Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-03-2025 20:52 UTC-8

Ahmadi Makes a Straight Against Godard

Nick Vazquez

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Nicolas Godard raised on the button to 1,200,000. Nick Ahmadi made the call in the big blind.

The flop came A♥Q♣10♦, and both players checked. Both players also checked on the J♠ turn.

The 7♦ hit the river, and now Ahmadi led out for 2,200,000. Godard quickly called. Ahmadi turned over K♦4♥ for a straight, and Godard mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	36,600,000 4,100,000	4,100,000

Nicolas Godard	29,900,000 3,700,000	3,700,000

Tags: Nick Ahmadi Nicolas Godard

07-03-2025 21:00 UTC-8

Schill Erodes Valdes' Stack Further

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Pablo Valdes opened to 1,200,000 and got one caller in Daniel Schill from the big blind.

Both players saw the flop of Q♦5♠K♥ and checked leading to the turn.

The turn 10♣ dropped and after action was passed to him, Valdes shot out 1,600,000. Once again, Schill called.

On the river 7♦, Valdes decided to check after Schill did. Schill then tabled Q♠4♠ for a pair of queens, prompting Valdes to muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	36,400,000 200,000	200,000

Daniel Schill	28,700,000 2,400,000	2,400,000

Nicolas Godard	26,800,000 3,100,000	3,100,000
Jason Li	25,900,000 6,100,000	6,100,000
Ran Kadur	14,800,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Pablo Valdes	9,900,000 7,100,000	7,100,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	9,200,000
Jorge Dominguez	7,000,000 4,800,000	4,800,000

Tags: Daniel Schill Pablo Valdes

07-03-2025 21:04 UTC-8

Schill Wins with Preflop Aggression

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Erick Torres

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Nicolas Godard opened the hand with a raise to 1,200,000 under the gun before Jorge Dominguez called from the cutoff.

Daniel Schill chose to raise the price of admission and popped it to 3,000,000. Godard pondered before he folded, and Dominguez also paused to think it over before he yielded to award Schill the pot preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	37,100,000 700,000	700,000

Daniel Schill	34,000,000 5,300,000	5,300,000

Jason Li	29,300,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Nicolas Godard	24,800,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Ran Kadur	13,200,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Pablo Valdes	11,100,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	10,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Jorge Dominguez	7,300,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Daniel Schill Jorge Dominguez Nicolas Godard

07-03-2025 21:11 UTC-8

Diaz Quilez Fires Two Barrels Against Li

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Nick Vazquez

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Mario Diaz Quilez raised to 1,2000,000 from early position. Jason Li defended the big blind.

The flop came 9♥3♦2♣, and Li checked. Diaz Quilez continued for 800,000. Li made the call.

The turn was Q♥, and Diaz Quilez bet 2,800,000 when action checked to him. Li now decided to give it up, and Diaz Quillez took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	37,100,000

Daniel Schill	34,000,000

Jason Li	26,700,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Nicolas Godard	24,800,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	13,400,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Ran Kadur	13,200,000
Pablo Valdes	11,100,000

Tags: Jason Li Mario Diaz Quilez

07-03-2025 21:12 UTC-8

Ahmadi Forces Dominguez to Fold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

On the button, Narimaan Ahmadi opened to 1,300,000 and got called by Jorge Dominguez in the big blind.

The dealer flopped 6♣10♠2♥. Dominguez check-called Ahmadi's bet of 900,000. After another check on the turn A♥, Ahmadi fired 10,000,000 effectively putting Dominguez all in if he called.

