Event #92: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-12-2025 13:43 UTC-8

Mandavia Takes Chips from Iyer

Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop, with a board reading 8♣5♠7♣, Ankush Mandavia in the big blind bet to 28,000. Abhinav Iyer, to the left of him, called to see the turn 9♥.

On the turn, Mandavia chose to bet 60,000, and Iyer paid. The river showed K♦. Both players checked, once Mandavia showed his K♠J♣, Iyer threw his cards away, and watched how the pot moved to Mandavia.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankush Mandavia	440,000 91,000	91,000

Abhinav Iyer	320,000 118,000	118,000

Tags: Abhinav Iyer Ankush Mandavia

07-12-2025 13:41 UTC-8

Lynn Doubles of Kébé

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Michael Lynn moved all in from the small blind with his final 142,000 chips. Jimmy Kébé, from the button, was the lone caller.

Michael Lynn: A♥K♠ All in
Jimmy Kébé: A♦10♦

Lynn's king kicker came into play in a runout of 8♥8♣9♥A♣3♥, which gave him a full double-up and new tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Kebe	515,000 310,000	310,000
Michael Lynn	358,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Michael Lynn Jimmy Kébé

07-12-2025 13:40 UTC-8

Latest Level 20 Casualties

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Lopez	Busted
Ren Lin	Busted

Santiago Plante	Busted
Ravi Raghavan	Busted
Alex Lindop	Busted

Gregory Jensen	Busted

Aaron Thivyanathan	Busted
Noam Muallem	Busted
Balakrishna Patur	Busted
Ren Jin	Busted
Zihao Wang	Busted
Mark Bernstein	Busted
James Mendoza	Busted
Tom McEvoy	Busted

Robert Zeidman	Busted
Marvin Rettenmaier	Busted
Nariman Yaghmai	Busted
Jae Shin	Busted
Brandon Sheils	Busted
Jair Fajardo	Busted
Ritvars Cekalins	Busted
Anur Chandorkar	Busted

07-12-2025 13:39 UTC-8

Choffardet Picks up Chips

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

John Vandaele raised to 24,000 under the gun. Mathieu Choffardet went all in from the small blind with some 200,000 chips and Vandaele made the call.

Mathieu Choffardet: A♠Q♦ All in
John Vandaele: 6♠6♥

Choffardet came from behind to win the race with the runout hitting him on the flop on a board of 8♣10♦A♥5♠4♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Choffardet	375,000 19,000	19,000
John Vandaele	299,000 195,000	195,000

Tags: Mathieu Choffardet John Vandaele

07-12-2025 13:37 UTC-8

Caballero Doubles With Flush

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The action is picked up with a three-way all in, and two players in jeopardy, Ravi Raghavan in middle position with 189,000 chips and Victor Caballero with 262,000 in the cutoff. Eduardo Amaral had a covering stack in the small blind.

Ravi Raghavan: 10♥10♣ All in
Victor Caballero: A♠J♠ All in
Eduardo Amaral: K♦K♣

Raghavan took the early lead with the door card giving him a set of tens on a flop of 8♠A♣10♠. But the 2♠ turn hit Cabellero's flush draw and the K♥ river didn't change anything.

Cabellero got the double-up and Ragavan was ousted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Caballero	743,000 377,000	377,000
Eduardo Amaral	119,000 200,000	200,000
Ravi Raghavan	Busted

Tags: Victor Caballero Ravi Raghavan Eduardo Amaral

07-12-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Hong Building Nicely

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jeffrey Hong raised from middle position to 40,000, and action folded to Gregory Jensen in the big blind who moved all-in for 160,000. Hong snap called.

Gregory Jensen: A♣5♣ All in
Jeffrey Hong: Q♥J♠

The flop came 4♦K♦10♣ and gave Hong straight outs. The 3♥ on the turn was a good card for Jensen, but when the 9♠ peeled off on the river, it gave Hong his straight to send Jensen packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Hong	595,000 300,000	300,000
Gregory Jensen	Busted

Tags: Gregory Jensen Jeffrey Hong

07-12-2025 13:19 UTC-8

Last Poker Hall of Famer Standing Tom McEvoy Eliminated

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The legendary Poker Hall of Famer Tom McEvoy, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013, has just been eliminated to a round of applause.

Artur Martirosian limped on the button, and McEvoy, who was in the big blind, decided that now was the time and moved all in for his last 72,000. Martirosian thought for a short while and then tossed in the call.

Tom McEvoy: 9♦7♣
Artur Martirosian: J♥8♦

The runout of 10♥3♠6♥10♠5♠ gave McEvoy no sweat at all, and he was sent to the rail to a round of applause from his table and the surrounding rail. Martirosian collected an additional $2,013 for eliminating McEvoy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	432,000 50,000	50,000

Tom McEvoy	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Tom McEvoy

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

07-12-2025 13:16 UTC-8

Ditoto Flushes Yaghmai Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nariman Yaghmai raised under the gun and Isiah Ditoto moved all in from the small blind. Yaghmai quickly called with less.

Nariman Yaghmai: K♣K♥ All in
Isiah Ditoto: J♠10♠

The runout was unkind to Yaghmai, as Ditoto found a runner-runner flush on a board of 6♣2♣2♠Q♠6♠ to send him home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isiah Ditoto	1,022,000 470,000	470,000
Nariman Yaghmai	Busted

Tags: Isiah Ditoto Nariman Yaghmai

07-12-2025 12:58 UTC-8

Lindop Sends Fajardo Home

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Nataly Sopacuaperu

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action was caught with two players looking at a flop of K♠Q♣6♦. Alex Lindop in the small blind, and Jair Fajardo was in middle position; both checked to see the turn Q♥.

On the turn, Lindop bet 36,000 and Fajardo called. The river showed 5♥. Lindop checked and Fajardo decided to go all in with his remaining stack. Lindop opted to call.

Lindop showed his cards K♥K♦ and Fajardo his A♣Q♦. Lindop won with kings-full over the trip queens of Fajardo, sending him to the payout desk.