2025 World Series of Poker
Katherine Porrello opeend from middle position to 600 and got two calls from David Fish in the cutoff and Shay Sharabi in the small blind.
The 2♦7♦8♠ flop was checked to the A♣ turn.
Sharabi checked, Porrello bet 1,000 and Fish folded. Sharabi made the call taking the players to the J♦ river.
Sharabi checked, Porrello bet 3,200 and Sharabi folded.
With around 5,000 already in the pot and the board showing 10♥J♦3♠3♣, Andre Grohnert led out for 3,500 and was quickly called by Gianna Avdic Mcintire.
The 6♣ hit the river, and Grohnert tossed out another bet, this time for 2,000. Mcintire snap-called, and both players revealed matching hands: Grohnert showed J♣10♣, while Mcintire tabled J♥10♦. Each had two pair, jacks and tens, and the pot was split right down the middle.
The players are going on their first 25-minute break of the day, with the clock reading 4,096 entries and 4,060 remaining.
Play resumes in Level 2 with blinds of 200/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
Here are some highlights from the first level of play:
In the 904th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are joined by Grosvenor Poker Pro Jamie Nixon at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about the latest from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). That includes the WSOP's controversial decision regarding the alleged Millionaire Maker chip dumping between Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll, which may or may not include lifetime bans. It's a lively debate that examines the situation from multiple angles, including the likely involvement of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
They then take a look at a controversial hand posted by Lexy Gavin-Mather where a dealer error that may have brought a much-needed seven out of the muck had the poker world talking. From there, the trio highlight the historic win by Shiina Okamoto, who successfully defended her Ladies Event title after finishing runner-up three years ago. She also had to put up with Phil Hellmuth Jr., for better or worse, as the crew debated. That wasn't the only historic win, as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi won the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship for an unbelievable fourth time. Toss in the first gold bracelet won by Darren Elias, and there were some big winners to be celebrated.
Jamie Nixon then talks about Grosvenor Poker and the upcoming Goliath in Coventry, how his buddy is running a daily bracket of funny poker names, and then Chad explains why there's a giant cutout of Espan Jorstad's head on the set (Hint: it came from the recent GTOWizard party).
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Some of these chip counts have been taken directly from the WSOP+ app.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The chip counts were taken from the WSOP+ app.
As per the WSOP+ app.