2025 World Series of Poker
Heads-up to a turn on a board of 5♦Q♠10♦J♥. Russell Sartin checked from the hijack and faced a bet of 23,000 by Esther Taylor out of the cutoff. Sartin quickly tossed in the call.
Upon seeing the 7♣ appear on the river, Sartin chose to lead out for 45,000. Taylor went into the tank for quite some time, did some inventory of her stack, looked back at cards, and then chose to fold and give up the pot to Sartin.
Hieu Le raised to 1,200 in the hijack. Andrew Nguyen then put his 10,100 at risk from the cutoff, and Le quickly called when the action folded back to him.
Andrew Nguyen: A♣K♠
Hieu Le: 10♥10♦
The 7♣8♦4♥9♣2♠ board brought no help for Nguyen, who took his exit late on Day 1d.
Matthew Radcliffe opened from under the gun to 1,200 and Miles Ward three-bet to 3,000. Radcliffe made the call, taking the players to the flop.
The board came K♠J♦4♦ and Radcliffe bet 3,500. Ward called and the players saw the Q♥ turn.
Both checked to the A♣ river and checked again to showdown.
Radcliffe showed Q♦Q♣ for trip queens and beat Wards two pair with A♦K♥.
Ewen Trevidy from middle position and Jacob Daniels from the big blind were heads-up to a completed board of 6♦3♥2♦4♣4♠ with 13,000 in the middle already.
Daniels checked to Trevidy who bet 6,000 before Daniels announced all-in as the covering stack for 49,300 effective. Trevidy would go deep into the tank, and after four minutes the clock was called. With ten seconds remaining, Trevidy flicked in a single chip to call off for his tournament life.
Ewen Trevidy: Q♦Q♣
Jacob Daniels: 9♦6♣
Trevidy made the right call with his overpair as Daniels put him in a brutal spot. Trevidy collected a massive double while Daniels still retains a healthy stack.
Jesse Klinger raised to 1,500 in the hijack, and Sergio Aguero moved all in for his last 3,000 in the cutoff. Andrius Mazurkevicius tossed out a three-bet to 6,000 in the big blind, and Klinger got out of the way.
Sergio Aguero: K♥9♥
Andrius Mazurkevicius: 10♠10♣
Aguero could not connect on the 4♥A♣5♣2♠6♥ runout, confirming his exit as Mazurkevicius held with pocket tens.
Jared Reinstein opened from the hijack to 1,400 and saw the player one seat to his left make the call. Sensing an opportunity, Thomas Winschel three-bet from the big blind to 6,000.
Not to be outdone, Reinstein responded with a raise of his own, a four-bet to 13,000.
The original caller in the cutoff couldn't get out of there quick enough, and Winschel followed suit, abandoning his chips in the middle and returning his cards to the dealer.
San Kim and Eric Cloutier exchanged raises before the flop until Cloutier was all in for his last 40,000 on the button and Kim put him at risk in middle position.
Eric Cloutier: Q♥Q♣
San Kim: J♥10♣
Cloutier had caught Kim making a move and was a big favorite to double up as the flop came 2♣7♠9♣. The turn, though, brought the 8♠ to give Kim a straight. The J♦ completed the board on the river and a stunned Cloutier made his way to the rail.
"You should go play a cash game tonight, you'll make $100,000," tablemate Kenny Nguyen joked with Kim.
"I don't play that way in a cash game," Kim replied with a smile as he stacked up nearly 300,000.
Nan Li, who has been among the chip leaders for much of the day, bet 13,000 chips on the river from middle position with the board reading: J♠9♥J♦8♠Q♦.
Corey Wick, playing from under the gun, check-raised to 50,000.
Li went into an intensive tank. He appeared to come close to calling on a couple of occasions, but in the end he laid down his hand.
But he didn't want to let it go. He showed 9♠9♣, meaning he had flopped a full house.
Wick, seeing what Li folded, turned his hand over. He had K♦J♣, for trip jacks.