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

07-16-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Some of the Most Recent to Bust

Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Troha	Busted

Lukas Hafner	Busted
Toan Nguyen	Busted
Xiaoqiang Yuan	Busted
Cooper Wheatman	Busted
Robert Hardin	Busted
Safiya Umerova	Busted

Sagar Khatri	Busted
Caleb King	Busted
Gustavo Fioravanti	Busted
Sonny Lee	Busted
Lucas Tae	Busted
Ivan Siljeborg	Busted
Konstantin Aleksandrov	Busted
Daniel Pava	Busted
Caesar Singh	Busted
Scott Aurich	Busted
Juan Bolivar	Busted
Abhishek Goindi	Busted
Daniel James	Busted
Patrik Zidek	Busted
Pei Li	Busted

Theo Tran	Busted
Ronan Nally	Busted

07-16-2025 11:59 UTC-8

Four-Bet pot Goes to Liu

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Stewart Morrison

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Jeffrey Tanouye raised to 120,000 in early position, and was met by a three-bet to 330,000 by Shijia Liu on the button. Action returned to Tanouye, who put in a four-bet to 600,000, which Liu called.

Both players checked on the 10♣Q♥6♣ flop, and Tanouye checked for a second time on the 9♥ turn. This prompted Liu to take over the betting lead, putting out a wager of 375,000.

This was enough to lay claim to the pot, as Tanouye returned his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shijia Liu	2,650,000 2,459,000	2,459,000
Jeffrey Tanouye	2,175,000 2,058,500	2,058,500

Tags: Jeffrey Tanouye Shijia Liu

07-16-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Break Time

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Stewart Morrison

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The remaining players are heading for their first break of the day.

Action will resume in 15 minutes.

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

07-16-2025 12:17 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts According to the WSOP+ App

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakob Miegel	4,725,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Taylor Wilson	4,550,000
Peter Csampai	3,795,000 3,595,000	3,595,000
Jared Hyman	3,795,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Tomas Soderstrom	3,550,000 1,070,000	1,070,000
Nikolai Tulin	3,435,000 1,635,000	1,635,000
Leo Lombardozzi	3,245,000 700,000	700,000
Allan Tirel	3,215,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Barry Hutter	3,160,000 2,210,000	2,210,000

Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	3,125,000 175,000	175,000

07-16-2025 12:26 UTC-8

Shi Finds a Double

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Yushan Shi moved all in from middle position for 275,000, and only Spencer Baker called from the big blind.

Yushan Shi: A♣Q♦ All in
Spencer Baker: 6♥6♦

The flop moved Shi into the lead, coming out 8♥2♣Q♥, before the turn Q♣ improved him to trips.

The river J♦ kept Shi in the lead, ensuring him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spencer Baker	1,435,000 1,060,000	1,060,000
Yushan Shi	670,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Spencer Baker Yushan Shi

07-16-2025 12:28 UTC-8

Duffy Doubles Through Aboudi

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Tim Baker

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

With around 350,000 in the pot already, Ciaran Duffy jammed for 370,000 on the flop of K♣6♣5♣ from the big blind. Ido Aboudi, who was seated in the cutoff, went into the tank for quite some time. In the end, he made the call to put Duffy at risk.

Ciaran Duffy: 3♣2♣ All in
Ido Aboudi: A♠4♣

Aboudi was against the flopped flush of Duffy, but could hit a club to send Duffy to the rail. The rest of the board came K♦Q♠, and Duffy doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ciaran Duffy	1,100,000 715,000	715,000
Ido Aboudi	1,000,000 195,000	195,000

Tags: Ciaran Duffy Ido Aboudi

07-16-2025 12:32 UTC-8

Maltez Doubles Through Tanouye

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action was picked up with Jeffrey Tanouye and Fabrice Maltez in an all-in showdown.

Fabrice Maltez: A♦K♠ All in
Jeffrey Tanouye: 10♦10♥

Tanouye was ahead when the flop came 6♠3♦J♦. But the turn K♣ shifted the lead to Maltez, who pumped his fist in the air as soon as he saw the card. The river 7♣ didn't improve Tanouye further, giving the pot to Maltez for a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Tanouye	2,030,000 145,000	145,000
Fabrice Maltez	980,000 926,000	926,000

Tags: Fabrice Maltez Jeffrey Tanouye

07-16-2025 12:33 UTC-8

Some New Departures

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Tim Baker

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Land	Busted
Truong Nguyen	Busted
Derek Gregory	Busted
John Mcdonald	Busted
Joseph Hebert	Busted
Derek Kwan	Busted
Josias Santos	Busted
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Stephen Kurland	Busted
Mounim Kaddouri	Busted
Adel Naoun	Busted
Hitesh Patel	Busted
Gabriel Abusada	Busted
Kyle Miholich	Busted

Darrell Griffith	Busted
Melanie Pittard	Busted

Romik Vartzar	Busted
Beka Iordanishvili	Busted
Tristen Barnes	Busted
Joao Carmo	Busted
Axel Bayout	Busted

Diego Emperador	Busted
Andre Cabrini	Busted
Ronnie Bardah	Busted

Pratik Ghatge	Busted

07-16-2025 12:38 UTC-8

"You Beat Me Into the Pot"

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Guilherme Pretto raised to 160,000 from the hijack, and Peter Csampai moved all in for 3,000,000 with the shorter stacks behind him. Pretto did beat him into the pot with his call for 1,800,000.

Guilherme Pretto: A♣K♥ All in
Peter Csampai: A♥K♦

The board did not produce any flushes with 2♠Q♠3♦10♥10♣, and the pot was split.

Csampai stated, "I thought I was dead, you beat me into the pot."