2025 World Series of Poker
There were roughly 13,500 chips in the pot on 8♣10♠8♠Q♥ when Mike Matusow led for 4,500. Samuel Roussy-Majeau called in early position.
Matusow led again for 15,000 when the 3♥ hit the river, Roussy-Majeau took his time before he made the fold. Matusow tabled the a straight with 10♥9♦.
As reflected in the WSOP+ app.
Daniel Negreanu opened to 6,000 from early position and Jean-Francois Alexandre called from the cutoff. Jason Wheeler three-bet to 21,000 from the button and Negreanu folded 9♣7♣. Alexandre four-bet shoved, slightly covering Wheeler who started the hand with 123,500. Wheeler snap-called and was at risk.
Jason Wheeler: K♠K♣
Jean-Francois Alexandre: J♦J♣
Wheeler's kings held up on the 4♣9♥K♥3♦10♦ runout and he doubled up, leaving Alexandre with just over one big blind. Alexandre was eliminated shortly afterward.
Here is a look at some of the stacks in Horseshoe White, courtesy of the WSOP+ app.
Shishir Gandhi opened up to 7,000 from early position and [Removed:548] three-bet the cutoff to 24,000. When it got back to Gandhi, he put in a four-bet to 55,000. [Removed:549] didn't need too long to think before he shoved for 233,000, which gave Gandhi a tough decision.
After confirming the count, Gandhi counted out his own stack and had a little over 320,000 in front of him. A few moments later, he announced a call.
[Removed:548]: A♥K♣
Shishir Gandhi: Q♥Q♠
Gandhi had the edge with his pocket queens, but had to fade the dreaded overcards to in the pot, and if he did so, he would have heaps in front of him. [Removed:549] took a sip of coffee then watched the dealer put out a flop of 9♦4♦8♠, which wasn't great news for the Austrian player.
However, what was great news for [Removed:549] was seeing the A♠ land on the turn, which gave him top pair and left him one card away from a huge double-up. No drama arrived on the 5♦ river, and Gandhi was forced to cough up the chips and send them across the table.
Calvin Anderson raised in the cutoff and Leonard Sande defended in the big blind.
Sande checked on the flop of 5♥6♥A♠ and Anderson continued for 4,000. Sande called. Sande checked again on the K♠ turn and Anderson checked back.
Both players checked again on the 3♣ turn and Sande announced queen-high, which was good as he showed Q♥J♥ to win the pot as Anderson mucked.
Phil Hellmuth limped in from middle position, Michael Zulker limped behind from the small blind and Michael Garner checked from the big blind.
All three players checked the 6♠3♣6♣ flop leading to the 10♣ turn. Action checked around to Hellmuth who bet 8,000. Zulker called while Garner folded J♦8♣.
Both players checked the 6♥ river. Hellmuth had king-high with K♥J♠ while Zulker had Q♥10♥ for sixes full of tens to take the pot.
Michael Zulker opened to 6,500 from under the gun and Leon Sturm called from early position. Phil Hellmuth three-bet shoved for 93,000 from the hijack, Zulker called with a covering stack and Sturm mucked 8♠8♣.
Phil Hellmuth: A♠K♦
Michael Zulker: Q♠Q♦
It was a classic race that Zulker was ahead of on the 3♠4♣J♣ flop. Hellmuth became a huge favorite after making top pair on the K♣ turn, leaving Zulker drawing to just one out given that the Q♣ was folded preflop. The Q♥ river gave Zulker his one out to a set, eliminating the 17-time bracelet winner from the Main Event.