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

07-04-2025 11:58 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Balakrishna Patur	Busted
Nicholas Vonapartis	Busted
Vikas Sondhi	Busted
Curtis Sloyer	Busted
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Walter Mcmichael	Busted
Shunki Hayashida	Busted
Leopoldo Morales	Busted
Yuki Kawabata	Busted
Zakarya Hail	Busted
Kyle Abbey	Busted
Asi Moshe	Busted

George Medina	Busted
Dave Stann	Busted
Aaron Valencia	Busted
Leandro Foster	Busted
Yuri Martins	Busted
James Little	Busted
Yoshimoto Hisashi	Busted
Marc Goldman	Busted
Samuel Rosen	Busted
Joshua Koht	Busted
Cesar Balayn	Busted
Basel Chaura	Busted
Guanpeng Sheng	Busted

Warling Triples Up as Jacks Hold in Three-Way

Sava Krink

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

The action was picked up with three players already all in preflop and their cards tabled.

Joe Warling: J♠J♣ All in
Carlos Suarez: A♠K♣ All in
Kenneth O’Donnell: K♥J♥

Warling was ahead with pocket jacks, hoping to dodge the overcards. With two kings already out of the deck, his chances of surviving were looking solid.

The board ran out 7♠2♠Q♥3♥9♦, clean for Warling, who secured a full triple-up. Meanwhile, Kenneth O’Donnell doubled up what was left of Suarez’s stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Warling	1,955,000 1,735,000	1,735,000
Kenneth O’Donnell	1,080,000 335,000	335,000

Carlos Suarez	470,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Carlos Suarez Joe Warling Kenneth O’Donnell

07-04-2025 11:55 UTC-8

Thomas Chips Up

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Tom Thomas opened to 170,000 in cutoff and got called by Chad Summers on the button.

Both players saw a flop of 9♦3♠K♦ and both checked. Thomas bet 100,000 on the turn 3♦ and got called by Summers.

Both players checked the river A♣ once again. Thomas showed A♥Q♥ for a rivered two pair with the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Thomas	2,760,000 760,000	760,000
Chad Summers	1,400,000 920,000	920,000

Tags: Chad Summers Tom Thomas

07-04-2025 11:49 UTC-8

Here's What Tax Experts Want Poker Players to Know About Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

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Connor Richards

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

Gambling tax experts are warning poker players to be aware of legislation that "could have a major effect on the industry" after Congress passed the Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) that, among other things, caps gambling loss deductions at 90% of winnings.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill with a 218-214 vote on Thursday after delaying a vote for several hours the previous night.

“It will negatively affect the recreational player," Ray Kondler of Kondler CPA, a Las Vegas-based CPA firm specializing in gambling taxation, told PokerNews’ Keith Becker. "Because in the past, where you could deduct 100% of your losses, now you can deduct 90%. So basically you’re paying income tax on phantom income you might not have ever have made.”

Mann Flushed Out

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Nick Vazquez

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

Steven Mann moved all in from under the gun. Feizal Satchu then rejammed from the button, and everyone else folded.

Steven Mann: A♠9♠ All in
Feizal Satchu: A♥K♥

The run out of 9♥8♦4♥8♥2♠ gave Satchu the flush, and Mann was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feizal Satchu	1,230,000 630,000	630,000
Steven Mann	Busted

Tags: Steven Mann Feizal Satchu

07-04-2025 11:40 UTC-8

Is The Main Event Too Long?

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Milko van Winden

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

07-04-2025 11:35 UTC-8

Dicken Hits a Double

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Jerome Solomon

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

Donovan Dicken, who was sitting on the button, was happy to call Yousif Mirjan's all-in raise from the hijack with the flop reading 7♥6♠5♣.

Donovan Dicken: A♦A♠ All in
Yousif Mirjan: 10♥10♦

The rest of the runout 5♦3♣ didn't change anything, giving Dicken a huge pot with his pair of aces, and putting him among the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ciaran Duffy	5,285,000 3,675,000	3,675,000
Donovan Dicken	4,850,000 3,250,000	3,250,000
Yousif Mirjan	1,110,000 425,000	425,000

Tags: Donovan Dicken Yousif Mirjan

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

07-04-2025 11:31 UTC-8

Filartiga Wins Huge Three-Way All In

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Nick Vazquez

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Feizal Satchu raised to 120,000 under the gun. Holden Filartiga went all in two to his left. Next to act, Gustavo De Lima also went all in. That was followed up by Richard Perie going all in immediately to his left. Satchu thought for a while before folding, and the three all-in players showed their hands.

Gustavo De Lima: 10♣10♠ All in
Holden Filartiga: A♥Q♠ All in
Richard Perie: K♥K♦

The flop of 9♥7♦7♥ looked good for Perie, but the turn 2♥ gave Filartiga hope. He made his flush when the 4♥ hit the river, and he let out a loud cheer of "vamo!" as he won this huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Holden Filartiga	3,550,000 2,865,000	2,865,000
Richard Perie	1,900,000 845,000	845,000
Feizal Satchu	600,000 95,000	95,000
Gustavo De Lima	Busted

Tags: Richard Perie Holden Filartiga Gustavo De Lima Feizal Satchu

07-04-2025 11:29 UTC-8

Hong Runs Good

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Pei Li opened to 200,000 and got two callers in the blinds, Jonathan Stoeber in small and Hyunil Hong in big.

The all saw a flop 4♣7♣8♦. After the blinds checked, Li shoved all-in for 50,000 and got called by both players once again.

The turn 3♦ was knuckled but on the river 10♦ Hong bet 125,000 after action was passed to him, creating a side pot. Stoeber folded.

Hong showed Q♦6♦ for a flush and, unable to be that hand, Li turned over J♣10♠ and left the table.

On the very next hand, Lakshay Aggrawal under the gun shoved all-in for 450,000. With action folded to the small blind, Hong called heading to showdown.

Lakshay Aggrawal: 6♠6♦ All in
Hyunil Hong: J♠J♥

Hong caught set on the flop 9♠3♦J♦ making Aggrawal pack his bags. The runout 3♠9♦ further improved Hong's hand to a full house eliminating Aggrawal in the process.