Carlos De Lima raised from the cutoff to 150,000, Igor Zektser called from the button, and Vivian Saliba called from the big blind. The flop came out with 10♦A♦3♣, and everyone checked.
On the turn 5♥, Saliba and De Lima checked, and Zektser used his position to bet 300,000; only De Lima called.
The river A♠ had both players check again. De Lima tabled A♥9♠4♠4♦ for trip aces, and Zektser mucked.
Davis Modans limped under the gun. Seyed Nabavi raised to 150,000 and got called by Joseph Brumpacheco on the button and David Munce in the small blind. When action went back to him, Modans re-raised to 700,000. Nabavi called making Brumpacheco and Munce fold.
The flop came A♠J♦8♠. Modans kept the heat with 1,400,000 bet. Nabavi, unfazed, called. On the turn 7♥, Modans shoved all-in for 860,000 and Nabavi snap-called.
Davis Modans: A♥A♣9♣3♣ 
Seyed Nabavi: K♠Q♥Q♠9♦
Modans flopped a set against Nabavi's pocket queens. The river 7♦ secured Modans double up by improving his hand to a full house.
The flop read Q♠8♣K♠ in a heads-up pot when Djordje Stojic checked to Carlos De Lima who sent 300,000 in the middle. Stojic shoved for not much more and De Lima snap-called:
Djordje Stojic: A♠J♣10♣10♦
Carlos De Lima: K♣J♦8♦3♥
De Lima had hit two pair and Stjic couldn't improve on the 6♣ turn and 9♠ river to be eliminated from the event.
In a heads-up hand with a pot containing already 995,000 , the flop showed K♣Q♠K♥ and Jake Parsons checked to Eemil Tuominen. The latter thought about his move and announced pot. Parsons snap-called all in for a stack worth 980,000:
Jake Parsons: Q♣Q♦7♠6♦
Eemil Tuominen: A♣A♦3♦2♦
Parsons had hit queens full but a A♥ landed on the turn to give a better boat to Tuominen, who took Parsons' bounty fter the 5♦ completed the board.
These are the latest chip counts at the dinner break as per the WSOP+ app.
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
For two decades, Tom Goldstein was at the top of the legal world. He argued more cases before the United States Supreme Court than almost any private attorney and founded SCOTUSblog, a legal blog that quickly became the go-to source for Supreme Court analysis. He lectured at Stanford University and Harvard University and regularly appeared on national news programs.
But Goldstein had another life. When he wasn’t arguing before Supreme Court justices, Goldstein was flying to Hollywood or Hong Kong and winning or losing millions in ultra-high-stakes poker matches. He played heads-up against California businessmen and foreign gamblers, at one point allegedly winning over $50 million in just a few sessions.
Goldstein’s luck turned in January 2025 when the US Department of Justice a federal grand jury initiated a 22-count indictment accusing the attorney of failing to report millions in poker winnings and diverting law firm funds to pay his personal poker debts.
In a new PokerNews video essay, we take a look at the life of Tom Goldstein and the high-stakes poker game that led to his federal indictment.
What. Just. Happened?
That’s what everyone at the WSOP Main Event feature table must’ve been asking after witnessing the biggest pot of the tournament so far in what was an absolutely wild hand that’s destined for future WSOP highlight reels.
Jeremy Kottler, an American player with over $2.5 million in live earnings, pulled the trigger on an audacious king-high bluff on Day 5 of poker's World Championship. Unfortunately for him, Yuchen Chen was holding fives full of jacks and made the call for his tournament life after spending some time in the tank.
The 4.55 million chip pot (152 big blinds) shipped Chen’s way, leaving the table and everyone else stunned. This is one hand you’ll want to read again and again.
“I probably played better than the last three I won. Everything went my way this tournament. I was always at the top of the leaderboard, never really got short, and probably played my best overall.”
That's what Michael Mizrachi had to say after he cruised to victory in Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Already sharing the record for most $50,000 Poker Players Championship victories with Brian Rast, Mizrachi now stands alone after capturing his historic fourth title on Saturday at the 2025 World Series of Poker. "The Grinder" conquered the 107-entry field, earning $1,331,322 from the $5,162,750 prize pool and further cementing his legacy as the event's most dominant force.
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