Event #80: $800 Summer Celebration | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-04-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Deusing Stacks Steeves and Doubles Up

Sava Krink

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Vaughn Steeves kicked things off with a raise to around 615,000 in middle position, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. Johannes Deusing in the hijack then went all-in. Ryo Kotake on the button then asked for a count and once the dealer confirmed 1,785,000 for Deusing's stack, he made the call. Steeves put in his last chip, leading to a showdown.

Vaughn Steeves: 3♠3♦ All in
Johannes Deusing: A♦K♦ All in
Ryo Kotake: Q♣Q♦

Kotake was leading with a potential to eliminate two players, but the 5♣K♠A♠ gave Deusing top two pair. The 9♠ turn opened up a potential flush for Steeves, but the 6♥ sealed the deal for Deusing, allowing him to double up and sending Steeves packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryo Kotake	4,800,000 3,940,000	3,940,000
Johannes Deusing	4,690,000 2,630,000	2,630,000
Vaughn Steeves	Busted

Tags: Johannes Deusing Ryo Kotake Vaughn Steeves

07-04-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Shi Continues to Sun Run

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Nick Vazquez

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Honghao Shi raised on the button, and it was enough to cover Frederick Mends' stack in the small blind. Mends called, and the cards were revealed.

Frederick Mends: A♠9♠ All in
Honghao Shi: A♦J♣

The flop was a spicy one, bringing J♠J♦4♠, but the turn A♥ ended most of the suspense, and the Q♥ river eliminated Mends.

According to his tablemates, Shi was down to 300,000 chips not long ago but has won a few all ins consecutively to now wield a large stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Honghao Shi	5,300,000 3,990,000	3,990,000

Frederick Mends	Busted

Tags: Frederick Mends Honghao Shi

07-04-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Wilkes Given Permanent Break

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Jerome Solomon

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Just prior to the break, Michael Koenig moved all-in from the big blind. Gary Wilkes on the button made the call.

Michael Koenig: J♠6♦ All in
Gary Wilkes: K♣J♣

The runout 10♥7♦8♣5♥A♦ gave Koenig an gutshot straight draw on the flop and an open-ender on the turn, but neither got there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Wilkes	2,750,000 2,110,000	2,110,000
Michael Koenig	Busted

Tags: Michael Koenig Gary Wilkes

07-04-2025 14:17 UTC-8

Bust Outs Before the Break

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Sava Krink

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Cosentino	Busted
Abraham Faroni	Busted
Norman Michalek	Busted
Christopher Hart	Busted
Nikolai Mamut	Busted
Frederick Mends	Busted
Mitchell Tsang	Busted
Kelvin Valdez	Busted
Michael Latham	Busted
Richard Perie	Busted
Eduardo Recarte	Busted
Joe Warling	Busted

07-04-2025 14:50 UTC-8

Song Ended Before it Was Over

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Jerome Solomon

Level 31 : Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Shuo Song lost a huge pot that left him with five big blinds just before his table broke. Song, possibly believing he had busted out of the tournament, walked away without racking his chips and didn't move to his new seat.

Meanwhile, his chips sat in for two rotations before he blinded out.

The hand he blinded out on was big one, as Wai Kit Lo and James Kim battled over chips.

Kim raised the invisible blind players — Antonio Guerrero, who was in the big blind, was late returning from the break — to 500,000. Lo called.

The flop came 2♣K♥9♥ and Kim fired a bet of 1,000,000 chips. Lo called again.

The turn of the 3♦ drew a check from Kim. Lo thought for some time, then bet 2,000,000. Kim folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kit Lo	8,900,000 1,875,000	1,875,000
Antonio Guerrero	5,750,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
James Kim	3,775,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Shuo Song	Busted

Tags: Antonio Guerrero James Kim Shuo Song Wai Kit Lo

07-04-2025 14:54 UTC-8

Kennedy Hits the King and Sends Girardet Home

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Sava Krink

Level 31 : Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

After Darrin Oremba doubled through the same player a few hands before, he found himself in an all-in situation with Quentin Girardet again, this time with Girardet at risk.

Quentin Girardet: J♠J♦ All in
Darrin Oremba: A♦K♦

The flop came down safe for Girardet with 3♦7♠2♠. But Oremba hit the K♠ on the turn, giving him a better pair. The 3♣ river sealed the deal for Oremba, and after losing two big hands, Girardet was eliminated while Oremba secured a spot in the top chip counts in the current state of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darrin Oremba	10,900,000 9,100,000	9,100,000

Quentin Girardet	Busted

Tags: Darren Kennedy Quentin Girardet

07-04-2025 14:58 UTC-8

Kim Knocks out Chen

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Jerome Solomon

Level 31 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Jihoon Kim bet 450,000 chips on a flop of K♦8♦4♠. Zhouxun Chen raised all in, and Kim quickly called.

Zhouxun Chen: Q♦5♦ All in
Jihoon Kim: 8♥8♣

The river and turn Q♥3♣ didn't get Chen the flush he was drawing to, and Kim took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jihoon Kim	5,400,000 4,285,000	4,285,000
Zhouxun Chen	Busted

Tags: Zhouxun Chen Jihoon Kim

07-04-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Lo is High With 10 Million Chips

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Jerome Solomon

Level 31 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante

Rodrigo Perez raised all in for his 1,025,000 chips from middle position. Wai Kit Lo made the call from the cutoff.

Rodrigo Perez: A♥J♥ All in
Wai Kit Lo: A♣K♣

The runout of 9♥5♥4♣9♣7♠ gave Perez some hope, with a flush draw on the flop, but a third heart didn't come and he was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kit Lo	10,500,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Rodrigo Perez	Busted

Tags: Wai Kit Lo Rodrigo Perez

07-04-2025 15:09 UTC-8

Recently Eliminated

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Sava Krink

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Schnoz	Busted
Michael Walker	Busted
Rodrigo Perez	Busted
Zhouxun Chen	Busted
Fabio Muhr	Busted
James Kim	Busted
Ronald Weaver	Busted
Donald Nimneh	Busted
Andrew Hedley	Busted
Matthew Schulte	Busted
Keith Kordowski	Busted
David Stefanski	Busted