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

07-03-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Four-Bet Fury: Renke Shoves and Takes It

Joseph Berg

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Kajetan Renke raised to 325,000 from under the gun, James Casement then three-bet to 750,000 next to act. The rest of the table folded before Renke shoved all in for roughly 4,400,000. Casement took a long time and uttered "it's real close" before sending his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kajetan Renke	6,100,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
James Casement	5,500,000 2,300,000	2,300,000

Tags: Kajetan Renke James Casement

07-03-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Ahmadi Picks Off Henager's Bluff

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Nick Vazquez

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Nick Ahmadi raised to 360,000 from early position. Only Thomas Henager gave him any action, calling from the button.

The flop came 4♥2♥2♠, and Ahmadi bet 375,000. Henager made the call.

Both players checked on the 10♥ turn. On the 9♠ river, Ahmadi bet 675,000, and Henager announced a raise to 1,400,000. Ahmadi beat him into the pot and waited for Henager to reveal his hand. Henager turned over K♣J♥, and Ahamdi showed K♦K♥ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Henager	6,300,000 1,775,000	1,775,000
Nick Ahmadi	6,200,000 4,000,000	4,000,000

Tags: Nick Ahmadi Thomas Henager

07-03-2025 13:01 UTC-8

Li Hits Flush to Drown Out Kiers

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Erick Torres

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Martijn Kiers raised to 325,000 from under the gun. Jason Li called out of the big blind to send them to a flop.

The flop came 2♠5♠7♥. Li checked, and Kiers put out 350,000. Li raised to 1,000,000. Kiers gave it some thought before he announced all in. Li called, and the cards were in their backs.

Martijn Kiers: 10♦10♣ All in
Jason Li: 8♠7♠

Kiers held the best hand after the flop, but Li had plenty of equity with his top pair and flush draw.

Kiers did not have to wait too long in suspense to find out the bad news as the 6♠ peeled off on the river to draw him dead. The 5♦ completed the board to eliminate Kiers from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Li	17,700,000 4,350,000	4,350,000
Martijn Kiers	Busted
Maki Fuchigami	Busted
Andrew Dean	Busted

Tags: Jason Li Martijn Kiers

07-03-2025 13:07 UTC-8

Dominguez Doubles Through Harvey

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Joseph Berg

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Jorge Dominguez went all in and was at risk from the cutoff for 470,000 and was called by Harold Harvey in the big blind.

Jorge Dominguez: A♥J♦ All in
Harold Harvey: K♦J♥

The final board read J♠8♥9♠2♠6♠, keeping Dominguez's hopes alive in Event #78

Player	Chips	Progress
Harold Harvey	5,400,000 3,240,000	3,240,000
Jorge Dominguez	1,340,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Harold Harvey Jorge Dominguez

07-03-2025 13:11 UTC-8

Harold Harvey All In at Risk

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Kasey Taormino

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

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07-03-2025 13:13 UTC-8

High Sails for Ruban's Boat

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ivan Ruban opened to 325,000 and got an all-in shove from the man to his immediate left, Timothy Joyner, for around 1,600,000. Action folded around back to Ruban, who called.

Timothy Joyner: Q♦J♦ All in
Ivan Ruban: 10♥10♣

Ruban caught a set on the flop of 10♠K♦8♣ but Joyner still had hope with an open-ended straight draw. The runout 5♠J♣ didn't give him his straight and improved Ruban's hand to a full house. Joyner's deep run ended as the tournament got smaller and fiercer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Ruban	12,800,000 5,390,000	5,390,000
Daniel Schill	10,650,000 2,390,000	2,390,000

Nathan Thrush	7,400,000 3,370,000	3,370,000
Kajetan Renke	6,500,000 400,000	400,000
Nick Ahmadi	5,700,000 500,000	500,000

James Casement	3,600,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Timothy Joyner	Busted
Kevin Rowland	Busted

Tags: Ivan Ruban Timothy Joyner

07-03-2025 13:14 UTC-8

Bartholdi Keeps Hope Alive With a Flopped Nine

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Joseph Berg

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ryan Pringle raised to 480,000 from middle position, the rest of the table folded and Joseph Bartholdi was forced all in as he only had 160,000 in his stack and was at risk.

