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

07-11-2025 12:15 UTC-8

Late Entrants

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Ju	40,000 40,000	40,000
Jikang Qu	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ryan Riess	40,000 40,000	40,000

Phua Wei	40,000 40,000	40,000
Fabrice Maltez	40,000 40,000	40,000
Cliff Josephy	40,000 40,000	40,000

Joseph Elpayaa	40,000 40,000	40,000
Evan Sandberg	40,000 40,000	40,000

Charles Phillips	40,000 40,000	40,000
Christopher Kyriacou	40,000 40,000	40,000
Sarkis Akopian	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ali Shahni	40,000 40,000	40,000
Charles Mitchell	40,000 40,000	40,000
Paulius Vaitiekunas	40,000 40,000	40,000

Nickolas Holden	40,000 40,000	40,000
Steven Wald	40,000 40,000	40,000
Sameer Batra	40,000 40,000	40,000
Sheldon Gross	40,000 40,000	40,000
Antonio Vargas	40,000 40,000	40,000
Merijn van Rooij	40,000 40,000	40,000
Gianluca Cabitza	40,000 40,000	40,000
Tomas Vaskunas	40,000 40,000	40,000
Wojciech Barzantny	40,000 40,000	40,000
Ivaylo Panev	40,000 40,000	40,000
Eric Penner	40,000 40,000	40,000

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07-11-2025 12:20 UTC-8

Geshkenbein Wins Three-Way with Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A three-way all-in situation occurred involving Vladimir Geshkenbein in middle position with 72,000, Srivinay Irrinki to his left with a slightly bigger stack, and Agustin Coelli in the cutoff with 49,000.

Agustin Coelli: A♥Q♦ All in
Vladimir Geshkenbein: A♠A♦ All in
Srivinay Irrinki: Q♥Q♣

Geshkenbein's aces held on 7♦6♦K♠6♥K♣, and he almost tripled up, while Coelli was eliminated and Irrinki was left with only 3,500. He was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Geshkenbein	200,000 132,500	132,500
David Kaufmann	18,500 18,500	18,500
Srivinay Irrinki	Busted
Agustin Coelli	Busted

Tags: Agustin Coelli Srivinay Irrinki Vladimir Geshkenbein

07-11-2025 12:29 UTC-8

Better Kicker for Beinner

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The board already read 3♥9♣8♥7♥7♦ when Claas Segebrecht bet 8,000 from the big blind. Matthew Beinner shoved on the button, and Segebrecht called with the smaller stack.

Beinner showed 10♠7♠ for trip sevens and Segebrecht quickly sent 7♣6♣ into the muck for the same hand with the dominated kicker .

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beinner	145,000 55,000	55,000
Claas Segebrecht	Busted

Tags: Claas Segebrecht Matthew Beinner

07-11-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Aces versus Kings

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Lewis Spencer opened to 5,000 in middle position and got an all-in shove from the player to his immediate left, Garry Gates, for 34,000. Small blind Fabiano Kovalski called. When action got back to Spencer, he got out of the way, leaving the other two players to head to a showdown.

Garry Gates: K♣K♦ All in
Fabiano Kovalski: A♣A♦

It was a classic kings versus aces battle, which Gates didn't expect to have very early in the day. Visibly disheartened once the hands were tabled, he watched the board get dealt, expecting the worst.

The board ran out Q♥9♣6♥7♥5♣, and Kovalski's aces held, sending Gates out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lewis Spencer	249,000 36,000	36,000
Fabiano Kovalski	162,000 84,000	84,000
Garry Gates	Busted

Tags: Fabiano Kovalski Garry Gates Lewis Spencer

07-11-2025 12:33 UTC-8

Li Finds a Small Double Up via Pochat

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a blind versus blind situation, Victor Li shoved for his last 30,000 holding 10♠9♠ and Manuel Pochat called with K♦9♦.

The board A♦J♦8♥Q♣A♠ gave the winning to Li, thanks to a straight on the turn, to double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Li	70,000 70,000	70,000
Manuel Pochat	33,000 47,500	47,500

Tags: Manuel Pochat Victor Li

07-11-2025 12:33 UTC-8

Everyone Loves a.......

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Myles Phago

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Tanner Pray raised from early position to 5,500, and the action folded around to Niall Farrell in the big blind, who made the call.

The flop came 3♣Q♠10♥, Farrell checked to Pray, who continued for 3,500, and Farrell called. The J♥ came on the turn, and again Farrell checked to Pray, who this time bet out for 15,500. Farrell made the call.

The 8♣ dropped on the river, and Farrell knuckled the table again. Pray tossed out a big bet of 50,000, and Farrell thought briefly before he made the call and tabled Q♦9♥ for a straight, but Pray tabled A♠9♣ for the same straight, and the dealer started chopping up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanner Pray	390,000 21,000	21,000
Niall Farrell	120,000 24,500	24,500

Tags: Niall Farrell Tanner Pray

07-11-2025 12:36 UTC-8

Sitbon Grabs a Pot from Kalas

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The board read 10♠J♥10♣K♦ in a heads-up pot when Julien Sitbon, in the big blind, check-called a bet worth 6,000 from Kane Kalas.

The Q♦ completed the board and both checked.

"I win," declared Sitbon, before showing K♠10♦ for a full house. Kalas sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kane Kalas	92,000 32,000	32,000
Julien Sitbon	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Kane Kalas

07-11-2025 12:37 UTC-8

Bernstein Completes his Draw

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked up with Srivinay Irrinki under the gun and Michael Bernstein on the button with their chips in the middle on a flop of Q♦J♠2♥ and a pot of around 7,500.

Srivinay Irrinki: 6♠6♣ All in
Michael Bernstein: K♣10♥

Irrinki was ahead with his sixes, but Bernstein was hoping to either hit the board with his overcards or complete his open-ended straight draw. The Q♥ turn didn't shift the lead. Bernstein completed his straight when the 9♦ fell on the river.

Irrinki stood up and verified if the dealer busted him out of the app. With registration still open, perhaps Irrinki will reenter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Bernstein	65,000 19,000	19,000
Srivinay Irrinki	Busted

Tags: Michael Bernstein Srivinay Irrinki

07-11-2025 12:41 UTC-8

Peeks Doubles Through Arnwine

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Roeland Peeks was all-in and at risk for a bit more than 40,000 from the small blind against Roeland Peeks on the button.

Roeland Peeks: 8♦8♣ All in
Justin Arnwine: A♠7♦

Peeks hit a full house on 6♥6♠J♣Q♣8♠ to secure a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Arnwine	215,000 36,000	36,000
Roeland Peeks	87,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Justin Arnwine Roeland Peeks

07-11-2025 12:52 UTC-8

Three-Way Pot for Rand

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Casey Hatmaker raised in early position to 5,500 and Mauricio Ferreira Pais called on the button before Kevin Rand decided to three-bet to 19,500 in the small blind. Hatmaker and Pais called.

The trio saw a flop 4♠Q♣8♣ and after some thinking, Rand continued for 20,000. It was enough to grab the pot without more resistance.