2025 World Series of Poker
Santiago Plante raised to 25,000 from the hijack, before Daniel Zack on his direct left potted it. Mesbah Guerfi called all in for 36,000 from the big blind, and Plante called also.
On a flop of 9♦K♠5♠ Plante then bet out for 217,000, leaving just a single 1,000 chip behind, as two more eliminations meant a pay jump. Zack put him all in, and he made the call quickly.
Mesbah Guerfi: 6♠4♠4♣Xx
Santiago Plante: K♦Q♠J♦10♥
Daniel Zack: A♠A♣J♣9♥
Santiago Plante had an incredible amount of outs to scoop both pots on the 8♦ turn, as he had multiple straight draws as well as a flush draw, and two pair outs. However, the 2♣ kept Guerfi's straight with the best of it, while Zack's aces held on the side.
Alan Mehamed made it 28,000 to go from the cutoff with Scott Seiver calling on the button. Alfred Karlsson squeezed it to 118,000 from the big blind, which Mehamed and Seiver called.
Karlsson started with a check on the 3♠7♥9♠ flop, and Mehamed bet 100,000. Seiver immediately jammed for 139,000, which only got called by Mehamed.
Scott Seiver: 10♠9♥6♥6♠
Alan Mehamed: A♦Q♣Q♦J♠
Mehamed had a pair of queens, while Seiver held top pair, a straight draw, and a flush draw. The 7♣ on the turn was great for Mehamed, but the 8♠ river gave Seiver the best hand with a flush, earning him the double-up.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Tarun Goyal was all in and at risk under the gun, with a stack totalling 380,000. Brad Albrinck was right there with him in the cutoff, with a covering stack, as the board read 7♠3♣6♠J♠5♦.
Albrinck showed Q♦9♥7♥5♥ for two pair, but Goyal had turned the nuts with A♠A♣J♦10♠ to earn a huge double up at this stage of the tournament
On a completed board of A♥J♥3♠J♠Q♥ and with around 300,000 in the middle, Zachary Schwartz jammed from the small blind to put Martin Zamani all in. Zamani, who was sitting in the big blind, had just under 300,000 remaining in this stack and went into the tank for quite some time, deliberating what to do. In the end, Zamani called.
Schwartz revealed a full house with A♦A♣K♠10♦, and Zamani couldn't beat it with A♠Q♦7♥6♠ for top two pair. Zamani was out, while Schwartz increased his stack to around 2,800,000.
Big blind Dermot Blain put out a pot-sized bet of 75,000 on a flop of 5♦4♥J♠. Not leaving much behind, Richard Gryko put him all in from the button, and he made the call.
Dermot Blain: A♦7♦5♠2♥
Richard Gryko: Q♠Q♣10♣8♠
Gryko's queens held on the K♦10♥ runout to continue adding to his mammoth chip stack.
Pei Li found himself all in and at risk for his final 39,000 preflop from the big blind. Scott Seiver on the button and Emmanuel Derecho in the big blind both paid to see a flop, also. Derecho check-raised to 75,000 on a flop of 9♣4♥9♥ following a 25,000 bet from Seiver. He then continued for 100,000 on the 4♣ turn, and Seiver called again. Both checked down the 7♥ river.
To sort out the side pot, Derecho showed K♦Q♠10♦4♠, which was no good against Seiver's K♥K♣Q♥10♥. "Nut flush," announced Li, showing the A♥. However his other three cards weren't enough to save him, as he tabled K♠Q♣6♦ before leaving.