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

07-04-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Jennings Doubles With Quads

Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The chips went in after the 9♥7♣5♥ flop with Brian Jennings at risk against Marco Valentino and he tabled 9♦9♣ for the top set. Valentino had a draw in 10♦8♦ but the 9♠ turn locked it up with quads to make the 2♥ river a formality.

Jennings doubled for 4,250,000 and joined the ten-figure club.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Jennings	14,200,000 10,725,000	10,725,000
Marco Valentino	8,600,000 7,945,000	7,945,000

Tags: Brian Jennings Marco Valentino

07-04-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Port Snap-Calls with Kings, Sends Tran to the Rail

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Sava Krink

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Rafael Port opened the action from early position with a raise to 1,600,000. It folded around to Luther Tran in the big blind, who responded by moving all in. Port didn't hesitate and snap-called.

Luther Tran: A♥Q♦ All in
Rafael Port: K♠K♣

Tran needed to connect, but the board came 9♥6♥J♦7♣J♥, offering no help.

After a full count, Tran was found to be 275,000 short of Port's stack, sealing his elimination. Port, meanwhile, raked in a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Port	23,075,000 12,475,000	12,475,000
Luther Tran	Busted

Tags: Luther Tran Rafael Port

07-04-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Holmes Doubles Through Stoeber

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jonathan Stoeber raised to 1,000,000 from an early position with his large stack. Alexander Holmes called all-in for 900,000 in the hijack and everyone else folded.

Alexander Holmes: K♥Q♠ All in
Jonathan Stoeber: A♠4♠

Dubbed to be a fair fight by both players, they both had a piece of the Q♦J♦4♦ flop. Holmes retained his lead with the 10♣ turn and 10♦ river to more than triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Stoeber	18,300,000 5,650,000	5,650,000

Alexander Holmes	3,050,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Alexander Holmes Jonathan Stoeber

07-04-2025 16:29 UTC-8

Thiemer Eliminated by Lo

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Frederik Thiemer raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Wai Kit Lo three-bet to 2,200,000 on the button for the German to call.

Thiemer checked the K♥Q♣9♠ flop and Lo bet 1,500,000 after some consideration. That led to the check-shove by Thiemer for 6,775,000 and Lo instantly called before asking right away "do you have a set?"

Frederik Thiemer: K♦J♦ All in
Wai Kit Lo: K♣Q♥

Thiemer only had top pair and a gutshot, and Lo needed to fade pocket tens or running jacks. The 6♠ turn and 8♠ river changed nothing and that sent Thiemer to the rail in 34th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kit Lo	30,500,000 19,300,000	19,300,000
Frederik Thiemer	Busted

Tags: Frederik Thiemer Wai Kit Lo

07-04-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Break Time

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Sava Krink

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The remaining 34 players are now on a 15-minute break.

07-04-2025 16:32 UTC-8

Black Kings Give Mallette Chip Lead

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Jerome Solomon

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

In a hand that bled into the break, Quinterol Mallette slid in a raise to 1,000,000 under the gun.

Tanith Rothman called from the hijack, and Rafael Port did likewise in the small blind.

Feizal Satchu, who was in the big blind, three-bet all in for 5,700,000 chips.

Mallette thought about it for a bit, then moved all in with his 8,300,000 stack.

Rothman folded. Port pondered.

While he was thinking, the clock was called. when the floor was brought over, it was decided that Port has not had a reasonable amount of time to make his decision. He made the call without being put on the clock.

Feizal Satchu: 7♠7♣ All in
Quinterol Mallette: K♠K♣ All in
Rafael Port: 9♠9♣

With the runout of J♥4♣10♦2♠5♥ none of the pairs hit a set and nothing else was built in the way of a straight or flush, leaving Mallette's kings as the best hand.

With the win, Mallette became the overall chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quinterol Mallette	23,800,000 12,800,000	12,800,000
Rafael Port	13,800,000 9,275,000	9,275,000
Tanith Rothman	5,300,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Feizal Satchu	Busted

Tags: Feizal Satchu Quinterol Mallette Rafael Port Tanith Rothman

Level: 35

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

07-04-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts After Break (full)

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Sava Krink

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

The chip counts were provided by the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quinterol Mallette	23,800,000
Jonathan Stoeber	19,760,000 1,460,000	1,460,000

Brian Jennings	14,200,000
Rafael Port	13,800,000
Yansong Kou	13,000,000 250,000	250,000
Joseph Cutler	10,800,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Ionannis Panagopoulos	10,500,000
Giuseppe Zarbo	10,200,000 5,600,000	5,600,000

Christopher Coller	10,000,000 9,680,000	9,680,000
David Mead	9,600,000 2,975,000	2,975,000
Marco Valentino	8,600,000
Ashley Frank	7,700,000 600,000	600,000
Wai Kit Lo	7,025,000 26,475,000	26,475,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	6,700,000
Caglar Bayindir	5,800,000 3,850,000	3,850,000
Ryo Kotake	5,325,000
Tanith Rothman	5,300,000
Samuel Taylor	5,250,000
Rob Wazwaz	4,975,000

Holden Filartiga	4,900,000
Jeffrey Brin	4,825,000
Mark Mollica	4,600,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Marat Shafigullin	4,450,000
Honghao Shi	4,400,000 900,000	900,000

Yuan Zhi Qin	3,600,000

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07-04-2025 16:53 UTC-8

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Chuck Sklar

Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

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07-04-2025 16:55 UTC-8