2025 World Series of Poker
David Gonia was all-in preflop for all his 385,000 chips with Andreas Christoforou making the call to try and send him home.
David Gonia: A♠K♥
Andreas Christoforou: J♣J♦
Christoforou had only a few big blinds more than Gonia, so this flip was incredibly significant for both players' Main Event. A low clean runout of 9♠2♠5♣7♥2♣ was revealed by the dealer, meaning Christoforou's jacks held up, and Gonia was out.
Thomas Boivin looked down at K♠K♥ in the hijack, raising to 55,000. Fabrice Bigot called his 7♥6♠ in the big blind, and check-called when Boivin tossed in 45,000 on the 7♦Q♦4♥ flop.
The A♦ hit the turn. Undeterred by the ace, Boivin bet 120,000, which caused Bigot to release his middle pair.
Marcelo Fernandez committed his final few blinds on the 4♠4♥8♦ flop, and he was looked up by Jose Valerio.
Marcelo Fernandez: A♠3♠
Jose Valerio: K♦J♦
Valerio found a flush on the 6♦5♦ runout, sending Fernandez to the rail.
Stefan Nemetz and Chad Power built a pot of around 350,000 as they went to a flop of Q♥9♥6♥. Power then bet 100,000 from the button and Nemetz called under the gun.
Both players checked the 7♦ turn. Nemetz then led out for 550,000 on the 8♥ river.
"Would you raise me on the flop with the ace of hearts? You can respond if you want," Power interrograted Nemetz as he tanked for several minutes. Nemetz never broke his expression and remained silent.
"So big, bro," Power added, burying his face in his hands before tossing his cards away. "If you show a bluff right now, you can blow this game open," Power told him, but Nemetz returned his cards face down.
Another player at the table then admitted he had the ace of hearts, and Nemetz could only help but smile. "He's like, 'f**k," another tablemate added.
Johan Schumacher and Jonathan Wolter got involved in a preflop raising war which resulted in Wolter putting all of his 1,610,000 chips in the middle against the bigger stack of Schumacher.
Jonathan Wolter: K♠K♥
Johan Schumacher: A♦K♦
The flop came 9♥5♣3♠ and Wolter was still in the lead with his pocket kings. The 10♦ on the turn and the J♦ on the river was not going to help Schumacher who was forced to pass over a huge double up.
Josselin Gardes opened to 50,000 from the hijack with A♥6♥ and Dmitrii Perfilev defended with Q♦6♠.
They saw a flop of 4♣3♣8♥, where both checked to the board-pairing 8♣ turn. Perfilev reached for chips and threw out 45,000, and after a long tank, Gardes folded the best hand.
In the very next hand, Steven Touitou shoved from the hijack for 265,000 and Santiago Montes called on the button.
Steven Touitou: Q♣J♥
Santiago Montes: 8♠8♥
Touitou was flipping for his Main Event life, and didn't connect with the A♠3♠6♥ flop. However, a Q♦ on the turn gave him a pair of queens and left him one card from safety. The 10♠ river didn't change anything, and Touitou survived.
Octavian Voegele raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and was called by Kevin Gundersen in the big blind.
Gunderson checked the flop of K♣4♠Q♦ before Voegele bet 40,000. Gunderson called to send them to a turn.
Both players checked the 3♥ turn.
Gunderson checked again on the 9♥ river, which led to a bet of 125,000 from Voegele on the river. Gunderson went into the tank before he decided on a call.
Voegele showed K♠J♦ and began to bring the chips in as Gunderson folded without showing.
Ben Jackson raised to 50,000, and Thi Xoa Nguyen called two seats over. David Gradic then three-bet to 200,000 in the cutoff and Jackson four-bet to 470,000 for Nguyen to fold, while Gradic called.
On the 8♦6♥6♣ flop, Jackson bet 275,000 to earn a call, and his shove on the K♠ turn for around 800,000 went through without further resistance.
Cord Garcia was all in against the bigger-stacked Sviatoslav Belov.
Cord Garcia: J♥J♣
Sviatoslav Belov: Q♦Q♥
Belov had his opponent pipped and the flop of 7♦6♣4♦ didn't change anything. However, the J♦ gave Garcia a short-lived lead before the A♦ river gave Belov the winner with a flush.
"I win? Oh, I win," reacted Belov, who was filming the action. "GG."