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

07-02-2025 12:40 UTC-8

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 12:41 UTC-8

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 12:41 UTC-8

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 12:45 UTC-8

Recent Bustouts

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Laura Fryer

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

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

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07-02-2025 12:53 UTC-8

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 12:59 UTC-8

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 13:02 UTC-8

Becker Runs Into Queens

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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 13:06 UTC-8

Aces All Around

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Nicholas Amicucci opened to 32,000 in late position and received an all-in shove from Konstantin Puchkov in the small blind for 285,000. Amicucci snap-called and tabled his hand immediately.

Konstantin Puchkov: A♦A♠
Nicholas Amicucci: A♥A♣

Puchkov was a bit surprised when Amicucci showed his hand, so much that he tabled his own pocket aces more slowly than the other. They both watched the dealer display the board K♠10♦6♦6♣Q♠ knowing what the result would be.

Somewhat anti-climactically, they just pulled their chips back as the dealer chopped the big blind and the ante between the two of them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Amicucci	530,000 310,000	310,000
Konstantin Puchkov	300,000 94,000	94,000

Tags: Konstantin Puchkov Nicholas Amicucci

07-02-2025 13:06 UTC-8

Renke Gets Paid on Three Streets

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Jacob Wilson

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

Garrett Boltjes limped in from the hijack, before Kajetan Renke on his direct left opted to raise to 46,000. When action folded round to Boltjes, he just called again.

In fact, Boltjes did not take any aggressive action at all throughout the hand. Following two flat calls preflop, he then check-called the A♥6♣9♦ flop for 33,000, before doing the same on the A♣ turn, except this time the amount was 52,000. Boltjes then checked in the dark, as the 7♦ river peeled off. Renke fired a third barrel, for 64,000, and Boltjes put in the call.

He tabled K♥K♠ for two pair, but it was no good against the A♠3♦ of Renke, who scooped a huge pot that took him over the seven-figure mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kajetan Renke	1,050,000 340,000	340,000
Garrett Boltjes	155,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Garrett Boltjes Kajetan Renke

07-02-2025 13:09 UTC-8

Full House for Dominguez

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Roxanne Johnson

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

David Welch raised from late position to 32,000, Jorge Dominguez made the call from the hijack, and Russell Boyd also wanted to see the flop from the big blind. The board came out with J♥9♠K♦, and the two out-of-position players checked, and Dominguez bet out 32,000. Boyd folded, and Welch made the call.

On the turn 3♦, Welch checked again and Dominguez bet out 74,000.

Welch contemplated, but then, as he mentioned earlier, "We didn't come all this way to fold," and called.

On the river J♦, Welch quickly tossed out 200,000, and Dominguez quickly called to show Welch the bad news.

Welch tabled A♠J♣ for trip jacks, Dominguez showed 9♣9♦ for the full house.