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

07-04-2025 17:04 UTC-8

Hirst Doubles with Jack-High in Blind Battle

Sava Krink

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

Action folded to David Hirst in the small blind, and he moved all in for his last 3,000,000. Marat Shafigullin made the call from the big blind, putting Hirst at risk.

David Hirst: J♠9♠ All in
Marat Shafigullin: 9♦5♦

The board ran out 8♥A♣K♣K♠6♦, missing both players entirely. But Hirst’s jack-high held up as the best hand, earning him a much-needed double to stay in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Hirst	6,600,000 3,700,000	3,700,000
Marat Shafigullin	4,800,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: David Hirst Marat Shafigullin

07-04-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Mallette Continues Run

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Jerome Solomon

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

Honghao Shi went all in from the cutoff with just under one million chips. Quinterol Mallette raised to 2,500,000 to isolate and got no caller.

Honghao Shi: Q♣10♣ All in
Quinterol Mallette: K♦8♥

The runout 2♠9♠9♣J♥A♠ gave Shi some hope with a straight draw on the turn, but he was out in the end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quinterol Mallette	25,300,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Honghao Shi	Busted

Tags: Honghao Shi Quinterol Mallette

07-04-2025 17:11 UTC-8

Deusing's Kings Cracked by Panagopoulos

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Johannes Deusing raised to 1,300,000 from under the gun and Ioannis Panagopoulos called on the button. On the 8♦7♦6♣ flop, Deusing continued for 1,100,000 to get called by Panagopoulos and then jammed the A♦ turn, Panagopoulos called.

Johannes Deusing: K♠K♦ All in
Ioannis Panagopoulos: A♥J♦

The river was the 7♠ and the stacks were very close. Panagopoulos had 3,500,000 and that covered by a single chip to eliminate Deusing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionannis Panagopoulos	13,200,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Johannes Deusing	Busted

Tags: Ioannis Panagopoulos Johannes Deusing

07-04-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Kou Continues to Run Hot

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Nick Vazquez

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

Luther Tran went all in from the hijack, and Yansong Kou then announced all in next to act. The rest of the table folded.

Luther Tran: A♣Q♦ All in
Yansong Kou: K♣K♠

The board came 8♣6♥5♥J♦J♣ and Tran was eliminated. Kou continues to sun run, and likely has one of the largest stacks in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yansong Kou	36,000,000 23,000,000	23,000,000
Luther Tran	Busted

Tags: Luther Tran Yansong Kou

07-04-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Mollica Knocked Out

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Jerome Solomon

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

Mark Mollica went all in from the cutoff and was called by Jonathan Stoeber in the cutoff.

Mark Mollica: A♦10♥ All in
Jonathan Stoeber: 9♦9♠

Stoeber's nines held through the runout of 3♣6♠4♣3♦K♦ putting an end to Mollica's run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Stoeber	33,000,000 7,500,000	7,500,000

Mark Mollica	Busted

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07-04-2025 17:17 UTC-8

Redraw of the Final Three Tables (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

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

There were only a few minutes left in the level and the blinds will go up almost momentarily with the following new seat assignments.

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
474	1	Tanith Rothman	South Africa	5,800,000	10
474	2	David Hirst	Australia	7,500,000	13
474	3	Jonathan Stoeber	United States	33,000,000	55
474	4	Holden Filartiga	Netherlands	5,400,000	9
474	5	Alexander Holmes	United States	3,800,000	6
474	6	Wai Kit Lo	Hong Kong	32,000,000	53
474	7	Marco Valentino	Italy	5,100,000	9
474	8	Quinterol Mallette	United States	28,200,000	47
474	9	Samuel Taylor	United States	4,600,000	8

475	1	Christopher Coller	United States	9,100,000	15
475	2	Ashley Frank	United States	3,600,000	6
475	3	Rob Wazwaz	Lebanon	8,000,000	13
475	4	Rafael Port	United States	10,500,000	18
475	5	Giuseppe Zarbo	Italy	8,800,000	15
475	6	Brian Jennings	United States	9,100,000	15
475	7	Ciaran Duffy	United Kingdom	12,900,000	22
475	8	Tom Thomas	United States	2,200,000	4
475	9	Ryo Kotake	Japan	3,100,000	5