Joseph Bartholdi: A♥9♠ All in
Ryan Pringle: A♠K♦

The dealer ran out a board of Q♠9♥7♣J♥8♥, and Bartholdi is hoping to draw inspiration from Jack Straus’s banner hanging nearby, as he still possesses the two key elements needed to win a tournament: a chip and a chair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Pringle	3,800,000 200,000	200,000
Joseph Bartholdi	480,000 310,000	310,000

07-03-2025 13:14 UTC-8

Casement Attempts River Bluff

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Nick Vazquez

Level 30 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ivan Ruban raised to 325,000 in the hijack. Kajetan Renke called in the cutoff, and James Casement called on the button.

On the A♣10♥2♥ flop, Ruban bet 375,000. Renke folded, but Casement called.

Both players checked on the K♦ turn. On the 6♥ river, Ruban bet 675,000 and Casement raised to 1,500,000. Ruban didn't take long to call. Casement turned over 3♣3♠, and Ruban turned over A♠J♥ for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Ruban	14,750,000 1,950,000	1,950,000
Kajetan Renke	6,200,000 300,000	300,000
James Casement	2,750,000 850,000	850,000
Jeremy Van Der Linden	Busted
Joseph Bartholdi	Busted

Level: 31

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

07-03-2025 13:38 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
648	1	Jason Li	Canada	18,000,000	90
648	2	Assaf Zeharia	Israel	6,800,000	34
648	3	Dorian Rios	Venezuela	16,700,000	84
648	4	Felix Mcpeake	United Kingdom	2,600,000	13
648	5	Nathan Thrush	United States	7,400,000	37
648	6	Aditya Sushant	India	5,450,000	27
648	7	Mario Diaz Quilez	Spain	6,280,000	31
648	8	Kajetan Renke	Poland	5,000,000	25
648	9	Ryan Pringle	United States	3,050,000	15

649	1	Ran Kadur	Israel	5,500,000	28
649	2	Xizhe Yuan	United Kingdom	3,500,000	18
649	3	Karl Pineault	Canada	4,300,000	22
649	4	Daniel Schill	United States	11,660,000	58
649	5	Jesse Duddy	United States	3,345,000	17
649	6	James Casement	United States	2,975,000	15
649	7	Pablo Valdes	Mexico	4,400,000	22
649	8	Nicolas Godard	France	5,750,000	29
649	9	Thomas Henager	United States	6,700,000	34

650	1	Harold Harvey	United States	4,500,000	23
650	2	Zhan Xi Guo	Taiwan	5,700,000	29
650	3	Ivan Ruban	Russia	14,500,000	73
650	4	Jeremy Barnett	United States	9,000,000	45
650	5	Thanh Ha Duong	Viet Nam	3,800,000	19
650	6	Nick Ahmadi	United States	5,600,000	28
650	7	Jorge Dominguez	Argentina	2,000,000	10
650	8	Josias Santos	Brazil	6,700,000	34
650	9	Damian Grant	United States	1,300,000	7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Li	18,000,000 300,000	300,000
Dorian Rios	16,700,000 4,700,000	4,700,000
Ivan Ruban	14,500,000 250,000	250,000
Daniel Schill	11,660,000 1,010,000	1,010,000

Jeremy Barnett	9,000,000 5,400,000	5,400,000
Nathan Thrush	7,400,000
Assaf Zeharia	6,800,000 540,000	540,000
Thomas Henager	6,700,000 400,000	400,000
Josias Santos	6,700,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	6,280,000 1,080,000	1,080,000
Nicolas Godard	5,750,000 4,150,000	4,150,000
Zhan Guo	5,700,000 1,850,000	1,850,000
Nick Ahmadi	5,600,000 100,000	100,000

Ran Kadur	5,500,000 900,000	900,000
Aditya Sushant	5,450,000 1,750,000	1,750,000

Kajetan Renke	5,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Harold Harvey	4,500,000 900,000	900,000
Pablo Valdes	4,400,000 450,000	450,000
Karl Pineault	4,300,000 250,000	250,000
Thanh Ha Duong	3,800,000 6,200,000	6,200,000
Xizhe Yuan	3,500,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Jesse Duddy	3,345,000 895,000	895,000
Ryan Pringle	3,050,000 750,000	750,000
James Casement	2,975,000 225,000	225,000
Felix Mcpeake	2,600,000 400,000	400,000