed one card - an ace - totally forgetting that Dupuy was still in the hand.

As he showed his card and everyone in a unified voice said, "No...," all he could do was say "Oh s***" It was the start of the day and with players still warming up, everything remained friendly and Brown said he would check blind.

The board ran 2♦9♣A♥4♥K♥ with both players checking it through. Dupuy said he had a king. Brown replied, "I have an ace," and turned over his cards A♦8♣, to which Dupuy answered to the laughter of the table, "I know."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Brown	400,000 82,000	82,000
Christopher Dupuy	230,000 102,000	102,000

Tags: Christopher Dupuy Jeremy Brown Miguel Fiscal

07-02-2025 11:34 UTC-7

Viva Mexico

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Christopher Bolek raised from the cutoff to 20,000, and Adrian Aguilar from Mexico put in the three-bet all in for 82,000 from the small blind, Bolek made the call.

Adrian Aguilar: A♦4♦ All in
Christopher Bolek: K♦K♠

The board did not favor kings with Q♥A♣2♠J♠6♦, and Aguilar survived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Bolek	230,000 55,000	55,000

Adrian Aguilar	185,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Adrian Aguilar Christopher Bolek

07-02-2025 11:31 UTC-7

All Skill from Jumalon

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Jacob Wilson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Lucas Jumalon opened the action with a raise to 20,000 from the hijack, before Quang Tran shoved for 64,000 on the button. Jumalon asked how much, and called.

Quang Tran: 7♥7♦ All in
Lucas Jumalon: K♥J♥

Jumalon took the lead on the J♦5♥9♠ flop, and kept it through to the end of the A♥5♦ runout. "And they say it's a skill game," he said, while scooping the pot

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Jumalon	560,000 360,000	360,000
Quang Tran	Busted

Tags: Lucas Jumalon Quang Tran

07-02-2025 11:31 UTC-7

Recent Bustouts

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Laura Fryer

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Srinivasa Vemulamada	Busted
Eric Lisle	Busted
Nadav Tetro	Busted
Ramon Kropmanns	Busted
Kenneth Baime	Busted
Mykhailo Lendel	Busted
Alan Gendelman	Busted
Eugene Fouksman	Busted
Quang Tran	Busted
Konstantin Daum	Busted
Milton Armstrong	Busted
Dannette Mason	Busted
Mark Kastory	Busted
Garry Kalmanovich	Busted
Franchesco Yang	Busted
Alexander Perez	Busted
Mark Eaton	Busted
Yousef Nassr	Busted
Humberto Busico	Busted
Nathaniel Castro	Busted
Anzhela Vasylenko	Busted
Francisco Duart	Busted
Luis Capella	Busted
Youngje Ahn	Busted
James Barnett	Busted

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07-02-2025 11:24 UTC-7

Not Amicucci Time to Go

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Nicholas Amicucci, on the button, open shoved all in for around 80,000 and got called by small blind Kari Paajanen, who mistakenly thought he was the big blind and last to act. He ended up showing his hand with big blind Andrew Bart still to act.

The floor was called with no real consequence as Bart folded, leaving the two players to head to showdown.

Nicholas Amicucci: K♥7♦ All in
Kari Paajanen: K♦K♣

Once the hands were tabled, Amicucci was prepared to leave and hit the rails but the gods that be had other plans as the board ran 5♦10♣6♥8♣4♦, giving him a straight for a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Amicucci	220,000 121,000	121,000
Kari Paajanen	180,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Andrew Bart Kari Paajanen Nicholas Amicucci

07-02-2025 11:19 UTC-7

Nahum Gets Lucky Against Mason

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Jacob Wilson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Erik Mason opened the action with a shove from the hijack, for a total of 85,000. Thomas Bolton then called in the cutoff, before Kfir Nahum cut out a reraise to 200,000. Bolton then folded.

Erik Mason: J♠J♥ All in
Kfir Nahum: 10♥10♦

Mason was ahead, but still had his phone out, ready to record in case of a bad beat. As if he knew it was coming, he let out a knowing smile as the 9♣10♠5♠ flop put his opponent well in the lead. The Q♦ turn improved him to more outs, but they bricked on the 7♦ river.

"For a triple up, as well!" he said in disbelief as he left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kfir Nahum	948,000 194,000	194,000
Thomas Bolton	279,000 139,000	139,000
Erik Mason	Busted

Tags: Erik Mason Kfir Nahum Thomas Bolton

07-02-2025 11:18 UTC-7

Brodsky Survives Shove

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river on a board of 6♣10♣4♠K♣2♥, and Robert McAdam was in early position, and Joshua Brodsky was in the big blind, and both players were all in, with Robert McAdam having the dominant stack.

Joshua Brodsky: A♥K♠ All in
Robert McAdam: A♦10♠

Brodsky's higher pair won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Brodsky	320,000 186,000	186,000
Robert Mcadam	245,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Joshua Brodsky Robert McAdam

07-02-2025 11:17 UTC-7

Some More Early Day 2 Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaewook Ji	Busted
Yi-Syuan Wu	Busted
Richard Gress	Busted
Phillip Lowery	Busted
Andre Emerenciano	Busted
Lawrence Travers	Busted
Roman Nuraev	Busted
Renzo Monteiro	Busted
Frederick Mends	Busted
Diego Martinez	Busted
Gaspar Fernandez	Busted
Frank Reichel	Busted
Louis Shade	Busted
Erhan Iscan	Busted
Allan Mishra	Busted
Salman Jasani	Busted
Orathai Nasathaen	Busted
Narayan Patel	Busted
Jonathan Dull	Busted
Adam Johnson (CO)	Busted
Daniel Feldmann	Busted
Michael Jagroo	Busted
Erik Mason	Busted
Hemal Mehta	Busted
Lazar Micovi	Busted

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07-02-2025 11:12 UTC-7

Flurry of Early Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Christopher Mckenna was among the early eliminations when he got in ace-three against king-queen.

Christopher Mckenna: Ax3x All in
Martin Gavasci: K♥Q♠

Gavasci scooped the pot after picking up the flush on the 10♥Q♥8♥2♥2♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Frisch	Busted
Robert Brown	Busted
Daniel Cole	Busted
Scott Singer	Busted
Jerimiah Booher	Busted
Yibo Song	Busted
Sophie Gavaldon	Busted
Jason James	Busted

Noam Muallem	Busted
Paul Tait	Busted
Andrew Gold	Busted
Kristianne Phamolivo	Busted
Justin Sharpe	Busted
Damon Fine	Busted
Jamie Madon	Busted
Dylan Cunningham	Busted
Shawn Nelson	Busted
Christopher Gordon	Busted
Daniel Choi	Busted
Nissim Ohayon	Busted
Christopher Mckenna	Busted
Kyle Shigano	Busted
Tomislav Peric	Busted
Michael Wagner	Busted
Jeffrey Silverstein	Busted

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Tags: Christopher Mckenna Martin Gavasci