Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-11-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Kruse Hits the Best Flush to Triple Up

Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A three-way all-in involved Ayman Alqarqaz in middle position, Nikolaos Angelou at risk for 121,000 from two seats over and Max Kruse in the hijack with 113,000.

Max Kruse: Q♥Q♠ All in
Nikolaos Angelou: 10♦10♥ All in
Ayman Alqarqaz: A♦A♣

Alqarqaz was on his way to score a double elimination, but on 9♥3♥K♥4♥2♠, both Kruse and Angelou hit a flush. Kruse had the best one so he tripled up, while Angelou was left with the side pot. "It was fun," Alqarqaz said despite losing the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Kruse	354,000 104,000	104,000

Ayman Alqarqaz	320,000 50,000	50,000
Nikolaos Angelou	36,000 181,500	181,500

Tags: Ayman Alqarqaz Max Kruse Nikolaos Angelou

07-11-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Gorelik Takes the Exit

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Luke Marsh raised to 12,000 and Albert Gorelik shoved for 43,000. It came back to Marsh who took a minute and called:

Albert Gorelik: A♠10♠ All in
Luke Marsh: J♣9♣

Gorelik was ahead at first but the board brought K♠Q♣8♣4♥10♥ to give a straight to Marsh who scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Marsh	325,000 152,500	152,500
Albert Gorelik	Busted

Tags: Albert Gorelik Luke Marsh

07-11-2025 16:58 UTC-8

Will Kassouf Wins Monster Pot with Aces vs Kings Deep in WSOP Main Event

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Eliot Thomas

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Will Kassouf was on the right side of an aces versus kings clash this time around deep in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

It’s already been a Main Event run to remember, and the controversial Englishman was in the thick of it once again during Day 6 of poker’s World Championship.

Time for a Kit Kat

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Myles Phago

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The players are now on a 20-minute break, and play is expected to resume at approximately 5:50 p.m. local time.

07-11-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Everywhere Hearts

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ran Kadur opened for 10,000 under the gun and got called by the big blind Stanley Lee to see a flop.

The flop came 2♥9♥J♥. Kadur fired anther 10,000 after action was passed to him. Lee called.

Both players checked the turn K♣ and river K♥. Lee tabled A♥2♣ for the nut flush prompting Kadur to muck and to say, "Not today."

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Kadur	195,000 50,000	50,000
Stanley Lee	185,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Stanley Lee Ran Kadur

07-11-2025 16:29 UTC-8

The Stream is More Exciting

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Play was already underway on a pot of around 60,000 and a board of A♠3♠Q♠4♥ when Joshua Abiscott bet the pot while watching the stream on the big screen. Not paying attention to his heads-up opponent, Pavels Spirins shoved all-in for around 360,000.

The dealer announcing the all-in caught Abiscott's attention who only realized then that there was a possible flush on the board. Wanting to continue watching the exciting stream, he said, "F**k it!" and made the call putting himself at risk.

Joshua Abiscott: 4♣4♠ All in
Pavels Spirins: A♥Q♥

Once the hands were tabled, all Abiscott said was, "Oh..." and prayed no ace or queen would fall on the river. The moment the K♥ was dealt, Abiscott continued watching the stream, commenting on it as the dealer pushed the pot in his direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Abiscott	340,000 198,000	198,000
Pavels Spirins	220,000 152,000	152,000

Tags: Joshua Abiscott Pavels Spirins

07-11-2025 16:28 UTC-8

Kenney Forces a Fold from Kamphues

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop showed Q♦7♣3♥ and Ebony Kenney bet 10,000, which was called by Timo Kamphues.

The turn brought the 2♦ and this time Kenney checked. Kamphues bet 13,000 and after some thinking, Kenney raised it to 41,000. It was quickly folded by Kamphues.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ebony Kenney	155,000 95,000	95,000
Timo Kamphues	119,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Ebony Kenney Timo Kamphues

07-11-2025 16:21 UTC-8

Huck Sows Some Lucky Seven Seeds

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Myles Phago

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jamie Flynn raised from early position to 10,000, and the action came around to Huck Seed in the small blind, who was deep in conversation. He did not notice the raise and moved all-in on the short-stacked Benjamin Leblond, who was in the big blind. Leblond folded.

This sent Flynn into some confusion, and friendly discussions started as to whether Huck would ever make this move knowingly or not. Flynn eventually made the call to put Seed at risk.

Huck Seed: A♦7♦ All in
Jamie Flynn: A♠J♠

Just the flop Seed was after came in, A♥K♠7♥, and when the 7♣ peeled off on the turn, Flynn was drawing dead and Seed was guaranteed a double up. The 8♠ river sealed the deal, and Seed's chips were blooming as he was pushed the pot for a double up and more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huck Seed	356,000 263,000	263,000

Jamie Flynn	110,000 110,000	110,000
Benjamin Leblond	26,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Benjamin Leblond Huck Seed Jamie Flynn

07-11-2025 16:15 UTC-8

New Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Kyosev	Busted
Stevan Chew	Busted
Calin Ciolte	Busted
Paul Hofer	Busted

Andrew Frankenberger	Busted

Vincent Robert	Busted
Monika Zukowicz	Busted
Connor Daynard	Busted
Orion Gallagher	Busted
Hannes Jeschka	Busted
Theo Arnoldi	Busted
Phua Wei	Busted
Yilong Wang	Busted

Murray Lowe	Busted
Derek Stark	Busted
Zichuan Huang	Busted
Judah Chambers	Busted
Grant Wang	Busted
Jans Arends	Busted

Florian Duta	Busted
Gabriel Moura	Busted
Nicolas Godard	Busted
Mehmet Deniz	Busted
Fabian Niederreiter	Busted
John Ciccarelli	Busted

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