476	1	Joseph Cutler	United States	4,700,000	8
476	2	Yuan Zhi Qin	United States	5,000,000	8
476	3	Caglar Bayindir	Turkey	4,300,000	7
476	4	Jihoon Kim	South Korea	1,800,000	3
476	5	Jeffrey Brin	United States	4,800,000	8
476	6	Ionannis Panagopoulos	Greece	13,200,000	22
476	7	Marat Shafigullin	Russian Federation	14,000,000	23
476	8	Richard Clayton	United States	9,000,000	15
476	9	Yansong Kou	United States	28,000,000	47

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Stoeber	33,000,000

Wai Kit Lo	32,000,000 24,975,000	24,975,000
Quinterol Mallette	28,200,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Yansong Kou	28,000,000 8,000,000	8,000,000
Marat Shafigullin	14,000,000 9,200,000	9,200,000
Ionannis Panagopoulos	13,200,000
Ciaran Duffy	12,900,000 11,940,000	11,940,000
Rafael Port	10,500,000 3,300,000	3,300,000
Christopher Coller	9,100,000 900,000	900,000
Brian Jennings	9,100,000 5,100,000	5,100,000
Richard Clayton	9,000,000 6,000,000	6,000,000
Giuseppe Zarbo	8,800,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Rob Wazwaz	8,000,000 3,025,000	3,025,000

David Hirst	7,500,000 900,000	900,000
Tanith Rothman	5,800,000 500,000	500,000
Holden Filartiga	5,400,000 500,000	500,000
Marco Valentino	5,100,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Yuan Zhi Qin	5,000,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Jeffrey Brin	4,800,000 25,000	25,000
Joseph Cutler	4,700,000 6,100,000	6,100,000
Samuel Taylor	4,600,000 650,000	650,000
Caglar Bayindir	4,300,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Alexander Holmes	3,800,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Ashley Frank	3,600,000 4,100,000	4,100,000
Ryo Kotake	3,100,000 2,225,000	2,225,000

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Level: 36

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

07-04-2025 17:21 UTC-8

Marco Valentino Eliminated in 27th Place ($16,380)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 36 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Jonathan Stoeber raised to 1,200,000 in the last hand of the level and he was called by both players in the blinds including Wai Kit Lo and Marco Valentino. The Q♦J♠3♥ flop was checked to Valentino who jammed for 4,400,000. Stoeber folded and Lo snap-called.

Marco Valentino: Q♥10♦ All in
Wai Kit Lo: Q♠J♥

The K♠ turn gave Lo a sweat but the 6♠ river knocked out Valentino in the first hand after the redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kit Lo	38,500,000 6,500,000	6,500,000
Jonathan Stoeber	31,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Marco Valentino	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Stoeber Marco Valentino Wai Kit Lo

07-04-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Holden Filartiga Eliminated in 26th Place ($20,160)

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Nick Vazquez

Level 36 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Holden Filartiga moved his short stack all in from middle position, Wai Kit Lo called in the cutoff.

Holden Filartiga: A♣K♥ All in
Wai Kit Lo: A♠7♥

The J♦9♦4♥ flop looked good for Filartiga, but the 7♦ gave Lo the lead. The J♥ hit the river, so Filartiga was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kit Lo	48,200,000 9,700,000	9,700,000
Holden Filartiga	Busted

Tags: Holden Filartiga Wai Kit Lo

07-04-2025 17:35 UTC-8

Samuel Taylor Eliminated in 25th Place ($20,160)

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Jerome Solomon

Level 36 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Wai Kit Lo raised to 2,500,000 from middle position. Samuel Taylor three-bet all in for 4,000,000 chips from the cutoff. Lo called.

Samuel Taylor: K♠8♣ All in
Wai Kit Lo: A♦5♣

Taylor didn't hit anything in the runout of 6♠10♥4♦7♥2♣, giving Lo's ace a walk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kit Lo	53,000,000 4,800,000	4,800,000
Samuel Taylor	Busted

Tags: Samuel Taylor Wai Kit Lo