Matthew Skeadas opened to 80,000 in middle position and got a three-bet to 225,000 from Stavros Petychakis in hijack.
The flop came 2♦4♠2♥. After a check, Petychakis fired another 150,000 which was enough to make Skeadas fold.
Mucked cards are back in the news at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) after a player retrieved his hand from the muck on Day 1a of the Main Event, only to promptly bust to a cooler.
The hand occurred during Level 3 of the $10,000 buy-in World Championship event — the blinds at 200/400. PokerNews live reporter Liam Gannon captured a hand that left a player screaming expletives on the way out the door.
Luke Boldissar made his all-in move from under the gun with his 385,000-chip stack. Stephen Lee went all in over the top to isolate, and was relieved no one called.
Luke Boldissar: A♥J♦
Stephen Lee: A♠K♦
The runout Q♦5♦10♣9♥6♦ did give Boldissar an open-ended straight draw on the turn, but the river blank sealed his fate.
Andrew Dean was facing a huge decision on the river, as his opponent in the hand Matthew Klopf had shoved into him for 800,000 on the dot, with Dean not covering by much. The pot was just over the size of the bet, and the board read 3♥4♣10♥2♥2♦
Dean mulled over his decision for quite a while, before eventually sliding his cards towards the dealer. A player asked Klopf to "show the bluff," and he obliged, showing A♥K♠ face up for nothing but ace-high.
The dealer was already sweeping the table and Gurdeep Parhar was walking away from the tournament area after running into John Vanarnam's Aces.
Parhar was on the button and at risk for his remaining few big blinds, and was well covered by Vanarnam in the big blind.
Gurdeep Parhar: AxKx
John Vanarnam: AxAx
Parhar missed on the J♣9♠3♥5♣7♦ runout, and was eliminated just after the break.
Lucas Cortijo checked the turn on a board of 9♣10♥9♥5♠ and a pot of around 400,000. His heads-up opponent, button player Kajetan Renke, however, fired 120,000. Cortijo called.
The river came 3♣ and after a check, Renke kept up the pressure with a 250,000 bet. Unfazed, Cortijo called once again and waited for Renke to table his hand.
Renke showed Q♦J♦ for a busted straight draw and a bluff. Cortijo tabled K♦10♦ for a two pair with the board on the flop.
Assaf Zeharia opened the betting with a raise to 85,000 from early position. Action folded round to Mehrdad Vahabi on the button who shoved for 235,000. Gustavo Kamei then reshoved for 1,100,000 total. After a brief think, Zeharia ended up letting go of his cards.
Mehrdad Vahabi: A♣8♠
Gustavo Kamei: J♦J♣
Vahabi was already up and out of his chair on the 7♥Q♦J♠ flop, and stayed out of it as the 9♣5♦ runout confirmed his elimination.
Action was picked up on the turn with a board of Q♥K♥4♣3♣, and Callum Vibert, who was in the big blind, checked to Evan Zhang on the button. Zhang put out 180,000, and Vibert made the call into a pot of about 200,000.
On the river, J♣ Vibert checked again, and Zhang checked behind. Vibert expressed a disappointing sound and turned over Q♣6♣ for the flush. Zhang mucked.
Craig Crivello was the first to move all in, putting his 105,000 chips at risk under the gun. Nick Ahmadi went over the top with a raise to 250,000.
Matan Mesika, on the button, gave it some deliberate thought before electing to sit out the hand.
Craig Crivello: 10♠8♦
Nick Ahmadi: A♠J♣
As the runout hit 6♦3♠5♠J♦8♥, even the low-card flop missed Crivello, and when Ahmadi connected his jack on the turn, the hand was over.
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