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

07-11-2025 15:01 UTC-8

Saleh Wins a Pot

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Oliver Bithell raised under the gun to 8,000 and got Jose Fibla and the blinds Yousef Saleh in small and Diego Serrano in the big blind to call.

The quartet saw a flop of A♥2♠7♥ and checked. Saleh led with a 7,000 bet on the turn 4♦ and pushed everyone out except for the original raiser Bithell.

Not letting up, Saleh fired another 15,000 on the river 6♠ and Bithell called. Saleh showed A♠5♣ prompting Bithell to throw his hand to the muck pile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yousef Saleh	260,000 2,000	2,000
Oliver Bithell	210,000
Diego Serrano	137,000 149,000	149,000
Jose Fibla	102,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Diego Serrano Jose Fibla Oliver Bithell Yousef Saleh

07-11-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Lee Grabs Some Chips From Bardah and Punsri

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ronnie Bardah raised to 9,000 in early position and got called by Punnat Punsri and Paul Lee in the blinds.

They checked all the way throughout the board K♦6♣4♠8♠ and a J♠ hit the river. It checked to Lee who bet 6,000 and it was enough to make Bardah and Punsri fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Bardah	345,000 131,500	131,500

Paul Lee	285,000 70,000	70,000
Punnat Punsri	111,000 71,000	71,000

Tags: Paul Lee Punnat Punsri Ronnie Bardah

07-11-2025 15:09 UTC-8

Wilson's River Shove Wins the Pot

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja started the action in late position and got called by big blind Simon Wilson to see a flop.

The flop came 4♥J♦Q♣ and got checked by both players. Wilson fired 13,000 on the turn 6♠ and Ahuja called. With only 31,000 behind, Wilson took some time to decide what to do next. After spending some time to think things over, he went all-in on the river 9♦ which made Ahuja fold immediately.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	384,000 129,000	129,000
Simon Wilson	84,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Simon Wilson

07-11-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Von Reden Doubles Through Dandrea

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Heads-up on a board of 7♣K♣Q♠5♠ with approximately 105,000 in the pot, Rene von Reden in the big blind moved all-in for 88,000. Raymond Dandrea in the hijack went deep into the tank and called.

Rene von Reden: K♦7♦ All in
Raymond Dandrea: K♥5♥

Von Reden had the best two pair. Despite asking for a five, Dandrea saw a 8♠ land on the river and let Von Reden double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene von Reden	283,000 26,000	26,000
Raymond Dandrea	5,000 45,500	45,500

Tags: Raymond Dandrea Von Reden

07-11-2025 15:18 UTC-8

Some Updated Chipcounts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	530,000 214,500	214,500
Matias Arroyo	470,000 360,000	360,000
Peter Csampai	406,000 166,000	166,000
Scott Bohlman	367,000 230,000	230,000

John Racener	300,000 158,000	158,000

Nickolas Holden	252,000 212,000	212,000
Uri Reichenstein	220,000 5,000	5,000
Stoyan Madanzhiev	156,000 98,000	98,000

Jason Somerville	153,000 153,000	153,000

Natalie Ramos	150,000 150,000	150,000
Tristan Wade	131,000 81,000	81,000

Joe McKeehen	119,000 36,000	36,000

Mike Matusow	60,000 115,000	115,000

Ebony Kenney	60,000 25,000	25,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	47,000 20,500	20,500
Julien Sitbon	31,000 14,000	14,000

07-11-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Final Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

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Myles Phago

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Registration closed for the event at the end of level 11, and the floor has just announced the final prize pool and payout structure.

A total of 1,615 players ponied up the $3,000 buy-in, generating a final prize pool of $10,137,990.

570 players will get paid with a minimum cash prize of $6,004 being awarded, but all remaining players will be eyeing up the first-place prize of a cool $1,189,408 and, of course, the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.

Full payout structure as follows:

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$1,189,408	36-44	$32,320
2	$792,714	45-53	$26,819
3	$589,980	54-61	$22,453
4	$442,604	63-71	$18,967
5	$334,718	72-80	$16,168
6	$255,186	81-89	$13,908
7	$196,145	90-98	$12,074
8	$152,009	99-143	$10,581
9	$118,785	144-188	$9,359
10-11	$93,602	189-233	$8,357
12-13	$74,383	234-278	$7,535
14-17	$59,615	279-323	$6,859
18-26	$48,190	324-377	$6,304
27-35	$39,293	378-570	$6,004

07-11-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Pais Catches Hsu's Bluff

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

PokerNews was told that the hand was a series of check-bet-call action between Kai Cheng Hsu and Mauricio Ferreira Pais that resulted in a pot worth 200,000 on a board of 8♦9♣4♦5♣J♥.

Hsu under the gun was taking his time thinking about his action when he decided to pass it on to Pais once again. Pais fired 110,000. With 192,000 behind, Hsu went into the tank once again unmoving. In the end, he decided to shove all-in making Pais go into deep thought.

After a few seconds he decided to call. Hsu showed A♦10♦ for a busted flush draw and a bluff. Pais tabled Q♦Q♥. Hsu left the table as he scooped the pot telling the table that he wasn't sure if Hsu had a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauricio Ferreira Pais	420,000 230,000	230,000
Kai Cheng Hsu	Busted

Tags: Kai Cheng Hsu Mauricio Ferreira Pais

07-11-2025 15:27 UTC-8

Massey Sends Hunichen Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action picked up with Chris Hunichen ready to leave the room, and all the cards tabled. Hunichen had 10♠9♥ and was covered by Aaron Massay who held 7♦6♦.

The board read 9♦5♦3♥8♥4♣, giving a straight on the river to Massey to eliminate Hunichen from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Massey	601,000 420,500	420,500
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Tags: Aaron Massay Chris Unichen

07-11-2025 15:28 UTC-8

Two Pair for Melogno

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Tristan Wade in the cutoff bet 8,000 on a flop of A♣8♦7♦. Sergio Aguero called from the small blind, and Pablo Melogno in the big blind called as well.

On the Q♠ turn, Melogno led out for 13,000. Wade called, but Aguero folded at this point.

Both Melogno and Wade checked the 7♣ river and Melogno flipped over Q♦8♥ for two pair. Wade looked at the board for a long moment and mucked his cards.