Level: 42
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Level: 42
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Ionannis Panagopoulos got a shove through and Ciaran Duffy then raised to 5,000,000 from the cutoff to claim the blinds. Panagopoulos raised to 5,000,000 first to act but folded to a shove by Duffy.
Wai Kit Lo then raised to 5,000,000 from under the gun and Giuseppe Zarbo pushed for 11,200,000 in the cutoff. Everyone behind folded and Lo asked for a count before he called.
Giuseppe Zarbo: K♦Q♥
Wai Kit Lo: Q♣7♣
The 5♥5♣2♠A♥6♥ board kept Zarbo ahead and Lo essentially lost all the profit from his aggressive preflop play lately.
Zarbo open-jammed the next hand and claimed the big blind and ante of Lo, too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
102,000,000
9,600,000
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9,600,000 |
|
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39,700,000
11,000,000
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11,000,000 |
|
|
34,400,000
13,200,000
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13,200,000 |
|
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Wai Kit Lo and Jonathan Stoeber, the two chip holders at the final table, traded all-in three-bets as they dance for table dominance.
Playing seven-handed, Lo raised from middle position to 5,000,000. Stoeber, two seats away in the cutoff, pounced, going all in with 35,000,000.
Lo quickly threw in his hand.
A couple hands later, it was Lo's turn to return the fire.
Stoeber raised under the gun to 5,000,000. When play folded around to Lo in the small blind, he took extra time before announcing all in and flipping forward a single chip off his massive stack.
Stoeber didn't hesitate to throw in his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
111,600,000
14,600,000
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14,600,000 |
|
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41,000,000
2,600,000
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2,600,000 |
|
|
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Level: 41
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,500,000
Ante: 2,500,000
Marat Shafigullin kicked off the action with a cutoff-raise to about 27,000,000, leaving himself just 100,000 behind. Everyone folded to Wai Kit Lo in the big blind, who went all in without hesitation. Shafigullin called, leading to a showdown.
Marat Shafigullin: A♥J♥
Wai Kit Lo: A♠K♦
The 6♣3♦6♥ flop left room for a possible chop, but the 4♣ turn and the A♣ river didn't help Shafigullin. He was sent to the rail while Lo improved his position as chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
97,000,000
22,800,000
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22,800,000 |
|
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Busted |
Action folded to Quinterol Mallette on the button, who jammed all in for his last 7,100,000. Yansong Kou in the big blind made the call, leading to a showdown.
Quinterol Mallette: Q♥Q♠
Yansong Kou: A♠9♥
Kou was hoping for an ace, but the board ran out 7♣6♥5♣8♣8♠, giving her a straight, a small addition to her stack, and sending Mallette to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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24,000,000
5,200,000
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5,200,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Tanith Rothman went through the blinds and saw her stack decimated to only 3,600,000 when she was then on the button.
Wai Kit Lo raised to 4,000,000 in the cutoff and Rothman called all-in, Marat Shafigullin defended the big blind. On the Q♦10♠5♦ flop, Shafigullin check-called for 4,000,000 before they checked down the 9♦ turn and A♣ river.
Shafigullin mucked his 5♣4♥ after Lo exposed Q♥8♥ for a pair of queens, and the 3♥3♦ of Rothman were no good either. She departed in tenth place on her second final table of the 2025 WSOP and takes home $39,420 for her efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,200,000
22,000,000
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22,000,000 |
|
|
28,500,000
9,400,000
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9,400,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Everyone folded to Wai Kit Lo on the button, and he made a raise to about 20,000,000, putting the blinds effectively at risk. The small blind folded, but Jonathan Stoeber in the big blind went all in for 15,800,000.
Jonathan Stoeber: A♠K♣
Wai Kit Lo: K♥Q♠
The ace held strong on the 4♣9♥5♠6♠10♦ board, and Stoeber doubled up.
One hand later, Ryo Kotake raised under the gun for 4,000,000, and Stoeber shoved all in again, this time from the small blind. But Kotake folded, giving Stoeber another 9,000,000 to add to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,200,000
23,300,000
|
23,300,000 |
|
|
43,600,000
25,800,000
|
25,800,000 |
|
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|
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33,900,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
Level: 40
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000
Ante: 2,000,000
The last hand at the old blinds still saw Yansong Kou raise to 3,400,000 out of the small blind. Ionannis Panagopoulos pushed all in from the big blind and Kou folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,100,000
3,400,000
|
3,400,000 |
|
|
18,800,000
3,400,000
|
3,400,000 |