Dominguez didn't hesitate to concede the hand and the pot to Ahmadi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	40,500,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Daniel Schill	33,300,000 700,000	700,000

Jason Li	28,500,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Nicolas Godard	25,700,000 900,000	900,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	15,300,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Ran Kadur	13,200,000
Pablo Valdes	11,100,000
Jorge Dominguez	4,100,000 3,200,000	3,200,000

Tags: Jorge Dominguez Narimaan Ahmadi

Level: 37

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

07-03-2025 21:19 UTC-8

Dominguez Scores a Double Against Quilez

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Erick Torres

Level 37 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

The action began when Jason Li raised it from the cutoff. Jorge Dominguez opted to shove from the button in the next seat over for 4,100,000. The action paused when it hit the small blind of Mario Diaz Quilez. He gave it a long thought before he decided to go all in for 14,200,000. Li folded to send Dominguez and Quilez to a showdown.

Jorge Dominguez: K♠Q♣ All in
Mario Diaz Quilez: 8♥8♣

Dominguez was behind, but had the power of a rowdy rail behind him as they went to the runout. The flop was favorable to Dominguez as it came K♦A♣Q♦ to vault him into the lead.

The 2♠ turn was inconsequential, and the A♥ river sealed it for Dominguez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	37,300,000 3,200,000	3,200,000

Daniel Schill	34,100,000 800,000	800,000

Jason Li	27,600,000 900,000	900,000
Nicolas Godard	25,300,000 400,000	400,000
Ran Kadur	11,600,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Pablo Valdes	11,100,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	10,100,000 5,200,000	5,200,000
Jorge Dominguez	9,000,000 4,900,000	4,900,000

Tags: Jason Li Jorge Dominguez Mario Diaz Quilez

07-03-2025 21:28 UTC-8

Godard Takes Control

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 37 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Pablo Valdes limped in the small blind and Nicolas Godard defended his blind by raising to 1,800,000. Valdes called leading both of them to the flop.

The dealer unfurled a flop of 6♥2♥7♣. After a check, Godard fired 1,100,000 to the pot. Seizing control of the hand, Valdes raised to 2,800,000. Not to be outdone, Godard three-bet to 4,600,00 which will cut Valdes stack in half if he called.

Valdes chose to surrender his hand as the dealer pushed the chips towards Godard's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	38,400,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Daniel Schill	33,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Nicolas Godard	29,700,000 4,400,000	4,400,000
Jason Li	26,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Ran Kadur	11,500,000 100,000	100,000
Pablo Valdes	10,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	9,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Jorge Dominguez	6,400,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Tags: Nicolas Godard Pablo Valdes

07-03-2025 21:32 UTC-8

Pablo Valdes Eliminated in 8th Place ($38,310)

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Nick Vazquez

Level 37 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Pablo Valdes moved all in from the hijack for 11,100,000. Ran Kadur thought for a long time from the button, before eventually making the call.

Pablo Valdes: A♥J♦ All in
Ran Kadur: 10♣10♥

The flop came 8♣6♣6♦, which was no help to Valdes. The turn was the Q♠ and the river was the 9♦, meaning Valdes was eliminated in eighth place and will walk away with $38,310.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Kadur	22,800,000 11,300,000	11,300,000
Pablo Valdes	Busted

Tags: Ran Kadur Pablo Valdes

07-03-2025 21:38 UTC-8

Dominguez Gaining Traction

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Erick Torres

Level 37 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Nicolas Godard opened to 1,600,000 from the hijack, which led to a call from Jorge Dominguez in the big blind.

Dominguez then checked the flop of Q♠Q♣8♥ before Godard bet out 1,100,000, and Dominguez called to send them to a turn.

The 4♥ turn was met with aggression from Dominguez, who opted to shove for 5,600,000. Godard did not think long before he pitched his cards into the muck as Dominguez raised his arms and acknowledged his supporters.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Ahmadi	34,500,000 3,900,000	3,900,000

Daniel Schill	30,500,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Jason Li	27,100,000 800,000	800,000
Ran Kadur	26,200,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Nicolas Godard	21,400,000 8,300,000	8,300,000
Jorge Dominguez	11,500,000 5,100,000	5,100,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	9,500,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Jorge Dominguez Nicolas Godard