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

07-12-2025 22:57 UTC-8

Hulme Doubles Through Castagnini

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Action was picked up with Andrew Hulme under the gun with 2,130,000 of his chips in the middle against Maximiliano Castagnini in cutoff.

Andrew Hulme: 9♦9♣ All in
Maximiliano Castagnini: 10♣10♠

Castagnini was ahead with his tens and looking at a potential elimination. The flop J♦J♥2♦ maintained Castagnini's lead until the turn 9♥ fell on the turn, pushing Hulme ahead. The river 3♦ fell with no consequences.

Hulme scored a double through Castagnini, who didn't seem bothered by the loss.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hulme	4,700,000 2,520,000	2,520,000
Maximiliano Castagnini	4,225,000 1,850,000	1,850,000

Tags: Maximiliano Castagnini Andrew Hulme

07-12-2025 22:58 UTC-8

Achille Chipping Up on Dong

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ning Dong started with a raise to 320,000 in early position and Jacopo Achille three-bet next to him to 755,000. It came back to Dong who called.

The flop went 9♠A♥K♠ and Dong quickly check-called Achille for 400,000.

The turn was the 2♥ and after another check from Dong, Achille fired 2,000,000. Dong didn't take long to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacopo Achille	6,920,000 880,000	880,000

Ning Dong	1,950,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Ning Dong Jacopo Achille

07-12-2025 23:03 UTC-8

Cheong Hits the Rail

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Yannick Jobin raised to 320,000 and Michel Molenaar called before Joseph Cheong decided to shove in the big blind for 2,735,000. Jobin reshoved and Molenaar let it go:

Joseph Cheong: 10♦10♠ All in
Yannick Jobin: J♦J♠

The board 9♠2♠9♥7♦3♦ brought no miracle to Cheong who made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yannick Jobin	7,950,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Michel Molenaar	3,100,000 330,000	330,000
Joseph Cheong	Busted

Tags: Michel Molenaar Joseph Cheong Yannick Jobin

07-12-2025 23:06 UTC-8

Dong Finds a Double Up on Zavoloka

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ning Dong open-shoved for a stack worth 1,895,000 and Mikhail Zavoloka decided to call in the cutoff for the following showdown:

Ning Dong: 5♠5♦ All in
Mikhail Zavoloka: A♦K♥

It was a typical flip situation, and the board 10♠5♣K♠10♣3♣ improved Dong's hand into a full house to give him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Zavoloka	10,400,000 4,900,000	4,900,000
Ning Dong	4,000,000 2,050,000	2,050,000

Tags: Ning Dong Mikhail Zavoloka

07-12-2025 23:13 UTC-8

Brown Chips at O'Hara's Stack

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Ian O'Hara opened to 325,000 in cutoff and got called by big blind Peter Brown to see a flop.

The flop dropped 5♦6♥10♠ and both players checked. After a check O'Hara fired another 325,000 on the turn 5♥ which Brown called.

Both players checked the river Q♦. Brown tabled 7♦6♣ which was enough to take the pot down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian O'Hara	10,800,000 4,150,000	4,150,000

Peter Brown	3,900,000 2,280,000	2,280,000

Tags: Ian O'Hara Peter Brown

07-12-2025 23:16 UTC-8

Beinner Puts Pressure on Molenaar

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop showed K♠4♠2♣ when Michel Molenaar checked from the big blind to Matthew Beinner who bet 155,000. Molenaar replied by raising it to 685,000 after Beinner called after a minute.

The Q♠ landed on the turn and Molenaar checked. Beinner thought about his move and announced all in. Molenaar quickly mucked his hand.

"That's a good fold " said Beinner before adding the chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beinner	4,560,000 3,510,000	3,510,000
Michel Molenaar	1,950,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Matthew Beinner Michel Molenaar

07-12-2025 23:21 UTC-8

Musa Hits a Full House to Eliminate Brown

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Bahar Musa opened to 325,000 from the hijack, then called after Peter Brown on the button jammed for 3,420,000.

Peter Brown: Q♦Q♠ All in
Bahar Musa: J♥J♠

Brown was in the lead, but Musa hit a full house on K♠8♣J♣K♣2♣ to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bahar Musa	10,800,000 6,540,000	6,540,000
Peter Brown	Busted
Roman Hrabec	Busted

Tags: Bahar Musa Peter Brown

07-12-2025 23:24 UTC-8

Cruel River for Sheva

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Artem Tuliupa jammed for 2,105,000 from the button. Milad Sheva in the small blind called off his last 1,800,000 and the big blind folded.

