Event #97: $1,500 The Closer | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-16-2025 13:44 UTC-8

Walsworth Spikes Turn to Stay Alive

Stewart Morrison

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Suresh Doshi raised to 400,000 from early position, before Peter Walsworth moved all in from the small blind for 1,995,000. The action folded back to Doshi, who made the call.

Peter Walsworth: K♣Q♣ All in
Suresh Doshi: 10♥10♣

The flop came out 3♥A♦4♣, retaining Doshi's lead. However, the turn K♥ moved Walsworth ahead, and the river 9♠ kept it that way.

Walsworth's stack amount was confirmed before Doshi departed with nearly half of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Walsworth	4,230,000 2,495,000	2,495,000
Suresh Doshi	2,875,000 930,000	930,000

Tags: Peter Walsworth Suresh Doshi

07-16-2025 13:42 UTC-8

Cao Milks Cho for a Boost

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Jaegeol Cho in cutoff started the action with a 240,000 raise and got a three-bet from small blind Jimmy Young to 600,000. Big blind Yuanzhi Cao four-bet shove all-in for 670,000.

While Cho was considering his options and counting his chips, Young already separated the 70,000 he needed to call Cao's all-in. He was so surprised that Cho announced all-in for 1,850,000 that he exclaimed "M****rf****r!"

Young went into the tank so long that clock had to be called. Clock ran out with his hand considered dead leaving the other two players to head to showdown.

Yuanzhi Cao: 10♣10♦ All in
Jaegeol Cho: A♣J♣

The board ran 3♦4♠6♣5♥Q♥ with neither an ace or jack in sight. After watching the hand for 6 minutes, the table wondered if Young could have eliminated Cao by calling. Cao was quite happy Young didn't call as the dealer pushed the huge pot towards his direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Young	5,000,000 3,900,000	3,900,000
Yuanzhi Cao	2,050,000 1,525,000	1,525,000
Jaegeol Cho	1,200,000 575,000	575,000

Tags: Jaegeol Cho Jimmy Young Yuanzhi Cao

07-16-2025 13:41 UTC-8

Lambe's Sevens Help Kambov to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Viktor Kambov got his final 465,000 into the middle preflop with Dylan Lambe trying to send him to the cashier's desk.

Viktor Kambov: A♥K♠ All in
Dylan Lambe: 7♣7♦

Kambov found himself in a classic flip for his tournament life. The 8♦8♠10♦ flop gave Kambov some counterfeit outs, but Lambe was still in the lead. Kambov picked up some straight outs when the J♣ rolled off on the turn, but the 6♠ river was a brick, and all of Kambov's stack headed over to Lambe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Lambe	4,600,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Viktor Kambov	Busted

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07-16-2025 13:39 UTC-8

Doshi Knocks Out Aboudi

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Suresh Doshi raised to 325,000 from the cutoff, and Ido Aboudi moved all in from the button for 2,000,000, and Doshi made a quick call.

Ido Aboudi: 9♠9♥ All in
Suresh Doshi: A♠A♣

The board came out with Q♥4♦K♦Q♦J♦, and the higher two pair for Doshi would prevail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Suresh Doshi	3,805,000 2,835,000	2,835,000
Ido Aboudi	Busted

Tags: Ido Aboudi Suresh Doshi

07-16-2025 13:32 UTC-8

Madsen Finishes Nasreddine Off

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Rania Nasreddine pushed her last 85,000 across the line from early position and Jeff Madsen jammed over the top from the next seat. After the rest of the table folded, the cards were flipped over.

Rania Nasreddine: 9♦3♦ All in
Jeff Madsen: Q♠10♠

Nasreddine commented that diamonds are a girl's best friend, so she was confident in her chances with five cards to come.

However, the dealer delivered a board of K♥4♣4♠4♦7♦, which helped neither player, and Madsen's queen-high won the pot. Madsen pulled in the pot, and Nasreddine was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	1,500,000 920,000	920,000

Rania Nasreddine	Busted

Tags: Jeff Madsen Rania Nasreddine

07-16-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Lopes Cripples Nasreddine

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Rania Nasreddine open-shoved all-in on the button for around 2,000,000 and got called by Douglas Lopes on the big blind, who was covered.

Douglas Lopes: Q♥Q♦ All in
Rania Nasreddine: 10♦10♥

Nasreddine groaned when she saw what she was up against and kept calling for a ten to drop on the board of 6♥8♣8♥4♠4♥. With no ten falling on the board, most of Nasreddine's chips went to Lopes leaving her crippled with less than a big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Douglas Lopes	3,100,000 1,740,000	1,740,000
Rania Nasreddine	90,000 680,000	680,000

Tags: Douglas Lopes Rania Nasreddine

07-16-2025 13:22 UTC-8

Grider Knocked Out by Hutter

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 29 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Barry Hutter raised from the button to 450,000, and Justin Grider announced, "All in," from the big blind. Hutter called.

Justin Grider: A♥5♣ All in
Barry Hutter: J♥J♣

The board was 10♦2♠8♥K♠3♣ and a pair of jacks for Hutter received the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Hutter	3,180,000 20,000	20,000

Justin Grider	Busted

Tags: Barry Hutter Justin Grider

07-16-2025 13:18 UTC-8

Glaser One of the Recent Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Morvan	Busted

Kaiwen Wei	Busted
Justin Arnwine	Busted
Christopher Mcnally	Busted
Andrew Rodgers	Busted
Owen Goodrich	Busted
Tomokatsu Kumano	Busted
Clayton Quint	Busted
Aditya Sushant	Busted

Jun Li	Busted
Casey Hatmaker	Busted
Josh Arieh	Busted

Colin Jung	Busted
Benny Glaser	Busted

Thi Dao	Busted
David Ritter	Busted
Vladimir Kendenkov	Busted
David Dongwoo Ko	Busted
Terry Kim	Busted
Jim Collopy	Busted

Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Busted
Wayne Harmon	Busted
Yushan Shi	Busted
Sabry Wazwaz	Busted
Sidney Smith	Busted

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Level: 29

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

07-16-2025 13:15 UTC-8

In With the Worst, Out With the Best

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Stewart Morrison

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Donald Casho moved all in from the hijack for 275,000, and after receiving a count of the bet, Chad Lipton moved all in too from the button. No other players called, and as Liptop had the bigger chip count, it was Casho at risk.

Donald Casho: K♥Q♠ All in
Chad Lipton: K♦8♦

It was bad news for Casho, as the dealer spread an all diamond 4♦10♦Q♦ flop, leaving him drawing extremely slim.

The turn A♥ wrapped it up for Lipton, before the 9♥ completed the board, sending Casho to the rail.