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

07-04-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Holmes Doubles Through Stoeber

Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jonathan Stoeber raised to 1,000,000 from an early position with his large stack. Alexander Holmes called all-in for 900,000 in the hijack and everyone else folded.

Alexander Holmes: K♥Q♠ All in
Jonathan Stoeber: A♠4♠

Dubbed to be a fair fight by both players, they both had a piece of the Q♦J♦4♦ flop. Holmes retained his lead with the 10♣ turn and 10♦ river to more than triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Stoeber	18,300,000 5,650,000	5,650,000

Alexander Holmes	3,050,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Alexander Holmes Jonathan Stoeber

07-04-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Port Snap-Calls with Kings, Sends Tran to the Rail

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Sava Krink

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Rafael Port opened the action from early position with a raise to 1,600,000. It folded around to Luther Tran in the big blind, who responded by moving all in. Port didn't hesitate and snap-called.

Luther Tran: A♥Q♦ All in
Rafael Port: K♠K♣

Tran needed to connect, but the board came 9♥6♥J♦7♣J♥, offering no help.

After a full count, Tran was found to be 275,000 short of Port's stack, sealing his elimination. Port, meanwhile, raked in a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Port	23,075,000 12,475,000	12,475,000
Luther Tran	Busted

Tags: Luther Tran Rafael Port

07-04-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Jennings Doubles With Quads

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The chips went in after the 9♥7♣5♥ flop with Brian Jennings at risk against Marco Valentino and he tabled 9♦9♣ for the top set. Valentino had a draw in 10♦8♦ but the 9♠ turn locked it up with quads to make the 2♥ river a formality.

Jennings doubled for 4,250,000 and joined the ten-figure club.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Jennings	14,200,000 10,725,000	10,725,000
Marco Valentino	8,600,000 7,945,000	7,945,000

Tags: Brian Jennings Marco Valentino

07-04-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Rothman Doubles Through Zarbo

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Giuseppe Zarbo pushed all-in from the small blind and Tanith Rothman called for the last 3,100,000 with the Q♦7♦. She was way ahead of 7♥5♣ but had to sweat on a board of A♥Q♣J♣3♣Q♥ to double with trips queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanith Rothman	6,700,000 3,250,000	3,250,000
Giuseppe Zarbo	4,600,000 4,200,000	4,200,000

Tags: Giuseppe Zarbo Tanith Rothman

07-04-2025 16:11 UTC-8

No Help for Camargo

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Sava Krink

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Action folded to Vinicius Camargo on the button, and he went all in with his last 3,350,000. Arkadiy Tsinis, on the small blind, also went all in, prompting the big blind to fold, leading to a showdown.

Vinicius Camargo: Q♠9♠ All in
Arkadiy Tsinis: K♠J♣

There was no help for Camargo on the 2♥4♦6♦6♠10♠ board, and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arkadiy Tsinis	9,300,000 8,690,000	8,690,000

Vinicius Camargo	Busted

Tags: Arkadiy Tsinis Vinicius Camargo

07-04-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Serfaty Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

"I gonna raise to one million big blinds," Lior Serfaty joked as he put in the very last 50,000 from under the gun.

Ciaran Duffy then raised it up to 1 million on the button and Johannes Deusing in the small blind jammed for 2,150,000. Wai Kit Lo in the big blind asked for an exact count and reraised, Duffy folded.

Lior Serfaty: K♦3♥ All in
Johannes Deusing: A♣A♦ All in
Wai Kit Lo: A♠5♠

The board ran out J♦10♦6♦10♣3♣ and Deusing held up to knock out Serfaty and dent the stack of Lo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ciaran Duffy	12,800,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Wai Kit Lo	11,200,000 700,000	700,000
Johannes Deusing	5,850,000 1,160,000	1,160,000
Lior Serfaty	Busted

Tags: Ciaran Duffy Johannes Deusing Lior Serfaty Wai Kit Lo

07-04-2025 16:09 UTC-8

Panagopoulos Pops Duffy for Double-up

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Jerome Solomon

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Ionannis Panagopoulos moved all in preflop with 4,625,000 chips. Ciaran Duffy, who has recently been the overall chip leader, made the call from the small blind.

Ionannis Panagopoulos: A♥K♠ All in
Ciaran Duffy: Q♥Q♣

Panagopoulos jumped ahead in the race immediately in the runout K♥6♥3♠9♣K♣ and closed it with three kings to get a huge double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ciaran Duffy	13,850,000 5,350,000	5,350,000
Ionannis Panagopoulos	10,500,000 4,270,000	4,270,000

Tags: Ciaran Duffy Ionannis Panagopoulos

Level: 34

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

07-04-2025 15:59 UTC-8

Kou Busts Players on Consecutive Hands

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Nick Vazquez

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Yansong Kou has gone on a total heater in the last handful of minutes.

In the first hand, Thijs Hilberts raised to 800,000 from early position, and Kou went all in from the big blind. Hilberts snap called.

Thijs Hilberts: A♥A♣ All in
Yansong Kou: 8♠8♣

Kou flopped a boat when the 8♦6♦6♥ flop came, the 9♦ hit the turn, and then Kou made quads on the 8♥ river.

The very next hand, Carlos Santos went all in from the button. Kou rejammed from the small blind, and the big blind got out of the way.

Carlos Santos: 2♦2♥ All in
Yansong Kou: Q♦Q♥

Kou's queens held up on the A♣6♣3♦9♥8♣ runout, and she now has a huge chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yansong Kou	12,750,000 11,965,000	11,965,000
Thijs Hilberts	Busted
Carlos Santos	Busted

Tags: Carlos Santos Thijs Hilberts Yansong Kou

07-04-2025 15:55 UTC-8

Cutler Knocks Out Zhang

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Jerome Solomon

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Nan Zhang raised all in from the big blind with 1,025,000 chips. Joseph Cutler called from middle position, as did Mikolaj Zawadzki on the button.

The flop 2♦5♣6♥ drew checks, but Zawadzki folded to Cutler's bet when the K♥ hit on the turn.

Nan Zhang: A♠8♣ All in
Joseph Cutler: K♠3♠

The river Q♣ didn't give Zhang anything better than Cutler's pair of kings, and he was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Stoeber	12,650,000 11,350,000	11,350,000

Joseph Cutler	8,400,000 7,745,000	7,745,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	6,700,000 700,000	700,000
Nan Zhang	Busted

Tags: Joseph Cutler Mikolaj Zawadzki Nan Zhang