Mike Matusow has continued his strong start from Day 1. Matusow raised to 12,000 from the small blind before Brian Luo jammed from the big blind for 95,000. Matusow snap called to put Luo at risk.
Brian Luo: A♠J♣
Mike Matusow: A♣A♦
Matusow had Luo in a world of trouble in the battle of the blinds. The runout of Q♠3♦3♥A♥9♠ did not disrupt that, as Matusow has built a stack of over 650,000 so far on Day 2.
Brandon Hamlet raised from under the gun before it got to the small blind of Punnat Punsri, who opted to go all-in. Hamlet got the chips in with Punsri at risk.
Punnat Punsri: K♣10♣
Brandon Hamlet: 8♣8♦
Punsri was unable to convert on any of his outs on the runout of 2♠7♠6♦5♦J♣ to be eliminated from contention as Hamlet dragged in the pot.
In the final hand dealt of the previous level, Mauricio Pais raised from under the gun to 8,000, before John Juanda three-bet from the button to 20,000. Erick Lindgren then put in a cold four-bet from the small blind to 52,000.
Action was back on Pais, whose total stack was 44,000. After spending two or three minutes deciding what to do, he moved his chips into the middle.
Juanda folded what he would later tell the table was ace-jack.
Mauricio Pais: 10♣10♥
Erick Lindgren: Q♠Q♣
There was no help for Pais on the A♦2♠2♥5♠3♦ runout, sending Pais to the exit, and his stack over to Lindgren.
With two players seeing a board of Q♠3♦9♠7♥7♦ and around 80,000 in the middle, David Chen shoved from the small blind, slightly covering Matt Glantz who had around 120,000 in the big blind. Glantz called, putting himself at risk.
Chen had 10♠8♣ for a missed straight draw turned into a bluff. Glantz showed 6♦6♣ for just a pair of sixes to double up while Chen was left with one fifth of a big blind
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Simeon Spasov raised to 8,000 before he faced a re-raise from Blaz Zerjav to 28,000. Spasov gave it some thought before he pushed his stack in for 230,000 and was called by Zerjav to be at risk.
Simeon Spasov: A♥K♣
Blaz Zerjav: J♠J♥
Spasov needed to hit one of his overcards, but none were to be seen on the 3♣2♣10♠ flop.
The 2♦ was of no relevance, and the river was a picture card, but it was the Q♠ as Spasov was unable to improve and sent him out of the tournament.
Registration has officially closed for Event #94: $10,000 NLHE.
Attracting 546 entrants, the prize pool is a cool $5,077,800.
The champion will take home $986,337 alongside a 2025 WSOP gold bracelet.
| Rank | Prize | Rank | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $986,337 | 12-17 | $50,843 |
| 2 | $649,925 | 18-23 | $41,123 |
| 3 | $437,276 | 24-29 | $34,124 |
| 4 | $300,521 | 30-35 | $29,070 |
| 5 | $211,068 | 36-41 | $25,441 |
| 6 | $151,567 | 42-47 | $22,892 |
| 7 | $111,338 | 48-53 | $21,194 |
| 8-9 | $83,707 | 54-82 | $20,184 |
| 10-11 | $64,448 |
Leonard Maue raised to 8,000 from the cutoff, but Yueqi Zhu wanted to play for more and re-raised it to 22,000 on the button. Maue called to send them to a flop.
Maue checked the 10♥3♠7♣ flop before Zhu quickly fired 17,000. Maue check-raised to 41,000, which put Zhu into the tank.
Zhu opted to fold to award the pot to Maue.
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