2025 World Series of Poker
Nico Schubert found himself all in and at risk after his shove was called by Zachary Smiley. The good news is that he was miles ahead, and needed to hope his opponent couldn't improve.
Nico Schubert: K♦K♣
Zachary Smiley: J♥J♦
The board ran out nice and low for Schubert, as the 6♥8♠3♦10♠5♦ runout was without sweat, and he got back above starting stack.
Harry Elliott raised to 3,000 in middle position holding A♠J♥. Gilad Rubinsky with A♦J♣ in the big blind three-bet to 8,200. Elliot made the call to see the flop.
The flop dropped 8♥10♠7♦. Rubinsky led out with pot sized bet of 17,000, which prompted Elliot to bet without hesitation.
Ryutaro Suzuki opened to 1,600 from under the gun and Hitesh Patel called from the hijack.
The 5♠6♥6♣ flop was checked to the Q♦ turn.
Suzuki bet 3,000, Patel called and the 9♠ came on the river.
Suzuki checked, Patel bet 4,000 and Suzuki folded.
Callum Roque raised to 2,500 with Q♦J♦ in late position. Jesse Lawrence called i the small blind. Phil Hellmuth defended his blind by three-betting to 12,000 holding K♦7♥. Roque called but Lawrence got out of the way.
The flop came 7♦5♣10♥ which both players checked. Hellmuth led out with an 18,000 bet on the turn 4♣ which was enough to take the pot down.
Three players headed to a turn with a pot worth roughly 23,000 in the middle, and the flop action complete on the 5♠4♣4♥ board.
The dealer burned and turned the 7♠ turn, and Kenneth Heaton, in the big blind, placed a bet of 17,500. The player who started the hand under the gun folded, but Nicholas Beecher called from middle position.
When the river came the 10♦, Heaton applied the maximum pressure possible. Covering his opponent's stack, he moved all in, a bet worth an effective 47,300.
Beecher then spent some time in the tank, piecing together the action. Ultimately, he decided a fold was in order and tossed his cards towards the muck.
Nana Sanechika raised to 2,500 in the hijack and Sviatoslav Belov three-bet to 10,000 in the small blind. Sanechika called and they saw a flop of Q♦3♦7♦.
Belov continued for 7,500 and Sanechika called. Belov bet another 20,000 on the 6♥ turn and Sanechika again called.
The river was the 5♣ and Belov moved all in for 37,200. Sanechika snap-called with K♣Q♥, but Belov had 10♦9♦ for a flopped flush to win the pot and double up.
"Are you a cash game player? Because cash game players don't call in the small blind," a tablemate said to Belov.
"Actually, I'm recreational," Belov replied.
Amit Zulkowitz looked down and saw 9♠9♦ and raised to 3,000 in late position. Ludovic Poullet with A♣J♥ called in cutoff, and John Pointer in the big blind holding A♠8♣ joined the other two to see a flop.
The flop came Q♠5♦10♦. After a check, Zulkowitz bet 4,500. Poullet called while Pointer got out of the way.
Both players checked the turn 4♦ and the river J♣. Zulkowitz mucked after Poullet tabled his hand and picked up the pot.
James Gorham raised from under the gun and called a three-bet by Sean Spector in the big blind. The latter then fired three barrels on a board of K♣3♦2♥5♦A♦, all of which Gorham called. It was 20,000 to go on the turn and around 60,000 shove on the river.
"I don't like it but I call," Gorham immediately said and Spector tabled the A♠K♦ for the top two pair. Gorham had that beat with 2♠2♣ for a set of deuces.
In the next hand, Ilan Boujenah raised to 2,400 and received multiple callers including Gorham in the big blind. The J♥7♦5♣ flop saw Dimitrios Kilintaris bet 3,500 and Brian Andrews called. Gorham check-raised to 16,000 and Boujenah folded while the other two players called.
No more betting action followed on the 9♣ turn and 9♥ river for Gorham to reveal the 7♠5♥. Kilintaris had that beat with the A♣J♦ to claim the last pot before their table broke.
Brian Wardrup raised to 2,600 from the button and faced a three-bet from Namhyung Kim in the small blind to 8,500. Wardrup made the call, and the players saw the flop of 3♥7♣K♦.
Namhyung Kim bet out for 4,500, and Wardrup called. The turn brought the A♠and both players checked to see the 5♠ fall on the river.
Wardrup was a bit shocked when he saw Namhyung Kim table A♣6♥ for the ribvered gutshot straight as we pithed his cards into he much.