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

07-16-2025 16:46 UTC-8

Garcia Wins a Pot

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Yuanzhi Cao opened to 875,000 and got two callers in the blinds, Najeeb Elkamand in small and Manuel Herrera Garcia in the big blind.

The flop came 5♥4♣5♣ and all three players checked. After a check from the small blind, Garcia fired 500,000 on the turn and Cao called. Elkamand got out of the way.

On the river 3♦, both players checked. Garcia showed A♦4♦ prompting Cao to muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Herrera Garcia	12,900,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Yuanzhi Cao	7,800,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Najeeb Elkamand	1,225,000 1,475,000	1,475,000

Tags: Manuel Herrera Garcia Najeeb Elkamand Yuanzhi Cao

07-16-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Jakob Miegel Eliminated in 26th Place ($26,360)

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Tim Baker

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Jakob Miegel jammed for 6,000,000 from under the gun. The table folded all the way around to Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss in the big blind, who squeezed out his cards, and immediately made the call.

Jakob Miegel: 6♥6♣ All in
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss: Q♥Q♣

Nemeskeri-Kiss looked likely to win the pot, unless Miegel could find a six. The dealer delivered a board of 4♣2♣Q♠4♠5♣ to have Miegel drawing dead by the turn to Nemeskeri-Kiss' boat. The pot was pushed to Nemeskeri-Kiss, and Miefel was out in 26th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	15,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000

Jakob Miegel	Busted

Tags: Jakob Miegel Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss

07-16-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Nemeskeri-Kiss Flops the Jackpot

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Tim Baker

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss jammed from early position for 4,450,000, and Lok Chan made the call from the hijack to put him at risk.

Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss: 7♥7♦ All in
Lok Chan: A♣A♦

Nemeskeri-Kiss needed to find a seven if he was to remain in the tournament. The dealer fanned out a flop of 7♠4♦K♠ to give Nemeskeri-Kiss a set of sevens. The 9♣ turn and 8♥ river didn't improve Chan to a higher set, and Nemeskeri-Kiss doubled up to around ten million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lok Chan	11,800,000 4,000,000	4,000,000

Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	10,000,000 5,600,000	5,600,000

Tags: Lok Chan Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss

07-16-2025 16:43 UTC-8

Chan Spikes a Jack to Score a Huge Double

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Tim Baker

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Jakob Miegel raised to 800,000 from middle position and Lok Chan three-bet to 2,100,000 from the cutoff. Simon Levy jammed with a covering stack from the button, forcing Miegel to fold. Chan took a few moments and then called for his stack of 7,000,000 total.

Lok Chan: J♦J♥ All in
Simon Levy: K♥K♣

Chan was in a lot of trouble with pocket jacks versus the Cowboys of Levy. However, the flop of A♦10♣J♠ propelled Chan into the lead with a set. The rest of the board came 3♦8♥, and Chan cemented his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lok Chan	15,800,000 8,600,000	8,600,000

Simon Levy	8,500,000 5,300,000	5,300,000
Jakob Miegel	4,000,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Jakob Miegel Lok Chan Simon Levy

07-16-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw (full)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
503	1	Kevin Schulz	Germany	15,725,000	39
503	2	Douglas Lopes	Brazil	3,050,000	8
503	3	Hiroyuki Noda	Japan	8,550,000	21
503	4	Michael Stashin	United States	4,700,000	12
503	5	Qiang Xu	China	7,200,000	18
503	6	Richard Ali	Nigeria	7,400,000	19
503	7	Adrian Tivadar	Romania	10,400,000	26
503	8	Peter Walsworth	United States	3,525,000	9
503	9	Lukas Zaskodny	Czech Republic	9,700,000	24

513	1	Thang Tran	United States	9,600,000	24
513	2	Tawei Tou	Taiwan	4,700,000	12
513	3	Guilherme Pretto	Brazil	5,800,000	15
513	4	Suresh Doshi	United States	3,600,000	9
513	5	Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	United States	4,400,000	11
513	6	Jakob Miegel	Germany	4,800,000	12
513	7	Upeshka De Silva	United States	18,700,000	47
513	8	Lok Chan	Hong Kong	7,200,000	18
513	9	Simon Levy	United States	13,800,000	35

