2025 World Series of Poker
Nicholas Sena-Hopkins opened to 1,600 in the hijack and was called by Salah Nimer on the button along with the small blind. Jacob Bazeley reraised to 8,000 in the big blind and was called by Sena-Hopkins and Nimer.
The three players saw a flop of 8♦5♣3♣ and the action checked around to the A♣ on the turn. Nimer was the first to take a stab at the pot with a bet of 3,200 on the turn. Bazeley called and Sena-Hopkins got out of the way.
The river was the 6♣ and both players tapped the table with four clubs on the board. Bazeley turned over K♠J♣ for a flush and Nimer flashed his A♠ before his cards went into the muck.
Roberto Martinez raised in middle position to 2,000, and only Jeffrey Berwick made the call, defending his big blind.
Martinez continued for another 2,000 on the 2♥6♦9♥ flop, which Berwick called.
It was the same strategy on the turn, as when Berwick checked, Martinez bet 2,000 for a third time. This time, though, Berwick upped the ante, check-raising to 8,000. Martinez called, and they headed to a river.
The dealer burned and turned the 9♣, and both players hit the brakes, checking one after the other.
Jeffrey Berwick flipped over A♣10♣, which was unable to beat the 8♥8♣ of Martinez.
On a flop of 4♠7♠8♥, Diego Porta got his stack of 18,200 into the middle from the big blind against Dina Olano on the button.
Diego Porta: 8♦4♦
Dina Olano: 9♠9♥
Porta was ahead with top and bottom pair against the overpair of Olano. The rest of the board ran out A♠A♦, counterfeiting Porta's two pair. Porta was out and Olano added to her stack.
Action picked up three-ways to the turn with the board reading J♣8♠8♥7♠ as Youcef Zalagh led for 3,000 from the big blind. Hieu Le called in the cutoff, as did Stephen Zipprich on the button.
On the 7♣ river, the action checked around as Zalagh announced queen-high, Le announced ace-high, and Zipprich tabled his ace-high.
Hieu Le: A♠5♠
Stephen Zipprich: A♥10♣
Everyone made it to the river without connecting to the board directly, and the pot was chopped by the two ace-highs.
Three ways on a flop of K♣2♣Q♥, Carl Brewington and Gus Hansen were already all in against Luciano Sztulman, who had both players covered. Hansen had the smallest stack with a bit over 30,000, while Brewington had well over 100,000.
Gus Hansen: A♠K♥
Carl Brewington: K♠Q♦
Luciano Sztulman: A♣Q♣
Brewington had the best of it with two pair against Hansen's top pair and Sztulman's middle pair with a flush draw, but the 2♠A♥ runout paired both Sztulman's and Hansen's ace — leaving Hansen best with top two pair for the main pot while Sztulman took the side with aces and queens.
Michael Caputo opened to 1,600 from under the gun and Yosef Kamil called from the hijack. Aviv Raff also defended the big blind.
The K♠7♥Q♣ flop was checked to see the 9♦ turn.
Raff and Caputo checked, Kamil bet 2,500, and only Caputo called.
The J♥ river saw Caputo check, Kamil bet 8,500, and Caputo folded after around a minute.
Shyam Srinivasan raised to 2,000 and was called by Joshua Abiscott and Andjelko Andrejevic in the blinds. The K♥Q♦Q♣ flop was checked and Abiscott also checked the 7♠ on the turn. Andrejevic bet 2,000 and picked up two calls.
On the A♠ river, Abiscott checked and Andrejevic bet 6,000. Srinivasan folded and Abiscott called to see his table neighbour Andrejevic muck and forfeit the pot.
Maurice Hawkins raised to 3,000 in the cutoff. Andrew Edlin, seated next to Hawkins on the button, hesitated for a bit, then raised to 9,000.
Robert Holben, playing from the big blind, popped it to 22,000 chips with a four-bet.
Hawkins bowed out. Edlin went all in for 34,100. Holben called.
Andrew Edlin: A♥A♣
Robert Holben: Q♥Q♦
The runout Q♣J♠10♦K♣3♥ was dramatic, with Holben flopping a set and Edlin turning a straight to save his aces from being cracked.