Action was picked up on the river, with Sam Soverel protesting that he had won the pot. The board read K♥J♠Q♣6♥5♣ and Chang Lee had A♣K♠ in front of him, as well as the pot that he had been awarded.
Soverel announced that he had king-queen, good for two pair, and that his cards had been incorrectly mucked. As the floor was on their way over, he pulled K♣Q♠ out of the muck, before explaining the situation. Lee claimed that due to having been awarded the pot, as well as the fact that his opponent's cards were mucked, he should have the pot.
Due to the all in nature of the pot, and the fact that Soverel's cards had already been face-up, it was decided that it would be him to drag in the pot. Lee left the table promptly.
Leonard Maue opened the cutoff to 50,000 and Joe Cada flatted on the button.
On the K♠J♦2♦ flop, Maue checked to Cada who bet 60,000 and Maue called.
Maue checked once more on the 5♥ turn before Cada sized up to 175,000 and Maue called again.
On the 6♥ river, Maue checked for a final time to Cada who cut out a bet of 325,000. Maue would go into the tank and burned through a time bank before he decided to flick in the call. He got the bad news as Cada tabled K♥Q♥ and his top pair was good enough for the win as he took a substantial pot off Maue.
Jesse Lonis raised to 60,000 in early position and in the small blind, Jovan Kenjic moved all in for 300,000 which saw Lonis burn a time extension before calling.
Jovan Kenjic: A♥7♥
Jesse Lonis: Q♥10♠
The board ran out 7♣5♥4♠A♠9♣ and the aces up was good for Kenjic to take down the pot.
René-Charles Angelil, son of Canadian singer Celine Dion, is singing his own tune deep in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
The 24-year-old offspring of an iconic songstress entered Thursday's Day 5 session in the $10,000 buy-in tournament with over 100 big blinds, with 522 players remaining. He has as strong a chance at winning the $10,000,000 first-place prize as anyone still standing.
Angelil doesn't just come from musical roots. His late father, René Angelil, was an avid poker player with over $750,000 in live tournament cashes, according to The Hendon Mob. Daniel Negreanu told PokerNews that the elder Angelil, who married Dion in 1994, would often stop into Bobby's Room at Bellagio to play high-stakes cash games while his wife performed at nearby Caesars Palace.
Christopher Nguyen opened the cutoff to 50,000 and was called by David Chen in the small blind and Alex Kulev in the big blind.
On the Q♠5♠5♦ flop, it checked to Nguyen who bet 25,000. Chen called all-in for 5,000 and Kulev folded.
David Chen: A♠7♣
Christopher Nguyen: 10♥8♠
Chen held through the J♠A♥ runout to double his short stack.
Two hands later, Omer Smidt opened to 55,000 from early position before Chen three-bet to 180,000 from the cutoff with 5,000 back, Smidt called before the rest went in on the flop.
David Chen: J♦J♣
Omer Smidt: A♥K♥
Things were looking grim for Chen on the K♦9♣3♣ flop. The 10♥ turn gave him a gutshot before the Q♥ river gave Chen the straight to double again.
The very next hand, Chen opened the hijack to 50,000 and Kevin Rabichow called in the big blind off a short stack.
The Q♠J♠4♠ flop checked through to the 10♣ turn which saw Rabichow jam for 190,000 and Chen snap-called.
Kevin Rabichow: J♦9♦
David Chen: A♥A♣
Rabichow had a pair and an open-ender but was behind the aces of Chen who held through the board-pairing Q♥ river to eliminate Rabichow.
Chen has gone from 55,000 to 680,000 in the span of four hands.
Martin Kabrhel opened the action under the gun with a raise to 50,000, leaving just 5,000 behind. Shoichiro Hamada called from the small blind, and Jordan Glazer did the same from the big.
Hamada bet out for 50,000 on the 9♦4♦4♠ flop, prompting a fold from Glazer. Kabrhel asked how much, before saying "I would use these," referring to his two remaining time bank chips, "but I won't, to of respect to Phil [Ivey]." He then made the call, and announced that he had "Casino Royale."
Martin Kabrhel: A♣5♦
Shoichiro Hamada: 9♥7♥
Hamada held, hitting two pair on the J♥7♦ runout to send Kabrhel to the rail.
