Alex Lynskey raised to 70,000 from the cutoff, but faced a re-raise to 220,000 from Nils Pudel in the small blind.
Lynskey paused for a moment before he jammed to put Pudel at risk. Pudel quickly folded in response to yield the pot to Lynskey.
Alex Lynskey raised to 70,000 from the cutoff, but faced a re-raise to 220,000 from Nils Pudel in the small blind.
Lynskey paused for a moment before he jammed to put Pudel at risk. Pudel quickly folded in response to yield the pot to Lynskey.
Jiwoo Hyul opened to 60,000 from middle position and Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 140,000 from the hijack. Hyul called.
The flop came 6♠4♠A♥. Hyul checked and Mizrachi bet 85,000. Hyul called.
Mizrachi continued for 125,000 when checked to on the 5♣ turn and Hyul called again. Both players then checked the 5♦ river.
Mizrachi could only show a bluff with K♥10♦ while Hyul had 6♥6♣ for sixes full of fives to take a nice pot from Mizrachi.
René-Charles Angelil, son of Canadian singer Celine Dion, is singing his own tune deep in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
The 24-year-old offspring of an iconic songstress entered Thursday's Day 5 session in the $10,000 buy-in tournament with over 100 big blinds, with 522 players remaining. He has as strong a chance at winning the $10,000,000 first-place prize as anyone still standing.
Angelil doesn't just come from musical roots. His late father, René Angelil, was an avid poker player with over $750,000 in live tournament cashes, according to The Hendon Mob. Daniel Negreanu told PokerNews that the elder Angelil, who married Dion in 1994, would often stop into Bobby's Room at Bellagio to play high-stakes cash games while his wife performed at nearby Caesars Palace.
Down to only 200,000 in chips and on the button, Patrick Mueller moved all-in and was called by Or Anavi in the big blind with the covering stack.
Patrick Mueller: 10♣6♦
Or Anavi: K♠9♥
The A♣5♥2♥ flop and 3♥ turn changed nothing and the K♥ river kept Anavi in the lead to earn the knockout with a flush.
Chris Viox raised A♠7♦ to 60,000 from the hijack and Dmitrii Perfilev called holding Q♦10♦ on the button.
On the 5♦2♦6♠ flop, Viox check-called a bet of 75,000 from Perfilev to the 6♦ turn, where Viox checked again. Perfilev then bet 215,000, and Viox called.
A K♦ on the river saw Viox complete his smaller flush, and he checked it over. Perfilev then shoved, which put Viox to the test for his last 385,000. Viox sat back, cracked his knuckles, rechecked his cards, and then called.
"Nice hand," said Viox when he saw the bigger flush of Perfilev, then he made his way to the exit.
Thomas Boivin raised to 60,000 in middle position with A♠8♠. One seat over, Stephen Hesse three-bet to 185,000, holding K♠K♣, which Boivin reraised to 490,000. After a minute of thought, Hesse called to the J♠6♥10♥ flop.
After Boivin bet 350,000, Hesse moved all in. Boivin quickly folded his ace-high, seeing the large pot shipped to Hesse without showdown.
Brian Hastings opened to 60,000 in middle position and Shoichiro Tamaki defended in the big blind.
Tamaki checked on the flop of 9♠4♦J♥ and Hastings continued for 100,000. Tamaki folded.
Chip leader Kai Yang is at the table with a stack of around 6,400,000.
Samuel Rosborough opened to 60,000 from middle position with A♠9♠ and Michael Mizrachi defended from the big blind with A♣10♦.
The flop came 3♥4♦4♣. Mizrachi checked and Rosborough bet 60,000. Mizrachi check-raised to 140,000 and Rosborough mucked his hand.
Michael Linton moved all in for his last 85,000 in the cutoff and Yuto Misaka reraised to 170,000 in the small blind. Adam Hendrix called from the big blind which created a side pot between the two blinds.
The flop came J♠4♠3♠ and Misaka continued with a bet of 80,000. Hendrix called and the 7♠ landed on the turn. Both players checked and the A♦ hit the river. Two more checks and Misaka turned over K♣J♣ which was better than the Q♣J♦ of Hendrix for the side pot. However, Linton tabled A♠3♥ for a flush to take the main pot.
Isaac Haxton was in middle position and raised to 60,000. It folded to Stephen Chidwick on the button, who jammed in his stack of 375,000. Small blind Jeremy Kottler thought for some time before he committed his stack of 335,000, and Haxton snap-called to put both players at risk.
Jeremy Kottler: A♥J♥
Stephen Chidwick: 5♥5♦
Isaac Haxton: K♦K♣
Haxton flopped top set on 3♥K♠6♥, but Kottler's flush draw completed on the 9♥ turn to take the lead. The 6♦ river paired the board, turning Haxton's set into a full house.
Chidwick and Kottler packed their bags as Haxton shipped the pot, chipping up to over 125 big blinds.