Event #87: $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-08-2025 19:46 UTC-8

Nazarenko Continues to Build Big Stack and Knocks Out Li

Erick Torres

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ruslan Nazarenko opened to 20,000 from the hijack before Yingui Li decided to play for it all with an all-in for 93,000. Nazarenko paused a moment before making the call to put Li at risk.

Yingui Li: A♥5♦ All in
Ruslan Nazarenko: K♠6♦

Li held the best hand preflop, but the flop was not in his favor as it came 9♠K♥J♦ to give Nazarenko the lead.

The 5♥ turn gave Li some additional outs, but the 8♣ river did not deliver on any of those outs to send Li out of the tournament.

Nazarenko, with that knockout, is nearing the million chip mark as he continues to build a formidable stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruslan Nazarenko	980,000 980,000	980,000
Yingui Li	Busted

Tags: Ruslan Nazarenko Yingui Li

07-08-2025 19:45 UTC-8

Marques Hits the River to Eliminate Dwyer

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Pedro Marques opened to 24,000 from the cutoff. Michael Dwyer on the button raised all-in for 96,000. Marques asked for the count and called.

Michael Dwyer: 6♥6♠ All in
Pedro Marques: K♠Q♥

Dwyer was on his way to double up on a board of 2♦A♣8♥J♥, but Marques hit the K♥ river to take his bounty and send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Marques	520,000
Michael Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Michael Dwyer Pedro Marques

07-08-2025 19:43 UTC-8

Bernhauser Climbs in the Counts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Brian Schaffer raised and John Duci shoved for a stack around 160,000 in the cutoff. Fabian Bernhauser, who already won three big pots in a row, reshoved in the small blind with the biggest stack. Schaffer tanked for some time and eventually folded:

John Duci: J♠J♥ All in
Fabian Bernhauser: Q♣Q♠

Both players hit the flop but Bernhauser hit best on J♣Q♥9♦3♣K♥, who added another bounty to his stack. Schaffer told the table he folded 8x8x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Bernhauser	715,000 715,000	715,000
Brian Schaffer	330,000 330,000	330,000
John Duci	Busted

Tags: Brian Schaffer Fabian Bernhauser John Duci

07-08-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Eliminations Before the Bubble

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eracles Panayiotou	Busted
David Levy	Busted
Michael Rocco	Busted

Daniel Palau Vicente	Busted
Niko Koop	Busted
Georgios Sotiropoulos	Busted

Steve Gallo	Busted
Paulino Dias	Busted
Zachary Camp	Busted
John Hennigan	Busted

Brian Rast	Busted

Kazuomi Furuse	Busted
Cherish Andrews	Busted
Blake Bohn	Busted
Kane Kalas	Busted
Vlad Darie	Busted

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Paulius Vaitiekunas	Busted

Yoshitaka Okawa	Busted
Michael Rodrigues	Busted

Barak Wisbrod	Busted

Douglas Lang	Busted
Noah Schwartz	Busted

Stanley Tang	Busted
Alon Assedou	Busted

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Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

07-08-2025 19:38 UTC-8

Kamel Busts Rocco and Vicente

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tamer Kamel raised to 25,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Palau Vicente shoved on the button for around 165,000, followed by Michael Rocco in the big blind with a shorter stack. Kamel made the call and they showed their cards:

Michael Rocco: Q♦9♠ All in
Daniel Palau Vicente: Q♣J♥ All in
Tamer Kamel: A♦10♥

Kamel stayed ahead throughout the board 4♠K♦7♦6♦4♦, improving into the nut flush to bust his two opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamer Kamel	620,000 555,000	555,000
Michael Rocco	Busted

Daniel Palau Vicente	Busted

Tags: Michael Rocco Tamer Kamel Daniel Palau Vicente

07-08-2025 19:34 UTC-8

Khai Gets Bounce From Sevens

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kam Khai was all in for 126,000 from the big blind and Ryan Bambrick went all in for slightly less from middle position.

Mykel Robble, who had them both covered, joined the party from the small blind.

Kam Khai: 7♠7♣ All in
Ryan Bambrick: A♦4♦ All in
Mykel Robble: A♠10♦

Khai's pair of sevens held up through the runout of 6♥K♠5♠3♥8♣, giving him a full triple-up, and knocking Bambrick out of the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kam Khai	377,000 377,000	377,000
Mykel Robble	272,000 272,000	272,000
Ryan Bambrick	Busted

Tags: Kam Khai Mykel Robble Ryan Bambrick

07-08-2025 19:33 UTC-8

Naveiro Eliminates Higgins

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Erick Torres

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Justin Saliba raised to 20,000 from under the gun to open the action. Simon Higgins opted to throw in his final 28,000 to go all-in from middle position. It folded to Inigo Naveiro on the button, who chose to raise it to 100,000. Saliba gave it some thought, but chose to fold to make the pot heads up between Higgins and Naveiro, with Higgins at risk.

Simon Higgins: K♠J♣ All in
Inigo Naveiro: K♣Q♥

Naveiro had Higgins dominated going into the runout. There was no drama as the board came out 5♣7♠5♠2♥4♥ to award Naveiro the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nichan Khorchidian	575,000 340,000	340,000
Niklas Astedt	443,000 275,000	275,000
Inigo Naveiro	428,000 387,700	387,700
Talal Shakerchi	350,000
Justin Saliba	189,000 56,000	56,000

Simon Higgins	Busted

Tags: Inigo Naveiro Justin Saliba Simon Higgins

07-08-2025 19:33 UTC-8

Brandt Double His Crumbs

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Joseph Berg

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Lawrence Brandt went all in and was at risk for his last 17,000 from late position. Javier Gomez Zapatero then went all in from the big blind for roughly 600,000, the big blind folded, and the players tabled their hands.

Lawrence Brandt: A♣Q♣ All in
Javier Gomez Zapatero: A♠3♣

The board ran out 5♠K♣7♦2♣2♥, giving Brandt a crucial double up to keep his hopes alive in Event #87.