2025 World Series of Poker
Daniel Echols under the gun and Chris Hunichen on the button had created a pot of 35,500 when they arrived on the 5♦9♣7♣4♦ turn.
Echols checked to Hunichen, who bet 14,000. After a small tank, Echols moved all in for 36,500.
"Do you have aces?" Hunichen sighed as he quickly called off.
Daniel Echols: A♥A♦
Chris Hunichen: K♥K♣
Hunichen had guessed correctly, and Echols' rockets held on the 4♥ river to secure his double-up, leaving Hunichen with a stack of about 80 big blinds.
Nathan Ivarsen raised to 900 from the button before Lewis Spencer three-bet from the small blind. Viktor Blom cold four-bet out of the big blind to 13,200, which only Spencer called.
Spencer knuckled the action over to Blom on the 3♣5♥J♣ flop, and Blom fired out a small bet of 6,800. Spencer stuck around with a call.
Two checks followed the J♠ turn to see the 6♦ appear on the river. Another round of checks came and Spencer showed A♥K♣ for ace-high. Blom couldn't beat it, as he turned over A♦K♥ for the same hand, and the two chopped the pot.
Remi Derossi raised to 800 from the hijack and was called by Philip Sternheimer in the cutoff and Haim Gabay in the big blind.
Action checked through on the A♠5♥4♥ flop and Gabay checked again to Derossi, who bet 1,900 on the J♣ turn. Both Sternheimer and Gabay called.
The 8♦ completed the board and and Gabay checked a final time. Derossi bet 6,000, which got a quick call from Sternheimer and a tank-fold from Gabay.
Derossi turned over A♥K♣ for top pair, but Sternheimer revealed A♣8♣ for aces and eights to claim the pot.
Martin Schutzbank raised to 700 under the gun. Gary Dishongh called in the cutoff, Jason Tiffin did so on the button, and Bruno Fitoussi defended his big blind.
It checked to Tiffin on the 4♠Q♥5♠ flop. He bet 1,700, which Fitoussi and Schutzbank called. Dishongh folded before the 6♠ hit the turn, and the action once again checked to Tiffin.
Tiffin fired 2,100. Fitoussi stuck around and called, while Schutzbank decided to give up. The 5♥ river was checked to showdown, where Fitoussi's 9♠9♣ was good enough to win the pot.
Preflop, Gabriel Abusada had reraised Chris Hunichen to 7,000, and Hunichen responded by going all in for 46,400.
Abusada spent about three minutes in the tank talking to his opponent.
"I want to bust you so bad, I have the hand to do it with, too," Abusada told Hunichen.
"What, do you have? Jack-nine?" Hunichen asked.
"No, better than that," Abusada claimed.
"I want you to do what's best for you," Hunichen advised his opponent.
Eventually, despite Abusada's protests, the clock was called. He was given 30 seconds to act, and near the end of his countdown, he folded A♣K♥ face up.
"That's why you don't reraise ace-king," Hunichen said as he passed his cards to the dealer and took in the chips.
Three ways on a flop of Q♣J♠9♥ with over 7,000 already in the middle, Justin Allen checked from under the gun and Lawrence Brandt checked from directly behind. Philip Sternheimer bet 3,600 from the hijack, which got a call from Allen and a fold from Brandt.
Both players checked after the K♦ turn and 3♦ river and Allen tabled A♥K♠ for a pair of kings.
Sternheimer revealed 9♣9♦ for a set of nines and added to his stack.
Iago Sturzeneker was in middle position and heads-up against Matthew Waterfall who was under the gun, with roughly 12,000 in the middle and the board reading 10♠3♦3♣4♥A♠. Waterfall checked, Sturzeneker bet 10,500 and Waterfall snap-called.
Sturzeneker showed top pair with A♣Q♣. Waterfall revealed his hand, showing K♥K♠ before conceding the pot to Sturzeneker.
Erick Lindgren raised in early position to 700, and only Richard Spencer called, defending his big blind.
Spencer checked in flow on the 9♣9♠6♠ flop, calling Lindgren's continuation-bet of 700.
There was no slowing down from Lindgren on the 7♦ turn, upping the ante with a wager of 2,000. Again, Spencer called.
The dealer flipped the river 8♣ and Spencer checked for a third time. Lindgren still wasn't content with the size of the pot, placing a more substantial bet of 8,000. Spencer wasn't as quick with his decision on this street, but did end up flicking in a chip to signify a call.
It was bad news for Spencer, though, as Lindgren rolled over 6♥6♦ for a flopped full house. Spencer mucked his cards face down, and the dealer pushed the pot in the direction of Lindgren.