2025 World Series of Poker
Jonathan Tamayo raised to 6,000 from early position and in the hijack Alen Tenorio three-bet to 17,500. Action folded back around to Tamayo who moved all in for 107,500 and Tenorio called.
Jonathan Tamayo: 8♥8♠
Alen Tenorio: A♣K♣
The board ran out A♦J♣9♣9♠Q♥ and the aces and nines were good for Tenorio to take down the pot. The 2024 WSOP Main Event champion took his leave from the tournament, opening the opportunity for another world champion to rise.
The action was joined with 29,000 already in the pot and three players competing for it.
The flop K♠8♣2♠ had already been dealt, and action was on Tyler Shields in the small blind. He chose to check, and the big blind player then placed a bet of 22,500. Quan Tran called from middle position, and the action was back on Shields.
After a moment of consideration, Shields elected to move all in for 81,500. The big blind player folded, and action returned to an immediately pained-looking Tran, who chose to flick in the call.
Tyler Shields: K♥8♥
Quan Tran: 9♠8♠
It was two pair for Shields versus a pair and a flush draw for Tran.
The board ran out clean for Shields, the turn coming the 4♦ and the river the 9♦, and the dealer pushed the pot in his direction.
It wouldn't be Day 3 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event if Nicholas Rigby didn't have a big stack.
The Pittsburgh poker player had over 140 big blinds at the first break on Tuesday afternoon. He's no stranger to spinning up a stack in the $10,000 buy-in World Championship event, and he's doing it the same way he's done it in the past — playing any two cards aggressively.
In a pot that had around 75,000 in it on a board of K♦10♦5♥J♣K♠, Andrew Wilson bet 17,000 on the river from the cutoff. Terrance Reid then put in a raise to 65,000 before Wilson shoved.
Reid had just over 200,000 remaining in his stack and needed to put them all at risk if he wanted to go to a showdown. Instead, Reid decided to let it go, which meant Wilson took the pot.
David Jackson raised in early position to 6,000, Massoud Eskandari shoved 104,000 from the big blind, Jackson called.
Massoud Eskandari: 7♥7♦
David Jackson: A♦K♦
Great start for Jackson as the flop came 10♣4♣A♠, Eskandari could not find a seven as the board ran out 2♠Q♦, and his main event run came to an end.
Scott Boxenhorn raised to 7,000 from early position and Rahul Rastogi called in the hijack. On the button, Daune Fernandez moved all in for 48,500 and both Rastogi and Boxenhorn called.
The flop rolled out 9♦8♥2♥ and Boxenhorn check-folded to a bet of 30,000 from Rastogi.
Daune Fernandez: A♠Q♣
Rahul Rastogi: J♠J♦
Fernandez ended up improving on the 10♦J♥ runout to make a queen-high straight and he survived his all in confrontation.
Action picked up heads-up to the turn with a little under 70,000 in the middle in a hand between Juan Barattini from middle position and Tetsuya Tsujisaka from the hijack.
With the board reading 10♣6♣3♦9♠, Barattini checked to Tsujisaka who bet 30,000. Barattini responded with a check-jam for 96,000 effective as the slightly covering stack, and Tsujisaka snapped it off.
Tetsuya Tsujisaka: A♠A♥
Juan Barattini: 6♠6♦
"Are you kidding me?" Tsujisaka lamented as he saw the bad news and he sheepishly revealed his aces.
Tsujisaka pleaded with the dealer "One time, baby!" as the 5♣ landed on the river which improved neither player, and Tsujisaka's Main Event dream was cut short holding pocket aces.