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

07-12-2025 18:15 UTC-8

Stout's Stack Thinner

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Matthew Stout opened to 130,000 under the gun and got two callers. Simon Wilson called in the hijack and Noel Eicher in the big blind.

The flop came 4♣2♠7♦. After a check, Stout continued with 175,000. Both Wilson and Eicher continued to hang on.

Relentless, Stout bet 420,000 on the turn 10♦ after action was passed to him again. Wilson pushed back with 1,000,000. Eicher got out of the way sending Stout to the tank.

After a few seconds, Stout conceded his hand and the pot to Wilson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	6,775,000 875,000	875,000
Noel Eicher	4,300,000 2,650,000	2,650,000

Matthew Stout	2,600,000 480,000	480,000

Tags: Matthew Stout Noel Eicher Simon Wilson

07-12-2025 18:23 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	6,800,000 25,000	25,000
Chunhui Ji	4,880,000 420,000	420,000
Noel Eicher	4,240,000 60,000	60,000

Andrew Yee	4,000,000 2,970,000	2,970,000
James Mackey	3,900,000 2,100,000	2,100,000

Jacopo Achille	3,450,000 1,650,000	1,650,000

Xixiang Luo	3,400,000 2,550,000	2,550,000

Dennis Ng	2,600,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Nicolas Betbese	1,950,000 300,000	300,000
Matthew Stout	1,830,000 770,000	770,000
Naor Slobodskoy	1,780,000 120,000	120,000
Wai Lo	1,410,000 65,000	65,000
Andrew Robinson	660,000 45,000	45,000
Elvyn Bello	530,000 845,000	845,000
Tzur Levy	500,000 100,000	100,000
Ryan Laplante	156,000 1,284,000	1,284,000

Naveiro's Takes the Pot

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Todd Ivens opened on the button to 120,000 and got called by the blinds - Inigo Naveiro in small and Artem Tuliupa in the big blind.

The trio saw a flop of 4♠2♣9♥ and checked all the way to the turn Q♣.

On the river 3♠, Naveiro tested the waters with a 100,000 which was enough to take the pot down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Inigo Naveiro	3,700,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Artem Tuliupa	2,400,000 560,000	560,000
Todd Ivens	1,200,000 740,000	740,000

Tags: Artem Tuliupa Inigo Naveiro Todd Ivens

07-12-2025 18:26 UTC-8

Cheongs Sends Almeida Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Joseph Cheong raised and Pablo Almeida decided to shove on the button for a stack around 450,000. Cheong immediately called and the hands were turned up.

Pablo Almeida: K♥9♥ All in
Joseph Cheong: A♦A♣

Almeida didn't find any miracle as the board fell 9♠2♣Q♠3♣Q♣ and made his way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	3,540,000 1,140,000	1,140,000

Pablo Almeida	Busted

Tags: Joseph Cheong Pablo Almeida

07-12-2025 18:28 UTC-8

Unkillable Punjarojanakul

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tanupat Punjarojanakul open-shoved all-in for 505,000 in late position and got one caller in James Mackey.

Tanupat Punjarojanakul: A♣10♠ All in
James Mackey: A♦Q♦

The table was all chatty talking about some previous events. With the two paying more attention to the stories, the dealer dealt the board of 8♣7♠6♠8♠Q♠. When the deal was done, Punjarojanakul said he had a flush and scooped the pot as the conversation continued.

Eshaan Bhalla, who was leading the conversation, commented "Man, you're unkillable!"

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mackey	3,750,000 150,000	150,000

Tanupat Punjarojanakul	1,100,000 740,000	740,000

Tags: Tanupat Punjarojanakul James Mackey Eshaan Bhalla

07-12-2025 18:29 UTC-8

Rast Scores an Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Three-way on a flop of 9♥10♦K♦, Eduards Rakuss was already all in and at risk for 400,000. Brian Rast was in early position and Nicolas Betbese on the button. Both checked to find the 3♠ turn where Rast bet 300,000. Betnese called.

The 7♦ river completed the board, and Rast moved all in, making Betbese quickly fold.

Eduards Rakuss: A♦J♥ All in
Brian Rast: K♠J♠

Rast hit top pair to beat Rakuss' ace-jack and send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	4,250,000 2,050,000	2,050,000

Nicolas Betbese	975,000 975,000	975,000
Eduards Rakuss	Busted
Dan Stavila	Busted
Gary Hasson	Busted
Andres Vasquez	Busted
Matt Glantz	Busted

Tags: Brian Rast Eduards Rakuss Nicolas Betbese

07-12-2025 18:30 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The remaining players are now on their way to a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 8:30 p.m. at blinds 40,000/ 80,000 with an 80,000 ante.

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

07-12-2025 19:34 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Here are the updated chip counts according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	10,330,000 3,530,000	3,530,000
Jacopo Achille	5,550,000 2,100,000	2,100,000

Yannick Jobin	5,150,000 3,050,000	3,050,000
Chunhui Ji	5,035,000 155,000	155,000
Eshaan Bhalla	4,530,000 3,280,000	3,280,000

Maximiliano Castagnini	4,500,000 1,320,000	1,320,000
Brian Rast	4,350,000 100,000	100,000

Mikhail Zavoloka	4,030,000 1,930,000	1,930,000
Andrew Yee	4,000,000
James Mackey	3,910,000 160,000	160,000

Inigo Naveiro	3,900,000 200,000	200,000
Xixiang Luo	3,625,000 225,000	225,000

Roman Hrabec	3,425,000 1,425,000	1,425,000

Francisco Benitez	3,340,000 540,000	540,000
Peter Brown	3,305,000 295,000	295,000
Michel Molenaar	3,295,000 695,000	695,000
Ankit Ahuja	3,255,000 645,000	645,000
Dennis Ng	3,190,000 590,000	590,000
Ning Dong	3,050,000 710,000	710,000
Ryan Laplante	2,755,000 2,599,000	2,599,000

Oliver Bithell	2,655,000 655,000	655,000
Ian O'Hara	2,600,000 540,000	540,000

Sihao Zhang	2,500,000 1,660,000	1,660,000
Junqiang Lyu	2,435,000 125,000	125,000
Bahar Musa	2,280,000 780,000	780,000

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07-12-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Bhalla Knocks Csampai Out

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

After some betting, all the chips went in the middle preflop between Peter Csampai, who was at risk with a stack of around 1,600,000, and Eshaan Bhalla, who had him covered.

Peter Csampai: A♥Q♣ All in
Eshaan Bhalla: 10♠10♥

Csampai couldn’t improve on a board K♠9♦6♥4♦3♣ and was sent to the rail.