Milad Sheva: 7♣7♦ All in
Artem Tuliupa: Q♦J♣

Sheva was on his way to double up on 10♦A♥2♦10♠, but Sheva hit the Q♥ river to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Tuliupa	4,350,000 1,960,000	1,960,000
Milad Sheva	Busted

Tags: Artem Tuliupa Milad Sheva

07-12-2025 23:27 UTC-8

Lo Felts to Tomescu

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

All the chips went in the middle preflop in a confrontation between George Tomescu and Wai Lo, who was at risk for a stack under 4,000,000:

Wai Lo: Q♣Q♠ All in
George Tomescu: A♦K♣

Lo couldn't win the flip to survive as the board brought 8♣9♥7♠J♥K♠ and he made his way to collect his money prize.

On an other, Tzur Levy also busted and the three table redraw is now taking place.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Tomescu	10,200,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Wai Lo	Busted
Tzur Levy	Busted

Tags: George Tomescu Wai Lo

07-12-2025 23:37 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
503	1	George Tomescu	Bulgaria	11,100,000	69
503	2	Bahar Musa	Bulgaria	10,200,000	64
503	3	Ning Dong	China	2,720,000	17
503	4	Mikhail Zavoloka	Russia	11,800,000	74
503	5	Matthew Beinner	United States	4,850,000	30
503	6	Andrew Robinson	United States	2,025,000	13
503	7	Gaston Catzman	Argentina	1,875,000	12
503	8	Sihao Zhang	Luxembourg	3,300,000	21
503	9	Chunhui Ji	China	5,220,000	33
					0
513	1	Andrew Hulme	United Kingdom	4,450,000	28
513	2	Eshaan Bhalla	United States	8,950,000	56
513	3	Bogdan Munteanu	Bulgaria	10,050,000	63
513	4	Michel Molenaar	Netherlands	1,860,000	12
513	5	Ian O'Hara	United States	10,800,000	68
513	6	Artem Tuliupa	Ukraine	8,000,000	50
513	7	Xixiang Luo	China	1,800,000	11
513	8	Ankit Ahuja	India	4,700,000	29
513	9	Osmin Dardon	United States	2,900,000	18
					0
523	1	Yannick Jobin	Switzerland	8,375,000	52
523	2	Inigo Naveiro	Spain	4,400,000	28
523	3	Francisco Benitez	Uruguay	5,200,000	33
523	4	Maximiliano Castagnini	Argentina	3,225,000	20
523	5	Jacopo Achille	Italy	6,625,000	41
523	6	Luke Graham	United States	3,375,000	21
523	7	Nicolas Betbese	Spain	2,600,000	16
523	8	Dennis Ng	United States	3,000,000	19
523	9	Simon Wilson	Ireland	9,400,000	59

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Zavoloka	11,800,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
George Tomescu	11,100,000 900,000	900,000
Ian O'Hara	10,800,000

Bahar Musa	10,200,000 600,000	600,000
Bogdan Munteanu	10,050,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Simon Wilson	9,400,000 5,950,000	5,950,000
Eshaan Bhalla	8,950,000 1,270,000	1,270,000

Yannick Jobin	8,375,000 425,000	425,000
Artem Tuliupa	8,000,000 3,650,000	3,650,000
Jacopo Achille	6,625,000 295,000	295,000

Chunhui Ji	5,220,000 180,000	180,000
Francisco Benitez	5,200,000 300,000	300,000
Matthew Beinner	4,850,000 290,000	290,000
Ankit Ahuja	4,700,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Andrew Hulme	4,450,000 250,000	250,000
Inigo Naveiro	4,400,000 2,420,000	2,420,000
Luke Graham	3,375,000 2,150,000	2,150,000
Sihao Zhang	3,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Maximiliano Castagnini	3,225,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Dennis Ng	3,000,000 190,000	190,000
Osmin Dardon	2,900,000 850,000	850,000
Ning Dong	2,720,000 1,280,000	1,280,000
Nicolas Betbese	2,600,000 1,620,000	1,620,000
Andrew Robinson	2,025,000 890,000	890,000
Gaston Catzman	1,875,000 250,000	250,000

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