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

07-11-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Almond Adds to His Stack

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Najeeb Elkamand raised and Philip Almond called in the big blind to see a flop of 10♣2♣6♠. Almond check-called Elkamand for 31,000.

Both checked on the 7♦ turn and 3♦ river to table their cards. Almond showed A♥J♣ and it was enough for Elkamand to muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Almond	1,510,000 1,470,000	1,470,000
Najeeb Elkamand	375,000 198,500	198,500

Tags: Najeeb Elkamand Philip Almond

07-11-2025 22:27 UTC-8

Difficult Fold for Lu

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The board of 9♣K♠6♥8♥4♣ was already dealt with a pot around 250,000 when Yunye Lu checked to Baurzhan Akimov who bet 175,000.

Lu went deep into the tank and the clock was called. His hand was declared dead at the end of the countdown and Akimov grabbed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baurzhan Akimov	962,000 690,000	690,000
Yunye Lu	675,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: Baurzhan Akimov Yunye Lu

07-11-2025 22:32 UTC-8

Wong Leaves Amorella with Crumbs

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Danny Wong raised and Adrien Amorella shoved. Wong called with a lesser stack worth 306,000.

Danny Wong: K♣K♦ All in
Adrien Amorella: A♦K♠

The board didn't bring any surprise with 8♣J♦2♠4♥10♣ and Wong doubled up while Amorella was left with a very short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Wong	630,000 590,000	590,000

Adrien Amorella	58,000 98,000	98,000

Tags: Adrien Amorella Danny Wong

07-11-2025 22:36 UTC-8

Aces as Hard as Wood

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Brian Wood open shoved all in for 155,000 and got called by big blind Yannick Jobin.

Brian Wood: A♦A♣ All in
Yannick Jobin: Q♥Q♦

Wood's aces held on the board of 3♠10♦10♣3♥K♠, securing him a double up to continue his tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Wood	350,000 210,000	210,000
Yannick Jobin	240,000

Tags: Brian Wood Yannick Jobin

07-11-2025 22:45 UTC-8

Fei Spikes his Two Outer

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Myles Phago

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

Wesley Fei raised from the cutoff to 25,000, and Keven Stammen flat-called from the big blind.

The flop came 9♣5♠A♦, Stammen checked, and Fei continued for 17,000. Stammen called.

Both players checked the 8♣ turn and saw the 2♦ fall on the river. Stammen checked again to Fei, who now bet out for 125,000. Stammen thought for a while and tossed in the call.

Fei tabled A♠2♠ for a rivered two pair. "Wesley, you are balls lucky man," exclaimed Stammen as he flashed his A♣K♣ before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Fei	930,000 780,000	780,000
Keven Stammen	220,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Keven Stammen Wesley Fei

07-11-2025 22:47 UTC-8

How Much Does Gupta Really Have Behind?

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Matas Cikinas opened to 25,000 from middle position and, immediately to his left, got a three-bet from Ashish Gupta to 74,000, prompting Cikinas to ask how much he had behind. At that point Gupta had around 430,000 behind making Cikinas four-bet to 160,000.

Both players saw the flop of 2♣8♠K♠. Cikinas asked Gupta once again how much he had behind, and Gupta said around 270,000. Cikinas then bet 60,000 into the pot. Gupta once again called.

On the turn 10♣, Cikinas shoved all in for around 560,000. Gupta counted how much he had behind, went into deep thought and mucked his hand, surrendering the pot to Cikinas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matas Cikinas	980,000 940,000	940,000
Jareth East	600,000 473,000	473,000
Junqiang Lyu	540,000 401,500	401,500
Jin Lee	320,000 320,000	320,000
Yang Li	300,000 114,000	114,000
Ital Levy	200,000 135,500	135,500
Krasimir Yankov	180,000 76,500	76,500
Kane Kalas	164,000 72,000	72,000
Ashish Gupta	138,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Ashish Gupta Matas Cikinas

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

07-11-2025 22:53 UTC-8

Bar Claims Emami's Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

John Racener raised and Gal Bar three-bet on the button to 54,000. Amirpasha Emami tanked in the big blind and four-bet to 200,000. Racener folded and Bar shoved, putting Emami at risk for his last 70,000. The latter considered it for some time, hoping to reach the next payjump, and eventually called after the clack has been called.

Amirpasha Emami: K♦Q♦ All in
Gal Bar: K♠K♣

Emami didn't find any miracle on a board A♠2♠2♥6♠6♥ and made his way to the exit.,

Player	Chips	Progress
Gal Bar	640,000 385,000	385,000
John Racener	232,000 138,000	138,000

Amirpasha Emami	Busted

Tags: Amirpasha Emami Gal Bar John Racener

07-11-2025 22:56 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Newman	Busted
Gabriel Andrade	Busted
Kyle Miholich	Busted

Antonio Vargas	Busted
Marcus El-Huaick	Busted
Ryan Stiner	Busted
Simon Higgins	Busted
Amirpasha Emami	Busted
Thanh Lam	Busted
Ebony Kenney	Busted
Martin Stausholm	Busted
Michael Rossitto	Busted
Jamie Dwan	Busted
Lan Gu	Busted
Eoghan O'Dea	Busted

Adrien Amorella	Busted
Michael Wilklow	Busted

Matthew Rosanbalm	Busted
Sebastien Jung	Busted
Derek Normand	Busted
Ilija Savevski	Busted

Alessandro Siena	Busted
David Van Noy	Busted
Robert Natividad	Busted
Vlad Darie	Busted