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

07-04-2025 12:41 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhouxun Chen	2,200,000 1,815,000	1,815,000
Zizhu Zhao	2,200,000 85,000	85,000
James Kim	1,900,000 680,000	680,000

Tags: James Kim Zhouxun Chen Zizhu Zhao

07-04-2025 12:34 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross Villanueva	2,430,000 1,080,000	1,080,000
Nikolai Mamut	1,420,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Nikolai Mamut Ross Villanueva

07-04-2025 12:33 UTC-8

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

07-04-2025 12:32 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Malik	2,825,000 2,095,000	2,095,000
Arkadiusz Rusak	Busted

Tags: Arkadiusz Rusak Brian Malik

07-04-2025 12:25 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abraham Faroni	765,000 495,000	495,000
Nghia Le	Busted

Tags: Nghia Le Abraham Faroni

07-04-2025 12:24 UTC-8

A Few Updated Chip Counts After the Break

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Sava Krink

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronny Ung	5,250,000 3,600,000	3,600,000
Ciaran Duffy	5,180,000 105,000	105,000
Quinterol Mallette	4,400,000 3,340,000	3,340,000
David Evans	4,290,000 1,190,000	1,190,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	4,270,000 2,425,000	2,425,000
David Hirst	4,090,000 3,685,000	3,685,000
Yuhi Hayashi	4,050,000 3,815,000	3,815,000
Ionannis Panagopoulos	3,650,000 1,610,000	1,610,000
Liam Jehu	3,540,000 2,695,000	2,695,000
David Peer	3,500,000 1,735,000	1,735,000
Holden Filartiga	3,300,000 250,000	250,000
Thijs Hilberts	3,280,000 1,445,000	1,445,000
Luther Tran	3,000,000 1,685,000	1,685,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

07-04-2025 12:01 UTC-8

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.

07-04-2025 11:59 UTC-8

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.