Event #84: $1,000 No-Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-04-2025 20:23 UTC-8

Angel Lopez Wins a Small Pot

Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Angel Lopez opened from the cutoff to 2,000 and got only one call from Christopher Hancock in the small blind. The dealer revealed the flop 7♠K♦4♦.

Lopez threw again 2 yellow chips of 1,000 in the pot, and Hancock called again. The turn showed Q♦ and both players checked to the river 8♦ and checked. Lopez flipped his cards Q♥10♥ and Hancock mucked his straight away. This was a small win for Lopez.

Angel Lopez's total live winnings are $345,718, and his best live cash is $32,379. Lopez played a lot of online WSOP bracelet events in 2024, with great results. Hopefully, he can mimic this journey in this live tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angel Lopez	28,000 8,000	8,000
Christopher Hancock	16,000 16,000	16,000

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07-04-2025 20:19 UTC-8

Deeb Re-Enters after Running into Kings

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Shaun Deeb opened to 2,000 from under the gun and Oleg Vasylchenko three-bet to 5,500 from the cutoff. Deeb four-bet to 14,000 and Vasylchenko asked Deeb "How much behind?", with Deeb responding "About 50k".

Vasylchenko five-bet jammed for his remaining 80,000 stack, and Deeb snap called.

Shaun Deeb: Q♠Q♣ All in
Oleg Vasylchenko: K♣K♦

Deeb was behind and didn't find any help on the J♥2♥4♦ flop.

Vasylchenko stayed ahead on the A♣ turn and 5♠ river, sending Deeb to the rail.

Deeb rebought and took a new seat in the tournament only moments later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Vasylchenko	143,000 143,000	143,000
Shaun Deeb	20,000 20,000	20,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

07-04-2025 19:52 UTC-8

Joseph Curcio

160,800 14,200

Table 100Seat 1

07-04-2025 19:46 UTC-8

Break

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The remaining 885 players are going on a 15-minute break.

07-04-2025 19:44 UTC-8

Fung Builds an Early Stack; Marchesano Restarts

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Altynai Fung has built an early stack in the tournament and currently sits high within the counts. Katharina Clark also joins her on the felt at the same table. Clark isn't a regular to the WSOP, with this being her largest recorded tournament buy in. Her first recorded event was back in 2016 where she min-cashed the WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Tag Team event. Since then, she hasn't been seen on the felt at the WSOP. They are in good company with many other notable ladies in the tournament.

Fung took a small tumble when she doubled up Vincent Marchesano after Marchesano moved all in from the cutoff for 9,000 and Fung called on the button.

Vincent Marchesano: Q♠J♠ All in
Altynai Fung: A♠10♣

Despite Fung looking at a straight draw on the K♦Q♥2♠ flop, Marchesano had picked up queens and held on the 10♥ 9♣ runout.

Marchesano left the hand with starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Altynai Fung	93,000 93,000	93,000
Olga Iermolcheva	78,000 78,000	78,000
Haruna Fujita	51,000 51,000	51,000
Shoko Asano	40,000 40,000	40,000
Katharina Clark	38,000 38,000	38,000
Vincent Marchesano	20,000 20,000	20,000
Gabrielle Westbrook-Patrick	18,000 2,000	2,000
Wenyan Liao	15,300 15,300	15,300

Tags: Altynai Fung Katharina Clark Vincent Marchesano

07-04-2025 19:25 UTC-8

Joseph Curcio

114,800 24,900

Table 100Seat 1

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-04-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Simba Taking the Lion's Share?

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jae Kyung Sim is an avid poker player who you can find in every corner of the world. From Australia to Italy in the US, and the Pacific. His best live cash is currently $103,256. And his total winnings are $1,171,159.

He cashed in on a few events in this World Series, but no final tables so far. His nickname is Simba. Let’s see if we see him roaring at this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jae Kyung Sim	25,500 25,500	25,500

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07-04-2025 18:52 UTC-8

End of the Road for Eriquezzo; Notable Entries After the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Alessandro Pichierri and Jinlong Hu have taken their seats in this two-day tournament, adding more competition to the field. Ryan Eriquezzo also entered the field early and re-bought, but had no luck and left the field in the first level after the break.

All three recently took part in one of the starting flights of the WSOP Main Event and successfully bagged chips, securing their spots in Day 2a. That next stage kicks off just a day after this tournament wraps up, making for a packed few days for these players.

Matt Glantz has also joined the field. He's already had a very strong summer, finishing 3rd in the $500 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus event and earning $273,260.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Pichierri	20,000 20,000	20,000

Jinlong Hu	20,000 20,000	20,000

Michael Rodrigues	20,000 20,000	20,000

Vineet Pahuja	20,000 20,000	20,000

Loc Nguyen	20,000 20,000	20,000

Drew Oconnell	20,000 20,000	20,000

Matt Glantz	20,000

Ryan Eriquezzo	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Jinlong Hu Matt Glantz Ryan Eriquezzo