Event #85: $600 Ultra Stack Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-08-2025 15:11 UTC-8

Rheem is in the House

Myles Phago

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Action was joined with the pot at well over 1,000,000, and the board reading 6♦5♦5♠8♦3♠. Chao Lu was deep in the tank before he announced that he was all-in.

Chino Rheem double checked his cards and then the board before he made the call and tabled A♦2♦ for the nut flush. Lu mucked his cards, and the massive pot was shipped to Rheem.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	2,750,000 2,750,000	2,750,000
Chao Lu	320,000 1,055,000	1,055,000

Tags: Chao Lu Chino Rheem

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

07-08-2025 14:51 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Roei Simantov	3,900,000 450,000	450,000
Delano Jackson	3,800,000 3,320,000	3,320,000
Terence Etim	3,420,000 2,145,000	2,145,000
Matthew Bonham	3,300,000 1,795,000	1,795,000
Thai Dinh	2,520,000 870,000	870,000
Rosalie Petit	2,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Trung Le	1,900,000 1,035,000	1,035,000
Andreas Mages	1,700,000 400,000	400,000
Alison Barry	1,400,000 390,000	390,000
Slobodan Stanculovic	1,215,000 275,000	275,000
Esther Riordan	1,100,000 425,000	425,000
Hyun Lee	1,025,000 515,000	515,000
Arkadiusz Rusak	780,000 345,000	345,000
Vincent Vangool	600,000 130,000	130,000
Timmothy Nance	280,000 130,000	130,000

Di Francesco Doubles with Tens

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Jacob Wilson

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Two players were holding cards as action arrived to the turn, with the board reading 10♥2♣K♠Q♥. Dieter Dechant was checked to, before he bet out for 500,000 into an already bloated pot of 800,000. His opponent, Thomas Di Francesco, decided to check-shove for his remaining 815,000. Dechant pondered his decision for a while, and eventually found the call.

Thomas Di Francesco: 10♣10♠ All in
Dieter Dechant: A♣K♣

Dechant called for a "jack one time," but the 6♥ river couldn't give him what he needed. "I told myself you had that, and I still called!" he said, frustrated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Di Francesco	2,430,000 1,925,000	1,925,000
Dieter Dechant	315,000 115,000	115,000

Tags: Dieter Dechant Thomas Di Francesco

07-08-2025 14:50 UTC-8

Arce Picks Up Some from Speer

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Myles Phago

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Aaron Speer raised to 160,000 from under the gun and found a call from Sebastian Arce on the button, the blinds folded.

The flop came 9♣3♣2♦ and Speer continued for 135,000. Arce called and both players checked the 6♦ when it came on the turn. They both knuckled the table again on the Q♥ river.

Speer flipped A♠J♣ for Ace-high, which was way behind Arce's 10♦10♣, and he was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Arce	2,650,000 1,865,000	1,865,000
Aaron Speer	1,800,000 1,575,000	1,575,000

Tags: Aaron Speer Sebastian Arce

07-08-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Keenan Knocks out Alawadhi With the Kicker

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Brendan Keenan raised to 200,000 from middle position, and Jassem Alawadhi moved all in from the big blind for 885,000. Keenan made the call.

Jassem Alawadhi: A♣J♠ All in
Brendan Keenan: A♦Q♣

The board ran out with K♦6♦10♠9♠10♥, and Keenan won with a pair of tens and with the ace and the kicker played.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendan Keenan	4,465,000 2,930,000	2,930,000
Jassem Alawadhi	Busted

Tags: Brendan Keenan Jassem Alawadhi

07-08-2025 14:36 UTC-8

The Departed

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Jacob Wilson

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Marchesano	Busted
Richard Abou	Busted
Junji Nishiyama	Busted
David Anderson	Busted
Afik Krief	Busted
Rishi Mehta	Busted
Eric Mackowitz	Busted
Elmar Isakov	Busted
Lucie Brun	Busted
Brian Trent	Busted
Seungmin Yu	Busted
Andres Vasquez Fajardo	Busted
Donald Eckert	Busted
Jonathan Kendall	Busted
Atanas Kavrakov	Busted
Terry Olson	Busted
Michael Ocampo	Busted
Hanan Ben- Abu	Busted
Dale Baum	Busted
Vuong Do	Busted
Navid Nasseri	Busted
Terri Shrum	Busted
Jason Brown	Busted
Russell Cooper	Busted
Matthew Hennessy	Busted

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07-08-2025 14:30 UTC-8

Schabcher Sends Staalager to the Rail

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Myles Phago

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

James Meachen raised from early position to 160,000 only for Thomas Staalager to three-bet all in from middle position for 830,000. In late position , Idan Schabcher then four-bet all in, and he had both players covered. Meachen folded.

Thomas Staalager: A♦K♥ All in
Idan Schabcher: Q♣Q♠

The flop came 10♠J♥6♠ and gave Staalager additional outs to stay alive, but the 6♦ on the turn didn't help, nor did the 8♦ brick on the river, and he was sent to the cage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Idan Schabcher	2,450,000 720,000	720,000
James Meachen	1,350,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Thomas Staalager	Busted

Tags: Idan Schabcher James Meachen Thomas Staalager

07-08-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Is Big-Stacked Rigby Headed for Another Deep WSOP Main Event Run?

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Jon Sofen

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

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.

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Tags: Nicholas Rigby

07-08-2025 14:20 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts According to the WSOP+ App

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Vazquez	4,900,000
Philip Black	4,895,000 4,580,000	4,580,000
Keith Schiller	4,820,000 3,615,000	3,615,000
Russell Bevan	4,800,000 3,490,000	3,490,000
Mark Epstein	4,660,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Roei Simantov	4,350,000 2,010,000	2,010,000
Justin Bassett	4,200,000 1,415,000	1,415,000

Chin Nguyen	4,015,000 3,425,000	3,425,000
Steven Stanton	4,000,000 300,000	300,000

Nam Phan	3,800,000 1,700,000	1,700,000