Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-10-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Barnett Wins Four-Way All-in with Trips

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Stanislav Barshak under the gun, Pei Li, Tristen Barnes all limped. With action to cutoff, Matthew Barnett bet the pot worth 260,000. Barshak and Li called. Barnes with only 315,000 thought for a few seconds then called.

Fireworks began when the dealer flopped 3♦5♥8♥. Barshak announced all-in. Li announced all-in right after, Barnes, with a sheepish smile threw in his remaining chips and Barnett took a millisecond to call.

Tristen Barnes: Q♠Q♥10♦9♥ All in
Stanislav Barshak: Q♣J♥9♦8♠ All in
Matthew Barnett: A♠A♦8♣7♣ All in
Pei Li: 6♥5♣4♦2♦

Barnett was ahead with aces. And the runout 10♠8♦ improved his hand to trips of eight. Barnett scooped the huge pot and ended Barnes and Barshak's tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Barnett	3,200,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Pei Li	1,850,000 700,000	700,000

Tristen Barnes	Busted
Stanislav Barshak	Busted

Tags: Matthew Barnett Pei Li Stanislav Barshak Tristen Barnes

07-10-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Santos Eliminated in Four-way Pot

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action was picked up after all the preflop betting, as Gregory Fournier was in late position and had called the shoves from the cutoff for 225,000, Adrian Santos, and the big blind, Izotov Pavel, for 345,000. Rich Alsup also called both the shoves, and it was four-way to the flop with two players all-in.

Fournier and Alsup checked down the board of 8♥9♣7♠J♣8♠

Adrian Santos: A♥Q♣J♥2♣ All in
Izotov Pavel: J♦7♣7♦6♣ All in
Gregory Fournier: K♥Q♦7♦3♥
Rich Alsup: A♠A♦K♣4♦

Pavel was the winner with his full house of sevens full of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Fournier	2,855,000 555,000	555,000
Rich Alsup	1,300,000 767,000	767,000

Izotov Pavel	1,205,000 655,000	655,000
Adrian Santos	Busted

Tags: Adrian Santos Gregory Fournier Izotov Pavel Rich Alsup

07-10-2025 16:46 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The 116 players are now heading to a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume at 6:46 p.m. at blinds 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante.

07-10-2025 17:21 UTC-8

ICYMI: Michael Mizrachi Wins FOURTH $50,000 Poker Players Championship

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Lyle Bateman

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

“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.

Find the Full Recap Here

07-10-2025 17:23 UTC-8

Player Bluffs 150 Big Blind Pot into Full House Deep into WSOP Main Event

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Calum Grant

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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.

Read the wild hand here

07-10-2025 17:30 UTC-8

The SCOTUS Lawyer Who Won $50m Playing Poker—And Got Indicted

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Lyle Bateman

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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.

Watch the Video Essay Here!

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

07-10-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts at Dinner Break (full)

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Myles Phago

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

These are the latest chip counts at the dinner break as per the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seyed Nabavi	6,375,000 3,525,000	3,525,000
Carlos De Lima	5,180,000 5,087,000	5,087,000
Andrew Yee	4,570,000 920,000	920,000
Jack Moore	4,370,000 680,000	680,000
Nelson Chelini	4,315,000 1,115,000	1,115,000
Sergio Torres	4,270,000 3,050,000	3,050,000
Eemil Tuominen	4,255,000 2,774,000	2,774,000
Quan Tran	4,220,000 2,020,000	2,020,000

Vincent Moscati	4,135,000 335,000	335,000
Valentin Zapata	3,735,000 2,968,000	2,968,000
Daniel Willis	3,600,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Nick Guagenti	3,580,000 370,000	370,000

Paul Fisher	3,380,000 2,330,000	2,330,000
Jose Ramos	3,250,000 1,920,000	1,920,000
Nick Marchington	3,240,000 640,000	640,000
Gregory Wish	3,225,000 1,526,000	1,526,000
Matthew Barnett	3,200,000
Jonathan Wisbey	3,145,000 2,578,000	2,578,000
David Munce	3,080,000 1,680,000	1,680,000
Richard Harroch	3,000,000 2,682,000	2,682,000
Davis Modans	2,960,000 965,000	965,000
Lawrence Brandt	2,945,000 1,245,000	1,245,000

Gregory Fournier	2,880,000 25,000	25,000
Moonho Seo	2,830,000 1,330,000	1,330,000
Michael McNicholas	2,830,000 490,000	490,000

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07-10-2025 17:59 UTC-8

Early Post Dinner Bust Outs

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Myles Phago

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christos Argyriadis	Busted
James Tian	Busted
Jake Parsons	Busted
Adnan Yahya	Busted
Alan Engel	Busted

Michael Moncek	Busted

Aharon Tsveniashvili	Busted
Davin Anderson	Busted
Adrian Santos	Busted
Yi Li	Busted
Stanislav Barshak	Busted

Tristen Barnes	Busted

07-10-2025 17:59 UTC-8

Tuominen Busts Parsons in Cruel Fashion

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

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♦ All in
Eemil Tuominen: A♣A♦3♦2♦