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

07-02-2025 18:21 UTC-8

Petychakis Chips Up Through Skeadas

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Cortijo	3,450,000 300,000	300,000
Matthew Skeadas	1,850,000 70,000	70,000
Gregory Teboul	1,700,000 275,000	275,000
Stavros Petychakis	1,600,000 20,000	20,000
Dave Stann	1,550,000 410,000	410,000
Adron Countryman	1,050,000 55,000	55,000
Tal Herzog	960,000 300,000	300,000
Ran Kadur	850,000 310,000	310,000
Tim Kovacic	820,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Matthew Skeadas Stavros Petychakis

07-02-2025 18:19 UTC-8

Busted Player Regrets Retrieving Mucked Cards on WSOP Main Event Day 1

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Jon Sofen

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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.

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Tags: WSOP Main Event

07-02-2025 18:19 UTC-8

Lee Knocks Out Boldissar

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Jerome Solomon

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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♦ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Lee	1,455,000 505,000	505,000
Luke Boldissar	Busted

Tags: Luke Boldissar Stephen Lee

07-02-2025 18:18 UTC-8

Klopf Shows Dean the Bluff

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Jacob Wilson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Klopf	1,630,000 255,000	255,000
Andrew Dean	1,050,000 705,000	705,000

Tags: Matthew Klopf Andrew Dean

07-02-2025 18:16 UTC-8

Parhar Runs into Aces

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Laura Fryer

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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 All in
John Vanarnam: AxAx

Parhar missed on the J♣9♠3♥5♣7♦ runout, and was eliminated just after the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Vanarnam	2,400,000 240,000	240,000
Gurdeep Parhar	Busted

Tags: Gurdeep Parhar John Vanarnam

07-02-2025 18:14 UTC-8

Renke's Bluff Falls Short

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Cortijo	3,750,000 1,015,000	1,015,000
Kajetan Renke	420,000 945,000	945,000

Tags: Kajetan Renke Lucas Cortijo

07-02-2025 18:06 UTC-8

Eliminations After the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ferguson	Busted
Craig Crivello	Busted
Benjamin Teng	Busted
Andrey Pateychuk	Busted
Jacobo Montoya	Busted
Brian Twitty	Busted
Regina Vega Sevilha	Busted
Michael Blanovsky	Busted
Jianheng Liu	Busted
Guy Haviv	Busted
Justin Overholser	Busted
Tomonari Miyazaki	Busted

07-02-2025 18:04 UTC-8

Kamei's Set Sends Vahabi Home

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Jacob Wilson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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♠ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Assaf Zeharia	2,300,000 485,000	485,000
Gustavo Kamei	1,480,000 635,000	635,000
Mehrdad Vahabi	Busted

Tags: Gustavo Kamei Assaf Zeharia Mehrdad Vahabi

07-02-2025 18:03 UTC-8

Vibert Disappointed With River Check

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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.