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

07-04-2025 11:27 UTC-8

Line Sends Vila to the Rails

Gabrielle Barredo

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

Steve Vila bet to 200,000 in the small blind on a flop of 4♥10♦K♦ and a pot of around 250,000. Baptiste Line from the big blind announced all-in and Vila had him covered and called.

Steve Vila: 10♣8♠ All in
Baptiste Line: K♥5♥

The runout J♣7♦ didn't improve Vila's hand sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baptiste Line	1,500,000 325,000	325,000
Steve Vila	Busted

Tags: Baptiste Line Steve Vila

07-04-2025 11:27 UTC-8

Please Stay

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Levon Kesaplyan opened to 175,000 and received an all-in shove from Jihoon Kim in the big blind for around 480,000. With action back to him, Kesaplyan called.

Jihoon Kim: 6♠6♥ All in
Levon Kesaplyan: Q♠10♠

Kim started chanting, "Please stay" as the board was dealt. The flop came 9♣4♥K♠ giving Keasplyan more outs with a straight draw. Kim's chants became slightly more desperate as the runout continued with 9♥8♣.

And with his sixes holding, Kim let out a cheer for the chance to continue his tournament run.

Tags: Jihoon Kim Levon Kesaplyan

07-04-2025 11:27 UTC-8

Reigning Main Event Champ Jonathan Tamayo on New WSOP Rules & Folding Pocket Queens

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Connor Richards

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

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 30th episode, Connor talks with 2024 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo about growing up in Humble, Texas, studying hotel management at Cornell University, graduating during the 2008 recession, running deep in the 2009 and 2015 Main Events, his friendship with fellow Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, winning the biggest-ever WSOP Main Event for $10 million, and his first purchase as world champion.

Tamayo also spoke about his infamous fold with pocket queens late in the 2024 Main Event, which he says cost him $120,000 in equity, and gave his thoughts on new rules implemented at the 2025 WSOP in the wake of "LaptopGate," as well as the Main Event structure and Phil Hellmuth's proposed boycott that he has since rescinded.

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Tags: Connor Richards Joe McKeehen Jonathan Tamayo

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hyunil Hong	1,850,000 540,000	540,000
Jonathan Stoeber	1,300,000 820,000	820,000

Pei Li	Busted

Lakshay Aggrawal	Busted

Tags: Hyunil Hong Jonathan Stoeber Lakshay Aggrawal Pei Li

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

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

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

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 11:47 UTC-8

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 11:49 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.”