Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-16-2025 12:27 UTC-8

Cimbolas Doubles

Barry Russell

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action was picked up as Matas Cimbolas was all in against Matthew Su.

Matas Cimbolas: K♣J♥ All in
Matthew Su: K♠5♠

The board ran out A♦3♦3♥A♣K♦, and the king on the river turned a chop into a win for Cimbolas with aces and kings with a jack kicker, such a brutal river card for Su.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matas Cimbolas	520,000 520,000	520,000
Matthew Su	60,000 280,000	280,000

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07-16-2025 12:26 UTC-8

Wisbrod Spikes an Ace to Double Up

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Adam Lamers

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Matas Cimbolas raised to 50,000 on the button and Barak Wisbrod three-bet to 160,000 in the big blind. Cimbolas eyed the clock and then shoved all in as the bigger stack. Wisbrod called off his stack of 575,000 and the cards were face up.

Barak Wisbrod: A♦10♦ All in
Matas Cimbolas: 5♥5♦

The flop came A♥7♣3♥ and Wisbrod took the lead with a pair of aces. The J♦ on the turn and the 3♣ on the river forced Cimbolas to pass over the double up.

Cimbolas was left with just 120,000 chips after the hand and was eliminated shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barak Wisbrod	1,185,000 500,000	500,000

Matas Cimbolas	Busted

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07-16-2025 12:23 UTC-8

Brutal River for Madanzhiev

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Barry Russell

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

There were roughly 110,000 chips in the pot on 7♠K♠A♠K♦, Stoyan Madanzhiev in the big blind bet 30,000, Carlos Leiva in early position raised to 120,000, Madanzhiev announced all in for 325,000, Leiva snap-called.

Stoyan Madanzhiev: 9♠2♠ All in
Carlos Leiva: K♣Q♣

The A♦ on the river gave Leiva a full house, and Madanzhiev was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Leiva	1,200,000 630,000	630,000

Stoyan Madanzhiev	Busted

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07-16-2025 12:21 UTC-8

Deng Eliminates Payne With Crabs

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 4♠3♦10♥3♥, Jamie Payne was all in from the hijack, having started the hand with around 500,000, and up against Clemen Deng, who covered him from the big blind.

Jamie Payne: 10♠8♠ All in
Clemen Deng: K♠3♠

Payne had flopped top pair, but Deng had turned trip threes, leaving Payne drawing to just two outs. The 7♠ river changed nothing for either player, and Payne was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clemen Deng	1,150,000 300,000	300,000
Jamie Payne	Busted

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07-16-2025 12:16 UTC-8

Early Eliminations on Day 2

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Adam Lamers

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dillon Najor	Busted
Zachary Habayeb	Busted
Lei Yu	Busted

Chris Moorman	Busted

Bin Duan	Busted
Stoyan Madanzhiev	Busted

Xixiang Luo	Busted

Angelina Rich	Busted
Nicholas Palma	Busted

07-16-2025 12:14 UTC-8

Livschitz Downs Tang

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Adam Lamers

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Danny Tang raised to 120,000 in middle position, leaving just 5,000 behind with the pay jump coming. Victoria Livschitz shoved all in from the big blind, and Tang called off once the tournament clock changed to 63 players.

Danny Tang: Q♥10♠ All in
Victoria Livschitz: A♥K♠

The board ran out 7♦6♥6♦A♦9♦ and Tang was drawing dead by the turn after Livschitz paired her ace.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victoria Livschitz	410,000 140,000	140,000
Danny Tang	Busted

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07-16-2025 12:12 UTC-8

Sverko Runs Into Aces

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Adam Lamers

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Fabrizio Gonzalez raised it up in the cutoff and Gregor Sverko pushed all in for just under 500,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Gonzalez snapped him off as the cards went face up.

Gregor Sverko: 7♥7♣ All in
Fabrizio Gonzalez: A♠A♦

The flop fell K♥J♣5♠ and Sverko found no immediate help for his underpair. The 9♣ and A♣ runout bricked out, and Sverko's stack slid over to Gonzalez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez	1,305,000 535,000	535,000
Gregor Sverko	Busted

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07-16-2025 12:12 UTC-8

Rich Doubles Through Piekazewicz

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Alisson Piekazewicz opened from middle position and Angelina Rich three-bet to 105,000 from the cutoff, leaving 30,000 behind. Piekazewicz shoved with a covering stack and Rich called, putting herself at risk.

Angelina Rich: A♥9♣ All in
Alisson Piekazewicz: K♣10♣

Piekazewicz took the lead on the K♦9♥5♥ flop with top pair. Rich picked up additional outs to the nut-flush on the 7♥ turn which came in on the 2♥ river, securing the double up for Rich.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisson Piekazewicz	340,000 110,000	110,000
Angelina Rich	330,000 185,000	185,000

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07-16-2025 12:05 UTC-8

Zoufri Gets Flushed Out

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Adam Lamers

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Cody Bartlett raised to 50,000 in middle position and Hakim Zoufri shipped all in for his last 205,000 on the button. Bartlett called and the cards were tabled.

Hakim Zoufri: A♠Q♠ All in
Cody Bartlett: Q♥10♥

The flop came K♦9♠8♥ and Zoufri's ace-high was still in the lead. The A♥ on the turn gave Zoufri a pair of aces but Bartlett picked up a flush draw. The river was the 7♥ and Bartlett completed his flush to eliminate Zoufri on the first hand of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Bartlett	1,205,000 265,000	265,000
Hakim Zoufri	Busted

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07-16-2025 12:03 UTC-8

Is Michael Mizrachi Now a Lock to Win the WSOP Main Event?

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Jon Sofen

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Michael Mizrachi has all the chips with four players left in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Okay, not technically all the chips. But he'll enter the $10,000 buy-in tournament's last session on Wednesday with over 75% of all chips in play.

"The Grinder," a seven-time WSOP bracelet winner, will return to Horseshoe at 2 p.m. (3 p.m. livestream on PokerGO) with 445,500,000 chips, good for 178 big blinds. Two players — Braxton Dunaway and Kenny Hallaert — have 10 or fewer big blinds. John Wasnock, second in chips, has 94,500,000.

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