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

07-04-2025 13:03 UTC-8

Tran's Aggression Pays Off

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Luther Tran checked the flop of Q♥3♠10♣ and a pot of 800,000. Abraham Faroni, the only other player in the hand, bet to 225,000 and got raised by Tran to 565,000. Faroni called.

The turn dropped 10♠ and Tran kept the pressure with 870,000 which was enough to make Faroni fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luther Tran	4,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Giuseppe Zarbo	2,600,000 2,035,000	2,035,000

Keith Kordowski	2,000,000 1,045,000	1,045,000
Abraham Faroni	2,000,000 800,000	800,000
Jeffrey Brin	1,680,000 590,000	590,000
Vahe Terkhachatryan	1,500,000 755,000	755,000
Keven Stammen	1,200,000 290,000	290,000

Tags: Abraham Faroni Luther Tran

07-04-2025 13:06 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Keven Stammen	Busted

Christopher Moon	Busted
Gustavo Bastos	Busted
Donovan Dicken	Busted
Brad Rutta	Busted
Jacob Frank	Busted
Chijen Chen	Busted
Anzhela Vasylenko	Busted
Jonathan Nebbout	Busted
Veselin Katrandzhiev	Busted
Joseph Dasilva	Busted
Steven Miller	Busted
Carlos Suarez	Busted
Jun Li	Busted
Jason Conley	Busted
Thibaut Lallement	Busted
Troy Mclain	Busted
Elmar Barang	Busted
Michael Stein	Busted
Alfie Adam	Busted
Chad Summers	Busted
Zhuorui Cao	Busted

Mead's Queens Hold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Jacob Frank open-shoved all in for 1,500,000 on the button. David Mead called, taking both of them to showdown.

Jacob Frank: 2♣2♥ All in
David Mead: Q♠Q♣

All throughout the deal, Frank was calling for a two to fall, but Mead's queens held on the board that ran 8♠J♥3♣9♥4♥. Frank was sent to the rail as Mead scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Mead	4,200,000 3,440,000	3,440,000
Jacob Frank	Busted

Tags: David Mead Jacob Frank

07-04-2025 13:14 UTC-8

Espinal Runs into Aces

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Nick Vazquez

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Victor Espinal opened from under the gun to 250,000. Luther Tran made it 650,000 on the button. Espinal then went all in, and Tran snap-called.

Victor Espinal: A♠J♠ All in
Luther Tran: A♣A♦

The flop was 5♥5♦2♣, the turn J♣ gave Espinal a little hope, but it was not to be as the 9♦ fell on the river and he was knocked out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luther Tran	6,300,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Victor Espinal	Busted

Tags: Luther Tran Victor Espinal

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

07-04-2025 13:19 UTC-8

Clayton wins Huge Pot

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Jerome Solomon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Dinesh Singham bet 200,000 on a board of 2♥5♣5♠9♣. Richard Clayton raised from the button to 1,200,000.

Singham went into the tank and came out swinging, reraising all in with more than two million chips. Clayton called.

Dinesh Singham: 7♦7♣ All in
Richard Clayton: A♥5♥

The river K♦ couldn't get Singham past Clayton's trip fives, and he was done for the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Clayton	7,895,000 7,720,000	7,720,000
Dinesh Singham	Busted

Tags: Dinesh Singham Richard Clayton

07-04-2025 13:26 UTC-8

Zawadzki Finds the Ace to Score Double Knockout

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Sava Krink

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Lazar Bartha kicked off the action with a raise to 600,000 from late position, leaving just 205,000 behind. Mikolaj Zawadzki made the call on the button, but the hand was far from over, Michael Sampognaro in the big blind moved all in for 1,205,000.

Bartha quickly called off the rest of his stack, and after getting the count confirmed, Zawadzki threw in the chips as well, setting up a three-way showdown.

Lazar Bartha: J♠J♥ All in
Michael Sampognaro: 10♥10♦ All in
Mikolaj Zawadzki: A♥J♣

Zawadzki was slightly behind, but hit the A♠4♣Q♣ flop to take the lead. Neither the 3♦ turn nor the K♥ river changed anything, and Zawadzki held on to eliminate both opponents in one swoop. The massive pot secured him a place near the top of the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikolaj Zawadzki	5,140,000 870,000	870,000
Lazar Bartha	Busted
Michael Sampognaro	Busted

Tags: Lazar Bartha Michael Sampognaro Mikolaj Zawadzki

07-04-2025 13:26 UTC-8

Pilot Lands Double

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Jerome Solomon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Shawn Pilot went all in from the small blind on a flop of 5♥10♠7♣. Kenneth O’Donnell, seated to his immediate left, made the call.

Shawn Pilot: 10♥4♥ All in
Kenneth O’Donnell: K♠7♠

The turn and river A♦6♠ didn't give O'Donnell anything to top Pilot's pair of tens, and he lost more than half of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Pilot	3,760,000 1,570,000	1,570,000
Kenneth O’Donnell	1,130,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Kenneth O’Donnell Shawn Pilot

07-04-2025 13:30 UTC-8

Stefanski Busts Hong

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Nick Vazquez

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

David Stefanski went all in from under the gun. The only action he got was a call from Hyunil Hong, who had fewer chips.

Hyunil Hong: A♥J♦ All in
David Stefanski: A♠K♠

The board came out K♣8♦6♣J♣K♦, so Stefanski's trip kings busted Hong from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Stefanski	2,600,000 1,690,000	1,690,000
Hyunil Hong	Busted

Tags: David Stefanski Hyunil Hong

07-04-2025 13:40 UTC-8

Double Knockout for Keating

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Nick Vazquez

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Kenneth O’Donnell moved all in from the hijack. Kyle Keating then moved all in from the cutoff, and Yousif Mirjan called all in from the button.

Yousif Mirjan: 2♠2♦ All in
Kenneth O’Donnell: Q♥10♠ All in
Kyle Keating: 9♦9♥

The flop of K♠10♥8♣ put O'Donnell in the lead, but the 9♣ turn gave the lead back to Keating. The 8♥ hit the river, and Keating scored the double knockout with his full house.