523	1	Manuel Herrera Garcia	United States	10,500,000	26
523	2	Victor Caballero	Spain	7,375,000	18
523	3	David Yoon	United States	15,075,000	38
523	4
523	5	Yuanzhi Cao	United States	10,300,000	26
523	6	Dylan Lambe	United States	3,600,000	9
523	7	Jimmy Setna	Canada	14,000,000	35
523	8	Pedro Cabeca	Portugal	9,200,000	23
523	9	Najeeb Elkamand	United Kingdom	2,700,000	7

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	18,700,000 675,000	675,000

Kevin Schulz	15,725,000 3,725,000	3,725,000
David Yoon	15,075,000 450,000	450,000
Jimmy Setna	14,000,000 3,350,000	3,350,000

Simon Levy	13,800,000 8,600,000	8,600,000
Manuel Herrera Garcia	10,500,000 125,000	125,000
Adrian Tivadar	10,400,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Yuanzhi Cao	10,300,000 6,400,000	6,400,000
Lukas Zaskodny	9,700,000

Thang Tran	9,600,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Pedro Cabeca	9,200,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Hiroyuki Noda	8,550,000 5,700,000	5,700,000
Richard Ali	7,400,000 300,000	300,000
Victor Caballero	7,375,000 2,275,000	2,275,000
Qiang Xu	7,200,000 4,200,000	4,200,000

Lok Chan	7,200,000 400,000	400,000

Guilherme Pretto	5,800,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Jakob Miegel	4,800,000 75,000	75,000
Michael Stashin	4,700,000 2,950,000	2,950,000
Tawei Tou	4,700,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	4,400,000 100,000	100,000

Suresh Doshi	3,600,000 725,000	725,000
Dylan Lambe	3,600,000 400,000	400,000
Peter Walsworth	3,525,000 2,475,000	2,475,000
Douglas Lopes	3,050,000 50,000	50,000

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07-16-2025 16:24 UTC-8

Lyubomir Mandev Eliminated in 27th Place ($21,490)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Lyubomir Mandev moved all in for his remaining 2,275,000 from middle position, and only Lukas Zaskodny made the call.

Lyubomir Mandev: 2♥2♦ All in
Lukas Zaskodny: 9♦9♣

Mandev had run into a bigger pocket pair and found no favors from the deck.

Unable to find any help from the runout, Mandev was eliminated in 27th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukas Zaskodny	9,700,000 5,100,000	5,100,000

Lyubomir Mandev	Busted

Tags: Lukas Zaskodny Lyubomir Mandev

07-16-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Tran's Aces Send Two to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Jacob Mendelsohn, Karle Wilson and Thang Tran just got all of their chips in the middle preflop, with Tran having the covering stack and the chance to bust two players.

Jacob Mendelsohn: K♦8♠ All in
Karle Wilson: A♥7♣ All in
Thang Tran: A♠A♣

Tran's aces held up on the J♣5♣6♣2♦2♣ runout, and he sent the Mendelsohn and Wilson to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thang Tran	7,000,000 3,075,000	3,075,000
Jacob Mendelsohn	Busted
Karle Wilson	Busted

Tags: Jacob Mendelsohn Karle Wilson Thang Tran

07-16-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Mendelsohn Outkicks Tran

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Action was picked up with Jacob Mendelsohn all-in against Thang Tran.

Jacob Mendelsohn: K♣Q♥ All in
Thang Tran: K♦J♣

Mendelsohn dominated Tran and scooped the pot after the board ran 9♥3♣6♠2♣10♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Mendelsohn	4,150,000 3,665,000	3,665,000
Thang Tran	3,925,000 2,050,000	2,050,000

Tags: Jacob Mendelsohn Thang Tran

07-16-2025 16:05 UTC-8

The Recently Departed

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Tim Baker

Level 34 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Dominski	Busted
Guy Naimi	Busted
Michael Abreu	Busted
Leo Lombardozzi	Busted
Kenneth Kim	Busted

Jessica Vierling	Busted
Borislav Cabob	Busted
Peter Csampai	Busted
Paul Lagan	Busted

Level: 34

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000