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

07-02-2025 21:44 UTC-7

Gotta Pay to See 'Em

Jerome Solomon

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

Timothy Joyner really wanted to see what Jacob Marlman thought was a good enough hand for the latter to risk his last 1,300,000 chips on with the board reading J♠K♥5♦8♣9♣.

Joyner studied the board for a long time, before choosing to fold.

"Really want to see one card," he said.

"Like to see one card? How much will you pay me out of your pocket?" Marlman asked, as he dragged the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Joyner	2,000,000 775,000	775,000
Jacob Marlman	1,670,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Timothy Joyner Jacob Marlman

07-02-2025 21:42 UTC-7

Battle of the Blinds

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Antonio Saez limped in the small blind and Kajetan Renke checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came 8♥4♥K♠. Saez led with 60,000 and got raised by Renke to 170,000. Saez called.

Both the blinds checked the turn K♦ and river A♠. Saez tabled 9♠8♠ which was enough to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Henager	6,100,000 1,320,000	1,320,000
Maki Fuchigami	2,750,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Antonio Saez	2,500,000 900,000	900,000
Zhan Xi Guo	2,050,000 100,000	100,000
Kajetan Renke	1,900,000 1,480,000	1,480,000
Debra Heidenreich	1,200,000 200,000	200,000
Li Chengbei	850,000 56,000	56,000
Matthew Klopf	600,000 1,030,000	1,030,000

Tags: Antonio Saez Kajetan Renke

07-02-2025 21:38 UTC-7

Pay Jump For Yuan

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Jacob Wilson

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

Xizhe Yuan found himself all in and at risk against the dominating hand of Renta Krisgatos, with a $600 pay jump looming after one more bustout.

Xizhe Yuan: A♠4♠ All in
Renta Krisgatos: A♦J♠

Yuan was calling for a couple more spades on the 8♦3♦7♠ flop, but the deck had other ideas by giving him what he needed with just one card. He secured the pay jump with the 4♣7♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renta Krisgatos	1,100,000 500,000	500,000
Xizhe Yuan	890,000 440,000	440,000

Tags: Renta Krisgatos Xizhe Yuan

07-02-2025 21:37 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Henager	4,780,000 1,450,000	1,450,000
Nicolas Godard	4,500,000 1,450,000	1,450,000
Aditya Sushant	4,300,000 1,980,000	1,980,000

Pablo Valdes	4,200,000
Jeremy Felicetti	3,975,000
Dorian Rios	3,700,000 300,000	300,000
Karl Pineault	3,500,000 350,000	350,000
Todd Collins	3,500,000 10,000	10,000
John Vanarnam	1,380,000 1,020,000	1,020,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Denove	Busted

Stephen Lee	Busted
Chunhui Ji	Busted
Joshua Mcdougall	Busted
Dave Stann	Busted

Sushant Quietly Moving Up the Leaderboard

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Jerome Solomon

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

Aditya Sushant bet 200,000 on the turn of a paired board that read 6♣J♥J♦8♥.

Tomasz Trelski hesitated for a bit, then shoved all in. There was no hesitation in Sushant's call.

Tomasz Trelski: Q♠Q♥ All in
Aditya Sushant: 6♠6♥

Trelski was in deep trouble, drawing against a made full house. The 4♠ on the river didn't rescue him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aditya Sushant	6,280,000 1,380,000	1,380,000

Tomasz Trelski	Busted

Tags: Aditya Sushant Tomasz Trelski

07-02-2025 21:34 UTC-7

Guo Passes To Mucha

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Laura Fryer

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

David Mucha opeend from middle position to 150,000 and Zhan Xi Guo defended the big blind.

The 7♣7♦9♥ flop was checked to the 3♥ turn.

Guo bet out 155,000 on the turn and Mucha called.

The J♥ river saw Guo check, Mucha bet 400,000 and Guo took some time, before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhan Xi Guo	1,950,000 450,000	450,000
David Mucha	1,510,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: David Mucha Zhan Xi Guo

07-02-2025 21:24 UTC-7

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

07-02-2025 21:18 UTC-7

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