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

Jul 04, 2025

Chen Chops Chips with Zhao

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

James Kim opened to 225,000 in middle position and got a three-bet from Zizhu Zhao in cutoff for 550,000. Zhouxun Chen, in the big blind, shoved all in for around 800,000, sending Kim to the tank. After a few seconds, he folded, and Zhao called.

Zhouxun Chen: 5♠5♣ All in
Zizhu Zhao: K♥K♠

Zhao was ahead with his kings and caught additional outs to improve on the flop 10♥9♠J♥. The turn 7♠ didn't change anything and almost ensured that Chen's tournament life would end.

However, the 8♥ dropped on the river, creating a straight on the board. Both players took back their chips for a chop.

Tags: James Kim Zhouxun Chen Zizhu Zhao

Jul 04, 2025

Mamut Catches Two Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Nikolai Mamut shoved all in for around 600,000 and got called by the big blind, Ross Villanueva, taking them to showdown.

Nikolai Mamut: A♠K♠ All in
Ross Villanueva: A♦7♥

The flop dropped 10♣K♣10♠ giving Mamut two pair. The runout 8♥4♠ did not improve Villanueva's hand. The dealer pushed the pot to Mamut for a double.

Tags: Nikolai Mamut Ross Villanueva

Jul 04, 2025

Kings Doom Poker Player Right Off the Bat on Day 1c in the 2025 WSOP Main Event

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Jon Sofen

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Thomas Henshaw couldn't get away from his pocket kings just minutes after taking his seat Friday on Day 1c of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and it cost him his entire 60,000-chip starting stack.

The field, at the time of publishing, had over 1,300 players registered. Henshaw was the first player out the door, just moments after Jack Effel announced "shuffle up and deal." He ran into a preflop cooler against poker pro Yueqi Zhu and was unable to avoid busting with a hand that didn't improve with the five community cards.

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Tags: Thomas Henshaw Yueqi Zhu

Jul 04, 2025

Malik Sticks to His Promise and Calls Rusak's All In

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Nick Vazquez

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Arkadiusz Rusak moved all in from early position. Action folded to Brian Malik in the big blind, who said, "If it's suited, I'll call." He then stuck in calling chips.

Arkadiusz Rusak: Q♥9♦ All in
Brian Malik: J♣7♣

The board of J♠9♠5♠ gave Malik the lead. Rusak then gained the lead back with the Q♦ turn, but the J♦ hit the river to give Malik trips.

Tags: Arkadiusz Rusak Brian Malik

Jul 04, 2025

Faroni Felts Le

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Jerome Solomon

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Abraham Faroni raised to 400,000 on the button. Nghia Le made the all-in call with less.

Nghia Le: 5♦4♦ All in
Abraham Faroni: J♥9♣

The runout of 4♣J♣10♦K♦K♣ didn't rescue Le, and he exited in 154th place, two spots from a pay jump.

Tags: Nghia Le Abraham Faroni

Jul 04, 2025

A Few Updated Chip Counts After the Break

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Sava Krink

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Jul 04, 2025

Break Time

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Nick Vazquez

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Jul 04, 2025

Keeping Hoppe Alive

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Jerome Solomon

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Sitting on the button, Laura Hoppe had the shortest stack in a three-way, preflop all in.

George Medina moved in with a shove of his own from the small blind. Vahe Terkhachatryan, the first to raise from middle position, called Medina's all in.

Laura Hoppe: Q♣Q♠ All in
George Medina: A♥K♦ All in
Vahe Terkhachatryan: A♠A♦

The runout Q♥8♦4♥5♠J♦ drew a scream from Hoppe, who spiked a set of queens on the flop, and it held. Terkhachatryan took the side pot to knock Medina out of the tournament.

"Oh, my god. I can't believe I cracked aces," Hoppe screamed.

Tags: George Medina Laura Hoppe Vahe Terkhachatryan

Jul 04, 2025