2025 World Series of Poker
Carlos Erarte raised it up in the hijack and Benedetto Bianco three-bet from the cutoff. Erarte just called and the dealer fanned the flop of A♣J♥10♥. The two players quickly got all of their chips in the middle and it was Erarte at risk for around 50,000.
Carlos Erarte: J♠J♦
Benedetto Bianco: A♠A♦
Both players flopped a set but it was Bianco who was in charge with his set of aces. The 4♠ and 7♦ runout did not provide Erarte with the one outer that he needed in order to stay alive.
Ian Hapgood was all in for his final 86,000 from the cutoff, at risk against the covering stack of Brandon Estrada on the button.
Ian Hapgood: J♠J♦
Brandon Estrada: A♠K♣
It was a coinflip with massive implications with almost 90 big blinds in the middle as the A♥ appeared in the window followed by the 9♠ and 7♠ as Hapgood stood up from his chair. He could not find the needed improvement on the 5♦8♠ runout as he sportingly shook his opponents' hands in a classy exit.
San Kim raised to 5,000 in middle position. Caleb Ralston called in the small blind, and Timothy Lee defended his big blind. The flop fell Q♥A♣K♥. Ralston checked to Lee, who promptly piled in his remaining 22,500 chips.
Kim called, causing Ralston to get out of the way.
Timothy Lee: A♥9♦
San Kim: J♠10♥
Kim had flopped the nuts, but Ralston turned some outs on the 7♥. The 6♣ river did not bring a heart, however, and Lee shook his head as he departed the tournament area, seeing Kim sit on a massive stack of over 400 big blinds.
Action was picked up in a pot between three players with Luiz Antonio Silva Constantino in the small blind, Jesse Kertland under the gun, and David Jackson in middle position.
Constantino checked the flop of Q♠7♦5♠ over to Kertland who bet 7,000, prompting Jackson to raise to 25,000. Constantino moved all in for 54,500 and both Kertland and Jackson called.
Kertland checked the 6♣ turn, which saw Jackson bet 80,000 and Kertland folded.
Luiz Antonio Silva Constantino: A♠4♠
David Jackson: 7♠7♣
The river 6♠ did give Constantino a flush, but it was no good against Jackson's sevens full and the WSOP bracelet winner took down the pot.
Joseph Brumpacheco raised from under the gun to 4,500. Sin Ren Chen went all in for his last 8,000 chips from middle position.
Big blind Yoshihiro Morita and Brumpacheco each called.
The flop came J♠4♥6♣ and Brumpacheco bet 4,000. Morita made the call. They checked down the turn-river combo 9♣2♠.
Sin Ren Chen showed 5♣5♦. Morita turned over 10♦10♠ for a bigger pair. Brumpacheco tabled J♣10♥, having made a pair of jacks on the flop, for the best hand.